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by randerson 10mo ago
Alcohol will likely always be a factor in the worst accidents. But France is doing something right because your fatal accident rate per capita is one third that of America's [0]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L
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by randerson 10mo ago
Plenty of wealthy people are bad at delegating. The part that amazed me is him buying the cheap unpronounceable Amazon brands for medical equipment, like "DEDAKJ Oxygen Concentrator 2-9L/min Adjustable Portable Oxygen Machine for
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by randerson 10mo ago
If they were to catch and jail just 1% of license-less drivers, in a visible way, it would be a deterrent to the other 99%. But the rate of being caught & punished is negligible (at least in the states I've lived in) so people know
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by randerson 10mo ago
As a lowly retail investor, I'm only investing in AI because everyone else is investing in AI. I hope for a greater fool to dump my AI stocks on before the music stops. I am sure plenty of Wall Street sees it the same way. We're c
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by randerson 10mo ago
Given how many people are getting rich from the inflated stock prices of every AI-adjacent company right now, including the ones with no obvious path to profitability, I could make the argument that they're already in a short term extr
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by randerson 10mo ago
If they deviate from their flight plan, don't they have to at least inform ATC to basically update the flight plan? I vaguely recall this from my PPL training about 20 years ago (I haven't been current for a long time) but I also
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by randerson 10mo ago
Yes, opaque accounting was a real problem. I would love to see a more streamlined, modern take on SOX. Today's SOX, in practice feels like a box-checking exercise and mandatory funneling of money to accounting firms who don't unde
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by randerson 10mo ago
Almost all insiders file trading plans far in advance as a defense against accusations of insider trading. Twice-a-year reporting actually makes it harder for insiders because they will have to file their trading plans further in advance.
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by randerson 10mo ago
I rarely agree with Trump, but I'm a former exec at a public company and he's not wrong. You need a horde of lawyers and accountants and investor relations and SOX compliance people and auditors etc for the earnings reports. SOX a
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by randerson 10mo ago
I've long wondered what would happen if, say, NYT sued me for blocking their many ads (despite being a paying subscriber). My argument would be that I'd never click on the ads anyway out of principle, so the ad blocker is just me
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by randerson 10mo ago
As someone with a septic tank, I'd rather spend more on a system that won't fail and won't kill anyone. I'd grumble while paying so much but I'd still do it. Just like I'd rather pay more for a car from the ove
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by randerson 10mo ago
There is still $5K more _economic_ value created, in that +$5K went to people who might otherwise be jobless. They'll in turn spend that money at businesses in the private sector, reaching more people, and so on. If the man with the se
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by randerson 11mo ago
I guess there's a paradox in that we'd only make the progress needed to overtake if we are still launching throughout those 600 years and iteratively improving and getting feedback along the way. Because the alternative is every
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by randerson 11mo ago
And yet, Sony Pictures is working on a Labubu movie. The meme-fuelled peak may be over, but the final death of the labubu is a long way in the future.
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by randerson 11mo ago
Microwave Popcorn containers are also coated with PFAs.
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by randerson 11mo ago
I have "Night Vision Assist" on my car. It has an IR sensor up front and displays a live image on the instrument cluster. It uses AI to highlight pedestrians and animals. When I'm being blinded by lights I rely on Night Visio
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by randerson 11mo ago
#3 Plenty of drivers have difficulty spotting a gray/silver/black car under low or high-contrast lighting. Highly visible colors (yellow, orange, white) have a 7-12% lower chance of getting into an accident during the day and up t
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by randerson 11mo ago
Not if one of those companies patents the cure.
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by randerson 11mo ago
This problem is easily solved in countries that use VAT
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by randerson 11mo ago
Ex-CTO here. A CTO doesn't have to be a people manager. It certainly makes it easier to staff pet projects if you have direct reports (rather than having to convince a VP Engineering to give you resources). But just know that many CTOs
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by randerson 11mo ago
I've been a long-time Gmail user with a paid plan. But recently two issues are annoying me enough that I'm considering leaving: 1. The incessant "Using Gmail to run your business?" upsells. No, I'm unemployed and th
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by randerson 11mo ago
Nobody _intentionally_ signs up for a pre-existing condition. Whether a past action caused a condition, sure, but where do you draw the line? If you become disabled in a car accident, despite knowing full well that accidents can happen, sho
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by randerson 11mo ago
The Internet Archive is to be protected at all costs. Its maybe the most important site on the Internet because of all the history that exists nowhere else. As the web is increasingly filled with AI slop, the Internet Archive has got perhap
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by randerson 11mo ago
Your neighbor buying a Porsche was a choice they made. Nobody chooses to have a pre-existing condition. We're also talking about a luxury vs simple survival. I am not sure how you can compare them. What insurers in some countries do is
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by randerson 11mo ago
This would all be fine if the lobbying $ was only being paid to the lobbyists. The moment the $ flows to the politicians, it is what other countries would call a bribe.
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by randerson 11mo ago
My first thought too. While I see Toyota-style hybrids as designed for efficiency, there's also the performance hybrids like the new Porsche 911 T-hybrid where an electric motor spins up the turbocharger to eliminate lag while another
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by randerson 11mo ago
The people in power (whether a government/king, or company) will have the incentive to shrink the population. In the past, the economy grew with the number of people, but now only the costs would grow. There is basically a non-zero cha
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by randerson 11mo ago
Lexus is also entering the luxury van segment. They're repurposing the LS badge from their flagship sedan to a van which, in concept form, has 6 wheels: https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g69178144/lexus-ls-v
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by randerson 11mo ago
Can someone remind me why this fragmented identity system is preferable to a National ID? I get that nobody wants to be tracked by the government. But we are already being tracked... just imperfectly to the point where innocent people are b
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by randerson 11mo ago
Thanks for elaborating. I have an autistic child, and you might've just explained why my kid has more energy at night than during the day. She tends to fall asleep around midnight (but at least gets a solid 8 hours of sleep from there)

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