lkbm

52 ms·

601.
by lkbm 5y ago
Unfortunately, this is for paid subscribers only. (Scott mostly does public posts because his subscribers generally seem to want his work widely accessible.) For those curious, it's the story of Xi Jinping "translated" into a
602.
by lkbm 5y ago
Hypothesis: bad faith communicators are more persuasive among people who mostly agree with them; good faith communicators are more persuasive among people who mostly disagree with them. Not sure if this is accurate, and I'm sure misses
603.
by lkbm 5y ago
I'm definitely skeptical of dinging people for 4-star reviews, but each of these bullet points are encouraged by Etsy because they improve customer satisfaction and sales. The petition does make a good point that some products may be b
604.
by lkbm 5y ago
The first time I tried my friend's hearing protection for shooting I was absolutely amazed. I've always gone to headphones built for listening, with the noise cancellation a secondary consideration. Professional grade heading prot
605.
by lkbm 5y ago
So, I'll agree that suburbs are likely quieter than the city, but those particular items definitely vary by city and neighborhood. I live in the densest neighborhood in Austin (West Campus). Sirens are rare, and car horns are moderatel
606.
by lkbm 5y ago
We could, but as they currently stand, but I've yet to see any analysis suggesting those come close to it covering the difference. Most things do just look at parking and gas tax, but licensing fees are negligible compared to gas tax.
607.
by lkbm 5y ago
I wouldn't go with just the gas tax, but yes, ideally we would internalize all externalities via taxation. I'm certainly in favor of that, but my point is not "we should subsidize everything equally" so much as "pay
608.
by lkbm 5y ago
We don't legally mandate it, but every discussion about Amtrak and public transit involves people insisting it should cover its own costs while ignoring the fact that the alternatives don't.
609.
by lkbm 5y ago
If all competitors were too, and we internalized all externalities, sure. But personal car travel is currently heavily subsidized (no, the fuel tax does not cover road costs), and has some serious negative externalities (both from air pollu
610.
by lkbm 5y ago
> Twitter, which is based in liberal San Francisco and has over 5,000 employees who can work remotely from anywhere, is known for an extremely liberal and vocal corporate culture. Recently departed CEO Jack Dorsey is a prominent supporte
611.
by lkbm 5y ago
The only source I can find on this list are previous HN comments. Searching for some of them is turning up nothing outside of that. Do you have a link to these, or a better search option than Google or the latimes.com's search? EDIT: A
612.
by lkbm 5y ago
In the 1970s, the US had plans to build 1,000 nuclear power plants. If they were the average size, I believe would come to double our current electrical generation capacity. Where would we be with cheap, plentiful, carbon-neutral electricit
613.
by lkbm 5y ago
These are good examples of what we're getting close to, but I'd add that Copilot is already an extremely helpful tool for coding. I don't blindly trust its output, but its suggestions are what I want often enough to save a lo
614.
by lkbm 5y ago
Wow, thanks for putting together that data! I'm not surprised to see Germany, UK, Norway, Sweden, and Netherlands all be similar, since (I assume) they're all using the North Sea. I am surprised to see Germany's output is so
615.
by lkbm 5y ago
Oh, I assume it's much more expensive than nuclear. Personally, I tend to think of nuclear as renewable, though I guess it's not really; just carbon-neutral. But even without nuclear I'd think it's viable, albeit expensi
616.
by lkbm 5y ago
Ugh, wind dropped ~11% in 2021? I heard new capacity has paused for some reason. Is this just that + old capacity being retired? Or just some temporary downtime for maintenance? Or is it just that 2020 was super-windy and 2021 was calm? See
617.
by lkbm 5y ago
International grid doesn't mean "import whatever is on offer". You can contract for renewable energy, and fund international production capacity. Depending on Russian oil was a geopolitical (and environmental) mistake. Depend
618.
by lkbm 5y ago
Looks like the translation is "sector coupling" or "integrated energy", but I think the real key in translating this is that we typically use a different framing in English. German "Sektorenkopplung": We'r
619.
by lkbm 5y ago
I've just assumed Germany is working towards electrification for heating. From a cursory search, this appears to be both de-facto the case[0] and an official policy goal[1]. I agree this should be explicitly mentioned when talking abou
620.
by lkbm 5y ago
I know it takes forever to do big projects, and diminishing returns are very much a thing, but 80% by 2035 feels like a really low bar. Looking through various targets, it's far better than most countries[0], and Germany might not have
621.
by lkbm 5y ago
The question when evaluating long-term claims is whether there are shorter-term benchmarks specified. I'm not an expert so I don't know what specific short-term benchmarks make sense. "70% by 2030"? "Implementation
622.
by lkbm 5y ago
Other governments' behavior isn't a relevant comparison. The discussion isn't "Should the US nationalize Twitter or should China?"
623.
by lkbm 5y ago
Do you think homeless shelters and food stamps are a positive? It's clearly a tragedy that we need them, but I'd say they are very clearly a positive.
624.
by lkbm 5y ago
Those perspective items don't really provide perspective. I don't hate them, but a Jupiter day means nothing to me. The "average workday" is good and meaningful. Some thoughts on good "perspective" items: * Ave
625.
by lkbm 5y ago
> Yeah, us sitting here in our offices in the richest country in the world, arguably the people who helped cause this, won't be effected. Maybe our food prices go up a tiny bit. > The people in developing countries, like usual, w
626.
by lkbm 5y ago
On the other hand, if I were creating a fleet of self-driving taxis, and I could choose between 50mpg cars or 20mpg trucks/SUVs, I'd use 90% the former. People buying personal cars at the moment tend to choose the latter: https:&
627.
by lkbm 5y ago
I think this sort of document is a good idea, but skimming over it, I think it needs to shift to more of a two-way description. The "How to discuss and argue" section does this. The "How to efficiently work and communicate wi
628.
by lkbm 5y ago
ICQ99 also added a feature like this, despite being an instant messenger, not a web browser. I wonder if you could just write a Firefox extension that did this. It seems like the sort of thing that could be a viral sensation to get teens us
629.
by lkbm 5y ago
She was around for a lot of things, some very good and some very bad. I'm glad she worked to stop the genocide in Kosovo, but for me (39, US) the most salient thing I've known about has been about Rwanda—we signed a treaty saying
630.
by lkbm 5y ago
Nope, at least not according to Wikipedia: Kissinger: b. May 27, 1923 (98) Carter: b. October 1, 1924 (97) The Queen's a youthful 95, though.

More ›