cbdumas

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by cbdumas 8y ago
The article OP linked is about the systemic effect of rent control, which is claimed to be negative for low income renters overall even if it benefits a small group of lucky low income renters in particular. I would love to see a well argue
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by cbdumas 8y ago
This article doesn't address the central point of the original essay at all
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by cbdumas 8y ago
There is currently a very similar study being conducted in the US. I am a subject in this study after I got appendicitis last summer. I chose to be treated with antibiotics and have been symptom free for the last ~14 months. I could also ha
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by cbdumas 8y ago
Just want to say thank you for what you do. Contrary to this users experience I find the Vim bindings in VSCode to be probably the best I've ever used in any IDE. Keep up the good work.
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by cbdumas 8y ago
Wikipedia has a nice list[1] of existing and upcoming projects where transmission engineers judged HVDC to be the best solution. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HVDC_projects
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by cbdumas 8y ago
No microecon background but I worked in an energy adjacent field for a while. One of the big issues here is that there is a huge price/cost mismatch. Consumers are billed a flat price at all times of the day and year (mostly), but the
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by cbdumas 8y ago
If you read the FAQ it address how this is different from a "cross-layer" approach.
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by cbdumas 9y ago
Are you referring to the "unintended acceleration" scandal from ~10 years ago? If so the NHTSA investigated[0] that and found no flaws in electronics. The problem was essentially people pushing the gas when they thought they were
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by cbdumas 9y ago
Can you be more specific about your internet not working with those addresses blocked? What exactly doesn't work?
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by cbdumas 9y ago
I went to public school in the early 2000s and 'computer class' meant 'learn to use MS Office' when we weren't playing Oregon Trail of course. I was lucky enough to have parents that could afford to support my inter