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by cronix 5y ago
It's also more environmentally friendly as it takes more power (exhaust) to get moving from a complete stop, more brake dust created coming to a complete stop, etc. > The law is at complete odds with normal human behavior > that
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by cronix 5y ago
Nio is doing it in China. Here's the process: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvMr42VnFyo
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by cronix 5y ago
> You either die a hero, or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain Google has lived that long, and many here were around before their inception, know what they were about (and marketed themselves as) and have seen what t
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by cronix 5y ago
I don't have an issue with it as far as Twitter the company goes, but I also don't think things that don't have a public way of reading them without an account should be used as sources on HN. Yes some paywalled content gets
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by cronix 5y ago
They do it every so often, but usually you could dismiss the popup/overlay by just clicking on the page.
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by cronix 5y ago
> So what "little" they paid him was still the majority of what he was making streaming There, I fixed it. LOL
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by cronix 5y ago
Because Joe was commenting on the HuffPost article that was linked in his tweet? I missed where he was actually giving advice? Commenting on something you read is not "giving advice," generally.
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by cronix 5y ago
There are horse medicines with aspirin, too. Is aspirin now a horse medicine because it contains a common ingredient? Ivermectin is also literally used by millions of humans in countries all over the globe that have parasite problems, becau
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by cronix 5y ago
> despite doctor's advice Despite some doctor's advice.... Joe's doctor prescribed him human grade ivermectin, not "horse dewormer." HIS doctor. So HIS doctors advice was to take it, along with monoclonal antib
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by cronix 5y ago
> dangerous anti-scientific medical advice' That sounds like an opinion. One that lacks substance and likely couldn't actually be proven as stated, but an opinion I'm happy you can express openly. I'm also appreciativ
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by cronix 5y ago
> Spotify is famous for how little they pay artists for song plays Maybe, but > 60% of Young's streaming revenue comes from Spotify meaning the move is likely to cost him and his record label, Warner Bros[1] So what "little&
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by cronix 5y ago
> In a speech in 2002, Crichton coined the term Gell-Mann amnesia effect, after physicist Murray Gell-Mann. He used this term to describe the phenomenon of experts believing news articles on topics outside of their fields of expertise, e
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by cronix 5y ago
It's not classified anymore (I linked to a story that gives more info than I did), and you can be sure they won't tell me most details of things I ask about. If you think they sit there and tell me state secrets, think again lol.
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by cronix 5y ago
It's not unfounded, and they knew about it before it ever flew once. A family member was in the CIA at the time (later at NSA and RAND) and played a role after they were sent to the USSR after graduating college to study Russian (paid
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by cronix 5y ago
> Sony makes their phones in Thailand, speakers/headsets in Malaysia. Panasonic produces a lot of consumer electronics in Malaysia. Samsung makes some of their phones in Vietnam, and the high-end ones in Korea. Their fridges are als
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by cronix 5y ago
The UK is importing human waste from the Netherlands to be used as fertilizer. I guess they don't eat enough in the UK to produce what they need locally? Odd thing to need to import! https://www.theguardian.com/environm
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by cronix 5y ago
You could also install cameras pointing back towards Earth and basically have 24/7 coverage of everyone's movements similar to what Darpa's ARGUS-IS[1](2013) does except using a global network of satellites instead of drones
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by cronix 5y ago
I just hit "reader view" in firefox (icon next to search bar) and all that crap goes away leaving just the article text and images.
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by cronix 5y ago
I anticipate some curious bugs for playstation versions.
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by cronix 5y ago
They're also obstructionist and don't implement standards because they could harm the app store, like PWA.
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by cronix 5y ago
I don't believe ICBM's are using GPS. They're programmed like they always have been and follow a very predictable path and don't change course (unlike hypersonic missiles). It's the "smart weapons" that ar
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by cronix 5y ago
> What is this...kindergarten level morality. It could be because I didn't make that claim of keeping it because someone else might take it. I only pointed out that someone will likely want it absent a US presence due to its strateg
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by cronix 5y ago
I'm sure once upon a time no one in their right mind considered Japan attacking Pearl Harbor a realistic possibility (as in "zero chance" to use your words), yet it happened. Doesn't have to be China at all - I just used
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by cronix 5y ago
The infrastructure engineers built an awesome highway, but the other half (content creators) aren't creating enough quality cars. Content creators, and the people who make content/entertainment decisions, are not the same people a
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by cronix 5y ago
How long do you think that would last given the prime strategic location? Do you think any other countries would like a large base 1/2 way between Asia and the US mainland? It's sure a lot easier to take over an existing stable is
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by cronix 5y ago
If we're going down rabbit holes, then the internet is to blame. Oh wait, the internet is made up of a bunch of computers. Computers are to blame. Oh wait, computers require electricity. Electricity is to blame.
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by cronix 5y ago
And the mighty walled garden breaks into smaller walled gardens. Eventually each country will have its own version of each app to comply with local laws.
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by cronix 5y ago
That just sounds like a microcosm of society in general. If you have money to throw around, odds are you can get away with more.
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by cronix 5y ago
Yes, it's described in the application.
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by cronix 5y ago
Didn't they also do that with recordable CD's (CD-R) early on?

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