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by bhelkey 5y ago
The cost of some shortages is measured in lives. With such shortages, preventing the shortage is better than mitigating the shortage. Mitigating the shortage is in turn better than not mitigating the shortage. A buffer gives us time. That t
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> People are saying "why didn't we buffer up more" ? Well, there we go. Play Factorio. You'll see just how bad buffers are in a simulated factory. A shortage in real life causes critical issues for real people. A shor
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You and the parent comment are referring to the same situation. > the prosecution is entitled to point out that you had the opportunity to fabricate it. In the US, the prosecution is NOT entitled to point out that you didn't say thi
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Software Engineering. "Just imagine the facade is the frontend."
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That is not a good strategy. That pattern is just as likely to come up. However, should it come up, you are almost guaranteed to split the pot. The best strategy is to not play. The second best strategy is to minimize the chance of splittin
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Better how?
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The implication is that Tesla DMCAed the video in TFA. Obviously, I don't know if that is true that, 1 the video was DMCAed and 2 that Tesla sent the DMCA takedown request.
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by bhelkey 5y ago
>> In short, iOS apps must be allowed to direct users to payment options beyond those offered by Apple. > It seems their max app gaming revenue lost would be 64 * 70% * 30% = 13.4B for 2021 It is my understanding that the injunctio
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>> The newspapers appear to be taking the logical response of switching off Facebook comments going forward. > Absolutely nothing of value will be lost. You are currently commenting in the comment section of a linked news story.
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I believe OP wants musicians to be compensated for the music they create because they believe that this will improve the quality of the music that is created. I am sure that if there are no incentives to creating new music some people will
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I love the look of this! I don't think I have a use case for this library but it looks fun to play with.
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Neat idea! A couple of nits: Looking at the recommended page duedilly.io/asset/ZOM "Posts that are not bold have been removed/deleted on Reddit" -> "Posts that are bold have been removed/deleted on Redd
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by bhelkey 5y ago
Compared to 1970, cars get more miles per gallon, cost less, and last longer. > Cars: MPG has not improved. Look at a corolla from the 70s vs today, it's about the same. This is not true, MPG has meaningfully improved. From the EPA,
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> 1) Printers still suck. By that I mean, mainly, reliability. Laser printers are a step forward even if they leave a lot to be desired. Also, somewhat anecdotally, the amount of times I need to use a printer has significantly fallen sin
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> The finance people have taken over Acti-Blizzard and they've been coasting for 10+ years on their original franchises. All we have is annual CoD releases and Blizzrad coasting on their old properties where Blizzrd hasn't had
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> My Internet bill is 25 pounds (~35 dollars) per month and from chatting with my colleagues in the US, I'm under the impression that this is quite cheap by US standards. It's basically impossible to compare that plan with a US
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> "We are going after a 100 billion dollar market" IANAL - That doesn't sound like fraud to me. A highschool athlete saying 'they are going after attending the Olympics' isn't lying. A highschool athlete wit
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by bhelkey 5y ago
Could you link this video? My experience has been that electric vehicles are significantly quieter than ice vehicles. Edit: Are you referring to this video? He mentions electric cars being too quiet at low speeds and reasonably noisy at h
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by bhelkey 5y ago
For me it depends on the type of restaurant. Some restaurants live and die by their ambiance. But others the main draw is the food and/or the price and/or the speed. In that case, I would enjoy having a QR code order option.
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What Ericson2314 is referring to is the coordination + prisoner's dilemma problem. It appears that if every state enacted this at the same time, almost everyone would be better off. That being said, any state that is strongly one par
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Any one state is incentivized not to do this alone. It only works if everyone does it at the same time. In addition, if every state did this, states could break away to increase its influence. That doesn't mean that this is impossibl
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by bhelkey 5y ago
> hence one of the reasons it's actually illegal for individuals to store large amounts of physical cash for long durations What county are you referring to? This is not the case in the US [1]. [1] https://josephhollander
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by bhelkey 5y ago
I'm not sure how this conversation changed to talk about police brutality, but I think the argument is that if there is a bystander watching or recording, the police officer can later be identified. Compare to a situation in which iden
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by bhelkey 5y ago
The author summarizes their video's main points: >(1) The proposed effects on GHG emissions if people went meatless are overblown. >(2) The claims about livestock’s water usage are misleading. >(3) The claims about livestock’s
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by bhelkey 5y ago
> I’ve gotten to a place of financial stability I am glad to hear it! > have realized how precarious it still is. I can weather small car emergencies but when it comes to medical bills, that’s a different story. Would you mind elabora
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> I am remarkably better off financially than my peers and have less responsibility and I still feel as though it could all come crumbling down at any moment. If I or my partner can't work a full-time job, have sudden medical bills,
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by bhelkey 5y ago
From their Q1 disclosure, Tesla made $272 Million from 'Proceeds from sales of digital assets' [1]. From the same disclosure, Tesla still holds $1,331 Million (~$1.3 Billion) of digital assets. As this is from their Q1 disclosu
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by bhelkey 5y ago
> 3) hoarding $175.6 billion in stolen wages during a pandemic, I hadn't seen this before. Do you have an article diving into this number?
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It's important to compare apples to apples which, in my opinion, both the headline and the article itself fail at this. I did appreciate an article on Generational Wealth which it linked. From that article, people in the US in the age
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by bhelkey 5y ago
We are alone doesn't necessarily imply that we are special, we could be the first.

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