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by dcrazy 2y ago
> They didn't have an annoying CEO grandstanding about the amazing tech while handwaving away hallucinations and common bugs, something Valley leadership does way too much of. Did you forget that they released a video that proudly d
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by dcrazy 2y ago
There’s a big difference between presidential appointments and the rank and file of the civil service. (For what it’s worth, I also think we should seriously consider a constitutional amendment to prohibit the firing of political appointees
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by dcrazy 2y ago
> it will be confirmed that the executive branch has unilateral power to fire people working in the executive branch. Do you hold the opinion that the Civil Service Reform Act is unconstitutional? What about the Reorganization Act of 193
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by dcrazy 2y ago
I believe DMX was also used for Descent, and the company successfully shut down open source projects to reverse engineer the file format. Interplay was also extremely protective of their full-motion video codec, which only got well-document
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Many products sold in the United States must be tested in a CPSC-certified lab for conformity, of which UL is the best known. But consumer electronics don’t seem to be among that set, unless they are roped in somehow (maybe for hazardous su
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by dcrazy 2y ago
A Florentine politician who owns an AirBnB is by definition not an absentee landlord.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
I’m not sure what you’re trying to suggest here… the PSU is also connected to the wall with a C13 connector, and is able to supply 600W at 12VDC to the card.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Most residential wiring is 15A except for bathrooms.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
You don’t seem to be considering that city leadership might not want the easy rent money, because it goes to absentee landlords and raises the market rent for people who actually live in their units. Tourists are not a “richer resident;” th
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Thanks for the deep dive! Having tried other burgers in Japan, but not McD’s, does McD’s Japan use fluffy milk-bread-style buns? When confronted with a pillowy burger bun surrounding an otherwise flavorful and juicy meat patty, my mouth rea
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Is NVIDIA breaching any consumer safety laws by pumping twice the rated current through a 24ish gauge wire? Perhaps by violating their UL certification?
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by dcrazy 2y ago
The difference is that enough Alaskans had always called Mt. McKinley “Denali” that the State of Alaska petitioned the U.S. government to change the federal name in 1975. Who asked to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico?
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by dcrazy 2y ago
172 locations out of ~1,000 in Japan, many of which were opened during the pandemic to handle increased delivery demand. This is a nothingburger. (Nothingpizza?)
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Because it perpetuates a misconception and is harder to read.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
> Shouldn't allocation strategy be decided by the caller, not type definiton? This is how C++ is designed. Unfortunately, it precludes types from taking dependencies on their own address, which is critical for e.g. atomics. As far a
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by dcrazy 2y ago
It’s not illegal to pay someone who is frustrated by circumstance in performing the duties of their government job. It’s possibly illegal to pay someone for a government job that doesn’t exist anymore.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
The “tool” was sorting your lots by cost basis, which is what Enginerrrd is saying was taken away.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
At some point you need to realize your gains—perhaps to rebalance a portfolio, or to pay for an expense, or because you’re retiring and now it’s time to enjoy the profits of your buying and holding. And a lot of people elect specific-lot co
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Probably not the Manson family, but probably the Branch Dividians. Just like I’d call the Salvation Army a Christian paramilitary.
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But it’s an accurate and useful summary. This group is specifically organized around the principles of veganism and Rationalism.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
I also inserted “rationalist” into my submission of this story because it’s an accurate description of the group.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Was it originally BSD-licensed, or did it start out as the MS Public Source License or whatever it was called? We could go back and check on Codeplex… oh wait.
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Border Patrol shooting linked to Bay Area Rationalist death cult(sfgate.com)
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by dcrazy 2y ago
The choices for race, sex, etc. self-identification are usually mandated by the government service that is requesting the data. For example, the EEOC defines [1] the racial categories for the form your employer asks you to fill out. Your em
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by dcrazy 2y ago
This betrays a fundamental misunderstanding of how the world works. There’s a great bit in Margin Call about this: Kevin Spacey’s character challenges the plan to sell the firm’s entire MBS portfolio with the point that once their counterpa
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by dcrazy 2y ago
I think high-speed rail between SF and LA is a great idea, and it’s difficult to understand how much of its cost is avoidable excess when the only solution proposed by critics is to shut down the project entirely.
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In 1930s California’s population boom had just started. There were 5 million people in the state, split between San Francisco and Los Angeles. Both cities had electric trams, but the demand for regional rail wasn’t high enough to electrify
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by dcrazy 2y ago
I was so excited for the EMUs, but unfortunately the near-vertical seat backs are extremely uncomfortable. I ride a coach bus to work and rely on working during my commute. I simply cannot work on Caltrain.
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This is certainly a take. Getting anywhere except SOMA startupland from 4th and King is a minimum 15 minute ride on the T or N.
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by dcrazy 2y ago
Santa Clara County is not part of the BART District. The extension to downtown San Jose is being funded by VTA as a service-purchase agreement.

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