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by petra 5y ago
People have got to make a living, by any mean. That's the state of the economy today, no small part by the effort of VC's.
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by petra 5y ago
>> then those become dominant to the point where it seems superfluous Interesting. Can you give an example that happening over the large scale in some non-military field?
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by petra 5y ago
I know of a software engineer that worked in a manufacturing plant. The salary was significantly lower, but the the work was easier and the rate was slow. Heck he even replaced his manager once the manager retired. Not everything is about m
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by petra 5y ago
That's interesting. I'm not sure that software engineer lost. If she only cost her employer a third of a salary, that quite a big bargain chip. She could have used it to get more flexibility, better job security, maybe a more int
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by petra 5y ago
I think they haven't become the dominant mode because they only work at the small scale, and are far from the densities of cities, which are often a necessity. And they're also harder to build, socially. Cities are just easier.
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by petra 5y ago
//People who turned their external salaries over to the kibbutz were often exploited, earning salaries that were a fraction of market rate, because they wouldn't see any of the extra. Sure, that doesn't seem fair, but ho
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by petra 5y ago
I think of them as machines that automated a certain task. So a robot substitute.
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by petra 5y ago
There's a lot of effort/funding recently going into automating restaurants. Machines for cooking, cleaning, serving, delivery. Once that gets deployed at some scale, consumers will pour a lot of funding into robots indirectly.
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by petra 5y ago
Yes helicopters aren't flying cars. But if a machine automates 90% of a process, like a dishwasher, why shouldn't it be considered like a robot, say a 90% robot? Practically it does have the same effect.
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by petra 5y ago
>> What is happening here is different - it's a question of "how do we make it as cheap as possible and last as long as the warranty". They are choosing to ask this question. But it's possible to ask other question
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by petra 5y ago
Yes, electronic products are highly optimized. But I'm not sure I agree that using more generic components should make the technology so expensive.Especially if there was a demand for that. So using a versatile mcu, with lots of ram&#x
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by petra 5y ago
Why we're shared rides such gigantic money sinks ? In theory at least, it can just be some algorithm and some screen space on the app.
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by petra 6y ago
There's often a difference between why people do things, and why they say they do things. Often they themselves aren't aware of why they really do things.
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by petra 6y ago
If it's complicated for most customers to choose a processor/pc, than often sales people help them choose. That's good for those sales people and good for Intel. And it's not that like Intel is really competing with anyb
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by petra 6y ago
So most countries can acquire a world class cybersecurity capabilities. What's the difference between what they can do, and what the leading countries in cybersecurity (US, Israel) can do(offensively and defensively)? Is there a signif
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by petra 6y ago
This is a good path to go. I like the 3 top uses. As for questions, maybe when I write: ffmpeg gui I'll get a gui menu where I can select all the options, and that will generate a textual command for me that I could use further. The ha
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by petra 6y ago
It's not enough to change people's beliefs about climate change and political choices. >> Olivine is plentiful, everywhere, That means olivine will be mined everywhere. not necessarily in coal country.
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by petra 6y ago
So 29kWH/day. Say you get half of that from your solar panels at sunrise. 13.9kWh is almost the other half.
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by petra 6y ago
The Moonshot program created a lot of optimism about Google for many years. Over that long time, I'm sure there are benefits for the executives' personal stock(don't CEO's diversify every few years?) , and for Google in
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by petra 6y ago
Maybe businesses don't need revenue streams. I wonder by how much the Moonshot program, increased Google's Market Cap.
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by petra 6y ago
We serve at the pleasure of the president.
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by petra 6y ago
Is it true that Apple devices are more secure than good Android devices(like Google's Pixel)? Or is it just security theater ?
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by petra 6y ago
Automated cooking at home might look something similar to this: https://olivercooks.com/ . Still missing the ingredient prep though.
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by petra 6y ago
Sure, but digital electronics are programmable and it's also possible to use programmable analog stuff for many things. So it's certainly possible to use a few standard electronic parts, with 2nd,3rd sources to implement most of t
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by petra 6y ago
Military systems will probably become provably secure before the next great war. The situation will be totally different than on the commercial side.
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by petra 6y ago
How do you whether Xiaomi's spyware doesn't bypass Blockada ?
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by petra 6y ago
Even assuming the margin on rent is similar to the interest on a mortgage, mortgages end. Renting does not. So financially, unless the mortgage is much more expensive, buying is a better decision.
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by petra 6y ago
Most dentists are small business owners.
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by petra 6y ago
Ask in reddit.com/r/ece
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by petra 6y ago
What stops them? Mostly business considerations. The differentiate their price according to features and so they extract more money. And by writing your code to specific peripherials, it's harder to switch to another mcu. And they have

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