schimmy_changa

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by schimmy_changa 1y ago
In addition, the massive investment may be overbuilt, but then likely will end up being useful long-term. This is just as the initial buildout of the internet to power pets.com was a bust at the time, but then led to Amazon, YouTube, Zoom,
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FYI: US Census.gov data is currently unavailable (403-ing)(census.gov)
12 points by schimmy_changa 2y ago|5 comments
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by schimmy_changa 2y ago
I'm getting 403s when trying to download basic census tract shapefiles. You might have the same problem / if you have regular jobs that rely on public datasets they may start failing randomly. Looks like this might be another vict
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by schimmy_changa 2y ago
There's requests for evidence / input on the Seattle subreddit if you have time - I think locally we can get some pressure on them for you if you can back it up: https://www.reddit.com/r/Seattle/comments&
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by schimmy_changa 2y ago
Perhaps, but there's a reason that anyone in supply chain or logistics tries to standardize on the fewest SKUs as possible. Planes are a special case because weight _really_ matters and thus it's worth the loss of standardization.
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
similarly, on mac this bug is a showstopper for me, so I'm using Brave currently: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1149826 (the bug is that text replacement does not work in FF on mac, something that saves
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
Hmm very interesting response by @somat about malicious actors, and I like your point about the disappointment of web3 here. One reason I'm not super surprised they didn't implement publishing is that it seems like there's an
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
hmm - it's not like trains were (or are) built for rugged terrain either. If anything that point would be in favor of Switzerland...
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
True for SF & LA, but many other cities depend on State Water Project water which gets used by Ag as well - it's not just small towns.
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
Promptly, sure - but there's a system that can be changed overall, we should have the power to do so. For instance, groundwater depletion from ag limits municipal water supplies, or other ag use uses State Water Project water 'bef
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
Right, the computers were built for the preliminary programs which ... were stages on the way to Apollo! Yes, theoretically, but sometimes you need a big bold exciting goal or everyone will say "why are you wasting my tax dollars inven
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
Mostly just... the British have a LOT of history and so the stacked ranking of wars over the course of just the British Empire includes over a dozen more consequential wars than the War of 1812. The poor high school students have enough nam
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
I've read a few of his books and can also recommend them, with a caveat: Smil asserts confidently that something is infeasible or impossible, yet what he says is impossible _has since come to pass_. The main example here is the cost of
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by schimmy_changa 3y ago
> The videos are more ephemeral and imperfect than what you usually see on IG, and there's a lot more joy in what's being captured. It really is a step change in the ability to build communities around shared interests. ... so
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
Large cargo vessels do try to avoid bad weather, even though they can sail through most of it. It's a crew happiness, risk, and loss avoidance concern (knowing these companies, probably mostly the latter two!). I was on a cargo ship in
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
I'm also curious! If anyone has ideas, please let me know...
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
TL:DR: Turbine blades have previously been challenging to recycle due to the chemical properties of epoxy resin, a resilient substance that was believed to be impossible to break down into re-usable components. This has led to many technol
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
This is not very relevant to tech / hacking, but is instead just world news... Let's keep HN focused, and not let it end up like the front page of reddit, etc
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
This book is an easy-to-read and short reference for all of the financial jargon / skills you'll need to know: https://financialintelligencebook.com/ . Worth it to read and to be able to reference quickly. (Covers
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
This is a bit of a hyperbolic title and post, but it does seem like a real issue that the Golang devs should address. Letting the socket do its thing seems like the right way to go, although I'm not an expert in networking. Any ideas f
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
Discussed here prior: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33465770 It's a great idea - transparent, able for anyone to verify, with a paper trail.
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
If you don't think it's a problem that land was stolen, then I'm sure you won't object to that land being stolen again from the current owner and used for it's highest society-wide agreed-upon purpose (not just the
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
Man, people are really negative about this, but it's a great idea. In the old days, paper ballots would also 'go missing' from districts known to be favorable to the other side (aka be chucked out of trucks on a bridge over a
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
I don't want to feed the trolls, but this requires a response as it is highly misleading. Cars last 100k+ miles now, and that 13k break-even number in your link is with the current US energy mix, which is rapidly decarbonizing. It is a
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
I took a break from tech and got a Masters of Environmental Science and Management if you are interested in that path. It helps you really have additionality rather than being a hired tech person in the climate space. Also the Work on Clima
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
I'm guessing that possibility kept a lid on predatory lending, especially by for-profit colleges. For instance, if you know that your students have an option to discharge, then you'll make sure not to charge them enough that they
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
^ small nit - cold panels are more efficient than hot ones, not dry ones!
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
Canals are tough because the maintenance of the canal is much harder, and the flow of the canal also makes things tricky. Dr. Brandi McKuin has done some work here, looks like the best way to do this is to hang the panels suspended on cable
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
this is correct ^, it is net positive for healdsburg, for instance
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by schimmy_changa 4y ago
And yes! I agree it's a no-brainer. Big barriers: 1) Getting all the stakeholders to agree (US Bureau of Reclamation, the local reservoir joint-powers authority, the Santa Barbara city council, the local utility, etc) 2) Avoiding NIMB

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