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by chrismartin 4y ago
I got the impression (from people more wonkish than me) that he attempted to beat up Twitter's valuation / stock price in order to negotiate a discount, and when that failed, the bot prevalence accusations (true or not) were a pre
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Respectful disagree. Upstate and downstate are relative terms meaning "further from / closer to NYC than wherever I live", everywhere but Long Island (which is a separate category entirely.)
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by chrismartin 4y ago
I grew up nearby. Being just downwind of Lake Ontario, Syracuse gets 10 feet of snow per winter. [0] If you're susceptible to seasonal depression, it's a rough place to live. Just 50 miles south (around Ithaca / Elmira /
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by chrismartin 4y ago
I hope this doesn't turn out like Foxconn in Mount Pleasant WI. ( https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/wbhjwd )
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Elon Musk is at a street fair, walks into a booth with some knitting for sale. He picks up a scarf with a $60 price tag. "I would pay $44 for this, but my wallet is in my wife's purse. Can we shake on the deal, then I'll find
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Perhaps, but they also deliver thousands of helpful recipes for "using thing X with thing Y" that neither X nor Y's documenters would have anticipated the need for. We are fortunate that Stack Exchange has tried to keep this
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Can you point to a source for this information? This Quora thread has some conflicting reports. https://www.quora.com/Does-Amazon-stealthily-raise-the-price...
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by chrismartin 4y ago
To be clear, I wouldn't tell you to live differently! Not a minimalist here. I also have stuff-intensive hobbies. I've just found it useful to stop and consider alternatives before spending money, moreso than people are encouraged
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by chrismartin 4y ago
I think this article is predicated on the belief that we should make it really easy to consume things. Creative works, perhaps yes, but manufactured objects? I may not agree. With consumerism as the prevailing cultural narrative, a lot of p
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by chrismartin 4y ago
The transition to BEVs may require more grid capacity, but BEVs also add a _lot_ of storage to the grid, which can reduce the impact of peak demand events. In circumstances like this, car owners can opt to discharge their batteries into the
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by chrismartin 4y ago
"X by year Y" gives leaders a pass to finish their tenures and retire before anything hard or unpopular has to be done. When you see "X by year Y", ask: what is the transition plan for the intervening years, to ensure ac
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by chrismartin 4y ago
We gotta fill the gaps between intermittent output from renewables somehow. Would you rather fill those gaps with fossil fuels? Because that's the choice.
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Invariably? Right now I ride a bicycle to where I work 4-5x per week, and make car trips maybe 1-3x per week. The nearest grocery store is across a 7-lane stroad. I would believe the externalities of cars are an order of magnitude worse tha
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by chrismartin 4y ago
I want to visit Amsterdam to see how they deal with this. Most people there get around on an (almost scooter-sized) bicycle but they usually _own_ it themselves, so there's incentive to look after it and not allow it to be impounded fo
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Can downvoters please explain why they disagree with this comment? Agreed on the litter. Imagine I own 1000 scooter-sized fake pink flamingos, imagine they contain a bunch of lithium batteries for some reason. I set them out on city-owned p
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by chrismartin 4y ago
It's often even simpler to find the fuse for the cellular radio and pull it.
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by chrismartin 4y ago
"Happiness" feels under-specified here. I think it's more like Maslow's hierarchy of needs [0]. Which actions, both in the moment and in the long-term, (1) shore up the base of your pyramid and (2) carry you further up i
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Has anyone considered the following? In a small town, you have a section of track running parallel to high speed rail. The track has a small and short "local" train (maybe just a couple of cars) that picks up passengers and accele
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Lies, damned lies, and self-reported statistics that affect a company's SLA refund liability.
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Can downvoters please explain why you disagree? Disclaimer, I've never been here, I don't know what it's like, don't know anyone involved. But I do see four 3D printers nearly touching each other on a benchtop. If you&#x
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Even when cyclists have their own lanes, they need to cross the streetcar tracks in order to (1) make turns and (2) avoid obstacles (e.g. cars suddenly pulling out). If they don't plan and execute the track crossing at a perpendicular
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by chrismartin 4y ago
In my experience, the streetcar driver is unwilling to make contact. It waits (perhaps for the car to be towed), passengers hop off and continue their journey on foot.
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by chrismartin 4y ago
try easylist-cookies. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23521399
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by chrismartin 4y ago
I live in a city with a "modern" streetcar. I even rode it to work for a few months. Two reasons why it's not great. 1. It shares busy streets with cars yet has zero ability to maneuver in traffic. If just one car is parked a
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Does it become like petroleum where we can extract greater quantities with more advanced (yet expensive and possibly dirty) extraction methods? Will there be a tar sands equivalent of lithium?
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Also, LiFePo4 last for several thousands of full-depth charge cycles. Several times longer than lithium ion.
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by chrismartin 4y ago
A nuclear plant dumps a lot more than 30 MW of waste heat into its adjacent body of water. Is that a problem? Power grids can be upgraded, and a grid-connected battery that can send 300 MW in the other direction during occasional supply sho
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by chrismartin 4y ago
As long as we need to fill the gaps around supply of renewables, we will need to build either nuclear or fossil fuel plants. Imagine a new 1 GW nuclear plant compared to a new 1 GW natural gas plant. Which is better for the world on the mar
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by chrismartin 4y ago
Current consumption patterns didn't exist a century ago. Some alternatives to petroleum-powered consumption are already cheaper and more convenient than their petroleum-powered equivalents. Today landscaping tools and heat pumps, tomor
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by chrismartin 4y ago
If you have (or are willing to buy) a compatible phone, GrapheneOS is as good as it gets in my experience -- pushes the envelope of usability and security more than any other mobile device OS yet. The sandboxed Google services compatibility

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