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by ctdonath 6y ago
110 baud. 9 hours to download a book.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
With mainstream news being so propagandist, only way to keep up with actual news is Twitter: people bypassing curators and directly & efficiently stating what happens.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Don’t need a department to handle an occasional tweet.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Does a PR dept actually matter for this? If an explanation is warranted, just publish it on social media. I expect the corporate focus is more on "fix the problem" than "hey everyone, let's DiScUsS tHe PrObLeM"; Tes
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by ctdonath 6y ago
That was how I knew. Had a vague sense of coming down with something; smelled a scented candle which I KNEW i could smell (normally), didn’t sense it at all. Test followed. Strange that this was known early, yet never was considered an indi
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Save-on gave numbers: an optimization algorithm took 25 hours to run normally, now completes in 2 minutes.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Return of the "boom box".
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Case study in importance of maintenance. 1 broken century-old hook => $16,650,000,000 damages.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
There's the catch: is everything you could possibly want really a short walk/transit away? or is the proliferation of top-end (for you) options in a sprawling city way beyond what can be crammed within walking distance of _your_
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The old city was built when everyone walked everywhere. Stacked meant you didn't have to go far to get to anywhere in the city. Automobile mobility results in sprawl: many/most people don't want to be stacked if they don&#x27
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by ctdonath 6y ago
How do y’all mentally process that fact? Why does the stock market think the company is “worth” that? My rationalizations: Profits are ~$88B/yr. would take ~22 years to total $2T, sooner with growth. ...but shareholders don’t receive t
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Starting price US$210,000.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
This is about nothing, folks. Literally. Epic sells usage ("v-bucks") which would cost them nothing to supply 'unlimited'. Apple, having a standard of "in-app sales, we get 30%", wants their cut of making a bun
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by ctdonath 6y ago
And how hard is it for Epic to sell in-game v-bucks? And Epic is making how much ... off what, beyond the game itself?
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Depends on the local tax law. Confluence of maintenance costs vs depreciation vs revenue vs other legal accounting issues can result in reducing/eliminating taxes - even if you have a net positive income. Upshot: evicting non paying te
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Costs continue. Mortgage payments continue, heat/water/electric bills must be paid, maintenance continues, legal wrangling over legit evictions (say, trashing the place) is costly. Cutting those costs can stabilize losses. Empty
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Random thought: Someone made a “camera” which tracks location & direction, and “takes” a picture by selecting the closest picture found taken from that spot & angle. Use this new tech for a next generation of that “camera”, generati
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The protestors and rioters are largely indistinguishable. The former do not renounce & expel the latter. The former provide cover for the latter. Legally, each individual is culpable for the act of the mob, the mob is culpable for each
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The protestors were not attacked. They have a well established process of “peaceful” used as a shield for provocateurs, as though individuals are not responsible for the whole mob. The peaceful have recourse to identify and expel the viole
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by ctdonath 6y ago
We jail arsonists for good reason. “Burn the courthouse for change” isn’t centrist, it’s delusional.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Bloom County made something of a return when one of the running gags became reality: Trump running for President. Berkeley Breathed couldn’t stay quiet/retired then.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
TIL: Moon covers 0.5°.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. Clarke may have enunciated it, but Aristotle may have been first to recognize it.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
Need current "live" feed of Three Gorges Dam. Could get real interesting soon.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
This is the United STATES, a democratic republic - not to be confused with a popular democracy outright. We recognize that in national issues, a few blocks in a major city should not be able to out-vote (and thus overrule) entire states hav
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by ctdonath 6y ago
No. They think they're voting for the good policies and actions. We can legitimately disagree over the good/bad of policies and actions. Is instituting/increasing minimum wage: providing a livable income for those at the bott
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I just ran numbers for Tesla Cybertruck. Depending on gas vs electricity prices, a "Tri FSD" CT, built to million-mile specifications, will pay for itself on gas savings by 0.5-1.5M miles. I think "free truck" operated t
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by ctdonath 6y ago
The nonsense questions are actually handled quite well, continuing the sense of humor implied. I object to the author's expectation the response should be "I don't know" etc. Old jokes: Q: How high is a mouse when it spi
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by ctdonath 6y ago
It will happen, just further down the line. I watched the same thing happen to Japan way back.
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by ctdonath 6y ago
I’m very familiar with the numbers. Solar bed cover is good for a few miles per day - which may be all you need in an emergency.

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