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by blackguardx 1y ago
The only presidents that made any attempt to balance the budget in the last 40 years were members of the Democratic party. The perception of "right = fiscally responsible" and "left = reckless spending" just isn't a
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by blackguardx 1y ago
I live in a low density city and my neighbors are constantly complaining about how fast cars speed by and how it makes it unsafe for their kids. Dense cities are too congested for speeds to get that high. As an example, I felt safer biking
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by blackguardx 1y ago
I read through the list. It seems to be standard Meyers-Briggs type questions. I don't think that this is that useful a metric, but I have been given similar questions by private sector companies and was also given a weirder one by the
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Figure $3k or so for a complete set of gear to get you up almost anything in the continental US. Of course you can buy more or less depending on your goals.
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Climbing Everest is an elite endeavor. Most mountaineers are summiting 14ers in Colorado or doing something similar.
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by blackguardx 1y ago
I think this is a disagreement about the definition of "mountain climbing." From the available statistics: 0.68 per 10,000 climbers in the Alps vs 1.5 per 10,000 US vehicles on the road. High altitude mountaineering is considered
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Will Gadd and his friends are at an elite level. They would call most mountain climbing done in the continental US, summits like Mt. Baldy, "hiking."
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Driving to the mountains is often more dangerous than climbing a mountain. Things change at the elite levels, but that is true for any sport.
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by blackguardx 1y ago
What does "not opinionated" mean in this context? It doesn't appear that I can give it my API key of the AI service and my choice.
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by blackguardx 1y ago
I agree with you, but infrastructure is often built to expand future regions. Before the Golden Gate and Bay Bridges, there was a lot less commuting to SF. They only had ferries. Building the bridges allowed the broader region to expand and
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by blackguardx 1y ago
There are typically federal grants for major infrastructure projects. The Hoover Dam, for example, was entirely paid for by federal dollars. Many bridges also have federal backing and the interstate highway system is subsidized. This is bec
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Don't the celebrities have more money and resources? To make the sentence have the same effect they would be given harsher sentences.
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by blackguardx 1y ago
Take a look at the Alcoa case from 1945 [0]. The courts ruled that Alcoa was an illegal monopoly even though it acquired that status legally. [0] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_v._Alcoa
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Especially the Highlander, a film set mostly in Scotland and Connery is supposed to be Spanish...
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Which sides are you referring to? The current US president was also president when COVID started.
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by blackguardx 2y ago
The exponential model tying collector current to base-emitter voltage is why I think most old-school references just treat BJTs as a fixed gain base-current amplifier. Of course it doesn't help that the gain is unknown and varies with
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by blackguardx 2y ago
What is the most challenging concept about transistors? I think the classic valve analogy (AKA Art of Electronics "Transistor Man") works to a large extent. To fully understand the physics requires a lot more but in between, there
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Historically a lot of Republicans have derided poverty statistics and poverty programs because the people on the programs “all have big screen TVs”[0]. I’m not sure the politics are as clear cut as you indicate. [0] https://www.h
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Why does it matter if they are theists or not? Would you afford more leniency to a catholic church?
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by blackguardx 2y ago
I think you are drawing the wrong conclusions here. I have never worked at Apple, but know many people that have. Every team is different but the overarching theme is that they are very secretive internally, especially around hardware. They
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Not owning mineral rights on your property is very common in much of Colorado where there is lots of oil and gas development.
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Standards change and improved methods are discovered. In the 50s and 60s the "hip belay" was the standard and considered safe. Once ATC/tube style belay devices became ubiquitous, the "pinch and slide" technique too
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by blackguardx 2y ago
This is why belaying a lead climber shouldn't be considered a casual activity. The belayer literally has the climber's life in their hands. In addition to violet jerks, the belayer needs to keep their hands on the belay strand eve
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by blackguardx 2y ago
This can only happen if the belayer takes their hand off the brake strand. When unlocked, the grigri has the same braking force as a regular ATC. This essentially was a belayer error. One can't take their hand off the brake strand even
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by blackguardx 2y ago
What are you doing with FPGAs? I’m an FPGA engineer and don’t work at an HFT firm. Those types of jobs seem to be in the minority compared to all the aerospace/defense jobs and other sectors.
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Can you expand on this? What does he not agree with?
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by blackguardx 2y ago
If there is contamination with the target sequence then it will be found by the PCR analysis. I don’t know the practical limits of sensitivity but theoretically it can detect a single occurrence of the target sequence.
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by blackguardx 2y ago
PCR is a basic tool. It amplifies, much like your car stereo. If you can hear music when tuning in an AM station, you don’t question the automatic gain correction the stereo is doing internally. PCR is the same way. If the target is present
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by blackguardx 2y ago
She has been writing in the opinion section for 40 years, which previously printed many columns the newspaper didn’t agree with.
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by blackguardx 2y ago
Where did you learn this? I learned in fourth grade that the proper process is an appeal to a higher court, of which the supreme court is the last word. They are called judicial "opinions" for a reason. Do they not teach this stuf

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