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by dsizzle 4y ago
The kicker for me was his follow-up tweet: https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1531867103854317568?s=20 It's one thing to troll for kicks or whatever but he's now implying people at Tesla working remotel
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by dsizzle 4y ago
If you never watch it yourself, then there's no problem -- they're the primary and only household. If you do watch it sometimes but not enough to justify the cost then the question becomes what is the dollar threshold? The options
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by dsizzle 4y ago
I would think Disney/Amazon wait to see how things pan out with Netflix first. In the short term, don't they stand to gain subscribers? Seems the only way they lose out is if the effort is a net positive, but that's not guara
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by dsizzle 4y ago
Since they're also considering an ad-based tier, I wonder if instead of requesting a surcharge they just start showing ads in the secondary households.
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by dsizzle 4y ago
There's likely a flip side to that -- how many people show similar signs of trouble and never end up as a shooter? Clicking around one thing that stands out to me is a striking increase in assault rifle usage https://www.the
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by dsizzle 4y ago
To the extent that school shooting are, statistically, a "tail" event, you would expect that to change more sensitively than the "average" (guns per capita). So a tripling of the average gun measure (going from Serbia to
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by dsizzle 4y ago
What are some takeaways? Normally I can get a sense from reading summaries and reviews, but finding it hard in this case.
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by dsizzle 4y ago
Wasn't sure if these were rhetorical questions (I didn't know so I just looked), but gun laws in Serbia are relatively restrictive. You can't buy automatic or semiautomatic weapons, and registration — including background che
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by dsizzle 4y ago
> This is the case for vitamin D from sun vs oral D supplements. Wait, has there been a study suggesting this? This implies that there's a narrow optimal range and exceeding it causes problems. Seems you would see this in the supple
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by dsizzle 4y ago
The conclusion that vitamin D levels are an effect not a cause came from exploring the mechanisms. And yes, it may turn out that NO similarly is a marker. It's ironic that the author didn't consider that getting sunlight may simil
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by dsizzle 4y ago
Well, I never said "orally." If it's beneficial to get NO via sunlight on your skin, it doesn't seem crazy that it might work via some lotion. Even considering oral supplements, one might also take a precursor if the mol
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by dsizzle 4y ago
By "observational" studies I realize you probably just meant studies where they don't manipulate a variable (which, while less than ideal, it is indeed science), whereas I was making a more philosophical point, a la Popper h
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GP didn't say that the science of sun exposure is "settled." Also, that UV damages DNA and causes cancer isn't simply a "proposed" mechanism, it's been tested many times. I would say pure "observation
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by dsizzle 4y ago
The article did describe some mechanisms, for instance the skin uses UV to make nitric oxide, which is known to lower blood pressure. That said, I'm not sure why this would be better than just taking nitric oxide. The same question com
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This deck describes people being let go for performance reasons, whereas Netflix clarified this was different: > These changes are primarily driven by business needs rather than individual performance, which makes them especially tough a
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by dsizzle 4y ago
It seems Siberia is one of the places where living conditions might actually improve https://eos.org/articles/climate-change-could-make-siberia-a... (the "big bog" scenario does cast doubt on that -- e.g. exi
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by dsizzle 4y ago
I guess, but after seeing videos of people screaming from their balconies because they can't leave their homes even to get food https://www.independent.co.uk/asia/china/shanghai-residents-... it seems odd to
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by dsizzle 4y ago
Weird proxy to illustrate the problem with lockdowns. On the one hand it's a huge city, so there's lots of people who could be buying cars, but on the other hand... it's a huge city, so you probably don't need a car?
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by dsizzle 4y ago
The author can do what they want, but if they care what associations people have about the name and they didn't consider this, they now have new information.
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by dsizzle 4y ago
FWIW my first thought was the same as GP, and then only later did I consider that maybe it's punning on bastard, but I still wasn't sure. Probably better to pick another name and not have to keep explaining it.
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by dsizzle 4y ago
Weird how this supposedly only casts doubt on the supply chain explanation, and not on another favorite culprit: stimulus. Japan has been doing stimulus too: https://www.reuters.com/markets/us/japan-eyes-record-sti
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by dsizzle 4y ago
I'm slightly sympathetic to the road safety argument -- it's at least plausible [1] -- but it's weird how it only applies to motorcycles. Taking the logic seriously, everyone should make more noise for safety? Bicyclists are
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Not following.
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Turbo makes a car faster and increases air intake -- yet make an engine quieter, not louder https://www.torque.com.sg/features/turbocharged-cars-why-qui...
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by dsizzle 4y ago
You're saying the mufflers are optimized to be as quiet as possible for the given powertrain? Anyway, why the focus on the "powertrain"? I can understand wanting to accelerate quickly. Are you saying there's a relationsh
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by dsizzle 4y ago
I don't see the problem. Are you opposed to automation more generally?
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I'm sure you can make a car that's quieter than these limits no matter how you drive them; they were designed to be loud because some people think it's cool. EDIT: Not sure why this is getting downvoted. Look at the ad copy o
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by dsizzle 4y ago
So speed cameras are fascist?
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That only really makes sense where there's a tradeoff: with carbon taxes, you can at least understand why carbon-based energy sources are being used. With loud cars, there's no benefit to tradeoff against! IMO, bans make more sens
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by dsizzle 4y ago
> Some cars and many motorcycles, depending on the road and driving style, will easily exceed the 95 and 80 decibel limits straight from the factory. Based on Car and Driver testing, examples include the 2016 Porsche 911 GT3 RS (108 deci

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