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1081.
by paranoidrobot 8y ago
I used to like Skype, but they've made a bunch of terrible choices. Their integration of Microsoft Messenger and Microsoft IDs into Skype has meant that I now have two or three contacts for some people, and I have to switch which conta
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by paranoidrobot 8y ago
I have to agree so much. I think the memories of what made Firefly so special ignore the reality that it's been 16 years. Nathan Filion will be 50 in 3 years, he can no longer physically pull off the young uppity captain with a grudge
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by paranoidrobot 8y ago
> it just isn't Star Trek I felt much the same to start with, but by the end of the season I had mostly forgiven it. At the end of it, my main annoyance is that Those. Are. Not. Klingons. Whatever they are, they've clearly ha
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by paranoidrobot 8y ago
To be honest, I am getting a bit sick of both the TV Series and the book series. The TV Series started off excellently, and I think they've cast some excellent actors. Unfortunately, some of them just grate on my nerves. I'm ju
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by paranoidrobot 8y ago
Note that an important clarification is that person-to-person transactions are still permitted in cash, without limit. So if you want to sell your house, and someone else wants to pay for it in cash, then you're all fine.
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
> You take it away and they would riot in a heartbeat. I'm not certain that this is true. No American Dictator would just outright ban the internet, no they'd say they were protecting children and blocking terrorists, and requi
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Driving even 30-60 minutes outside of most Australian cities will get you very dark skies. But it's still a world of difference to go out somewhere rural, and preferably high up (eg northern NSW Tablelands) to camp under clear skies. E
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
> You've got a situation where there is typically no competition and little or no information available to the consumer. Free market economics simply don't apply. I think a bigger issue is that during an emergency, even in the
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
There was a Radiolab episode[1] back in 2013. It's been a while since I listened to it, but I believe they used to sell it for manure, but some regulation banned that. [1] http://www.radiolab.org/story/poop-train&#
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Given how frequently we discover major flaws in the implementation of TLS, despite how well that is scrutinised. It's not unreasonable to believe there would similarly be major flaws in the implementation of 3G/LTE security that c
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
I've used Travel SIMs in the past simply because although they're more expensive, at least they work and I know I'll probably have coverage. Trying to figure out how to get a prepaid plan with a good amount of data that'
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
> That is for their “megawatt” chargers not the current infrastructure. I never mentioned 'current' infrastructure, whatever that means. We're clearly talking about Tesla Semi here, that's pretty clearly not going to
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Do you think Fedex (20), Walmart (15), Anheuser-Busch (40), Pepsico (100), and UPS (125) would have put down money to buy hundreds of these without checking if they can actually carry a load? They're being rated to carry a 80,000lb loa
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
ugh, fixing the formatting, because I keep forgetting this isn't markdown. - Range: 500 miles - Time to recharge 80% (+400 miles) capacity - 30 minutes - Speed Limit (Interstates): 50-75MPH - Maximum Driving Times (USDOT): -- 8 hours (
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
For the range - you can order either 300 or 500 mile range options. The range options were said by Tesla to be the range of the truck plus trailer and maximum load, at highway speeds. The 400 mile mention is the 80% capacity of a 500 mile r
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Most trucks are driven by a single driver, rather than a team of drivers - this means that they legally must have 30-60 minute breaks every few hours, and can only drive a certain number of hours. So, lets throw some numbers around: - Range
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Charge rate is variable based on a huge number of factors, not all of which you can see. It also doesn't charge at the full 120kW the whole time. Some of the factors that can affect it: - Whether someone is sharing your charger (iirc e
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
Both Wind and Solar can in many cases be co-located with other land usage. Wind farms go great on agricultural farms - they tend to have wide open spaces, and the actual footprint of a tower can have minor impact upon the productivity of th
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
NXP is also the company inside a pretty huge range of smartcard systems (eg travel cards, credit cards, etc)
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
The range is fine for single-driver operations, as the driver still has to stop and take rest breaks equal to or longer than the stated time to recharge on a 'megacharger'. I suspect that there will be deals done (if not already i
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by paranoidrobot 9y ago
The number is honestly not surprising, particularly if it's a genuinely large and well known tech company. When we've put out the call for Senior Developers experienced with language X (pick any: C#, Javascript, Objective-C), we g