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by cryptoz 5y ago
> getting denied the vehicle they reserved Why do car rental companies have such a problem with this? I haven't rented a car in 5 years, but I rented a bunch in the 5 years before that. I don't think even once I was actually a
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by cryptoz 5y ago
More than 50 people just died from flooding of hurricane remnant in the Northeast just a few days ago. And Sandy really did put lower Manhattan under water causing huge damage. More of that is coming.
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by cryptoz 5y ago
South Florida floods constantly and the situation is getting worse year by year. Regular tides are now higher than ever and causing problems for residents. The creep is slow until it's not.
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Product placement in Apple TV shows(wsj.com)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
For what it's worth, my experience is the opposite. The vast majority of negative psychological triggers I see in my online life are on HN, not facebook or twitter or reddit. > I think everyone can agree there is a dramatic differen
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by cryptoz 5y ago
I'm not related to this project, but I am an Android dev, and I would guess it has to do with the WiFi changes detailed here: https://developer.android.com/about/versions/pie/android-9.0... Google often
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by cryptoz 5y ago
They murdered untold thousands of people and ruined millions of lives. They are criminals and should be treated as such. Basic justice is not 'vengeance', it's simple justice. Also there is no deterrent for future criminals.
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State of emergency in New York amid ‘historic’ flooding caused by Ida's remnants(theguardian.com)
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Ida’s wind-driven remnants pummel the New York City region(nytimes.com)
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Hit by Ida, New Orleans faces weeks without power(apnews.com)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
Related: Do iPhone or Android cameras have a smoothing filter that is default-on and that cannot be turned off? Been wondering about this.
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by cryptoz 5y ago
My hobby is using Android phones to take weather measurements and hopefully one day, be useful in weather prediction. I make an app that has this feature (along with other ML experiments), US only for now: https://play.google.com
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Show HN: Hurricane Ida's pressure falling in Louisiana, data from Android phones(static.wixstatic.com)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
Microsoft silently censored MSN chats 20 years ago. Couldn't talk about PHP programming easily because any message with 'index.php' was silently dropped. Blew my mind they would dare do that, but I've since learned this
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by cryptoz 5y ago
I am collecting data on this storm using barometers in Android devices with All Clear Weather: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allclearwe... If you want to join, you can download the app and go t
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by cryptoz 5y ago
I've been researching this stuff on and off for about 10 years. Here's a graph I made of Sandy using the same kind of tech but a previous project: [ https://imgur.com/r/sandy/c87tV](https://imgur
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Hurricane Henri's atmospheric pressure be measured with your Android phone(play.google.com)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
I'm no Musk fan but this > If he had never pursued reusability he would have made far, far more money from his launch business. Strikes me as short term thinking and not true, also. The plan is to sell tickets at $400,000 each to g
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by cryptoz 5y ago
> isn't really any level of 'comprehension' at all. I mean, that's a bit harsh. I bet there are lots of people who would answer the question the exact same way. They don't have a total lack of comprehension, they
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by cryptoz 5y ago
Who's to say that the AI doesn't have intent, and makes no attempt at communication? These are certainly very philosophical questions and I would be ready to stand by the idea that first, there is possibly intent and communication
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SF Bay's tides are going to rise. Should we dam the Golden Gate first?(sfchronicle.com)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
It seems you are stating that the loudly-spoken and widely-distributed words of the US president are "not important". I completely disagree with that. What the US President says is definitely important. I have already expressed an
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by cryptoz 5y ago
Why is it not scary? The hot July killed 1000 people in the Pacific Northwest alone in just 1 week. An entire Canadian town burned the the ground, basically nothing left. Residents had 15 minutes warning and not everyone made it out. Where
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by cryptoz 5y ago
See also, exhibit B, https://twitter.com/colinaverill/status/1414273471853514756 "Okay apparently in Texas we have moved past climate denial within the oil and gas industry to outright CHEERING ON THE RCP 8.5
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by cryptoz 5y ago
I am very left, and despise Biden's refusal to address climate change where it counts, like fraking. But honestly, the new boss is not the same as the old boss, even with climate change. The new boss does in fact acknowledge it exists,
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by cryptoz 5y ago
> It’s a good reminder never to assume malice when plain old stupidity is on the table. We are only in this mess because of this attitude. Don't let evil people get away with evil things just because you think they are stupid. The c
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by cryptoz 5y ago
From TFA: "Several cyber experts at the symposium became frustrated late into the first day with not being provided with packet captures." I'm not sure they're experts if they were expecting Mike Lindell to actually deli
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by cryptoz 5y ago
The cost is not the issue most people have a problem with; it's the general idea of geoengineering without (much) regard for unknown side effects. Also, geoengineering without fixing the root cause is backwards and risky. Reducing emis
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by cryptoz 5y ago
94 in the forecast for Seattle this week ~Friday, again. Forecast was 90 earlier, now 94, been rising for the past few days. (99 forecast in Tacoma)
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by cryptoz 5y ago
Footage from a ferry escaping the fires https://twitter.com/dinosofos/status/1423916668116418560?s=1...

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