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by flybrand 4y ago
Given the abundance of fake reviews, search results being infiltrated w advertising, and many shipping/vending options (new/used/Prime etc) - simply buying a book from Amazon has become very complicated.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Thank you for commenting on Stephenson’s plot resolutions. I love his writing and his stories, but the end of his books are just so unfulfilling. Especially Anathem!
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by flybrand 4y ago
The author doesn’t consider % void volume / aka ‘open-ness’ of the grill. (Or if they did, I missed it.) I’d predict the most open to Have the least resistance, which would give the least noise.
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by flybrand 4y ago
I agree, this isn’t yet big enough - or fake enough - to be labeled as a bubble.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Companies love low cost R&D that doubles as low cost marketing!
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by flybrand 4y ago
> At the time of the first flight the options list contained 74 options from 16 airlines:[44] 14 commercial aircraft were delivered of 20 total.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Shooting and gun sports. Lots of regional skeet and trap shooters. Lots of long range riflery and indoor pistol competitions.
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by flybrand 4y ago
“fight like an old man, you will be one some day” BJJ also has a culture of action and community. OP, look for that. Where are people +30 getting together)
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by flybrand 4y ago
100% Working in a +200 yr old manufacturer, and some entire teams may fit that definition.
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by flybrand 4y ago
> On HN, we go by article quality, not site quality
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by flybrand 4y ago
It’s painful in that scenario to give complete authority for resolving the nuclear safety issue to (1) the most likely cause of the issue, and (2) a low integrity party that has obscured their role in causation.
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by flybrand 4y ago
The same visual analysis, when showing the location of the lab, could lead to other conclusions. Here’s a link to that, if we’re open to differing perspectives. https://igorchudov.substack.com/p/lie-exposed-bbc-says-cov
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by flybrand 4y ago
Good idea. Another consideration is that you may remove the problem from roads and move it elsewhere. The fine particles could be problematic in water, collection could kick up more Dist, etc.
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by flybrand 4y ago
I don’t believe anything written by Rolling Stone. I just don’t trust them as a source.
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by flybrand 4y ago
When I’m at work - in person or remote - the work uniform is plain and unremarkable. If at a trade show, or big internal presentation, then some degree of ‘flair’ is helpful.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Yes, and read all of his books! Start w anything that seems interesting. His probabilistic approach to life sciences is wonderful and invigorating.
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by flybrand 4y ago
> implied objection It is a cut-copy-paste definition of a rarely used word.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Yes, that was exactly it. I didn’t know the word and figured others might not.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Yes, I was just trying to pass on something helpful based on my own ignorance.
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by flybrand 4y ago
The claims made by Celera have always been aggressive - and I hope they’re real. Why add more claims? Why not just deliver on what they currently offer? This seems like a red flag and possibly indicates shenanigans.
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by flybrand 4y ago
There were many brilliant Cracked articles in their day.
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by flybrand 4y ago
This is as foretold in Reisner’s classic book on water in the American West - Cadillac Desert. It’s a great place to start if you’re interested in learning more.
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by flybrand 4y ago
sac·er·do·tal /ˌsasərˈdōdl,ˌsakərˈdōdl/ Learn to pronounce adjective relating to priests or the priesthood; priestly. THEOLOGY relating to or denoting a doctrine which ascribes sacrificial functions and spiritual or supernatural
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by flybrand 4y ago
I’m still chugging along a Wordpress. https://fredlybrand.com/2021/10/28/better-writing-better-blo...
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by flybrand 4y ago
Is there a way to compare power-laws between two series and take something from the data? For example the slopes of public market returns are different than that of illiquid markets. Is a power law w more slope more random? I was really lo
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by flybrand 4y ago
As a non-mathematician working in finance w access to illiquid alternative returns (VC $s), I had some smarter mathematician interns look at power laws in the 2000s. We could find them everywhere - but at the time we interpreted it as our
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by flybrand 4y ago
100% - lower merv filters, changed out more often, are the way to go.
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by flybrand 4y ago
Agreed - and another wish list item would be a basic room air purifier “RAP” off the shelf, sitting in the corner. OP will also want to track performance over time. How long does it take the filters to load.
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by flybrand 4y ago
I agree - I love the enthusiasm for IAQ, the data is fantastic - but find a conventional white good stand alone room air purifier “RAP” and it will be as effective, better designed, and likely in the same cost range once changeouts are cons
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by flybrand 4y ago
"He makes paper. Really fancy paper."

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