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by cdchn 3y ago
You don't need them to loiter. You just launch them when you have a target. We've had that for a long time; its called a missile.
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by cdchn 3y ago
If companies could sue Nature for potential lost revenue, they would.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Saying "this would be good for power line inspection drones" is true, but think bigger. Imagine if you could operate a fleet of delivery, surveillance, _whatever_ drones, with an already in place, widely distributed charging infr
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by cdchn 3y ago
Skirting regulations and stealing from another megacorp in the open are somewhat different I think.
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by cdchn 3y ago
If you install the awscli and configure it to connect to your account then "aws pricing list-price-lists --service-code AmazonEC2 --currency-code USD --effective-date <today>" to get the price-list ARN then "aws pricing
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by cdchn 3y ago
Interesting article and at the bottom he mentions "You can try out Row Zero without signing up (I love when apps let you do that)." You know what, I love that too! Let me try it. Lets see how it does with the AWS EC2 Pricing Li
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by cdchn 3y ago
I was thinking the same thing. This is great for recreational bicyclists but more public transportation options would help everybody.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Plastic bags were great, I could hook as many as I could lift on a padded carabiner. With mandatory paper bags they seem to have made them as flimsy as possible. I can't go grocery shopping when its raining any more, the bags just tur
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by cdchn 3y ago
I've pretty much given up on reusable bags. I almost always do grocery shopping at random times, and never bring my bags with me when I leave the house.
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by cdchn 3y ago
>I often don't bring my bags with me, because I'm going to have to load everything into the car anyway. Thats an interesting optimization. Don't bag your stuff in the store just walk out with a cart of loose groceries. E
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by cdchn 3y ago
Is high enough resolution to identify products more creepy than simple ubiquitous surveillance?
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by cdchn 3y ago
I think there is a lot of feeling of "I gambled with funny money and lost. Thats the game."
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by cdchn 3y ago
Seems pretty on-brand.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Its funny because the article even talks about the importance of reducing space for binaries.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Do your dogs urinate in your yard as well?
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by cdchn 3y ago
I remember reading once that cats pretend domesticated themselves. Rather then changing themselves to be more docile and acceptable to humans they adapted traits that just make them seem more appealing to humans.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Top tweet is him confronting an intruder then biffing on his face after tripping on a fire hydrant. I just couldn't scroll any further.
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by cdchn 3y ago
>t's sad to see how accepting & cynical we are of the hallowing out and degradation of the US. It is disappointing that people are socioeconomically swept away by the tide, but I think all across America since its inception has
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by cdchn 3y ago
I mean this in the best way possible, this is the best mind-trip I've seen in weeks.
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by cdchn 3y ago
What they could even do is buy physical Blu-Ray and mail the out to people who would return them after a few days, for a subscription fee.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Their reputation has a lot of coming back to do from being "the #1 car brand for criminals."
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by cdchn 3y ago
Gitlab's entire "TeamOps" philosophy resonates with me heavily. https://university.gitlab.com/learn/course/teamops/introduct... Default to transparency, shared reality (operating from a single-
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by cdchn 3y ago
They also crash way more often[1] and have disproportionally more deaths[2]. 1. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2023/12/18/tesla-ha... 2. https://www.flyingpenguin.com/?p=35
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by cdchn 3y ago
Nissan is the automaker that I would most analogize to an uncle with a drug problem.
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by cdchn 3y ago
BWM parts in Toyotas, Honda teaming up with NISSAN of all things. Wild times!
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by cdchn 3y ago
Don't forget their abysmal safety record and bait-and-switch "Full Self Driving!"
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by cdchn 3y ago
>What's the issue with them buying houses as investments, as long as they're being rented out? Because it prevents people from owning and now have to be permanent renters because of somebody's greedy rent seeking behavior.
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by cdchn 3y ago
Be careful what you say here about businesses that try to "disrupt an industry" aka "operate quasi-legally until someone tries to stop them."
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by cdchn 3y ago
IKEA products seem to vary wildly between "partical board disposable" to "made from actual wood and somewhat decent."
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by cdchn 3y ago
In the Twitter operations area there was a big TV that streamed searches for #failwhale etc. It was actually very useful to detect problems with Twitter by looking for people complaining about Twitter on Twitter.

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