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by kgermino 3y ago
I imagine “In practice” is referring to the fact that massive portion or potential users (including myself) can’t access the app because of the registration limits.
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by kgermino 3y ago
Sometimes you need to replace the odometer (or the module it’s built into) and you can’t always update the new one with the correct value. Sometimes parts break and the odometer is no longer accurate, it’s reasonable to say you can still se
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by kgermino 3y ago
I find Midwestern cities are a good balance for that. In Milwaukee now and it's very easy/cheap to own a car (which we do) but most day to day needs are easily done without it. My wife and I combined drive a bit more than once a w
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by kgermino 3y ago
Did you read the article? They’re not saying that GitHub is reading your repos, they’re saying that mistakes happen and you shouldn’t assume that private repos are secure. Go out in your fenced yard and assume you won’t be seen, but if you
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by kgermino 3y ago
Private planes and flights are a _much_ bigger world than private jets for the ultra rich. Many moderately wealthy (and some surprisingly poor) people fly regularly, either for work or for fun, and many of those flights are either beneficia
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by kgermino 3y ago
I think you two are looking at it differently. GP seems to be saying that they don't/won't have trouble raising cash while you seem to be saying that they need to raise money. I think both are true. Their burn is massive so t
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by kgermino 3y ago
And Manhattan is hardly maximum density. Home building there is as constrained by zoning as it is anywhere else
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by kgermino 3y ago
All three of those are side effects of underpriced parking, not containerization. Yes removing a few percent of parking spaces will make the mismatch slightly worse (since less supply means the price should rise a bit more) but that’s not t
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by kgermino 3y ago
I don’t see a single chart in this file that shows a higher interest rate for higher credit scores, it’s always lower for higher scores. Am I misreading it? Otherwise this seems like misinformation
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by kgermino 3y ago
*safer for the occupants. They’re much more dangerous to others around them due to higher and more aggressive front ends, more weight, and less ability to see people around you.
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by kgermino 4y ago
I would think the opposite. We get floods here all the time too. It’s _because_ we’re used to flooding that I’ve been taught to “stay the hell out of flood water” from a young age. I would have expected Florida to be similar
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by kgermino 4y ago
It's crazy how many videos and pictures I'm seeing of people driving in those flood waters. I get that it's a very flat area but if the water is near your hood you're: 1. Deep enough that you can't see obstacles in
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by kgermino 4y ago
FTA: "The Millennial generation continues to grow as young immigrants expand its ranks"
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by kgermino 4y ago
IME the iPhone works normally, but if you have a navigation app running a route that app turns into a list of the next steps with no options to view a map, add a stop, or manipulate anything. It's really frustrating for us when, e.g. w
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by kgermino 4y ago
Because while it’s technically true (each American does contribute about $0.40 a year to NPR stations via federal taxes and the corporation for public broadcasting) it’s a tiny fraction of NPRs budget so the statement is misleading. It woul
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by kgermino 4y ago
> Homelessness in wealthy countries in an issue of drug addiction and mental health, not inability to build housing I’d argue homelessness is heavily tied to an inability to build housing, but that’s a regulatory failure (zoning and buil
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by kgermino 4y ago
There’s a few. I use one called Transit
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by kgermino 4y ago
Your phone can. Beyond that, you may be surprised how many people would wake you up for your stop. Especially in US Commuter Rail systems people tend to follow similar habits and get to know each other over the years. Even on a normal city
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by kgermino 4y ago
Most cars are, but it’s generally not statewide and just focused on areas with high local pollution. More to the point, it’s just an emissions test. It usually doesn’t test every car and (at least in the states I’ve done it) it’s just a com
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by kgermino 4y ago
That is an extraordinarily climate-specific recommendation. It’s currently a fairly mild 30F/-1 C outside my house and even that is obviously way too cold to go without heat completely.
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by kgermino 4y ago
Both for me. I try not to drink that much (one 12oz mug a day usually) but it’s still enough that I _really_ feel the days I don’t. The first morning isn’t terrible, but I won’t be as alert as normal (kind of a “just got out of bed” groggin
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by kgermino 4y ago
In fairness the original sign was in German and IIRC doesn’t mention the color red anywhere
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by kgermino 4y ago
> How do we know it is a spy balloon and not just a weather balloon that got lost?? We don’t _know_ this AFAIK, but we can make educated assumptions > If it is a spy balloon why not take it down gently and look at its payload? That’s
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by kgermino 4y ago
They're for sale again for starters. The first generation was discontinued a couple years ago. I think they had some manufacturing issue which meant they kept dying prematurely. It's possible this is basically a small spec bump +
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by kgermino 4y ago
The opt out is so sneaky, it’s often a small grey “I don’t want to be happy” text link somewhere on the page
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by kgermino 4y ago
I cancelled prime a while ago, but I still occasionally buy from Amazon. I think I’ve accidentally started a free trial of prime 3 times now. It’s always avoidable if you’re paying attention, but sometimes there’s multiple prompts with a bi
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by kgermino 4y ago
Adding to this, we didn’t crate train our dog and while I wouldn’t say I regret that, it makes things harder. She hated the crate when we introduced it. We couldn’t find any way to get her in there without her panicking and trying to dig ou
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by kgermino 4y ago
Are you on one of the coasts? In the Midwest I know a ton of business travelers (>1 trip/month) who default to Southwest. The weekly travelers tend to prefer the legacy carriers if they're available (so I'm sure there&#x27
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by kgermino 4y ago
> Street numbers pivot on 5th Ave and increase in each direction from there, so if you know the street number, you know which two avenues it's between. For example, when I lived at 4xx W 45th St, that was between 9th and 10th, which
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by kgermino 4y ago
I think they are under more of a load a cruising speed than you'd expect. At speed both the car and plane are primarily overcoming wind resistance, which is more about speed and elevation than anything. If I'm understanding right

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