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by jobu 8y ago
First time I've ever seen the term "vog" (volcanic air pollution) https://vog.ivhhn.org/
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by jobu 8y ago
> Zolotaya Rybka Hadn't heard that phrase before. This appears to be a decent explanation: https://russiapedia.rt.com/of-russian-origin/zolotaya-rybka/ "If you’re too greedy, you’ll lose everything
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by jobu 8y ago
Aside from the rare negative effects, the major issues with it were the efficacy of around 80% and that it interfered with Lyme tests. (All of the people that took the vaccine test positive for Lyme Disease.) This uncertainty made it challe
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by jobu 8y ago
In the Nature article they talk about using the combined analysis from multiple EEGs at different ages to increase accuracy. Also this: The accuracy of the HRA− outcome predictions was better at younger ages (3 to 9 months), then dipped in
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by jobu 9y ago
The _only_ benefit of a large bank like Wells Fargo is that they're nearly everywhere, and I can deposit or withdraw money from any branch without paying a fee. They do not offer any other service or product that comes close to competi
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by jobu 9y ago
> I personally believe Toys R Us just missed an opportunity to run a proper business. Toys R Us has been struggling to pay off $6 billion in debt from the Bain Capital takeover in 2005. They didn't have the capital or the margins
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by jobu 9y ago
Yes, repairing vs buying new is _always_ a gamble. The odds may be more or less in your favor depending on the age of the item. Take a look at the average life expectancy for appliances : https://www.mrappliance.com/expert-t
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by jobu 9y ago
This is really interesting, my self-onboarding process is completely different, but seems to serve the same purpose. 1) Look at the bug backlog and pick one that's obvious and reproducible 2) Set up the environment(s) and start to debu
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by jobu 9y ago
Definitely learned something new today. Here's a phase diagram of the info in your link: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Phase_di...
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by jobu 9y ago
> Appliance repair is still quite common in the U.S. The notion that white goods get disposed of as rapidly as they break down is something of an internet-spread cliche. I disagree. The fan in our fridge died recently. I was able to find
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by jobu 9y ago
Hopefully the autopilot is good enough that we won't have to worry about our current speed. IMO, most automakers put too much crap on the dash and it eventually breaks or becomes outdated. I have two cars with built-in navigation syste
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by jobu 9y ago
The key thing for these diets is the ratios of Carb/Fat/Protien : In the HLF vs HLC diets, respectively, the mean 12-month macronutrient distributions were 48% vs 30% for carbohydrates, 29% vs 45% for fat, and 21% vs 23% for prot
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by jobu 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shanzhai "Historically, "shanzhai" is sometimes used as a metaphor to describe bandits who oppose and evade the corrupted authority to perform deeds they see as justified.&
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by jobu 9y ago
> a lot of company think they need AI, but in fact what they need is a good product and a few algorithm requiring high-school level maths Yep, AI is the new silver bullet that will solve everyone's problems. It seems much easier t
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by jobu 9y ago
> But after struggling through one episode with lags and ads with no volume control, I gave up and just torrented the show. It amazes me how actively hostile most of the TV networks are towards viewers. It's very obvious that we&#
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by jobu 9y ago
Laying off people is just a tool to get rid of low performers and cut costs. From the article: "A manager in one unit making cuts said his team was briefed that Bezos and the Amazon brass wanted to put more pressure on managers to we
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by jobu 9y ago
I hadn't thought about energy, but storing information encoded in light waves would also be an interesting possibility.
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by jobu 9y ago
From your link: "And so the public policy debate around encryption has been framed as a binary choice between two absolutist positions: either we allow law enforcement no access at all to encrypted data, or we must effectively give th
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by jobu 9y ago
The copyright for Mickey Mouse doesn't expire until 2023, so they still have some time.
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by jobu 9y ago
> Subscription _could_ be a good metric if we were arguing that Internet service is unacceptably expensive in specific regions and thus prices out the lower middle classes or working classes, but that's clearly not the focus of Vox
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by jobu 9y ago
Agreed. Do not put a human life through the hell of not being wanted.
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by jobu 9y ago
That's a really hard feeling to explain. All I know is that I've always wanted kids and even ended a couple relationships shortly after they talked about never wanting kids. After having four kids that desire is definitely sated,
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by jobu 9y ago
Unfortunately they don't discuss two of the biggest disparities I've seen in reporting on broadband internet access: 1) How do they define "Access"? Does it mean actual subscriptions? Does it mean the building/home
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by jobu 9y ago
Also around Denver. The most obvious current example is The Westminster Mall: https://goo.gl/maps/E3sJxEpMcCx It used to be over a million square feet of retail space, but a few years ago it was almost completely demol
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by jobu 9y ago
There really seems to be some performance issues with either the network stack or the threading/background processing in iOS11 on older devices. I've had periodic slowdowns and unresponsiveness with my iPhone 6 since upgrading to
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by jobu 9y ago
Agreed. Playing some low-level white noise over the speaker system would drown out the grunting, panting, or conversations almost as well, and it wouldn't interfere with people's own music choices on their headphones.
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by jobu 9y ago
Shared Text and UI controls and libraries could be useful, but we need to consider the "one UI" given the title of the article " Apple Plans Combined iPhone, iPad & Mac Apps to Create One User Experience ". That jus
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by jobu 9y ago
China has been run by technocrats for the last couple decades. Most of the current leadership has more of a political background, but president Xi Jinping has a chemical engineering degree. http://www.scmp.com/news/chin
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by jobu 9y ago
The article is a bit sparse, but take a look at the output of the Loy Yang 3 and the Tesla (HPR) in this graph: http://reneweconomy.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/HPR-fr... Tesla ramps up as the LYA3
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by jobu 9y ago
The takeaway (if I'm reading the graphs correctly) is that the Gladstone coal unit took over 3 minutes to respond to the Loy Yang failure. It was contracted to respond within 6 seconds, but couldn't. Fortunately the Tesla battery

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