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by kiba 2y ago
I am not sure if that's overkill. It might be a logistical issue with the current building though. 1 per 40,0000 is like the mayor of a town.
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by kiba 2y ago
Commuting doesn't have to be by cars, nor should factories and warehouse should be prohibited out of hand from being located inside cities. It really depends. Even then, it still makes sense to aggregate industrial concerns within a gi
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by kiba 2y ago
I am talking about taxation and being able to provide essential services. Not everything need to turn a 'profit' but government budgets are not unlimited.
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by kiba 2y ago
These locations are probably not financially sustainable. I would also say it's not impossible to make them urban friendly. For example, I think of stroad as opportunities to implement public transportation by getting of a lane or two.
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by kiba 2y ago
It depends, really. Some people genuinely don't know what's healthy and what's not. Some people know what's healthy but having trouble resisting these temptation. Usually it's a mixture of both.
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by kiba 2y ago
The democrats are basically the institutionist and "status quo" defenders of American hegemony at this point. Doesn't matter how "left" you go, they are basically the 'conservative' now. Also, saying the E
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by kiba 2y ago
[EDIT] Wrong parent.
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by kiba 2y ago
Do you pay federal taxes? Do you get federal service? Does your government gets federal grant money to fund projects and services? Do you rely on social security payments? Maybe your parents does. What about medicaid and medicare?
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by kiba 2y ago
Kowloon Walled City was neither a dystopia nor a utopia. It works and was able to maintain itself, but it could have been done better if it was actually supported by the government.
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by kiba 2y ago
Spaced repetition is an excellent technique, but it shouldn't be the only tool in your learning toolbox. I found that spaced repetition really works as advertised, with software like Anki. However, it is not really suited at learning l
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by kiba 2y ago
The community/offshoot I am part of is mostly liberal/left. My impression that lesswrong is also liberal/left.
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by kiba 2y ago
I voted in the November election. I called my representatives. My plan invited me to a protest over immigrants getting deported.That isn't nothing, but I have very little power on a federal level. The next step is getting involved in l
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by kiba 2y ago
Being able to do object oriented programming is going to make reasoning about geometrical objects much easier. I like the measuring tool but I prefer doing something more permanent like labeling it.
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by kiba 2y ago
Vanguard is owned by its investors/customers which is you.
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by kiba 2y ago
A Prusa MK4, completely factory built, is a reliable workhorse for me.
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by kiba 2y ago
Believe it or not, I find most of my disagreement on social issues rather than technical topics on HN and I am a fairly conventional social democrat.
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by kiba 2y ago
Hacker News is heavily curated. Do you think there's an echo chamber effect? I frequently encountered opinions that differ from mine, sometime completely on the opposite end.
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by kiba 2y ago
Probably true that we are all vulnerable to scams in one way or another, especially as we age. Some of us has more mockable vulnerability, but one way or another it's just a bug in human software. Even if we aren't vulnerable to s
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by kiba 2y ago
You still mostly can't freely converse with Chinese people because of the language barrier.
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by kiba 2y ago
It is more painful to treat someone who is homeless and mentally ill as opposed to just mentally ill.
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by kiba 2y ago
I don't see it that way. Squid Game is taking advantage of indebted people. It is an evil organization taking advantage of circumstances and human flaws. That is why gambling should be heavily regulated, and that slot machines shouldn&
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by kiba 2y ago
Public transit would also remove lot of jobs and yet nobody suggesting we shouldn't build more public transit because it will remove jobs. This is just coming from using what we already know how to do better.
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by kiba 2y ago
What a weird take. Elon Musk's reputational downfall is mostly self-inflicted. I say this as a (reluctant) defender of Musk's reputation, ardent even. There's only so many rounds I am going to bat for the truth when the man c
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by kiba 2y ago
Your body rejigger caloric expenditure based on how much you exercise. It isn't a straightforward addition of physical activity plus basal metabolic expenditure.
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by kiba 2y ago
The way to do that is to actually have stronger consumption in China, not antagonize the US.
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by kiba 2y ago
Software developers often just give away FOSS for free, not even charging a nominal fee. As a result, proprietary software essentially has an unlimited money cheat that they can use to plow into further development until greed starts seriou
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by kiba 2y ago
I think there's an easy and obvious thing we can do - stop listening to playlists! Seek out named jazz artists. Listen to your local jazz station. Go to jazz shows. Not a musician myself, but I am a live performer. I think live perfo
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by kiba 2y ago
Like I said, a self driving car isn't ever going to be efficient as a bus. The bus can literally do the same thing as a car, but better.
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by kiba 2y ago
It's impressive and all, but my reaction to self driving cars are completely different. It's a great technical feat, but it's not ever going to be efficient as public transportation. The form factor of the car works against i
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by kiba 2y ago
A dyson swarm is nothing difficult to achieve. All you need is the ability to put satellite into orbit. That's the minimum. The other part is mass manufacturing them.

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