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Optimization Culture Is Making Us Fragile(bradstulberg.substack.com)
2 points by mikestew 1y ago|0 comments
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by mikestew 1y ago
I believe the headline to be inaccurate, and the real problem is that “A. I. is making sure you pay for dings that don’t exist”. Or IOW, AI is making shit up again, and you’re going to pay for it as part of the agreement that you didn’t rea
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by mikestew 1y ago
https://archive.ph/17HJN
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Ad for 'F1' in Apple TV App Linked Directly to Web, Nothing Bad Seemed to Happen(daringfireball.net)
11 points by mikestew 1y ago|1 comments
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by mikestew 1y ago
Manual tranny, why didn't you say so? :-) Yeah, I guess you would notice the difference. But I think you've hit on the difference, as I vastly simplified what is going on. Not that I expected you to read the link I gave, but it do
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by mikestew 1y ago
Am I sure? No, but I have been told this numerous times by actual diesel mechanics, and otherwise why was it necessary for Jacobs to invent the compression brake? Your car also has rolling resistance and aerodynamic drag to contend with. Mi
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by mikestew 1y ago
Engine braking doesn’t work on diesels, that’s why they have “Jake brakes”, that loud braaaaaaaaap you hear when they go downhill (and why you see signs at the edge of town saying “compression brake use illegal”). I highly doubt a diesel
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by mikestew 1y ago
Some models had a small LED bar that you could check the battery status with, without opening the lid. On older Mac’s (2009-10?), the LEDs were built into the battery. Very handy to quickly check if your spare has more charge than the one
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by mikestew 1y ago
We have had the opposite experience: over the years, mama rabbits have had multiple litters in our backyard. We have two pit bull terriers, and they would chase the rabbits (never catching them), so mama rabbit knows there are dogs. My only
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by mikestew 1y ago
From TFA: While the exact original recipe is no longer offered – today, the dressing uses Worcestershire, anchovies, Tabasco and lemon along with roasted and raw garlic – foodies still flock to Caesar’s Restaurants to get the original tabl
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by mikestew 1y ago
No one is saying that it doesn’t happen. One-off stories don’t prove anything one way or the other.
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by mikestew 1y ago
I take care of an outdoor cat in the neighborhood, and yes it's possible that a coyote will eat a cat or small dog. I live near a trail which also serves as a wildlife corridor, including coyotes that we regularly see on our dog walk
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by mikestew 1y ago
In reference to the app developer: we are looking at it, we are looking at him, and he better watch out... So they're not even trying to disguise the fact anymore that they're a bunch of goons? And this, coming from a person tha
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by mikestew 1y ago
I don’t have an answer to that, but I grew up with plenty of Americans, some of whom might even have fought in WWII, who wouldn’t buy a VW for the obvious reasons.
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by mikestew 1y ago
I assumed, like President said, that it will be China, not me, who pays the tariffs. “Man on the street” doesn’t know how tariffs work (or at least believes the bullshit), and I’m not surprised. But I’m truly surprised that someone runnin
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Why High-End Electric Cars Are Failing(wired.com)
4 points by mikestew 1y ago|0 comments
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by mikestew 1y ago
Where in TFA does it mention that he’s working for free? (Hint: it doesn’t.)
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by mikestew 1y ago
From TFA: “ I still have an office access card and my company laptop, at the latest until December when I'm officially terminated. ”
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by mikestew 1y ago
https://archive.ph/6tQ4Z
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by mikestew 1y ago
Profits go down when fewer people are buying your product, too. Which seems to be the case with TSLA for the most part.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Yeah, I was surprised by that. I can read it now (with a try again/cancel/dismiss banner at the top). Anyway, good work on the doc; I found it interesting as a Seattle-area resident.
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by mikestew 1y ago
So you don't have real money on the line? This conversation got boring fast. Come back when you've got an actual short position.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Apparently the time to buy was this morning. But I don't need to confirm anything, do what you like with your money, including watching in amazement at how fast a short position can go bad.
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by mikestew 1y ago
Good luck with that. Net profits down 71% YOY? Stock goes up 10% on the news. You think it's going to go down because Robotaxi sucks? Someone will be along shortly (as they always are) to reuse a cliche about irrationality.
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by mikestew 1y ago
EDIT: I can at least read it now w/o the dialog blocking the view. The doc is getting hammered at the moment, throwing a looped modal dialog. Not sure what the fix is, other than putting it on another host.
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by mikestew 1y ago
I presume in Alaska's case, at least, it's a funding technicality. As you said, the roads are not built to interstate standards (with a few exceptions around Fairbanks and Anchorage, maybe). For example, without prior knowledge, n
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by mikestew 1y ago
So you’re blaming me because Fidelity bought some Meta for my 401K without me directly knowing?
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by mikestew 1y ago
…whether that's ballpoints or razors or anything else. Oh, man, those crap razors. I’m in Whitehorse, Yukon, and the only disposable razors the drug store carries are BIC. I remember that they’re crap, but obviously people must still
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by mikestew 1y ago
Hugged: https://web.archive.org/web/20250615134052/https://dougengel...
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by mikestew 1y ago
https://archive.ph/IoKXi

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