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by m4x 8y ago
The same technology that creates filter bubbles can also be used to counteract them, if desired
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by m4x 8y ago
If federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal investigation, it's almost certain those investigators believe(d) a law was broken. I don't think anyone here is in a position to claim "they did nothing criminal" without
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by m4x 8y ago
I think multiple dispatch will scale perfectly fine for large projects when it has better IDE support. There's no reason Juno or any other IDE couldn't display the output of a static analyser inline, or allow you to command-click
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by m4x 8y ago
What do you see obsoleting solar panels in the near term?
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by m4x 8y ago
It's easy to miss those signs too. It's common to have earmuffs and sometimes a dust mask on when using power tools, and power switches often don't clearly indicate state. Many start/stop control boxes don't have an
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by m4x 8y ago
It is discussed in paragraphs 4-7. No real figures are given, but you wouldn't expect them to be in an informal interview.
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by m4x 8y ago
Taking an absolutist stance is the point of the authors experiment. You wouldn't do this in practice if you were just trying to improve your privacy, but in an experiment to see just how far Google's reach extends it makes sense t
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by m4x 8y ago
I have a close family member who did this in Auckland, NZ and it certainly didn't save them any money. The main issue was that boats are expensive to keep afloat and maintain, and depreciate in value over time (unlike a house). Maybe t
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by m4x 8y ago
We are all licensed amateur radio operators and just use our own gear. Not sure what you mean by a stack of radios - we all have our own radios in some form, and they are all interoperable by their nature (not much point in hams using radio
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by m4x 8y ago
Sure - because cars have been most peoples only practical mode of transport for decades and it has become their default. Now that scooters and ebikes are offering a very practical alternative to driving, cars no longer need to be the defaul
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by m4x 8y ago
> Sure, but look at your typical freeway rush hour traffic jam - how many of those vehicles really have multiple people or heavy cargo? I'm not sure how that's relevant. You edited my comment to try and make it apply to cars, b
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by m4x 8y ago
Cars address a different set of requirements. You use one when you need to transport many people, heavy cargo, tools, etc. A scooter does not solve any of those problems. A scooter does allow a single person and their possessions to travel
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by m4x 8y ago
You are allowed to call people out for riding dangerously. They might not appreciate it at the time, but as long as you aren't aggressively rude they will probably ride more slowly the next time they get on a scooter. Eventually person
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by m4x 8y ago
Scooters seem unnecessary in densely populated cities. Most high-density areas have good public transport within a few minutes walk of your destination, and the footpaths are too busy to ride a scooter on anyway. They are much more useful i
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by m4x 8y ago
I volunteer as a radio operator at some sport events. The main reason we use radios instead of cell phones is that it's faster to relay information and works well when you have many field stations talking to a single base station. Ther
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by m4x 8y ago
I can commute by foot (which takes slightly over an hour), by bike (which takes 20 mins but leaves me noticeably sweaty), or by scooter which takes 20 mins and has no downsides. In practice, if I can't scoot then I drive a car because
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by m4x 8y ago
How would you fix public transport though? Public transport is terrible in my city, but it's really because the population is too low to support anything better rather than because of any particular problem with the service. There&#x27
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by m4x 8y ago
... and yet scooters (and bikes) still work brilliantly for briandear, myself and thousands of other people - and at a much lower cost than driving a vehicle or installing rail.
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by m4x 8y ago
If you live, work and shop within five minutes of subways then you have no real use for a scooter. That isn't the case for most people, however. We can't all move to the big city.
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by m4x 8y ago
I enjoy walking and cycling, but not for my commute. It takes an hour to walk vs. 20 mins to cycle or scoot. If I cycle I arrive unavoidably sweaty. My scooter is fantastic for commuting. When I want to walk, I go to the lake with my wife.
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by m4x 8y ago
> They are not safe, and cannot be (on the sidewalk) This is a strange thing to say. It's clearly false, and the alternative (putting them on the road) is clearly less safe. I do think that the current model where Bird etc allow new
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by m4x 8y ago
> and we know they won't do that Actually, that's exactly what I do whenever I'm behind a walker and don't have space to pass. I'm aware not everybody on a scooter behaves like that, but things will improve as ti
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by m4x 8y ago
It doesn't seem like a stretch to me. We already have bikes on our footpaths where I live (NZ) and it's a non issue. Cyclists just slow down around pedestrians. People are clearly capable of sharing footpaths courteously. Maybe wh
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by m4x 8y ago
Is it any different to car drivers (who "made the choice") killing pedestrians? Advocating for scooter riders to be forced onto the road is absolutely advocating for more unnecessary deaths. Car vs. scooter is dramatically more le
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by m4x 8y ago
That doesn't sound like a problem with scooters on the sidewalk, but with riders not being courteous - and the appropriate fix is for people to take appropriate care, not to boot scooters onto the road. It doesn't surprise me that
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by m4x 8y ago
Where are you getting "give us power!" from? Are climate researchers trying to get elected into positions of power? I haven't seen any evidence of that. As far as I can tell most people just want to stop burning down the hous
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by m4x 8y ago
I think this is only the case if you consider the mass density to be uniform within the event horizon, which isn't true.
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by m4x 8y ago
It's basically because these production lines are incredibly complex and getting tiny details right is important. When you have humans running a line, they can notice and adapt to the countless possible issues that occur (like "th
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by m4x 8y ago
Vice have just demonstrated how practical it is for a source to control what and how things are reported. However, if reporters want continued access to interesting sources then they should respect their wishes - particularly when it's
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by m4x 8y ago
Owning a scooter may not be a basic right, but having access to transport is a necessity for most people. Scooters solve that requirement cheaply and efficiently. Particularly for low income people, hiring a scooter is often a better soluti

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