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by kenhwang 7mo ago
Probably by the Sea Viper system from a destroyer parked in the Dover Strait. Now, the UK probably doesn't have enough interceptors or destroyers carrying them to be confident they'll be able to stop a proper all out attack, but t
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
The problem is alfalfa is a high value crop and a water efficient crop relative to value. So as water/weather gets more unpredictable and beef/dairy rises in price, alfalfa becomes even more attractive to grow.
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
I want a PHEV Cayenne. If budget wasn't a concern, that'd actually be my first choice for replacing my ICE SUV. The convenience and flexibility of a PHEV far outweighs any cost savings from fuel economy improvements for me. A Pors
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
On the other hand, if I'm in the market for a Porsche or BMW commuter, the cost of fuel is basically negligible and a PHEV for performance or convenience or comfort would influence my decision far more than a relatively insignificant a
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
The problem is alfalfa is expensive to transport (heavy due to desired moisture content). So while it can be cheaply grown in the Midwest, it can't be cheaply transported from the Midwest to where buyers of alfalfa are (typically overs
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
Yep, Owens valley is basically an environmental disaster created by LA. So in the grand scheme of things, buying water from NorCal is better than stealing from the Owens valley through antiquated water rights. But really, California (and re
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
SoCal does, yes; about half the water going through the SWP from NorCal, or ~75% if you include Bakersfield/Kern as part of SoCal (though most would consider it Central Valley). But SoCal isn't only LA. LA itself gets a bit less t
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
Owens valley, where LA "steals" water from, is on the eastern side of the Sierras. NorCal, including Sacramento, is on the western side of the Sierras. So unless they planned on pumping the water over/under the mountain range
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
It is common now for treated discharge to be sent to a discharge lake/leach wetlands so it can be used to replenish groundwater supplies.
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
LA definitely treats the water. Both the surface water before consumption (I'd be surprised if any city doesn't do this) and the wastewater, for reclamation for nonportable use like irrigation, and for recycling back into the gene
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
Old yes, but hardly standard. For phones, I think it's just the Sony and Asus and Chinese brands that support it. Pixels and Samsungs generally don't since they use Tensor/Exynos instead of Qualcomm/Snapdragon SoCs, and
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by kenhwang 7mo ago
It's not redundancy, it's capitalism. There is a large number of competing and overlapping suppliers because they're all competing for business and none have gained market dominance. The US and most of the west is largely in
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by kenhwang 8mo ago
Ford was with Mazda in China with a joint venture with a Chinese company (as required): Changan, and they were building those shared Ford/Mazda platform vehicles there. Ford wanted to also build trucks for the Chinese market, with a di
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by kenhwang 8mo ago
The reason was sillier: China forced Ford to sell Mazda to enter the Chinese market, because Mazda entered the Chinese market before Ford and China considered them the same entity subject to the same outside manufacturer limits). Mazda hand
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by kenhwang 9mo ago
The endless amount of Chinese Android-based single purpose mp3 player devices that are obviously iPod Nano/Classic clones basically cost ~$30 and have 50hr+ of battery life. You don't have to think about what player app to use, th
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by kenhwang 9mo ago
Not sure why you want to have purpose-built OS as the hill to die on since many of those Android-based mp3 players absolutely outclass the old iPod classics in snappiness and compatibility and output quality. Plenty of choices that meet you
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by kenhwang 9mo ago
Odd, I didn't even know Proton had an AI feature until I read this article. Didn't get an email or tooltip while using the app. Didn't previously explicitly opt-out either, and when I check my notification settings, Lumo prod
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by kenhwang 9mo ago
I suspect it's because the technical staff have already been let go or replaced with outsourced maintenance-only staffing firms, which means the non-technical leadership doesn't know whether the source code would contain damaging
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by kenhwang 10mo ago
If you open a standard sized receiver up, you'll probably see that 50% the space is empty for airflow, 25% of the space is for a large heatsink because they're passively cooled to minimize noise (thus the need for airflow), and 20
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by kenhwang 10mo ago
Yes, both can pull in open source libraries and I can't imagine either dropping that ability. Though they do seem to have different eagerness and competency on Node compatibility and Bun seems better on that front. From a long term des
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by kenhwang 10mo ago
I always figured Bun was the "enterprise software" choice, where you'd want to use Bun tools and libraries for everything and not need to bring in much from the broader NPM library ecosystem. Deno seems like the better replac
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
HN was never only technical, but at least it felt like the discussion was from people who build, which naturally segued into technical discussion. It felt like the majority back then were tinkerers and builders. Nowadays it feels more like
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
Lobsters feels a lot like the HN of a decade ago, when the community was more technical than business, and the topics were technical instead of tech business culture.
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
I'm convinced Okta's entire business model is undercutting everyone with a worse product with worse engineering that checks more boxes on the feature page, knowing IT procurement people aren't technical and think more checkbo
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
I definitely think people will regret adopting Golang in time. It's this generation's Java, except without an smooth off-ramp in Kotlin/Scala and even less of the benefits.
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
Theft is only one cause of loss. Stocking/admin/counting mistakes, accidental damage, spoilage, or simply people moving stuff around or misplacing items so they're not where it's expected all fall under loss.
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
My previous employer already had a product offering that could do this for a better part of a decade by triangulating with WiFi/BLE and cross referencing with surveillance footage. It was deployed in malls and retail chains. It generat
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
That's ticketing. There's plenty of listings on RA that don't use RA's ticketing service. Large promoters that use or have exclusivity deals with AXS or Ticketmaster/LiveNation or Dice still advertise/promote o
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by kenhwang 11mo ago
This is a classic example of data sourcing bias. RA is primarily used by independent promoters in the States, which tend to be much smaller and have smaller or less frequent events. Large promoters who regularly throw events or have the bud
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by kenhwang 1y ago
Looks like there's a type mapping chart for supported types: https://fory.apache.org/docs/docs/guide/xlang_type_mapping Otherwise, the schema seems to be derived from the class being serialized for typed

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