prolepunk

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by prolepunk 7y ago
Is it still possible to boot from usb stick, blow Chrome OS away and install proper linux distro? Like on a normal computer.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I find this image to be highly relevant to the discussion. https://i2.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/016/837/45... A bit a flashback from 1940s and the urgency of arguments at that time
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Putting people on [existing, widely deployed and practical solution] makes no sense when [improbable and technologically infeasible thing that doesn't exist while also fudging the numbers].
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by prolepunk 7y ago
> A high utilization Tesla Model 3 has costs per mile, including electricity, of around $0.10-$0.15/mile. > For comparison, the gas tax alone on the average vehicle was about $0.01-$0.02/mile 10 years ago. (Depends on your s
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I get extra free time because my commute also counts as gym time.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
TLDR "Driving is bad and economically unsustainable and highly subsidized. Ride hailing apps take advantage of that to make profits in their bid to displace service workers (taxi drivers) and usurp their wages. However these companies
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I find this comment to be highly cynical. Not only you are proposing someone to trade off their health for some money but also you get to trade off your children's health. Poverty sucks, but is it a really an ethical choice to give to
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Type hinting is a standard feature since Python 3.6. https://docs.python.org/3/library/typing.html The thing about python, as overall language philosophy, is convention over enforcement. If you want your team to h
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by prolepunk 7y ago
"You've read 11 stories this months, lets make things official". Medium is trying to look like NY Times, minus any kind of effort to actually write the stories.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
If self-driving technology is mature enough to be used and there are several implementations to choose from, what stops care manufacturers to go after that market directly and undercutting everyone else? * They have industrial facilities to
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by prolepunk 7y ago
What about (6) Investigate how the decision of letting unsafe flight was made. (7) Anyone who signed off on the aircraft would be reprimanded or go to jail for some time. I'm not trying to get blood sacrifice out of this, but thus far
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I think you mixed up the units here. In us oil changes are 3k-5k miles. which is ~5k km to ~8k km whereas in Europe it's 10k to 20k. I find 8k-10k figure to be close enough and realistic. 5k km for old cars with non-synthetic oil. 20k
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by prolepunk 7y ago
This assumes that Tesla would allow repairs on their cars, which so far not been the case. I'm not stating that other manufacturers would not allow repairs, but that Tesla has been particularly hostile to people who like working on the
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by prolepunk 7y ago
The average age of the vehicle on the road in the US is about 10 years. Not everyone buys brand new cars, and after a few years things start to break. Although from my experience things not related to drivetrain break: * Suspension * Brakes
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I was hoping for good Linux support because it's a Thinkpad. Although some of this might be teething problem of Ryzen CPU. I have 2500 on a desktop machine and it was a bit unstable until I upgraded BIOS. It's seems to work fine w
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Thinkpad E485 seems like a nice little machine that satisfies my main requirement -- any kind of upgradability. Other than disappointing 720p camera and one USB 2.0 port (why not USB3???), everything else looks ok: * 14" 1080p IPS (is
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by prolepunk 7y ago
I second that personal blacklisting is insufficient. I did just that, clicked on "not interested" -> "tell us why" -> Not interested in this channel" Yet I'm still getting video suggestions from "Cha
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by prolepunk 7y ago
This is an interesting idea. The nature of the work of youtubers parallels with the work of Hollywood actors, someone might want to organize Screen Actors Guild for youtube creators.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
> The video service generates most of its revenue through advertising and the business works best when as many people as possible are spending as much time as possible on YouTube. Hence executives’ obsession with engagement stats. Adding
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by prolepunk 7y ago
#3 Just argumentatively, it seems a bit like an ad hominem. Yes buzzfeed does tracking and everything but that doesn't make their argument against Google/Facebook any less valid.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
AoA vanes not just failed, they failed because of incorrect maintenance procedure. >One of the contributing causes was incorrect maintenance procedures which allowed water to enter the angle of attack (AOA) sensors. During fuselage rinsi
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Nah, I find this to be is suicidal. Not to mention, that even when I get away with this kind of behaviour, the drivers stuck in traffic will be irritated by it and might not be as considerate to the next cyclist passing by. I'd rather
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by prolepunk 7y ago
On average public transit produces 2% of pollution but transport about 28% of riders. (I don't remember where exactly I got the numbers but I've seen them in a few places). The buses need to run at night so the people can rely on
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by prolepunk 7y ago
The difference is that in the car all you do is press brake & gas, cycling requires some physical work to start up again. I know it's breaking the law, and I don't usually do it, but when I cycle on a quiet residential street,
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Mixing cyclists and pedestrians causes a whole set of different problems (and injuries). Some people ride slow, and some ride fast, and it's facetious to conclude that average biking speed is slow. Also as a jogger, I wouldn't eve
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Anecdotally I heard a few people grumbling about mini-coopers because they wanted basically an FWD BMW but had to settle on something ugly. Maybe BMW has finally heard from them.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
Another question about braking. When the car brakes about 70% of breaking force is at the front wheels, so wouldn't regenerative breaking be more effective for the cars with the motor at the front and not at the back (like in Tesla)?
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by prolepunk 7y ago
The weird thing about GM closures was that GM seemed to be doing fine, and then they axed whole bunch of factories and discontinued most of the sedans and Chevy Volt.
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by prolepunk 7y ago
This looks a lot like SPF. I've been looking if this has been implemented in Postfix and I found a past HN thread on it -- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18091690 There's this project that provides mta-sts i
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by prolepunk 8y ago
I object to that! Whenever I get stuck in traffic going uphill, my left leg gets a good workout.

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