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by bickfordb 8mo ago
It's hard for me to pay my taxes
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by bickfordb 8mo ago
Church goers using parking lots like this is a use, but I doubt it's a productive charitable use that should to be subsidized by localities. Every other contemporary development in my area that faces real economic reality is ground flo
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by bickfordb 8mo ago
In my metro area it irks me to see the churches with large empty parking lots empty most of the week. We have a housing shortage and they seem to have no little incentive to convert their parking to more productive use. I agree, the whole r
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by bickfordb 8mo ago
Ozempic lost its patent in Canada and a generic might be approved there soon.
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by bickfordb 9mo ago
The 1.5M number includes non-corporate employees (warehouse). They likely included this number to soften the message. The corporate workforce is ~300K so this is actually ~4% of their workforce.
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by bickfordb 9mo ago
You mean pump and dump fraud
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by bickfordb 9mo ago
The constitution has been absurdly broken by a cult of partisan federal judges claiming to be textual, but then inventing an absurd canon of non-laws no one can reference: * Unitary executive theory. Congress can't create a federal re
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by bickfordb 9mo ago
The US needs a model for stronger state and regional authorities that plan and implement mass transit and zoning. In California in particular, cities and counties have consistently bungled planning, locking entire communities into single f
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by bickfordb 10mo ago
Also: From what I understand the LFP battery degradation is essentially corrosion that is removed by recycling and you can retrieve 99% of the essential LFP elements and make it into a new battery. So economically we only need to extract t
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by bickfordb 10mo ago
I have the same question. It makes sense that they might need bespoke software, but how could they possibly be more efficient at creating chips than an AMD/Nvidia?
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by bickfordb 10mo ago
I'm not an expert in this area but from what I understand what was once novel content spam filtering is not at all novel now, there are easily trainable model strategies (BERT?) that get you to 99%. A whitelist, auth/contact is id
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by bickfordb 10mo ago
I think the larger question is why are we all (or most of us?) still using Gmail? Why can't an average person host their own email server with open source software with straightforward security upgrades instead of trusting BigCo or th
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by bickfordb 11mo ago
After market electric engine heaters and remote starters are typical for ICE vehicles in cold climates (e.g. Alaska). Not sure why you consider this to be a hack for EVs if its builtin to the battery pack design.
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by bickfordb 11mo ago
It's typical for those trades to have extensive licensing requirements. In my state (OR) plumber and HVAC licenses require four years of apprenticeship. Additionally the HVAC trade has gatekeeping around the EPA refrigerant licensi
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by bickfordb 11mo ago
Since changing the constitution is difficult, maybe a reasonable remedy to this would be to significantly increase the number of states by population. In 1776 there were 13 states with a total population of 2.5M. There are now 50 states (
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by bickfordb 11mo ago
In my state (OR) it takes 4 years to become licensed to do the work for others but homeowners can do the work themselves. My experience is that it’s not generally well understood how simple it is to install mini splits. The supply companie
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by bickfordb 1y ago
I don't think this is exactly accurate. The matte was a ~$80 upgrade option after they released the glossy. I definitely preferred the matte screens and still do. For coding reducing glare in uncontrolled environments is way more im
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by bickfordb 1y ago
The problem was they needed to pretend be a technology company (with FSD, and now robots) to juice the stock price/earnings multiple. If they were simply a car maker with EV motors, the stock would have a much lower multiple.
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by bickfordb 1y ago
Surprised to learn we still have an IRS
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by bickfordb 1y ago
You can invest in a REIT fund if you believe this is a good asset class. Real estate investing is not a conspiracy
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Everything you need to know about California’s SB 79(mnolangray.substack.com)
70 points by bickfordb 1y ago|127 comments
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by bickfordb 1y ago
I was pricing out using bifacial panels for fencing. It seems like it would cost about twice the price of cedar, but last twice as long (50 years) and have less upkeep.
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by bickfordb 1y ago
I agree. My experience: I bought some basic sharpening stones and watched some youtube and have had pretty good results with my basic japenese chef knives (~$100-150) that I've had for 15 years. It's 5 minutes of work every mon
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by bickfordb 1y ago
Recommend the Peripheral TV series https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Peripheral_(TV_series) Hopefully they renew it eventually
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by bickfordb 1y ago
What software or system did he write that you've used?
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by bickfordb 1y ago
You might be bored by the aesthetics, but isn't usability improved by having familiar with UI components across websites?
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by bickfordb 1y ago
When I read things like this, I'm amazed that 50% of the nation thinks this practice is preferable to solar and windmills
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by bickfordb 1y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/23/business/craigslist-perso...
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by bickfordb 1y ago
That or reform charitable giving so that it truly is an arm's length transaction. No preferential tax treatment for payments to charities one controls.
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by bickfordb 1y ago
Is there evidence that compounded Semaglutide from Hims pharmacies has harmed anyone?

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