nerfhammer

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by nerfhammer 5y ago
> chargers and cables are advertised with the wattage they support, but it's really the voltage and current that matters. watts = volts * current
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
it also must mean the sensor is indelibly attached to the screen now
33.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
The article mentions Punic (Carthage)
34.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
I believe another piece of evidence is there is more gravitational lensing than expected in various places
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
There's a very different record of homegrown dictators vs. foreign occupying powers in this regard.
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
Those consumers would be right though, no?
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
I also wonder if the global chip shortage was putting pressure against them doing anything too ambitious
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
I've wondered why they don't implement LoRA, if they want another type of radio network. You could message other iPhones even if none of you have a cell signal. Low power, doesn't need a big antenna.
39.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
there's also the arduboy for something even simpler
40.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
the funny thing is that was a concession: normally legislators can't overturn California ballot propositions at all.
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
One thing I appreciate about home depot's web site: they'll tell you not only whether the item is in stock, but exactly where in a given store it's located
42.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
should we presume this was strategically ordered by upper management and not just someone at the location just assumed outside material wasn't allowed?
43.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
I've been thinking of it in terms of convergence, maybe they're all converging on the identical "optimal" social network.
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
If it costs a billion dollars to develop a drug and pharma spends 6.5 billion on ads, that would mean an implausibly small number of drugs being developed, no? I don't see any reason to believe that pharma spends more on ads than R&amp
45.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
ok, so 65 drugs in development, with 6.5 drugs released per year? does that seem plausible for the entire pharma industry?
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
According to one google search result total pharma ad spend was $6.58 billion in 2020. According to the CBO pharma R&D was $83 billion in 2019. References: https://www.fiercepharma.com/special-report/top-10-ad-spend
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
My guess is all the media attention actually got them more signups
48.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
Yea I bet it's just everyone who would have changed jobs anyway over the previous 18 months feel safer doing it now
49.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
us good, them bad
50.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
get a watchy https://watchy.sqfmi.com/
51.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
The key is knowing exactly which startup to put your $2000 in.
52.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
The US has had periods where banks or even corporations could print their own money. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildcat_banking It wasn't fiat money, they were deposit notes representing gold or silver. And whi
53.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=saffron+capsules I have no idea if saffron "extract" is effectively the same thing though
54.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
Go Go Curry in NYC has it
55.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
FWIW Seinfeld seems to deny that he ever had anything to do with this idea https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ujvrg/jerry_seinfeld...
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
I bet it connects to wifi and/or bluetooth so you can control it with some smartphone app
57.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
for physical stores sellers fight over having products placed on eye-level shelves vs. not
58.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
Keep in mind Altium is already publicly traded and at the moment has a market cap of $3.85B
59.
by nerfhammer 5y ago
New housing is always relatively "luxury" because newness is itself a luxury. Much of what is relatively affordable now was relatively "luxury" when it was built. But if you stop building anything new it would be like tr
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by nerfhammer 5y ago
there's nothing stopping you from doing that

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