hcurtiss

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   by hcurtiss 7y ago

   You're correct. Moving too quick. And that, in turn, is still two orders of magnitude greater than 2. I think my point still stands. Thanks for the help.
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   by hcurtiss 7y ago

   I would point you to the quote in the article I cite: "'Motor vehicle traffic' deaths in the U.S. in 2013, the most recent full year of data available, totaled 33,804, for a death rate of 10.7 per 100,000, according to data f
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   by hcurtiss 7y ago

   I've been exposed to air toxics risk assessments through my work. The problem, in my mind, is not the toxics we're facing in our homes (or even outdoors). It's that humans are really bad at understanding risk. Let's i
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   by hcurtiss 7y ago

   Nope. No guns at this here house. Not since the tragic boating accident of early 2019.
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   by hcurtiss 8y ago

   Correction -- China went all in on solar AND coal.[1] These stories that China is going through some kind of environmental renaissance are fiction. [1] https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45640706
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   by hcurtiss 8y ago

   But, unless they're driving an electric car, wouldn't we expect that they do in the form of gas taxes?
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   by hcurtiss 8y ago

   Are you sure? Do we even know, for sure, what "white nationalist" means? I'm white, and I favor a government that's principally oriented toward advancing this nation's interests. Am I a white nationalist?
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   by hcurtiss 8y ago

   A civil suit for negligence is still available, even when not criminally liable. Two different standards. See O.J.
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   by hcurtiss 8y ago

   It's not always the driver's liability. Sometimes the pedestrian is at fault.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    After installing Ubiquiti products in my workplace and in my wife's parents' house, I put them in the new house we just built. Rock solid tech.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    Real estate agents have three things they offer that until recently you could not get on your own. The first is listing on the MLS. The second is the MLS lockbox so other realtors can easily show the listed house. The third is access to
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    I'm curious whether it will handle the audio trigger as well as Google/Amazon/Apple. It takes some pretty advanced audio algorithms to catch "hey Google" in a busy kitchen. It would be pretty frustrating if this d
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    I'm increasingly convinced it's your cell phone number (i.e., all the IM services using SMS authentication). And when you're using Google Fi, they have that too.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    You cannot escape iMessage unless other users delete the group text thread. If they do not, even after you deregister, group texts will land in iMessage purgatory. I can't believe Apple hasn't been sued for this. The solution i
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    Ugh, Green Bubbles Apple’s iMessage Makes Switching to Android Hard(wsj.com)

    2 points by hcurtiss 8y ago|1 comments
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    Right, well, apart from "a (nice) text editor, releases a Linux subsystem, partially open sources .NET, releases an open source JavaScript framework, has an active GitHub account (filled mostly with nonsense by the way)" -- what h
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    I'd refer you to the article. Generally speaking, it's not a market. You can't place these things on any property (public or private) without a city permit. And if you place it in a city right of way (e.g., a power pole),
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    Sure they can. They just can’t charge $10,000 for that work. It’s not like every power pole is a unique snowflake.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    So, do you have any thoughts on the substance?
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    What are these non-crop-based vegetable subsidies you speak of?
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    The headline is terribly misleading. There's a good argument that localities are preventing competition in the broadband space with these fees. Here's a good Wired article from back in 2013: https://www.wired.com&#x2
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    But what if they’re driven to concentration camps in automobiles manufactured by US companies? Should we regulate Ford?
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    This presumes the company is frequently in arbitration. That is not frequently the case. With few exceptions, most companies want to (and do) avoid these kinds of disputes. My critique of arbitration is that, under AAA rules, it's n
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    The article does not mention whether this price includes the cost of the peaking facility necessary to cover wind intermittence. The PPA price usually would not. Unless you have excess peaking capacity, bringing a big new wind farm online
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    Maybe, but none of those things necessarily end humanity.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    It’s not like an antibiotic. At sufficient concentrations, it seems like the lipids in the cell membrane would simply dissolve.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    Your definition of "extremely densely developed" is very different than mine.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    And it breaks my heart that both parties are to blame.
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    LOL - yes, I suppose it could be louder. But when’s the last time you saw somebody using a mechanical keyboard in a business meeting?
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    by hcurtiss 8y ago

    We carry both Surface laptops and XPS 13s in our company. In my experience (n=23) both are pretty reliable workhorses.