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811.
by kurthr 3y ago
Giving and forgiving a $200k loan, buying his mom's house (while still allowing her to live there free for over a decade), and paying for his kid's private schooling while you have cases in front of a justice has the appearance of
812.
by kurthr 3y ago
It's the same thing that just happened in east San Jose using the "builder's remedy" to reduce the number of units by 5x. YIMBY's like to think the builders are on their side, but they aren't. They'll take
813.
by kurthr 3y ago
This started around 2017. There were lots of plans and tours and proposals. I hear a lot about how this is NIMBYs keeping everyone out, but this was a redevelopment project for a lot of commercial property near a bus/train/lightra
814.
by kurthr 3y ago
It's momentum transfer from deflecting (diffracting) the light through an angle. Similarly, any photon would be slightly red-shifted after hitting the surface whether it goes through or reflects off.
815.
by kurthr 3y ago
It's interesting, but there's no reason you can't do both reflection and diffraction. A refractive grating allows most light to pass through, but reflective gratings use smaller (sometimes less than half wavelength) steps&#x2
816.
by kurthr 3y ago
Yeah, if there hadn't been unlimited supercharging it wouldn't have made as much sense, but I figure I'd have used 500gal a year (15km/30mpg). That's about $2500/yr so pay off time is about 6-8 years. If you&#x
817.
by kurthr 3y ago
Interesting that I recognize several of those on the west coast, too.
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WeWork nears bankruptcy(arstechnica.com)
104 points by kurthr 3y ago|106 comments
819.
by kurthr 3y ago
The disturbing thing to consider is that it might be bad acting AI with human systems. I can easily see a situation where a bad acting algorithm alone wouldn't have nearly so negative an effect, if it weren't tuned precisely and p
820.
by kurthr 3y ago
I meant a SaaS, but mistyped it.
821.
by kurthr 3y ago
Regulatory lock-in is certainly one method of guaranteeing rent. I'd argue copyrights and patents are as well. Microsoft and Google get accused of rent seeking because of their near monopolies, but I don't think most of their inco
822.
by kurthr 3y ago
I think you'll find Vimeo or even Loom could be used, but probably only for private groups. Most people (advertisers) don't want to randomly have graphic violence included in their stream (or pay for it). I'd say if you opt i
823.
by kurthr 3y ago
Not the OP, and this isn't something I'm dramatically invested in, but... Rent seeking would be designing a product for collecting rent (not a one time payment) for a product (e.g. SaS) that doesn't wear out or has separate m
824.
by kurthr 3y ago
I agree that having a continuous measurement is more powerful, but one confounding factor is the location of the pressure measurement. If the measurement location goes up or down relative to your heart then that produces an error or offset
825.
by kurthr 3y ago
I'm sure you'll find lots of people at her school who know the game, but for everyone else who hasn't heard. In order to get good grants you need to run "successful" experiments, which means you need to propose to f
826.
by kurthr 3y ago
Oh, come now. They were the first to quiet quit. It started over a decade ago and they can't really be bothered to even respond to non-violent/sex crimes now. It's such a hassle. https://www.police1.com/police
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by kurthr 3y ago
There are mixed pedestrian/vehicle underpasses for the Yamanote train tracks in Tokyo as well, though a bit taller (1.5m). My understanding is that when the tracks were originally put in they were near the edge of the bay so there were
828.
by kurthr 3y ago
Maybe, but their usage peaked at the same time 2006-2010 as l33t did. I'm not convinced that's an accident.
829.
by kurthr 3y ago
Yes, but they are s4d. It's like l33t grew up and made a mess of localization, internationalization, and translation. The numeronym thing feels so exclusive, like a16z. I wonder, if the international web folks like it, because it&#x
830.
by kurthr 3y ago
They are still extensively used in hospitals to transport specimens for testing and diagnostics. https://www.swisslog-healthcare.com/en-gb/company/blog/how-a...
831.
by kurthr 3y ago
It's interesting that this came out the same week as Derek Lowe was discussing the problem with some of the most easily discovered scientific frauds (crystal structures). https://www.science.org/content/blog-post&#
832.
by kurthr 3y ago
How else are you supposed to pay for their medical bills? Oh wait, maybe you're right! https://www.jacksonprogress-argus.com/arena/parade/mary-lou-...
833.
by kurthr 3y ago
The biggest losers on the dotcom crash were actually the failed networking companies "selling shovels" who had many 10s billions invested and then went to zero. Only AOL/TW was really comparable to Worldcom, Globalcrossing, w
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by kurthr 3y ago
The goal of much disinfo is exactly this, to remove the idea of objective reality, facts, or truth. It is common and useful to do this in authoritarian regimes. It goes along with depoliticization where the population comes to believe that
835.
by kurthr 3y ago
Generally, social media companies have agreed there is some responsibility to remove false content and coordinated misinformation. That certainly seems to be happening, and linking to particular misinformation just spreads it further, feedi
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by kurthr 3y ago
Are you a "free speech absolutist" with all the connotations that has? The users of TikTok seem to be learning from the same group you intend to avoid. If controlling narrative through disinfo and agitprop have no effect, why is
837.
by kurthr 3y ago
That's pretty funny. TikTok is literally banned in China, along with Facebook, YouTube and all Google, Wikipedia, Twitter, and even Github. There is an actual firewall blocking access, the use of a non-government controlled VPN is a cr
838.
by kurthr 3y ago
I've had better luck posting pictures with the "bribe" coupon in the picture next to the item.
839.
by kurthr 3y ago
This doesn't seem to match the data I've seen. Yes, food is a significant portion of energy consumption, but typical transportation and housing (including heat/cool) easily dominate. Going from a daily mixed meat (chicken&#x2
840.
by kurthr 3y ago
I almost didn't click on this... it turns out the scientists are just as depressed by the news. I'm not surprised that 1.5C is overly hopeful. Frankly, it looks like geoengineering may be more viable/profitable/necessary

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