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by chiph 2y ago
Thankfully, the story of Acousti-Kitty being run over was a poorly conceived joke.
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by chiph 2y ago
Prior Air Force, but not a pilot. 40 years later my internal clock is still usually accurate to 10-15 minutes. Not good enough to replace a kitchen timer, sadly. The saying when I was in was "If you're not five minutes early, you&
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by chiph 2y ago
I test-drove a Model S about that time - it was hair-raising because the system would correct the cars position about a half-second after I would have. I hovered my hands by the wheel the whole time, waiting for it to careen us into a bridg
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by chiph 2y ago
People incorrectly throw around the term "rent-seeking" all the time, yet this is a case where it would be correctly applied. The dealerships petition the government to enforce the franchise model of car sales to block potential c
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by chiph 2y ago
What were the choices they had when picking a roof material? While lead has it's disadvantages, it was probably the best choice of them. Lead - the traditional material using for cathedral roofing is easy to work with, easily soldered
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by chiph 2y ago
If you're in the US, you can apply to attend the American College of the Building Arts. https://acba.edu/aboutacba They were established in Charleston SC after Hurricane Hugo when it was discovered that the US did not
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by chiph 2y ago
It's a "Man bites dog" headline.
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by chiph 2y ago
You can look at sites like A.M.Best for ratings, but mostly it's been listening to what people say. Try using prompts like "does xxx pay claims fairly" to see what you get. There are only a few which get positive responses:
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by chiph 2y ago
I'm not sure BEAD is needed, as the Telecommunications Act of 1996 expanded the definition of Universal Service to include high-speed internet. The FCC later set up the Connect America Fund in 2013 to administer this, defining high spe
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by chiph 2y ago
When I shop for insurance my #1 priority is seeing if the company will pay a claim. Either because they have the reserves, or because of corporate policy. Premium cost is #2. What I have observed is that starting about 8-9 years ago any ret
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by chiph 2y ago
I wouldn't think so, as alcohol, fructose, and/or being overweight seem to be the main factors. I would ask your doctor to look at your blood work with relation to that the next time you get a physical. Oh, and at least in my case
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by chiph 2y ago
I was recently diagnosed with fatty liver disease. The liver-related numbers in my blood work were slightly elevated. An abdominal ultrasound confirmed it. Liver problems have historically been caused by excessive alcohol consumption (leads
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by chiph 2y ago
A Lexus forum member went through several attempts to physically disconnect from the Toyota cloud and ultimately had to compromise on this, as the hands-free Bluetooth also went through the data communications module and they weren't w
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by chiph 2y ago
Only one place I have worked at had the goal of writing code as if it were from just one person and it was pretty nice, honestly. The diff tool output was easy to understand (not a lot of noise). What made it work was everyone was pretty ma
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by chiph 2y ago
Nearly a full minute of disclaimers and warnings about 4chan. That's got to be a record.
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by chiph 2y ago
> The audience for Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), which was initially released on 70mm in Cinerama theatres (with their huge, curved screens) in April 1968 before going on general release on 35mm in January 1969, has alw
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by chiph 2y ago
If you need help with the turkey, Butterball runs a phone bank every November with people who can advise you on defrosting, cooking, and food safety. 1-800-butterball But if your turkey is still frozen (today is Thanksgiving), you're g
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by chiph 2y ago
You'll get no argument from me how automobile control system ergonomics have gone to shit. But I was thinking more about passive safety improvements from body structure engineering and auto-braking systems.
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by chiph 2y ago
Various family members have their accounts & passwords in a binder, in a known location. Not ideal, but there's no technology involved so it is "elder proof". Could it be left with their attorney? Not really - the attorne
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by chiph 2y ago
I haven't seen anyone talk about how the fleet of cars on US roads is now older than ever. Approximately 12 years now. That's 12 years of safety engineering improvements that aren't there. I am not advocating for government h
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by chiph 2y ago
Wouldn't it be better to optimize the directions so their drivers make fewer left turns? UPS did that a couple of decades ago.
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by chiph 2y ago
I think that part of the reason we get so many "studies" done is because of how government accounting works. IMO the scenario is they have $250k free to use. But that isn't enough to do anything significant, like electrificat
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by chiph 2y ago
You've never played the "telephone game" in school? Passing information verbally from one person to another (whether standing next to you or to the next generation) is famously inaccurate, even when everyone is trying to ensu
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by chiph 2y ago
To give you an idea of what these caverns are like - here's a tractor-trailer driver making a delivery into one in Missouri. There are speed limit signs, stop signs, directional signs, etc. because otherwise you'll get lost. http
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by chiph 2y ago
CuriousMarc, kens, and crew have been recreating the up & downlinks for Apollo using vintage NASA hardware. They recently were able to send commands to their AGC[0][1] remotely. No encryption used, just a hefty investment in RF engineer
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by chiph 2y ago
I'm an American. I smile at everyone.
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by chiph 2y ago
Wolfspeed is building a fab in North Carolina that will make SiC based chips. They are receiving $750 million from the CHIPS and Science Act and will likely receive another $1 billion in tax credits. https://en.wikipedia.org&#x2F
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by chiph 2y ago
The depositors are innocent in this. Except where they were also shareholders or executives. The shareholders lost their investments. The executives got to pack up their personal items into cardboard boxes[0] under supervision by the author
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by chiph 2y ago
> Josh shows that large investors enjoy cost advantages by paying fewer operating expenses, property taxes, and lower mortgage costs. One particularly interesting one is insurance costs, which have of course been rising all over the coun
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by chiph 2y ago
You're both right, but are coming at this from different directions. In the past a rainbow table was intended to reveal as many passwords on a system as possible once you got a copy of the passwords. If one of them happened to be a hig

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