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by mikhailt 4y ago
The fact the BMI is determined by a "simple" formula doesn't change the merit of the original statement. If an insurance company uses BMI to determine your physical health, then yes, it is case closed. It doesn't matter
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by mikhailt 4y ago
I didn’t say republicans wins everytime, they do get misfires just like everyone else. I still think they are better than Dems in this area. Just look at how they managed their goals with the justice system, starting with the Supreme Court.
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by mikhailt 4y ago
> I don't think the Democrats need a presidential candidate at the moment. They actually do, Biden has one big con; age. He will be 81 in 2024. He already has very low approval rating and with recession looking more realistic, they&
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by mikhailt 4y ago
In case someone here knows but how is it even possible that EU can fine companies based on the whole world "turnover" (which I might incorrectly presume meaning profits) when their power is restricted to the EU space. Re: this: &g
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by mikhailt 4y ago
It’s one of the reasons I don’t look forward to upgrading my Linux install at all. Arc menu, emoji picker, Dock extensions were something I used a lot and had to wait a while before they were compatible with certain Gnome versions. Emoji pi
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by mikhailt 4y ago
For folks on Windows/Linux that want to use Apple Music but not the web player, try Cider ( https://github.com/ciderapp/Cider ). Yes, it is Electron but Apple did use webviews in their macOS AM app as well before th
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by mikhailt 4y ago
Unfortunately, there is a lot of intentional and unintentional misinformation going around. Mask was not meant to "eradicate" anything, that was not the intent. The same thing with lockdowns, it was not meant to eradicate anything
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by mikhailt 5y ago
They explained why there is only one 2.5 port, it's the limitation of the current chipset. Most of the current Wi-Fi 6E routers have the same limitation. > This is a limitation of the Qualcomm chipset eero are using, which can’t pr
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Any chance you could add full screen mode on the web app?
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> GPUs and CPUs are not simply "pump more power in it to go faster hurr hurr". I agree, they're not a simple "throw more power and it'll go faster" problem. However, that doesn't mean they do not go fas
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> The strategy of creating a large die with lots of execution units, then running the chip at a lower clock speed for power efficiency has been Apple's way of doing things for a while now. > This strategy is something that Anandt
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Geekbrench has already been debunked a long time ago by Anandtech as not sustaining the full load enough to show the real pref. The CPU and GPU tests finishes too fast for the system to ramp up to the full power load. That's not to say
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by mikhailt 5y ago
According to Max Tech analysis here, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJ7WN3yome4 , the GPU seems to max out at 60-70w at the moment for full load, even if the heat is well-managed. If Apple let it go up to 100-120w, we coul
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> I thought Germany was the land of competent engineers and managers? They do not make the decisions, the politicians and the authorities do. The engineers/managers are the one that are likely screaming to them saying nuclear energy
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Yes, it is mentioned many times in the article itself; several paragraphs in fact. Here is a few: > Apple uses OSM data in parts of the world where their commercial partners don’t provide data. They are reasonably good at fixing and cont
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by mikhailt 5y ago
This is a thing on Windows 10, I was watching a video with my sister on the PC running Windows 10 and all of the sudden, it just rebooted into updating Windows. One thing is that Windows Home does not have an option to postpone or delay upd
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by mikhailt 5y ago
It seems odd this is perceived as anti-aging rather than removing "zombie" cells from our body as a preventative measure that could be turned against us. This wouldn't stop the cell from "aging" and we still have ag
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by mikhailt 5y ago
I believe there was an attempt to make car to car communication system mandatory in US so that every single car on the road can talk to each other but I admit, I do not know how all of this worked and what happened in the end or if this is
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> What's worrying isn't that the autopilot didn't "know what to do"; but that it didn't detect the oncoming parked car at all. This is not simply a parked car, this is a dark non-reflective crashed pick-up t
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Okay, now imagine you're driving home after a long day at work and it is dark; you still think you will react fast enough?
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> but the many people who were actually driving on the road managed that just fine. How do you know when the crash occurred? How do you know for sure other people managed to do just fine? Watch the video; there was no other car in that l
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Based on my experience with drivers and driving at night, it is very unlikely that humans would do better in most circumstances. > till, even then, a human would have slammed the breaks or swerved to the right to a free lane Most humans
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> Fair enough, but what are you going to do? Isolate them away from the population. We've already started to mandate vaccination for work in many places in US, mask mandates, etc. If the area gets hot enough, then we lock down. We&#
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by mikhailt 5y ago
It is not. The article clearly stated right away in the abstract section: > While the major- ity (about 65%) of the German population were fully vaccinated, incidence started growing exponentially in October 2021 with about 41% of record
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by mikhailt 5y ago
How would we define the limitations on this? Natural monopolies are not illegal and Apple is selling hundreds of millions of devices that use these chips every year. Apple silicon is in every Apple Watch, Apple TV, iPhone, iPad, Macs of all
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by mikhailt 5y ago
Many folks are comparing it to previous Macs with macOS, not PCs nor other distros. If you have an Intel Mac next to it, there's a clear noticeable difference assuming macOS is on it. If you put W10 on the Intel Mac, it is much faster
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by mikhailt 5y ago
> One US hotel CEO has publicly said that he wants guests to start tipping on room rates because otherwise he will have to increase wages. Of course he does, tipping cost them nothing. Tipping is not supposed to be the norm nor is it sup
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by mikhailt 5y ago
It's a two way street, companies have the right to have fixed schedules from their workers to ensure planning and everything else goes smoothly. It is easier and sustainable to work around four-day work schedules than to give workers t
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by mikhailt 5y ago
OLED doesn't mean more power efficient by default across the board. In fact, it can use up more power in white/light scenes to the point that it averages out to not really make a huge difference. If your average use include a lot
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by mikhailt 5y ago
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/wood-production-hits... They talk about opening new sawmills because a huge number of them went out of business since the last great recession. It's a supply/

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