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by johnea 5mo ago
It's well documented that healthcare providers in rural US are diminishing, and yet, they continue to vote for right wing candidates. It is important to point out though, that the last opportunity to establish single-payer healthcare i
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With regard to batteries: It's also important to separate "commercial availability" into "commercially available in the US" and "commercially available for everyone else" The US petroleum and automotive in
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by johnea 5mo ago
Thank you for raising this point! It calls for a couple of specific responses: - A battery doesn't have to be set on fire to get the energy out of it! - Energy can be put back into a battery, allowing them to be used over and over agai
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> Being a store of value is utility. It has utility because it's a store of value, and it's a store of value because it has utility because it's a store of value, and it has utility because it's a store of value becau
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by johnea 5mo ago
I don't read bsky due to javascript requirement. Here are some sources that don't require js: https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/ocasio-... https://www.commondreams.org/
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A nice, terse, little rant. I agree completely. I surprised however, that it didn't describe phase 2 of the disaster, where in the models no longer have fresh www content to train on. It's hard to understand the long term vision o
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I'm amazed noone has quoted Warren Buffet on this subject: “[Gold] gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility.
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I'm sure there's a factual error in the title. This should read: The Global Fertility Windfall Is Better Than You Probably Think What you need to know™: - What kind of fantasy thinking could possibly conclude that a reduction in g
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Isn't that cute. I've been thinking since the 1970s that we'd decrease the 2nd biggest use of petroleum, plastic, using genetic engineering. Many biological substances could replace plastic, such as chitin and cellulose. But
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I don't want to set the author's disdain aside at all. It's 100% justified. This is really just a tax on leaving the stone age. Especially given that my nissan leaf weights a little more than 1/2 of what an escalade weig
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Their both internal combustion engine based cars, therefore, last centuries technology.
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I agree, and the user's of AutoCAD that I know, weren't; asking for any "support", they just wanted the software to keep working...
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Windows fans, like being a Mustang or Corvette fan, represent arrested development in last centuries technology...
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Not a bad idea, but why does this only apply to games? I prime example of other software this would have benefited is AutoCAD. People who refused the conversion to a subscription, and maintained their "lifetime" licenses, where sh
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If it's supposed to separate, then it should be surrounded with spaces...
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So, IEEE is midwit? https://spectrum.ieee.org/kessler-syndrome-space-debris > ...space junk orbiting between 400 and 1,000 kilometers—where most low Earth satellites operate—is already unstable. And between 520 and 1,000
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Why do you think they're called "wildlife"? 8-)
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Personally, I hate these dashes, and it has nothing to do with LLMs. If you insist on using this hyphen look-alike punctuation, at least use it correctly: with spaces around it. Otherwise, it's a hyphen. Whatever a "purpose— one&q
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Here on HN, I can't image this being interpreted as anything but a good thing. Petro prices up - oil companies make more money Interest rates up - banks make more money Win Win! What could possibly be the problem? If you're one of
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I also hate open source. The derailment of free software to a profit making exercise. As opposed to the sharing of software written by entities that will use the software,, and thus write it for themselves. Apparently, there is only for-sal
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Totally sidestepping the issue and refuting the words. Regardless of how they fall, they still fall on the planet. And this still ignores the massive atmospheric pollution of chemical rocket launch. Space elevator would be a big help with l
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There is an upside: this may be the shortest route to eliminating any future launches: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome Sorry Buck Rogers fan bois, should have left this fantasy in the 1950s...
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I wasn't Cartoon Network, but we played a lot of LEGO's MataNui flash game. It was my first experience with what became known as Ambient Games...
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So, we're going to incinerate the people in smaller numbers? That's so thoughtful!
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The entire problem solved by Pix is an artificially created obstacle put in place so banks can charge for something they do for free. The article doesn't mention China's digital renminbi, but it is similar, including the aspect of
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Goggle sucks at software too, for everyone that's not goggle...
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What a really encouraging article! To see a millennial generations person write about developing software that you want or need, and then let other people run that software. I know these words aren't allowed on HN, but this idea was or
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I'm almost surprised to see these comments unflagged 8-/ What a disaster in progress in Louisiana. > Since the 1930s, Louisiana has lost 2,000 sq miles of land to coastal erosion, equivalent to the size of Delaware, Having been
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Aside from the majority of comments being related to whether or not the article is LLM generated 8-/ There still remains the question of the US de-certifying Chinese FCC approval labs. It's not like the US has the strictest radio
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This was also the nature of my intended comment. There have been a number of studies that specifically linked advanced "artistic" personalities with increased risk of psychosis and other breaks from reality. One citation: https:&

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