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by eigenvector 6y ago
Parent comment said "no dedicated parking space" which is a different thing. When I lived in Toronto, I had a resident permit issued by the city to park on the street on same block as my building, but I was at the mercy of whateve
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by eigenvector 6y ago
What prevents me from stamping "Walmart at 123 Example Avenue" then scrawling an incomprehensible signature on any photo I want? The stamps the shops use don't have any security features to them. Unlike the old "guaranto
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by eigenvector 6y ago
The first example in the article isn't particularly insightful, since America also has train quiet cars that are somewhat notorious for how seriously they're taken. https://fortune.com/2014/09/17/amt
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by eigenvector 6y ago
US tech pay is led by the FAANG companies, all of which are US-based and capture a massive share of all profit from Internet business. Everyone else is forced to catch up and try to compete with those pay levels. You may be doing the same w
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by eigenvector 6y ago
It becomes more and more feasible the shorter the flight is, since the 'turnaround' time on the ground starts to become longer than the actual flight time. That's why Harbour Air, which operates ~20 minute seaplane flights fr
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by eigenvector 6y ago
The history of the "British National (Overseas)" nationality is worth a read.[1][2] During the decolonization of the British Empire, the UK did not want large numbers of non-white people immigrating to the British Isles. HK was on
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by eigenvector 6y ago
Their passport stamp literally says "ROC (Taiwan)". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passport_stamp#Taiwan
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by eigenvector 6y ago
If the watermark is inaudible, can't it removed by re-encoding the audio with a bandpass filter tuned for audible range?
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by eigenvector 6y ago
In Canadian universities you typically have 3 to 5 levels of mathematics courses for students specializing in something other than math. The highest level of rigour would only be found in the courses for mathematicians, with physics, engine
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Loss of power grid automatic control due to software update [pdf](nerc.com)
62 points by eigenvector 6y ago|27 comments
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by eigenvector 6y ago
The value-add of bookstores is discovery. You can browse a bookstore. I don't go to a physical bookstore if I know I want to buy <current bestseller>. I go to a bookstore because I want to find something interesting on a certain
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by eigenvector 7y ago
The issue is not sealing off the border entirely, but trying to reduce non-essential travel while keeping supply chains and essential commuter workers flowing. A person who's no longer able to make their weekly milk run to Bellingham,
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Yes, unlike price-gougers supermarkets plan to still be in business after this crisis passes, and would prefer not to be known as "that company that screwed us all on basic goods during COVID-19". The money they could make today f
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Evidently people would rather ramp up entire supply chains of toilet paper (which include, let's remember, actual people cutting down actual trees and involve capital-intensive facilities like pulp mills that take years to build) than
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by eigenvector 7y ago
You need testing to provide political capital to do all the other things that are actually necessary to respond to and treat the virus. Otherwise politicians can hide behind relatively low numbers of confirmed cases as an excuse for inactio
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by eigenvector 7y ago
I truly don't intend this to be snarky or rude, but the things you described are part of most homes , not home offices. You've been using your office as your home and your home as a place to sleep.
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by eigenvector 7y ago
If 1mm worth of battery capacity is important, why do Apple and others keep making phones progressively thinner?
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by eigenvector 7y ago
In another recent HN thread, someone posted that due to the way emergency dialing is implemented in the cellular stack, dialing "911" will dial the local emergency number because "911", "112", etc. aren't
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by eigenvector 7y ago
If this occurred in the USA, I'm surprised the story doesn't end with the waiter asking this guy to take his Apple Watch off so the waiter can take it to the back where the payment terminal is located. Portable terminals that are
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Your bank's bill pay involves someone sending a physical check? In Canada, we have "bill pay" for utility, property tax, credit card, etc. but all that happens is your bank transfers money to the biller's account. The bi
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by eigenvector 7y ago
That is because most of the people in Silicon Valley discussing Canada are Canadians who immigrated to the US. A Canadian can live in the US forever without worrying much about naturalization. They will always have their Canadian citizenshi
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Signs stating "$100 notes not accepted" used to be seen in many shops Canada about 15-20 years ago, when cash was much more commonly used. Since the switchover to polymer bank notes around 2011, counterfeiting has become almost no
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Roads can be very wide in the US, it is not uncommon for cities to have 6 or 8 lane roads at-grade (i.e. not expressways). So when turning left, one must turn across 3 or 4 lanes of oncoming traffic, instead of just one as when turning righ
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by eigenvector 7y ago
I travel to new cities often and usually rent a car from the airport. In most cities around the world, there is dedicated signage pointing out the access to the airport on every major approach it. I would say half the time Google wants to t
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by eigenvector 7y ago
This problem baffles me because all that has to be done to correct it is increase the estimated time of arrival penalty for making an unprotected left turn so that the routing algorithm doesn't mistakenly think it's faster. Ditto
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'Double ticketing' lawsuit against Airbnb certified as a national class action(cbc.ca)
10 points by eigenvector 7y ago|0 comments
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by eigenvector 7y ago
The total energy generated from renewable sources over some time period (let's say a calendar year to account for seasonal variance) equals the total energy consumed in the same period. However, renewable generation does not equal tota
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Furthermore, while there are few practical alternatives to planes for intercontinental travel, we already have the means for fast, affordable, comfortable travel at the regional level (trains). So it makes a lot of sense to target short-hau
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by eigenvector 7y ago
In steep terrain, elevation is a great way to find your location. Suppose I know that I'm on a certain lateral feature - a ridge, canyon, or watercourse. By knowing my precise elevation, I can determine my exact location. This helps me
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by eigenvector 7y ago
Yes, this is why most backcountry navigation apps don't display GPS elevation to the user, instead they use the lat/long to look up the position on a topographical map and report that elevation instead. In very steep terrain, it&#

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