katbyte

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by katbyte 3y ago
And yet businesses still laid off people, people lost their job, homes and struggled to feed themselves. propping up failed businesses is preventing the capitalism/the market from working. Why save for a rainy day or ensure your busine
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by katbyte 3y ago
If it’s anything like Canada it still allows for hybrid. Banning everything but BEV will never happen because Bev will never work for a small subset of users
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by katbyte 3y ago
The fact companies and people can make money of prisoners created an incentive to imprison more people for longer. That’s the problem.
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by katbyte 3y ago
Movies and shows are pulled from steaming services never to be seen again. Sometimes really good shows. Sucks for fans AND the people who created them
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by katbyte 3y ago
I'm not sure, its all hidden behind the garmin software but i presume its just data (and the SMS function is also just using data and the backend handles SMS) you get a link you can share with people that brings up a map showing your l
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by katbyte 3y ago
if by historic you think this statement is somehow extremely wrong, i don't think you realize how big canada is, how many cell towers it takes to get good coverages in mountainous areas, and how many small communities exist in the midd
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by katbyte 3y ago
But a garmin inreach mini, pair your phone, and then start texting people via it’s app :)
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by katbyte 3y ago
I would be quite happy with texting or very slow internet tbh
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by katbyte 3y ago
I essentially pay a bunch of money to garmin so i can text people while camping and offroading and send tiny amounts of data to update my position on a map. I got a iPhone 14 for a backup satellite sos method. In Canada there are 100s of km
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by katbyte 3y ago
I’m not so sure, he made a choice purely on “will it make money now” not “well let’s take a chance and see if this pays of big and if not we’ll loose a little money” It’s not like they couldn’t afford it and taking chances is important
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by katbyte 3y ago
It’s a bit more nuanced then that, it pretty much failed upwards if I remember this podcast accurately https://www.iheart.com/podcast/105-behind-the-bastards-29236...
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by katbyte 3y ago
That noise is far easier to mitigate with sound barriers
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by katbyte 3y ago
“Running Twitter” is more then just keeping the website up and running
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by katbyte 3y ago
Granting a private company a monopoly on critical infrastructure is working out great for them eh
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by katbyte 3y ago
As with many things “not profitable enough” is a huge detriment to society and a huge flaw with unchecked capitalism when so much wealth accumulates at the top
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by katbyte 3y ago
Is it only not competitive thou because we still allow cheaper options like gas oil and coal to be burned instead? If you banned those and still needed a reliable source of always on power would nuclear still be so uncompetitive?
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by katbyte 3y ago
Polished os with *nix underneath. Osx is closer to Linux then windows is and imho more polished then most Linux desktop environments. I don’t find the yearly updates pointless? They keep adding new things and it’s also been stable for me fo
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by katbyte 3y ago
Maybe focus on area that will have a bigger impact then yet again, foisting the responsibility onto the consumer. Subsidize railroads and public transit, build out commuter rail, reduce air travel, electrify the railroads, move more freight
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by katbyte 3y ago
100km is a short distance, i driver further then that for a day of snowboarding at the local big mountain (130km each way) - I’ve driven 2x that fora day hike And road trip? Between 500-1000 a day on travel days. North America is big.
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by katbyte 3y ago
It can add up quick, and there is all sorts of headaches around it and it’s super expensive if you get something that your allowed to take offroad. Imho renting via a car share is great for the occasional city truck need but for recreation
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by katbyte 3y ago
It’s funny you talking about “bias” when you simply refuse to acknowledge natural monopolies which are a real thing https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_monopoly and just presume they have to be “granted by the Gove
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by katbyte 3y ago
Turns out somethings will always be a monopoly - you eont get to have multiple roads or power lines to your home. Somethings are natural monopolies and turns out in those cases it’s better to have a Goverment provider a service with the obj
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by katbyte 3y ago
umm that doesn't explain why they are building nuclear - could it be because they realize they need the ability to produce power at night and when the wind isn't blowing?
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by katbyte 3y ago
lol no. BC Hydro is profitable and is not subsidized by taxes, usually turning a profit for the province. it did this for decades until the previous government decided to privatize power production and surprise surprise that saddled the cro
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by katbyte 3y ago
Call it what you want you still need an always available always there source of power to ensure demand is met. In the PNW hydro fills this role, elsewhere you will need something else and only nuclear really can fulfil that need
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by katbyte 3y ago
Hand waving the cost there both financially and environmentally as well a “well we assume things will work out” - there will need to be battery storage in the 100s of gigawatt hours and it needs to be cheap reliable and durable What if they
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by katbyte 3y ago
The Goverment power company here (bc Canada) is one of the best run in the world, with some of the cheapest rates (10c cad) and has been a public utility for over 60 years despite a previous conservative Goverment saddling it with 16 billio
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by katbyte 3y ago
Still burning O&G - the goal is to not which means you need that base load which means nuclear where hydro/pumped storage is not an option.
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by katbyte 3y ago
Until we stop building and burning coal for power “radiation” is not an excuse because coal power puts off far more radiation then TMI ever did even with a partial meltdown
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by katbyte 3y ago
Since it takes so long to get to the point: > discovered a surprising relationship. The more time kids spent outside, the less likely they were to have myopia.

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