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by sottol 3y ago
I think society ends up judging new technology by the worst-case failures, and as far as that goes this isn't too good. I think that's just how our brains work for the most part, black and white, at least in areas that the general
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by sottol 3y ago
Also that pound of oil gets shipped around the world (or pipelined across half the continent), refined, and then trucked some more. I could never get the exact numbers but wouldn't be surprised if takes 3+ pounds of oil to get that 1 l
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by sottol 3y ago
I guess it depends on the niche. 3D printer parts do often pop up on Amazon 1-2 months after Ali for 5-10% extra. I think many sellers on Aliexpress are aware of the true price people are willing to pay and charge close to that. And then so
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by sottol 3y ago
I'd even say "around every corner lie 10 brands you've never heard of, selling 20 slight variations of the same product you're not sure about".
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by sottol 3y ago
Everyone is going to wfh then or employers are going to splurge on a private office for everyone? Or is work basically going to be like a call center when everyone RTOs? How does this work on public transit?
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by sottol 3y ago
I think Nissan's quality went downhill mid-2000s after their turnaround from near-bankruptcy in the early 2000s.
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by sottol 3y ago
This is a very interesting printer: * the toolhead/nozzle quick-change is pretty fantastic and quite ingenius, you change nozzle and heatsink thereby guaranteeing good heat dissipation but the thermistor and heater stay put, * the MMU
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by sottol 3y ago
The probably current best solution are "dueling toolheads" or IDEX where you basically have two gantries [1] or toolchangers [2,3]. Both trade-off less waste for substantially added cost and complexity. [1] https://gith
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by sottol 3y ago
But does that room come at a higher carbon cost than commuting to the office (45mins each way(!) afair on average in the US) and having an office building that's entirely empty at night. That building needs maintenance, gardening, clea
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by sottol 3y ago
"no training" gave it away for me.
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by sottol 3y ago
I don't know, seems somewhat convincing on the surface but goes to mix some interesting ideas and facts with appeal to authority via quotes and a many unsubstantiated statements led by those ideas/aforementioned facts. The one thi
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by sottol 3y ago
Maybe it's the traction control then https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads/evs-got-banned-from-rac...
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by sottol 3y ago
Just the first example I could quickly find: https://www.digitaltrends.com/cars/electric-cars-banned-from... Or https://www.yellowbullet.com/threads/evs-got-banned-from-rac... And sounds like it&#
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by sottol 3y ago
I hope so!
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by sottol 3y ago
...and lithium fires. Unfortunately, I think there will be pearl clutching and new rules that allow gas/diesel powered vehicles only "due to safety", at least my guess.
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by sottol 3y ago
Research doesn't really have the sunk-cost that industry does. New students are willing to try new things and supervisors don't necessarily need to reign them in. I wonder what is holding AMD back in research? Their cards seem muc
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by sottol 3y ago
My point is that many households have adapted to the cheap labor - larger houses, larger gardens and so on based, larger than the owner can self-suppprt, based on the cost of labor. Owners would have to do more themselves (thus spend time)
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by sottol 3y ago
Oh yeah, point is "legal ain't cheap". Or maybe even moreso that it might ultimately hurt per-capita output and GDP more than just the apparent cost of immigrant labor value provided.
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by sottol 3y ago
Imo large parts of the southwest and CA benefit immensely from immigrant labor. Both in time-savings and $ (outsourcing upkeep, housework, child-care) which allow their population to consume more and pursue other opportunities. Also, would
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by sottol 3y ago
This makes me think of... "The beatings will continue until the morale improves!" I think it was from an old Steve Yegge post on Google Plus?
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by sottol 3y ago
Afaik, it has partially to do with regulations. In Europe the max length of a truck includes the cab, thus it's as short and upright as possible to leave max room for cargo (cab over engine), whereas US trucks have the long "hood&
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by sottol 3y ago
It's probably still not there yet.
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by sottol 3y ago
Car accidents and even COVID deaths in a hospital ward are possibly different because they're isolated and you can rationalize that it will not affect you. Might be different when a lot of people die in a whole region and it's ver
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by sottol 3y ago
Yes, I had the same problem and it cloudflare DNS 1.1.1.1 unfortunately. Google's public DNS ranks higher than Comcast for me, but I'm sure there's others.
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by sottol 3y ago
Thanks for some more in-depth info, very helpful.
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by sottol 3y ago
Afaict, these are all recurring subscriptions. Is there any reason not to signup for a month or two and then cancel, maybe repeat every couple years? The sub is more of a continuous monitoring thing? I assume they wouldn't just "u
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by sottol 3y ago
I assume they had a fake CC form and collected the CC number and information on top of the charge. So that'd involve cancelling the card and compromised PII.
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by sottol 3y ago
Looks like there a Twitter/X video supposedly showing it: https://twitter.com/echofm_online/status/1694390751839314029
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Wagner Chief Prigozhin Reported Dead After Russian Forces Shoot Down Plane(newsweek.com)
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by sottol 3y ago
It also leads to disorganization. Imagine everyone cutting around each other and end up blocking the road. Instead of keeping order everyone slowly exiting, a few cutting ahead could cost many others dearly.

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