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   by pkaye 4y ago

   The boomer generation got good pensions, affordable housing and growing investments so they could afford to live by themselves. Another thing is in many countries people are having less kids so that puts more of a burden on the few kids to
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   NASA has mostly been using a PowerPC. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD750
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   The helicopter uses an RAD hardened FPGA for handling the flight computation while the Snapdragon handles the less critical stuff. I'm guessing if the Snapdragon faults out, the flight computer will slowly descent and go idle.
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   Now to download 500 dependencies of obscure tools so I can build it!
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   Not just natives. Anyone who moved here a decade back might benefit. I grew up here but it was still difficult to buy a house when young because the housing prices kept ahead of salaries. The drop in prices during the last recession is what
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   A lot of people moved into the bay area for the good jobs, nice weather and nature. Once housing demand pushed above supply, prices started shooting up. Those locals whose incomes didn't grow were pushed out of their homes. The bay are
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   > With remote becoming widespread, it's hard to believe Silicon Valley is still willing to pay so much more money for devs than hire remote workers in Portugal and numerous other countries with high education and infrastructure, but
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   I took civil engineering a long ago in college but diverged on my career. This is what I recall. In reinforce concrete beams the bending causes compression on the top and tension on the bottom. Since concrete is weak in tension (maybe 1&#x2
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   by pkaye 4y ago

   Do they use their own lab tests or use a third party like Quest labs which also let you order your own tests. https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/crp-inflam...
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Western Europe was in it for buying the cheap oil and selling luxury goods to the Oligarchs.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    From the above link, In-Q-Tel was involved in Keyhole, which was acquired by Google. Can you show a source that In-Q-Tel directly invested in Google earlier? > In-Q-Tel sold 5,636 shares of Google, worth over $2.2 million, on November 15
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    But you just said education is mostly funded by local property taxes. > This also leads to underfunded local services, like education, which is mostly funded by local property taxes.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Only 27% of education funding in California is local property taxes. Most of it is from state income taxes or Federal government divided out based on school student count and other factors. Many states are in the 20-30% range for local prop
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Don't most countries in the EU have a mix of public and private health care providers? How do they manage it?
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Its 16.77% of GDP for the US currently. Germany is at 11.70%. I think Germany is probably the most reasonably run health care system to compare against since Germany doesn't have the collapse of healthcare issues of UK or Canada we kee
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    My Toyota Camry reports the pressure reported on each TPMS sensor. Only drawback is I don't know when one matches which tire so when refilling the air, I have to guess a bit.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    AS a hearing aid wearer, I think it would be good if they can bring more competition and innovation. But I prefer if they would make it tiny and invisible like the prescribed ones I wear. It goes over my ears and into my ear canal but nobod
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    The might be okay at low level of hearing loss but at higher levels, the noise cancelling/selection tech is still lacking compared to what a human mind can do. Its still difficult in a crowded store trying to focus on what the cashier
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I presume instant payments don't have the chargeback feature of credit card? That is the main benefit I care about credit cards.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I don't know if its state specific but there were some lawsuits in the past that removed this restriction and a cash discount is okay or a surcharge for credit card should be disclosed before you pay.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I've read after Brexit truck drivers traveling from UK to EU can no longer bring sandwiches with them. So even EU has those rules. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-55622331
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I think lot of countries have restrictions like this to prevent foreign pests and diseases from coming in. Right now California is dealing with cockroaches from Turkestan and Florida with African snails. Its easy for pests to spread when th
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    But Door dash also entered a contractual relationship when it bought pizza from the pizzeria. Did they read that contract clearly?
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    How is the separate metering done?
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Includes a standard C++ library called tensorflow...
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I've served as a juror before and most people are just trying to find excuses get kicked out.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    I was thinking the problem they would solve was the optimal price for a BMW seat heater subscription.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Quite a few states are doing this btw. https://www.cnet.com/personal-finance/taxes/state-stimulus-c...
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Then US should also remove the cap on social security taxes.
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    by pkaye 4y ago

    Lazarus for FreePascal is kind of close but its just for Pascal.