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811.
by robocat 1y ago
See report and first comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44358668 It looked to me that regulators wanted to make solar the scapegoat for political reasons. The report indicates to me that different operators were
812.
by robocat 1y ago
I would guess dankelflaute is mostly irrelevant in New Zealand because our hydro lakes (assuming rivers are flowing) can smooth out generation shortfalls shorter than say a month (kinda equivalent to pumped hydro or batteries). A 3 day dank
813.
by robocat 1y ago
> pumped hydro for long term storage. You are using long-term in an extremely vague way. Pumped hydro is not a solution for seasonal storage or yearly storage. Seasonal variation can be a problem in higher latitudes. For example we have
814.
by robocat 1y ago
We all seem to love to be one-dimensional: simplifying down a story from a spectrum to a trite summary. POSIWID is about finding a single "purpose" and defining that as the apex reason for a system (usually to manipulate). I'
815.
by robocat 1y ago
Good for you if your friends and family are wealthy enough to pay for support and pay for antivirus subscriptions and pay to upgrade their laptop because their old one has been obsoleted by Microsoft. Microsoft's focus has shifted away
816.
by robocat 1y ago
> subsidized What's a better word here? Adverts cost the consumer, however I'm sure the consumer doesn't get equal recompense. Theoretically a SmartTV with adverts costs less money ("subsidised" due to price comp
817.
by robocat 1y ago
Did you see this article which claims "New gel restores dental enamel" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45826995
818.
by robocat 1y ago
> where humans can be talked in person for sorting out issues Like the Geek Squad counter in Best Buy? PC setup $39.99 OS Repair $149.99 (presumably also needs data backup $99.99) I'm in NZ, and help with Windows is expensive here.
819.
by robocat 1y ago
At present BTC is usually denominated in USD. Until I start to see BTC used as the cross-rate I'm sceptical. Presuming it occurs, it would occur relatively quickly?
820.
by robocat 1y ago
Many megacorps provide value to users. For example Google and Apple are used by maybe 75% of humanity. Google in particular appears to have given back into the ecosystem (often to Google's detriment). It isn't as binary as you mak
821.
by robocat 1y ago
> $3/person in the US That is averaging across total population (including retirees and kids?)! It makes more sense to look at the dollars per working person (taxes)
822.
by robocat 1y ago
POSIWID - not really: https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/come-on-obviously-the-purpo...
823.
by robocat 1y ago
Fixes itself in a generation, via lower demand for houses? Japan has 15% vacant houses and vacancy numbers are increasing.
824.
by robocat 1y ago
Fine. Is Finland an oligarchy? The article mentions 54 billion net worth left the country. I guess we'd have to look at who left to make any comments regarding startup founders or regulation manipulators. Yes, there is a balance. The d
825.
by robocat 1y ago
The natural limit to insanity is death. (Unless your definitions of words are very different from mine).
826.
by robocat 1y ago
The dark engineers would do more dark engineering.
827.
by robocat 1y ago
> People don't want to contribute to the country that made them rich. That's such a mean take. A fairer take is that they have already contributed - via income/gains taxes - and often because the company makes the country
828.
by robocat 1y ago
> cut-chip “cut-chip” usually describes a fault where the engine cuts out briefly—as if someone flicked the ignition off for a split second—and the driver hears or feels a little “chip” or sharp interruption in power.
829.
by robocat 1y ago
My iPhone has a permanent red badge counter trying to get me to upgrade to iCloud. I've moved the settings icon so I don't see it normally, but it is nagging. There's other dark patterns used by Apple to try and increase thei
830.
by robocat 1y ago
Try it: anyone younger than 30 can get a year-long working holiday VISA in New Zealand or Australia. The conditions are not that difficult, although you obviously can't be broke. See what opportunities come up!
831.
by robocat 1y ago
Also mentioned: Chromium: Parsers for PNG, JSON, and web fonts have been replaced with memory-safe implementations in Rust
832.
by robocat 1y ago
I am surprised that research backs you up... my guess had been that the majority of tailgaters are just arseholes (technical term) so I checked: There is substantial research that frustration with a slow driver in a fast lane is a signi
833.
by robocat 1y ago
Nitpicking over words isn't profitable either, and if you're trying to appear sophisticated you've missed the mark with me. I would love to see an analysis of the benefits of crime to the government accounts.
834.
by robocat 1y ago
I'm looking forward to seeing what hacks get done to the devices and what software is dreamed up.
835.
by robocat 1y ago
I've seen a pattern where people that value their own time at $0 unfortunately often value the time of others at $0. Worse is valuing others at $0 and your own at $lots (which is also common).
836.
by robocat 1y ago
> rats chewing up the money Profit for the US government. Fixed by plastic bills. Every $ printed but never redeemed is a significant profit (assuming other costs are low like printing). Especially yummy when countries just want to hoard
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by robocat 1y ago
This is almost equivalent to private investment, and will allow TSMC to borrow money to invest in growth. Apple wants to be anti-competitive. I'm surprised Apple don't invest directly (e.g. bonds) given that TSMC is so capital int
838.
by robocat 1y ago
I'd really love to see some good statistics on the risks of speeding on motorways. I often wonder about laws that are ostensibly there to prevent dangerous actions, about whether they actually help prevent dangerous driving. This guy a
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by robocat 1y ago
Don't bother installing unless you know Waymo is available. Otherwise the App frustratingly runs you through onboarding and then tells you it is unavailable in your area. I had tried because they were supposed to be coming to New Orl
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by robocat 1y ago
https://archive.ph/IXl27 1T/8.5T is 12%. Hedge funds ask for more (yearly 2% + 20%).

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