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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Starlink follows the common solution of having them deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere at EOL. Competitors likely will do the same. Traffic management is an ongoing debate with the current solution simply being ground based tracking and
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> Recently I dug teeny bit into pocket watches, and then wrist watches, which turnst out were a thing way longer than I imagined! Weren't these handcrafted by highly skilled and highly paid specialists for a long, long time. In cont
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Could start by rotating the members of Congressional committees. Effectively making Congress the pool.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Not your (the consumer's) rights anyway.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> Do cell phones even work in most parking buildings? This is why Zipcar issues a card for unlocking the car. I'm not sure why the people in the article didn't have one.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> The trio had rented a technology-reliant Hyundai Elantra from Zipcar Inc. I've used Zipcar for a while in NYC and until relatively recently they didn't allow mobile unlock because a lot of parking garages don't have cell
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
From the article: "Now, theoretically, I could tell myself that, while Trump is undeniably masculine, he lacks virilitas. He is the Emperor Commodus of the 2016 election."
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> There's also kind of an implication that if something is legal, then the government endorses it. If we want to live in a free society, this shouldn't be the standard
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Chipotle is my anecdotal barometer. The first burrito I bought a decade ago was ~$7. Last week it was almost $20.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Old mine shafts have been used.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> I was always wondering why there are no systems converting the unused electricity in potential energy by moving water to a higher ground There are a bunch of pumped storage facilities around [1]. But they work best at massive scale, so
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
iCloud has been hacked more than once hasn’t it?
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> If there was a protocol for cab hailing, and anyone could roll it out for someone to connect to their network (like xmpp), and anyone could offer to become a driver or play another role like customer support, they earn their local curr
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
I personally would take better comp over benefits any day.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
I signed a release when the employer did a background check on me. And was provided a copy of it. The latter I think is state law here, the former I think is also law but I’m not 100% sure.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Religion would be an obvious one. The geocentric model maybe as well (though I haven't heard this claimed).
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
If you want a backup just copy the sqlite database from the Desktop app. The encryption key is stored in a json in the same folder. Not as convenient as an iOS backup admittedly.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Signal imo should secure its desktop apps better. The sqlite database of messages is stored right next to the json file containing the encryption key. Admittedly you would have to get access to the hard drive before reading it and I'm
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
That might be slightly over exaggerated. Musk may have other equity investors and certainly has other debt investors (assuming they come through, but then the whole deal hinges on it). So he still has some level of fiduciary responsibility.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Don’t forget the firebombings of Japan that caused even more destruction than the two atomic bombs. > The full fury of firebombing and napalm was unleashed on the night of March 9-10, 1945 when LeMay sent 334 B-29s low over Tokyo from th
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Legal for police use but banned in warfare. I agree with your point though. > The 1925 Geneva Protocol categorized tear gas as a chemical warfare agent and banned its use in war shortly after World War I. > In 1993, nations could begi
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Or the UK. UK Extends Life of Third Coal Plant to Secure Winter Electricity https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-09-13/uniper-ex...
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Probably not local talent/currency along the whole route. But if we are comparing to a project off the West Coast of the US where (I think) they'd be required to use a US flagged vessel and American crew, then it still should be f
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
""" lololol @ the "security researchers" sliding into my DMs asking me to run shell commands and send them the output Go run your Little Snitch and WireShark and tcpdump and mdimport and mitmproxy and system_profile
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
I'd love Apple to build iCloud hosting via your home mac or a new version of the server they used to sell. That way all data sits on and is processed by a machine you control. Admittedly wishful thinking but I can dream.
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
> Right now gas prices are at an all time high, and so are gas profits Definitely not an all time high, but yes a rapid increase. According to a quick quarterly chart I pulled up, a barrel of oil was last over $100 in June 2014. It spent
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
Depends on the sector. You would expect consumer staples (ie food stuffs) to perform well since higher prices can easily be passed to consumers who can't cut back (hence inflation). You would expect money losing tech stocks to suffer a
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
I'm skeptical of that claim since the rich hold more assets than dollars. To the extent inflation hurts the economy then your claim is true but that is a second order affect. All else equal, inflation can simply lead to asset inflation
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
A good example of unintended consequences is the proposed ban of US exports of gasoline. The intuition is that will boost supply in the US market, but that intuition fails for large chunks of the country. The East Coast is heavily dependent
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by merely-unlikely 4y ago
That is also a valid approach but I'm not sure it is more direct. Tax policy is generally only set once a year and only affects tax payers. Interest rates can be tweaked more frequently and (I think) directly impact a larger subset of

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