jborichevskiy

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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Gotcha - this is helpful, thank you!
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Similar experience here! Love the keyboard but wow it's a learning curve
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> go east outside the city to a colonial style town like Valle de Bravo I didn't realize there are longer-term stays here. Would this be found via Aribnb or elsewhere? Also, how near would it be to food/coffee/groceries&#x
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Biking is an option, Condesa/Roma/surrounding areas are very walkable. Ubers are on the order of $3-6 USD. And there are busses.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
The vast majority of people who buy a laptop expect the laptop they paid money for to work without having to "wipe the drive and install a fresh copy of" anything
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
I want this but a few thousand feet up in elevation, surrounded by trees, and preferably near a lake. Can't take the heat.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
I stand corrected - thanks!
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Eh, there's also popcorn lung to worry about. Think the research is still out on this one.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Also more transparency and a more limited toxic ingredient list in a typical joint than a cigarette. But yes, smoking weed isn't harmless.
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FWIW Mexico does attempt to label sugary snacks with warning labels, more than in the US at least
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Been reading up on DAOs and asnyc collaboration models and learning a little Solidity too. Feels like there is potential for something interesting to emerge in the knowledge + social graph layer/squad/studio operating models. Part
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Oh yeah I guess I worded it wrong; I wasn't imagining free energy. Framing it as an efficiency question is more clear, thanks. In other words, this way of converting $natural_resource to Tesla battery level is less efficient than say,
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Isn't this just transferring energy from the car towing to the Tesla itself? My understanding is this production of power induces some friction, that otherwise would've been closer to neutral. In other words, if the wheels were co
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Google I/O 2021: A peek into 3D video chat booth Project Starline https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-gives-peek-into-3d-vide...
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Awesome show; looking forward to the next season. Explores parenting, "religion" vs "science", desolation, and growing up.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Yep: I've met/dated/worked/traveled/written with people from there. It's a magical people-finder if you avoid the incendiary accounts and just approach it with good faith and open curiosity.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
I was very pleasantly surprised staying in Oceanside, CA. Small town, amazing surfing and ocean access, biking, very walkable for groceries/food/coffee/bars, felt safe at night, and close enough to San Diego/LA for the c
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Great to see some development on these products. Looks like they're taking some of the design elements from Notion and Coda. I can imagine eventually they get merged into a single infinite canvas.
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
> Stephen King had this to say on the art of writing in his book On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft: “Kill your darlings, kill your darlings, even when it breaks your egocentric little scribbler's heart, kill your darlings." ht
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
> Why not simply donate the money? Tax deductible email receipts are nice, but an exclusive digital asset that says "I donated to this cause" gets people's emotional and social gears working in ways a "share with Twit
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Ah, that explains the fuel lines as well. Very interesting!
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
That makes sense, thanks. Clever!
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
> "What? The fuel tank capacity can't have an inflated basketball in it that springs a leak during the race, leaving us with more fuel capacity?" Pardon my ignorance- what is the motivation for temporarily reducing the fue
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Still better are the two-person crews in full gear spraying this fine mist over airport lobby chairs and furniture (and people sitting nearby) while wearing enough PPO to look like late stage Chernobyl responders. Security performance theat
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
I was originally thinking of WHOI.edu - I was unfamiliar with Woodwell Climate Center. Appreciate the links though - will definitely keep an eye on the websites next time I'm the area!
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by jborichevskiy 5y ago
Would a curious, wannabe scientist be welcome at the Research Center as a visitor? Is there anything I could actually help with/volunteer on while there?
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by jborichevskiy 6y ago
Almost Everything About Goodreads is Broken https://onezero.medium.com/almost-everything-about-goodreads... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20904549
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What a wonderful collection. Thank you!
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by jborichevskiy 6y ago
Hah, that's awesome. > Now whether you could actually correlate that to an increase in errors for a particular component, no so much ;) Yep, makes sense. I was picturing a broad "Something Bad Happened, Go Investigate" not

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