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by nradov 6mo ago
Why do we need an alternative? Your preferences don't matter.
782.
by nradov 6mo ago
Well then the solution is simple: people need to stop making mistakes. We should all have perfect foresight, and never guess wrong about counterparty risk or changes in consumer tastes.
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by nradov 6mo ago
It's so weird for you to be fearful of something when you don't know how farming works. Every year farmers cut down a bunch of trees and plant new ones in response to costs and market demand. So what. This is routine and seldom ma
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by nradov 6mo ago
HIPAA doesn't require any certification either. Some organizations voluntarily choose to earn certification from private companies that offer certifications for compliance with HIPAA privacy or administrative simplification rules but t
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by nradov 6mo ago
Are there a lot of extra trucks and refrigerated trailers sitting around idle?
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by nradov 6mo ago
Bullshit. Christopher Alexander didn't know much about farming. I actually read his whole book. Most of his "patterns" are kind of quaint and twee, the sort of things that seem superficially attractive to people with no real
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by nradov 6mo ago
When governments take over food production the people starve.
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by nradov 6mo ago
When management starts tracking improvements in story point productivity then the agile teams inflate their story point estimates. Sometimes this involves splitting user stories in ways that don't really make sense from a customer pers
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by nradov 6mo ago
Software is already subject to enough regulation. The stuff that's actually safety critical like medical devices or avionics is already heavily regulated.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Most unions pay their elected officers and administrative staff. Members might volunteer for some activities but the roles that come with a significant time commitment are jobs like any other. VFW membership has declined because even with c
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by nradov 6mo ago
Delta raised prices, delivered better service, and is more profitable than any other US airline.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Iranian leaders already wanted a nuclear weapon before that threat so nothing has really changed. It seems the USA and Israel intend to just keep bombing Iran periodically, making it much harder to develop such a weapon. Iran may accomplish
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by nradov 6mo ago
We can't even necessarily claim that oily fish is "super-healthy". People shouldn't rely on it as their only source of protein due to the risk of heavy metal toxicity, especially for larger fish. A few servings per week
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by nradov 6mo ago
Yes, I'm sure about that. Mercedes-Benz accepts legal liability for collisions when Drive Pilot is active. https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a39481699/what-happens-if-...
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by nradov 6mo ago
Ok so then we agree that it's not a US responsibility unless a US flagged ship is involved. Togo can fend for itself.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Why should this be a US responsibility? Very little of our trade runs past Somalia and Yemen. The ship in this incident is Togolese and they're not even a treaty ally. Our previous attempt at intervention didn't work. Let someone
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by nradov 6mo ago
Mercedes-Benz accepts full liability when their Drive Pilot autonomous system is active. https://www.mbusa.com/en/drive-pilot
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by nradov 6mo ago
Really? Spirit had a very limited route network. And Delta and United have been successfully pursuing a market strategy based more on service quality than low prices. They account for the majority of profit in the whole industry.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Those airplanes aren't going to be scrapped. Demand for flights hasn't reduced much. Other airlines will buy up the airplanes and put them back into service.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Most flight attendants know very little about the actual flying part.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Fiber optic guided drones don't work reliably at sea. The wires drag and break in the water.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Which navies though? The reality is that very few countries still have the expeditionary navies capable of doing that. The US Navy (plus Coast Guard) can do it. A few others like China, Japan, India, and France can do it on a limited basis.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Who is "we" exactly? There's practically nothing that those of us in foreign countries can do to eliminate desperation in Yemen and Somalia. Previous attempts at interventions have probably made the problems there worse.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Outside of short coastal routes, the notion of autonomous merchant vessels is so silly. While there is maybe a little more opportunity to automate some watch standing duties, autonomous systems (including sensors) are not even remotely capa
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by nradov 6mo ago
Pretty soon the RPGs will be replaced by FPV drones. Put an explosive drone into the bridge of a merchant ship and it's going to be a mess. I predict that there will be a growing market for drone defenses on merchant ships such as radi
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by nradov 6mo ago
Fire is always a risk, but crude oil is not "highly flammable". Some refined products and LNG are more problematic.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Right, the wheeled and tracked units are more cost efficient. But there are some mission sets and terrains for which bipedal robots will be more effective. Everything is going to get tested to see what works.
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by nradov 6mo ago
I predict that we'll see limited combat use of the latest Chinese bipedal robots within two years. They'll sell to both Russia and Ukraine.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Meanwhile the Roomba-successor robots that I've tried still get tangled up on our laptop charger cables and wedged under the coffee table.
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by nradov 6mo ago
Fringe was kind of a remake of The X-Files. It wasn't an exact copy but clearly derivative. Still a decent show. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1119644/

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