paulnpace

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by paulnpace 6d ago
The last time I went down this rabbit hole I concluded these are all correct with identical meaning in U.S. English: a historic a historical an historic an historical
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by paulnpace 8d ago
> $250,000 of laboratory equipment *currently
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by paulnpace 9d ago
I don't think that user understands what capital is.
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by paulnpace 9d ago
This is childish thinking, because as adults we have the ability to reason. Those living near impoverishment and experience large increases in price or complete unavailability of critical infrastructure will then become impoverished. Oil, n
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by paulnpace 9d ago
> oil is dead It is you who sees what you want to see. I am pointing the reality of impoverishing a significant amount of civilization as a result of removing a critical part of the world's infrastructure. My observation is your opi
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by paulnpace 9d ago
You seem to be among those who enjoy replacing old technologies by violently removing them, including impoverishment of those who rely on them.
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by paulnpace 9d ago
This position basically advocates that a substantial part of civilization becomes impoverished. There is not enough capital available to replace everything powered by diesel, let alone all of the other petroleum products.
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Ask HN: How about small technological solutions to bring oil prices back down?
1 points by paulnpace 9d ago|11 comments
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by paulnpace 10d ago
Every time I find myself on one of the roads that has a series of roundabouts, I have to maneuver at least once to avoid getting into an accident with a driver who has no idea how to drive through a roundabout.
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by paulnpace 10d ago
Drive a school bus through there. Let me know how that goes.
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by paulnpace 10d ago
And the reason is obvious: when the driver runs the law of the red light, they run into a law of physics (cross traffic).
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by paulnpace 10d ago
These don't work in the U.S. as everyone fantasizes they do. An important note: in the U.S., the vast majority of jurisdictions permit making a right turn on a red light, and some, including the state of Oregon, permit making a left tu
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by paulnpace 10d ago
Indeed, this is so, so true. Especially with heavy traffic, the traffic all slows down, a lot, from the section before the roundabout. Everyone is always in a hurry, so likely 10-25 MPH over the recommended speed (not the speed limit) for t
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by paulnpace 10d ago
This is true if you can alter the properties of the physically existent universe, else it is not true, and, indeed, drivers do not even slow down largely because they feel frustrated when traveling along a road with a 45 MPH speed limit at
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by paulnpace 13d ago
It would be nice if one the myriad projects to modify the HN feed would produce a feed of recently resurrected submissions and comments. Flagging a submission into dead status makes it unvotable until resurrected (by a moderation team membe
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by paulnpace 15d ago
Alternatively, go to /newest and vote for what you want to see on the front page.
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by paulnpace 15d ago
Instead, they will record you, retain the recordings forever, and assign you a "score" to be applied once they have total dominance of the roadways.
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by paulnpace 17d ago
They can also massage the numbers by only driving on the safest roads, then making a comparison based solely on miles driven. The comparisons I've seen are with the general population, not professional drivers. How might that compariso
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by paulnpace 17d ago
Also, the autonomous car companies will have their vehicles coordinating to make it difficult for humans to drive, such as holding a long convoy with close following distance in a single lane.
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by paulnpace 19d ago
Wait, so this was all a Streisand Effect shenanigan to increase the reach of "X"?
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Service Unavailable – Airbnb(airbnb.com)
2 points by paulnpace 1mo ago|1 comments
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by paulnpace 1mo ago
> Keep an eye on our Twitter account for updates.
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by paulnpace 1mo ago
I wish for definitelynotnitter.net, where people just copy paste from accounts they follow and otherwise non-interactive.
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by paulnpace 1mo ago
Without a nitter instance, I simply won't see posts to X. This seems predictable, so at least one goal is to reduce the reach of people posting on X.
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by paulnpace 1mo ago
I liked it better in the olden days when the paper would print the location of the story at the beginning of the first paragraph.
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SparrowMap – Cameras that watch government vehicles(sparrowmap.com)
168 points by paulnpace 1mo ago|39 comments
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by paulnpace 2mo ago
Indeed. It is not clear to me why a community that is in opposition to something that will likely cause it to experience net negative economic impact are engaging in a "culture war".
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by paulnpace 2mo ago
Mario was an elite?
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Boardwalk Hotel and Casino (1966–2006) · a Las Vegas Strip Memorial(lvboardwalk.com)
3 points by paulnpace 2mo ago|0 comments
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by paulnpace 2mo ago
It will be "so convenient" when we finally have digital ID so we won't have to deal with all that stuff.

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