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by raldi 1y ago
What’s KRH?
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by raldi 1y ago
Data center water usage should be reported in units of McDonaldses.
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by raldi 1y ago
Then wouldn’t the government want to subsidize it?
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by raldi 1y ago
Doesn’t a typical McDonald’s require millions of gallons of water each week just for the beef alone, without even considering things like drinks and ice and boiling potatoes and washing floors?
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NYC 'showtime' dancers adapt to modern subway trains(gothamist.com)
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by raldi 1y ago
I’m actually having trouble finding examples online of ancient Roman handwriting. The ones I can find indeed look very different from chiseled text.
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by raldi 1y ago
They went from chiseling stone to writing on parchment.
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by raldi 1y ago
"Hi, how can I help y—" "TALK TO A ROBOT"
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by raldi 1y ago
Even after reading this, I don't understand what pi has to do with 4, 20, 56, 120, 220, 364
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by raldi 1y ago
I'm reminded of when Blockbuster wiped out all the little video rental places. Even if existing gas stations install chargers, most EV drivers are going to prefer to charge someplace where it's nice to spend an hour or two, and wh
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by raldi 1y ago
That's like saying since newspapers in 1995 were very similar to newspapers in 1980, they'll be pretty much the same in 2010.
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by raldi 1y ago
An even better example is just a few sentences back in the essay: The speed of a car has nothing to do with its color, and yet you can improve the speed without changing the color.
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by raldi 1y ago
Four years ago highly-upvoted /r/SanFrancisco comments said self-driving taxis were decades away: https://old.reddit.com/r/sanfrancisco/comments/nbjsij/real_r...
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by raldi 1y ago
The DNA was only edited in the liver. But by the time this baby grows up and starts a family, we'll probably be able to fix that, too.
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by raldi 1y ago
I don't understand the "emergency warning" use case.
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by raldi 1y ago
Doesn't he usually submit under a pseudonym?
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by raldi 1y ago
I don’t understand.
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by raldi 1y ago
Accuracy and precision are orthogonal concepts. “Approximately 0 light years” is accurate but not precise.
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by raldi 1y ago
That not just imprecise usage of that term; it’s completely incorrect. The correct term would be its exact opposite, “approximately”.
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by raldi 1y ago
Did you read this one? https://norahsakal.com/blog/mcp-vs-api-model-context-protoco...
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by raldi 2y ago
People overuse the original quote as an excuse to never listen to customers, but the real wisdom is to ask why they’re asking for a faster horse (to get around quicker) and see if you can think of a better way to meet that goal.
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by raldi 2y ago
EPK stands for Electronic Press Kit
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by raldi 2y ago
From the link: RDAP offers several advantages over WHOIS including [...] the ability to provide differentiated access to registration data.
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by raldi 2y ago
Yeah that was clear to me as soon as I did Cmd-F zero. Good discussion though, and kudos for not using a clickbait headline on the actual post.
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by raldi 2y ago
My list of "greatest all time community-runners" is pretty short, and I'm having a hard time thinking of anyone I'd put ahead of you.
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by raldi 2y ago
I'm getting a novel optical illusion with the spinning line in the box that shows up near the beginning: Whichever end I'm looking at looks normal, but the other end looks like a split hair, or an open pair of chopsticks. Like wha
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by raldi 2y ago
Buried deep in the article, what the clickbait headline alludes to: Car chargers are too complicated and expensive. We can make them simpler and cheaper while keeping them safe, which would let us build many more charging stations.
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by raldi 2y ago
I’m curious what could be the intent behind that rewrite rule.
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by raldi 2y ago
If it's an L we're talking about the back and the seat , right? But OP didn't say seat; they said arms.
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by raldi 2y ago
If it's on its side, wouldn't it be a C? And how would that help get it around corners if, when viewed from above, all that matters is the footprint?

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