lgleason

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by lgleason 3y ago
There have been studies that have shown that a persons preference for things over interactions were affected by testosterone levels from a young age (1 or 2) to teenage years. That would also affect the brain development etc.. That being th
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by lgleason 3y ago
Can you substantiate the claim that crypto financed a 2.3% expansion of the US power generating capacity? Most power companies are encouraging people to use less electricity, especially during peak periods, instead of encouraging more use t
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by lgleason 3y ago
Except the US electricity market is not a free market. Most people only have one provider to choose from.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Meanwhile we have this. https://www.forbes.com/sites/miltonezrati/2023/03/24/america... ....all for a casino ponzi scheme that is creating a very volatile "asset". I'm all for free ma
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by lgleason 3y ago
Ironically there seems to be an over-representation of these life coaches, yoga instructors, motivational speakers and crypto types in US ex-pat communities in Central America. It'd be interesting to know what attracts these people to
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by lgleason 3y ago
Google no longer hires the best and the brightest.
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by lgleason 3y ago
That is the tip of the iceberg from what I've seen in the space. I've seen poor security, amateur hour with servers, connectivity etc..
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by lgleason 3y ago
Right, but the financial system is actually used by most people in the US. Bitcoin, a small fraction of that...and this figure does not include all of the energy expended to process bitcoin transactions.
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by lgleason 3y ago
What's funny it that they are trying to green wash Bitcoin by holding events in places like Costa Rica and talking about "green" bitcoin mining is etc... It's kind of like the for profit companies that are "helping&
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by lgleason 3y ago
We are in a downward cycle for Software right now. Are higher interest rates a precipitating factor at the moment? Sure, but there are others as well including the COVID bubble etc.. Our industry was bound for a correction. That said, inter
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by lgleason 3y ago
I like cars and spend a decent amount of time keeping my cars looking pristine. I personally prefer having more than enough parking rather than just enough. Most of the efforts to improve walkability makes it impossible to find parking when
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by lgleason 3y ago
What's interesting is if you go to countries like Costa Rica, there are still more opportunities for kids to be kids. The US has created a helicopter parenting style along with many other western countries. Kids don't learn import
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by lgleason 3y ago
The best thing to do is to know that law and your legal rights. Anybody can write a cease and desist. It is a first step towards a lawsuit, but given how inexpensive they are to write they are an easy way to intimidate small businesses.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Tesla owner here. Many stories of that with them, and the latest autosteer update was a major downgrade.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Freedom of speech is the cornerstone of democracy. Democracy has brought prosperity to a larger percentage of the population than any other form of government known to man. The systematic dismantling of that is also a dismantling of democra
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by lgleason 3y ago
Normally this area gets a lot of rain and there is not an issue which is how they planned for it. We are in a drought cycle which happens from time to time, but this is obviously a rare set of two events happening at the same time. With Nic
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by lgleason 3y ago
I was underwhelmed when using it for code generation of things like tests.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Her Linkedin says she's in Atlanta. Either way, I doubt she will get severance after that and if Cloudflare wants to make a point they could try to go after her for a violation of the companies NDA/confidentiality she signed when
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by lgleason 3y ago
I think it's safe to say we are on the downward slop of peak Google.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Downtown Atlanta is also starting to approach this.
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by lgleason 3y ago
Single family homes can also have HOA's which can become a pain if not run well, but at least it is not part of the structure that you own.
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by lgleason 3y ago
The population density in most areas doesn't make it economically viable. In many area the climate makes biking a messy proposition of needing shower after a ride, or to put on a bunch of rain gear etc. vs a car where you just take a s
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by lgleason 3y ago
The problem with mass transit in the US is that the US has a lot of wide open spaces and most places do not have the population density to make it economically feasable. In Atlanta, for example, many parts have been removing car lanes for b
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by lgleason 3y ago
....so after all of that effort to create walkable cities, remove car lanes for bike lanes etc. this is where we end up? Not sure if trying to create more walkways, removing traffic lanes for bike etc. are the answer if this is the net resu
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by lgleason 3y ago
Employees are a companies most valuable assets. All that a company has to do is to lay off a bunch of them and it realizes that value with a higher stock price :). Edit: in case anybody missed the nuance, this comment is meant as satire.
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by lgleason 3y ago
I have both Nest Mini's and Alexas strewn throughout my house hooked up to my home automation etc.. Over time I've found that Alexa works better and that the google assistant progressively gets worse. This will probably not help t
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by lgleason 3y ago
Feels like this is a natural effect of peak AI hype.
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by lgleason 3y ago
On one hand, plastic reduces weight, transportation costs and the costs of things and is more versatile. On the other hand it causes another form of pollution. Modern life would be very different without plastic.
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by lgleason 3y ago
I love tech and gadgets, but have been doing longer upgrade cycles. I also have automated a large amount of stuff in my house with smart switches etc. and love it. My biggest regret has been the Tesla Model 3. The touchscreen, in lieu of bu
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by lgleason 3y ago
Did you ever happen to put a watt meter on the gaming setup to see what the power draw was? The M1's are a lot better with power consumption, though my biggest users of power tend to be my large monitors..... I just put inverter/b

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