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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Definitely. Manufacturers are incentivized (by law and regulation) to optimize for surviving a collision, and less so for avoiding a collision entirely by enhancing visibility. I suppose the amount of attention the average driver pays to th
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
I've been a happy Fastmail user for years as well, but now am looking to switch away due to the Australian surveillance bill.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
> The US is a low trust society. Not at all. Almost every commercial transaction at the retail level allows you to use a method of payment that does not guarantee that the seller will actually receive that money (credit cards). You order
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Yes, exactly.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
New LG Grams are nice laptops and could be a good alternative to ASUS. I've had no problems with recent Ubuntu versions on them.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Good leaders make for good collective action.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Yeah, $5k a month for "basic expenses" is beyond ridiculous.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
I've heard that monogamy is a big challenge for anyone who works in the butt-in-seats side of that industry.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
It would be poetic if the Robinhood IPO marks the local top of this bull market :-)
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Exactly. Without engineering better technology, the only real solution to climate change is that everyone goes back to pre-Industrial Revolution living standards.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
I'm glad this guy has a sense of humor about this, but I really hope that Google does right by him and that he doesn't get stuck in their Byzantine customer service process.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
This pains me physically to read, haha.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
If you're located someplace where electric power is not close to free, you're guaranteed to lose money mining Bitcoin.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
Can confirm, went to (an English-speaking) school with a Takeshita. Juvenile jokes were had.
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
I mean, just look at last year, when the S&P 500 index plunged over 30%, then proceeded to nearly double from then until now, in the midst of a global pandemic that froze big chunks of the world economy. Stock market returns make no sen
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by hpkuarg 5y ago
New York's carry laws in particular, and how they play out in practice, is ripe for corruption. In places near the city (i.e. applicable to the majority of the state's population), you basically have to know the police chief or th
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
But Washington also shocked the ruling elites of the world by stepping down when he did. Clearly, he was cut of a different cloth than other largest landowners in their respective countries.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
I hope they succeed with this suit. What a disgusting abuse of government power.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
I'm 100% fine with STRATCOM not having a Twitter presence at all.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
This type of solicitation is a dime a dozen, but I do find the name of the firm hilarious. Anyone who's had to make patch cables would recognize the name...
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
For wireless APs, check out TP-Link's Omada line.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
The Massachusetts State Police also had an overtime scandal that was exposed last year.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
Oh, yes. A drive around the Northern Virginia suburbs very quickly confirms this.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
I wonder how Swedes maintain their reputation of having a well-run, corruption-free public sector?
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
I dream of the day when a modern nation-state's expenses can be paid by land value tax and land value tax alone.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
Not the GP, but I think they mean that there has been no point in hedging (hence "hedge fund") risk in the world of Fed-driven asset prices. If the Fed has your back to BTFD every time (and just look at the S&P 500 since the C
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
Ain't John?
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
> Not everybody has to be political all of the time. Of course, modern critical theory would tell you that it's only by the result of privilege that one can afford to remain apolitical. If you're not actively antiracist, you&#x
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
A lot of people have a zero-sum mindset about everything.
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by hpkuarg 6y ago
"This time it's different!" is also the rallying cry for people trying to time the peak ;-)

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