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811.
by dv_dt 4y ago
I wish sci comms practice would have a standard set of terms for stages of development/belief. Here the headline should be something like “theory proposed that …”
812.
by dv_dt 4y ago
post the WFH investments, plus major tech companies laying off pushing a glut of used hw onto the market would seem to put a dent it cpu shipments.
813.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Yes that is a frequent argument when governments look at building public goods.
814.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Smaller, less owned news outlets are providing some coverage: https://www.levernews.com/there-will-be-more-derailments/
815.
by dv_dt 4y ago
In the aftermath of 9/11 the EPA's assurances of the safety of the environment in the Twin Towers vicinity was pretty much hollow.
816.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The time to play also seems like it could also be an indicator of other aspects of life balance and financial health.
817.
by dv_dt 4y ago
People know if they step into a hot humid environment vs a hot dry environment. Perhaps they're just sensing some level of thermal energy flow at the skin and how fast sweat cools, but I think you sinuses, sense of taste, and lungs may
818.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The comment on the cyclic nature of the solar kiln being better vs cracking than industrial process of just heating until done was interesting.
819.
by dv_dt 4y ago
In the UK, they can trace some of the missing workers directly into a surge of long term health problems - likely from covid directly or covid induced other issues. This was predicted by many public health experts I was following in the mid
820.
by dv_dt 4y ago
That and jobs for some people, even min wage jobs can be sticky. If you're just making it, it can be hard to break the routine and give up money from hourly pay to make time to look for a new job - even if its a better job. So with c
821.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Nothing inherent except that nuclear portions of the plan needs needs a higher level of construction to build the (non-nuclear) support infrastructure to operate
822.
by dv_dt 4y ago
If the post has a hashtag, it seems like a request to be indexed. If not, then maybe don't make it searchable.
823.
by dv_dt 4y ago
There is always Liberapay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberapay
824.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Thermodynamics is eternal
825.
by dv_dt 4y ago
2-5% match is pretty good imho. Any match percentage is basically doubling your savings. If the vesting is good, save up the the limit of match. With tech industry salaries higher 401k matches would just hit the max limit for 401k frequentl
826.
by dv_dt 4y ago
It’s a way potential employees will understand as devaluing the benefit. Basically making it likely a pointless inducement to join. About 50/50 of the companies I joined offered 401k matching vested immediately.
827.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The question is how many times will it elevating bad prose vs removing opportunities to write great prose.
828.
by dv_dt 4y ago
ChatGPT is basically automated reversion to a slightly worse mean for applicable areas. The algos as sophisticated as they are produce a credible remix of the training input.
829.
by dv_dt 4y ago
They will probably end up requiring a buy of $116k/unit headsets from LockMartRayBoMageddon which will then be subcontracted to Microsoft
830.
by dv_dt 4y ago
My first thought is that any given year it maybe be a different set of accounts delivering the bulk of the ACV.
831.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Individual states also have guidelines too (probably mostly aligned w/ the federal). It reminds me of the artist who wanted to correct a misleading fwy sign, pulled the style guide, made the sign and put it up. https://thela
832.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Google meet wasn’t far behind - but it was behind in quality vs zoom. And it wants to herd every user into getting a google account - if you wanted to just meet online with a random group of people zoom had the fewest hurdles.
833.
by dv_dt 4y ago
It’s not really Covid or shifts in behavior, it’s a policy decision by political Tory leadership of how much margin in the system of the NHS to maintain. And imho in their case their policy is negative margin in order to increase privatizat
834.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Yup it’s pretty bad - I kept comparing it to the nws mobile site and the iOS weather app was frequently wrong vs the nws and real outcomes
835.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Do you read for fun? I had declined in the amount I read purely for pleasure over the years, and recently re-upped my time spent in it, and subjectively I think it improved my reading in general. There are some studies that seem to support
836.
by dv_dt 4y ago
The Boeing engineer CEO who replaced the accountant CEO (one of the first in Boeing history) under which most of the preliminary design of the deadly product was performed.
837.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Steam plants are ripe for a thermal battery that can take in excess electrical production and store it to fire up turbines on demand. It's an entirely different class of battery on the range of energy storage separate from direct elect
838.
by dv_dt 4y ago
Its difficult to tell as it may be advantageous for the Xbox division to lose money in one set of accounts and tax area while profits could be recognized in a different tax area.
839.
by dv_dt 4y ago
This could just mean that the ESB had a budget and schedule w/ sufficient margin. The rise of more managed planning meant that everything is pre-optimized and all margins are slashed - the planning process as it is operated in the mode
840.
by dv_dt 4y ago
If you follow French next gen design builds, this has not been the case. Not as bad a US builds, but not exactly on time as the earlier builds.

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