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by giantg2 2mo ago
Everyone is hating on statistics, yet HN posts studies all the time. Yes, stats can be used deceptively or incompetently used, but they are generally useful. You just have to look at the full study to see what the starting data was and all
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by giantg2 2mo ago
I would guess that swamp coolers were fairly common.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Is the lack of green cover really problem? Seems like the lack of green cover would be natural for that area.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"It's also very not true that farmers are poor in the US (median household income about 30% greater than general population)." Most farmers work a "real" job in addition to the farm work. Then you also have farm wor
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by giantg2 2mo ago
A lot of food cost is due to food waste and convenience (refrigerated shipping, out of season crops, etc). There's already a lot food waste due to logistics and consumer preference.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"It’s effectively become a wealth transfer to support poor rural American communities" I'm skeptical that rural community are the primary beneficiaries. Seems more likely that it's benefiting people who own the patents&#
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Wouldn't they have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that there was data on the phone that was wiped? Even the article says that only the data on the device at the time of the search is in-scope. Wouldn't you have to prove that t
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"If you can show that someone else was doing the same thing without being charged" It's unlikely people would have enough evidence of high enough quality to make that case. The prosecution will just say the evidence isn'
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"Maybe the real issue is selective outrage about legal injustice." The real issue is selective enforcement of the law. If it applied equally to everyone, then more people would be outraged as it affected them.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Might be better to upgrade your air handler if you're putting HEPA in every room.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"The problem with US healthcare isn't who pays for it, its how damn expensive it is." And also how much is required. I bet a study investigating how much money and lives could be saved by reducing obesity would have 2x number
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Quanity and/or quality of sex shows correlation with longer lifespan. Maybe this is a roundabout way to get there...
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Accessibility and disabilty laws are about bringing people up to the level of "normal" people. Expanding that to surpass normal human abilities seems like a bad idea.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Collecting and storing the information is the real problem. The focus on warrants is a distraction. Access control (warrant) doesn't prevent a breach, and the system is not architected in a way to prevent internal abuse. The best way t
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"I really expected some secret sauce in Ivys/UoM, and nope." The secret sauce seems to be that many come from money, which means they have connections.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
The possible end result isn't that much different than the threat of wars or the financial crises - no job, possible death, etc.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"So many HNers complain about how the younger generation is hyper-competitive yet when universities start taking steps to help reduce that they start kvetching." Dropping a semester of grades is a cover up for the symptoms, not a
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Some of that prestige is more regional. Perspectives change based on location and experience. The ivies tend to be more national.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
I went to a state school. The quality varied wildly depending on the department. It was very eye opening in the general English/writing classes when encountering people who couldn't read or write above a 4th grade level. The diffe
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by giantg2 2mo ago
15% seems extremely low for a non-ivy.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Iran's PLC weren't connected. How did that turn out?
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by giantg2 2mo ago
It's probably in there with a note to let him go free.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Most people don't care as long as it doesn't affect them. You'd probably have to get to 10% affected for it to start mattering. Most people are happy to be ignorant.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
I agree. Legal protections and policy changes would be needed to reduce incidents like this, regardless of mass surveillance.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"Do you really want every speeding pull-over to become a wild-west situation? Maybe your kids are in the car!" That sort of thing depends on what is "normal". Many states in the US could have around 10% of the population
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Most police in the US don't overreact to the presence of a weapon during traffic stops or pther routine interactions. Many states could have around 10% of people carrying a gun, making armed interactions quite common.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Not to mention fake and stolen plates are a thing.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
"but you won't need to do it again for another quarter century." Hmm, so how do they handle the new cyber threats, since most of these are connected? It seems upgrades would need to be performed to address new threats. And ju
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by giantg2 2mo ago
It shouldn't be that hard. It's basically just a network of satellites with directional antennas - tech we already have.
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by giantg2 2mo ago
Or you set up relays.

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