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661.
by rdl 8y ago
In a restricted lane (dedicated to only self driving vehicles), we have had this capability for at least 15 years.
662.
by rdl 8y ago
A non-new, efficient car (say, a 3 year old Prius) is about $0.15/mi to operate.
663.
by rdl 8y ago
Self driving will solve that; self driving is absolutely there already technically if we restricted it to special lanes/highways/etc, and probably could be 100% of interstates already too. There are some city center to nearby city
664.
by rdl 8y ago
Since cars have a 10-20 year lifespan, and electric is becoming superior, that will probably solve itself over the next 10-20 years (maybe they'll be EV powered by natural gas for a while, but that's still a win, and then the grid
665.
by rdl 8y ago
We have $2/gallon gas, from massive domestic production (and similar or lower prices for Jet-A). There are traffic congestion reasons for mass transit in cities, but we're pretty sorted for inter-city.
666.
by rdl 8y ago
Energy matters a lot more, since it is essential to military operation AND to production, and production is very heavily biased toward things other than large quantities of steel these days. Even a 1-2 year crash program of building new we
667.
by rdl 8y ago
From what I've read, the German green energy policy has caused: * Really expensive per-KW/h power * Shutting down nuclear and natural gas (some) * Reliance on coal due to peaking/load/etc. issues with renewable * Importi
668.
by rdl 8y ago
I'd be fairly comfortable using #7 or so birdshot in a suburban environment in limited quantity if people were evacuated or indoors (risking property damage is much better than injury or death). It won't break skin at 100-150 yar
669.
by rdl 8y ago
Making hats is illegal in the UK?
670.
by rdl 8y ago
If they are just deleting accounts where someone logged in from a treasury-barred country’s IP, I wonder what happens if you BGP hijack a small amount of that address space, somehow get admins or high profile users to connect via this (run
671.
by rdl 8y ago
If they can't shut this down in ~2 hours, MOD/IC signals services should be fired. You can go for kinetic kills against the drone (shotgun if low, something more expensive if it's larger/higher), but should be able to f
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Tim May, Father of 'Crypto Anarchy', Is Dead at 67(reason.com)
3 points by rdl 8y ago|0 comments
673.
by rdl 8y ago
Tim was pretty much why I got interested in crypto. I'm glad I got to meet him in person once a few years ago, but lots of great interactions online over the years.
674.
by rdl 8y ago
Curious how much of this is “natural”, how much is forced by stupid CA policies and COL, and how much is “spread out jobs and investment to reduce government risk/gain government support at state and federal-legislative levels.”
675.
by rdl 8y ago
IHG (Holiday Inn, InterContinental) is still a 4 digit PIN and a numeric (or email) userid.
676.
by rdl 8y ago
The SPG password for phone has been a different password from the web login password for as long as I can remember (2014?)
677.
by rdl 8y ago
Launching a (classifies) satellite into a useful-for-spying orbit is one level of secret, although clearly something which could be done with unmanned rockets (as was done later). One of the super secret missions they used to sell the shutt
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by rdl 8y ago
Complicated question. Also depends on the role, how close you were to the “bad” part, how specialized and in demand the skill is, etc. Generally the USG was in the business of hanging nazis or at least imprisoning them at the time, but ope
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by rdl 8y ago
I’m curious where she was flying. If Chinese execs can’t do China to Mexico via Canada connections, that will be interesting. (I am pretty sure she was actively avoiding connections in the US. Overflight of the US is bad if you are Snowde
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by rdl 8y ago
I think the only viable resolution is: providing help for victims should be a very low bar, in ways which don't hurt anyone else including an accused, and punishment should retain a higher bar (although you certainly don't need to
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Microsoft cracks down on tech support scams, 16 call centers raided(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
5 points by rdl 8y ago|0 comments
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by rdl 8y ago
Introduction to your broad interests for a smart/techie-but-not-yet-knowledgeable audience. Like, the book you would have read at 14-22 and been interested/inspired by. Your problem solving/reasoning approach.
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by rdl 8y ago
Instagram makes me happy: my feed is full of cats, guns, food, and travel pictures from people I know (and from a couple of famous pro shooters, famous Japanese cats, a pro cat photographer, Beth Stern who does cat rescue, and a couple of v
684.
by rdl 8y ago
I wish you'd just write a book already. Presell it if you need to, serialize it if you need to.
685.
by rdl 8y ago
The review here is better than the book.
686.
by rdl 8y ago
QLDB is the old tech (which is useful for the majority of important centralizable applications). Managed Blockchain is hyperledger or (eventually) ethereum, managed deployment on AWS.
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by rdl 8y ago
Given that most of these are at the POC stage still, I think AWS is generally a win (easy to spin up demos, do POCs, etc.), even if on-prem ends up being how you'd eventually want to deploy it. I was more amused that the on-stage dude
688.
by rdl 8y ago
Can a company win the Nobel Peace Prize, the Nobel for Economics, and for Medicine, simultaneously?
689.
by rdl 8y ago
I still have some hope for something like seasteading to do this in the next 10-20 years (before Mars/Luna are viable options). In the interim I'm trying something vaguely like it in PR.
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by rdl 8y ago
Transience and migration are probably a separate issue from immigration-from-lots-of-diverse-backgrounds, but you often get both together. The coastal/successful/etc. cities have these problems leading to lack of community; there

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