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by mfer 5y ago
With tech (from search to ISPs) there are monopolies. Do they break them up or regulate them like utilities or something else? Our politicians are starting to tackle some real issues and we'll have to see how this shakes out.
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by mfer 5y ago
VC funded companies aren't some tech billionaire funding a cool new project. VC funded companies are investments that they want a return on. It shouldn't be surprising when people try very hard to protect that investment to help t
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by mfer 5y ago
This is quite a method to drive people away from independent repair shops and to those controlled by the manufacturer. I wonder if they intentionally took inspiration from tech companies who skirt repairability
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by mfer 5y ago
Don't forget that many known vulnerabilities aren't patched by people running these systems. Just because a vulnerability is known doesn't mean it's patched.
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by mfer 5y ago
I wouldn't look at the average or even the median. I would look at the 90%. In cities and for many tech workers it's easy to get really fast Internet connections. What about rural locations? For example, 90% of the US is rural. Wh
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by mfer 5y ago
A good place for data around this is the HTTP Archive ( https://httparchive.org/ ). It has collected data and reports.
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by mfer 5y ago
Here's one... https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.05.26.115832v1....
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by mfer 5y ago
Scientists have found that people who had SARS are immune to COVID. Their T cells fight it off. There was another variant of a coronavirus that went around and people who got that seem to be immune to. Some scientists testing on older blood
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by mfer 5y ago
I asked about this. The response I got was that many people who got COVID had a mild case where the immune system did not kick in very strongly. That these are more likely to get a 2nd infection. The vaccine for them will give them coverage
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by mfer 5y ago
The US is a money and capitalism first culture. This is before things like privacy. I'm not suggesting what is right or should be but rather an observation of what is the case.
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by mfer 5y ago
Even though this happens... Google still makes me nervous because... - Other large companies with other big agendas have violated rules on data sharing to improve performance in other areas. Amazon comes to mind with how they used markeplac
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by mfer 5y ago
I wonder what the logistics to install something like that would be? Say there are 500 spots. How much wiring is needed, what kind of hook up to the grid is needed, how do you run all those cables in existing garage, and how much weight is
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by mfer 5y ago
It’s wonderful that this works well for your friend. Let’s consider the other end of the spectrum. What about the home of a single mom who needs to get kids off to school, get to work, run errands, and doesn’t have enough time. Also, lives
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by mfer 5y ago
This brings up an interesting angle to think about. In 20 years what do the old cars on the road look like? Are they all gone? Gone often means in dumps. Where the batteries are toxic to the environment. If we want to think for the environm
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by mfer 5y ago
For me, that would be fine. But, how is that going to work for people in apartments, jobs that commute a lot (e.g. delivery drivers), people traveling, etc? There are a lot of situations like this. What’s their experience going to be like?
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by mfer 5y ago
There is an element about convenience here that comes out when we talk about charging (rather than longevity of battery). People are used to ICE cars where you can fill up rather quickly. Fuel pumps put out fuel at different speeds. It&#x27
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by mfer 5y ago
doxxing, by definition, is revealing previously private information. On his hacker news profile he’s listed his email that links that account to him. It’s all public.
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by mfer 5y ago
With the introduction of smart phones and social media we've seen lots of negative effects increase. For example, teen suicide was decreasing until they were introduced and then started to increase again. Girls especially. I wish there
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by mfer 5y ago
Trucks very much have a place in society. Farmers, construction workers, and some other areas definitely need them. The trend that they need to be an everyday vehicle for anyone is something that should be looked at. What is the psychology
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by mfer 5y ago
The analogy here doesn't work well for a few reasons.... 1. It mixes mapping math calculations with published information like texts. 2. The AI in star trek worked to serve the end user, in this case Picard. In our world the AI systems
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by mfer 5y ago
It may depend on where you are. gigabit speeds and fiber aren't available in my region. The places that have it are not routed to the upstream providers the same way my region is. ISPs that have many locations around the US are routed
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by mfer 5y ago
RSS is a great piece of technology. It's like plumbing. What we need is good experience built on top of it.
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by mfer 5y ago
I used to have Frontier for my Internet. The speeds were acceptable for my day to day until the local schools got out for summer. Then the network was saturated and I couldn't get fast enough speeds to do my job. I tried to trace where
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by mfer 5y ago
The population is growing more obese. Got that. We are headed toward AI computers to do things for us. Got that. We are launching more satellites into space. Got that. Wall-E may end up being prophetic. The thing I'm interested in more
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by mfer 5y ago
This is an example of why a well organized governance and legal standing matters for projects like this. If that were the case this situation would not have happened.
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by mfer 5y ago
History, like this, is great to understand and learn from.
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by mfer 5y ago
This response doesn't answer the question asked. China is increasing their pollution. The issue is around leadership. How can the US lead China to lower pollution levels, something they are currently increasing? The question on how to
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by mfer 5y ago
From this I get the impression that... - Manufacturing in the states/EU where pollutant levels can be regulated is a good idea. - Reducing consumerism as a culture would be useful. Both of these go against trends (many in technology).
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by mfer 5y ago
How can the US lead countries like China to make change?
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by mfer 5y ago
The article offers a window into subtle antagonism. This is one of the elements causing division and lack of movement. For example, I know some people who love and want to preserve the great outdoors. They don't like litter and they wa

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