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by rgmerk 3y ago
Stupid answer: probably not as far as I can tell. My understanding is that to get those kinds of temperatures from geothermal you need to drill to currently infeasible depths. But you don’t need those kinds of temperatures from a geothermal
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by rgmerk 3y ago
A few factors - labour markets are very tight generally, new housing construction has increased, WFH and hybrid has increased the demand for renovating existing housing to make space for home offices (and improve the amenity of housing more
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by rgmerk 3y ago
I've often idly wondered whether there is more speculative trading in orange juice than other commodities because of Trading Places[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Places
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by rgmerk 3y ago
To be fair to Meta, we’ve learned from the past 60 years of software development that trying to anticipate everything in advance is a fool’s errand. While some level of forethought and planning is essential, sometimes you just have to lea
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Lots of ranting about ai safety people here. We regulate potential harms from technology - including people other than direct users of said technology - all the goddamn time. We don’t always get it right, but we do it. And yes, some of thi
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by rgmerk 3y ago
For completeness, you can buy suitcase scooters with actual luggage space right now[1]. I actually saw a child riding one (not this model, but similar) at the airport on a recent trip. I'm sure they were having fun but I doubt it&#x27
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by rgmerk 3y ago
There’s a company called RayGen trying something along these lines at grid scale. They use concentrated PV to generate electricity directly, and the cooling water goes into a pond (with insulation on top) that reaches ~90C. They also have
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by rgmerk 3y ago
That’s a very strange argument. When was the last time you heard of MDMA-fuelled crime sprees?
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Modern octane boosters for classic cars and bikes use other types of cylinder head lubricants.
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I’ll bet a substantial amount of money it’s happening elsewhere. And sooner or later I’d expect the developers of at least one of these apps to end up in serious legal trouble.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Nah, impressive as it is, if you’ve ever ridden a roller coaster you’ll have experienced forces greater than this.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Even if not a single transit project is built, congestion charging in a place like Manhattan is a net win.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
I get your problem…and yet… I have to wonder if HN existed back in the early 1900s this discussion would be about how driving a car could never match the depth of the bond between horse and rider.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Batteries are already good enough for most light vehicle applications. If you’re looking to tow a horse float long distances, or drive the Canning Stock Route[1] for fun, sure, current EVs are not going to meet your needs and things like so
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by rgmerk 3y ago
This has all been discussed before but... For the vast majority of applications, it's cheaper to not emit in the first place, or capture the emissions during whatever process releases it, than capturing from the air. However, just the
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by rgmerk 3y ago
The short answer is "no". Carbon offset schemes that involve planting trees or, even worse, not chopping down trees, are notorious for the additionality problem. Much of the time, the payments are made to plant trees that would h
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by rgmerk 3y ago
I know it wasn't exactly your point, but the UK imports 46% of its food.[1] If one was going to be paranoid about import dependence, I think that ranks a tad higher up the list. Not every country is going to be self-sufficient in ever
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Make your fortune first. John Oliver did a good story on just how badly the industry exploits its drivers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phieTCxQRLA
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by rgmerk 3y ago
From a business perspective subscription models are great because they mean predictable ongoing revenue. Also in this case it reduces the upfront cost, which was mentioned in the article as a barrier to adoption.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
So really, you can just decide for yourself then Even if you can understand what the proof proves (not a given) do you personally understand the actual requirements for the software perfectly?
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by rgmerk 3y ago
So the AI spat out code and a formal spec and a theorem prover spat out a proof that the code is consistent with the formal spec? Great. Does the formal spec represent a complete and accurate description of what the code is supposed to do?
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by rgmerk 3y ago
One of the problems with trying to do this with fatalities is that fatalities are actually pretty rare per passenger/mile. Consequently, the amount of testing required to prove that the fatality rate of autonomous vehicles is lower tha
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by rgmerk 3y ago
No way you’re going to make as much electricity as with conventional hydro. Furthermore, you lose the ability to dispatch more or less electricity depending on demand, which is increasingly important in grids with a lot of wind and solar. I
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by rgmerk 3y ago
And it’s worth noting the promotional material specifically talks about walkable communities; that usually means public transport as well.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
One thing their website looks rather short of is discussion of transport links other than roads. I know that public transport is currently considered a scary hellhole by the Bay Area HN crowd, but it seems to me that train links to the rest
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Having visited Celebration, Florida, it actually looks pretty nice. However, I seem to recall reading that people ended up doing a lot of driving to big box stores to buy things at a reasonable price.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
This is a cool experiment, but at least in my company I’m not sure how useful it would be. There are some non-developer users who can run queries on a read-only copy of the database. However, for anything complicated they usually have to a
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Commercial rents aren’t fixed in stone, either.
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by rgmerk 3y ago
Yeah, but the vast majority of the jobs we’re talking about are in the non-tradable sector. New York City isn’t exactly the place to locate labour intensive manufacturing industries for goods exported to the rest of the US, or internationa
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by rgmerk 3y ago
I’d also add that the knowledge of what’s possible diffuses to abusers a lot quicker than it diffuses to, say, the grandparents of victims.

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