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by nkurz 3y ago
Interesting numbers. My first instinct was that you might be reading it wrong, but you seem to be completely correct. The average use for the US is usually claimed to be about 4x that at 880kWh/month: https://www.energybot
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by nkurz 3y ago
https://archive.ph/8rR0f
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by nkurz 3y ago
Probably relevant as an example of the thinking, but it's worth noting that this is for evaluating applications to faculty positions, and not applicants trying to enter a PhD program.
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AI industry has a battle-tested plan to keep using content without paying for it(latimes.com)
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by nkurz 3y ago
You may not be communicating as clearly as you hoped. Have you considered how many tri-state areas there are? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-state_area
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by nkurz 3y ago
I fear you are wrong. I'm American, and can confirm that heat pumps in the US are still very expensive upfront. There are often grant programs that can offset some of the cost, but for whatever reason they are much more expensive her
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by nkurz 3y ago
I presume his point is that you are measuring torque (potentially very accurately) but what you actually care about is tension. It's the variable factors affecting the relationship between torque and tension that results in most of th
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by nkurz 3y ago
Thanks, that helps to clarify. I wasn't aware of the progression of flags: from downweighted, to showing [flagged], to [flagged][dead]. I also wasn't aware that stories with lots of comments were essentially "immune" t
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by nkurz 3y ago
Hi Chris. You don't know me, but I'd like to discuss something HN related by email. Could you write me at the address in my profile? No hurry, non-urgent.
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by nkurz 3y ago
He's saying that in a politicized world (like the one we live in) the use of the phrase "no evidence" is a sign that the author is lying to you. He's claiming that if you if read a story by someone in power which claims
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by nkurz 3y ago
Almost always when an article is flagged, it's done by individual users. Other than asking those users why they flagged it, there is no way to know their reasons. Currently, there is no good way of asking these users. I've long
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by nkurz 3y ago
Thank you for the correction. I had mistakenly thought that the chart was total returns rather than just index price, but looking closer I think you are right.
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by nkurz 3y ago
Because I meant "through to the beginning of 2022", with the bulk of 2022 not being included in the run. 2023 was definitely up, but whether it will be interpreted as a continuation of the previous run, a brief reprieve, or the j
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by nkurz 3y ago
It's a little less funny if you look at the inflation adjusted numbers: https://www.macrotrends.net/2324/sp-500-historical-chart-dat... There have been quite a few 10-year and longer spans where the S&P 500 do
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by nkurz 3y ago
>> Since someone incapable of writing such a paper is probably unsuited for a PhD > I very much disagree with this. Your disagreement is justified. I phrased that poorly. I meant it as a shorthand for "incapable of being tra
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by nkurz 3y ago
Your point is correct, but I'm not surprised by the difference. I think "legibility" is the term of art here. Writing a paper like this makes it almost[1] certain to the institution he is applying to that he is capable of w
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by nkurz 3y ago
Brilliant article that accurately captures a lot of differences. I'm a relatively recent Vermont resident who went through middle school unable to remember which was NH and which was VT, and find this article to be an excellent primer
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by nkurz 3y ago
I don't follow. Is your belief that "free speech absolutists" wouldn't support this reporter because he's a disabled union member Arab-American Marine veteran? Do you have any evidence for that? To my eye, the ma
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by nkurz 3y ago
Yup, it's a great read and a great decision. Here for example is the context for the "favorite part" Rebelgecko mentions. First, the transcript of the routine: Believe me, even woke people kind of hate Muslims don’t they? Y
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by nkurz 3y ago
Yes, the option to 'vouch' is only available for posts that are actually dead. The question would be what circumstances lead to a post showing that it is [flagged] but not being [dead].
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by nkurz 3y ago
No, I don't think you've lost your vouching privileges. The post is just in a special state that shows [flagged] without being [dead]. There's no 'vouch' link because it's still visible to everyone. It happe
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by nkurz 3y ago
Perhaps you are making a joke that flew over my head, but in case you are new here, that not the way that this place works. You are not going to get banned for repeating the jokes that got someone fired, especially just after they won a co
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by nkurz 3y ago
"All money in circulation eventually goes into taxes" is interesting perspective, but I don't know if it makes sense on a state level. For a high earner, what percentage of their spending stays in California? I'd guess
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by nkurz 3y ago
Good points! You probably realize this, but in case others don't, assuming a 12.3% tax rate may overstate things even more than just being "conservative". Only the portion of income greater than ~$700K is charged at this ra
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by nkurz 3y ago
I wandered across a summary article of this yesterday on Seeking Alpha ( https://seekingalpha.com/article/4660493-bonds-beat-stocks-o... ) and meant to come back to it. Thanks for posting! Are you the author? Searching
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I think it's talked about fairly often. Wind turbines kill many more raptors (eagles and hawks) than cats do. Here's some data: https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/02/19/number-of-eagles-kil...
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by nkurz 3y ago
> It stays active for 6 months too Are you sure it's 6 months? It's possible there might be different versions internationally, but the US version seems to claim 12 weeks (~3 months): https://us.bravecto.com/do
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by nkurz 3y ago
You've used "legacy hire" in a couple comments here. I'm not familiar with the term, and searching doesn't find it used much: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22legacy+hire%22 Are you consciously t
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by nkurz 3y ago
You've found an odd edge-case. baybal2 is banned intentionally, despite the fact that most of his posts are good, and some are great. Unfortunately, the remainder aren't. The compromise is that he's banned, but users like m
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by nkurz 3y ago
1) It's great that homicides are decreasing. But while homicides are one way of measuring crime, there are others. I think many people are saying that the divergence is increasing between homicides and other crimes. Would you agree

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