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by realslimjd 3y ago
This is how a lot of apps on MacOS still work.
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by realslimjd 3y ago
Grid-scale batteries are basically nonexistent in the US, but also aren't particularly common elsewhere. In 2016 there was only 160mW [0] of battery storage available to the grid. Battery prices have come down since then, but not enoug
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by realslimjd 4y ago
$100,000,000
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by realslimjd 4y ago
You can fire them after six weeks, which in the grand scheme of things is not that long. I've been places where it takes longer to get requirements back from clients.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
I feel like you missed my point that it is not in a union's interest to protect low-performing workers. A union cannot survive without jobs, and union members are just as frustrated as anyone else when someone is not pulling their weig
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Unions can and do exist in right to work states. The point of a union is not job security. It's about giving workers collective power they may not otherwise have. Historically unions have been painted as extremely antagonistic towards
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by realslimjd 4y ago
What do unions have to do with small government? A union contract is an agreement between two private parties.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
It doesn't.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
You can get displays from Adafruit for $22 [0] or from Waveshare [1] even cheaper if you're willing to do a little more work. I've used both and they're both pretty nice. [0] https://www.adafruit.com/product&#
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by realslimjd 4y ago
This is great, but they're solving the wrong problem. Using soap and shampoo dispensers is a lot easier and more environmentally friendly, but there's still a bit of a stigma around liquid soap coming from a box stuck on the wall.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Perhaps LinkedIn is not for you.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Is it really that difficult to imagine a company that treats its workers fairly succeeding?
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by realslimjd 4y ago
data.world is also a B Corp [0], although having worked for a different B Corp down the street from them, it doesn't mean much. [0] - https://www.bcorporation.net/en-us/find-a-b-corp/company/dat...
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by realslimjd 4y ago
If you're in the US Reed Art & Imaging [0] is one of the best photo printing companies in the United States. They're (I think) the only commercial studio licensed to use the true Diasec process in the US. Diasec is what most m
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by realslimjd 4y ago
No
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Making this available for free to all season ticket holders which is a really nice benefit. Right almost Austin FC games are broadcast locally over the air, but I'm really excited about being able to watch easily when I travel.
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Right now I work for Aledade [1] where we're focused on improving outcomes while lowering cost of care for Medicare patients. The amount of good we do in the world is directly aligned with how we make money, so there's never confl
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by realslimjd 4y ago
Previous discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31358609
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by realslimjd 5y ago
There are 750 million acres of forest in the US and each drone can cover 40 acres. That's 18,000,000 drones required.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
This needs a (2016) tag.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
This is incredibly cool.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
There's a Bitcoin ETF now. That should serve as a good proxy for crypto hype.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
Calling people easily offended and saying they’re strangling discourse is not an effective way of starting a conversation. I’m very curious what your threshold for baiting is given there’s absolutely no substance to the GP’s post.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
Chromium is based on Blink, not WebKit
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by realslimjd 5y ago
That's exactly what James Damore is.
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by realslimjd 5y ago
Having a shallower flange distance theoretically allows for an improvement in image quality. The amount of air between the lens and sensor causes a small amount of diffraction since air isn't perfectly clear. The combination of diffrac
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by realslimjd 5y ago
To be fair, he didn't invent it either. He was just the first to use one with a computer.
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by realslimjd 7y ago
FireWire predates the Game Boy by three years.
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by realslimjd 7y ago
There's a very similarly named InStok [1] that offers a website. 1. https://www.instok.org
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by realslimjd 7y ago
You might be interested in Paintbrush [0]. It's a free open source native app that's extremely close to MS Paint in functionality. [0] - https://paintbrush.sourceforge.io

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