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by spikels 13y ago
That would be worst-case - if the car went all the way back to where it came from. We could easily be more efficient - garages at a moderate distance with much high density (no need of human access) and routing could be optimized to avoid c
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by spikels 13y ago
Self driving cars are going to have a huge impact on parking. Imagine being dropped off at home or work or the store then the car just going away to a garage somewhere perhaps far away but coming back at the touch of your smart phone. Parki
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by spikels 13y ago
Alternative theory: Easier parking -> less driving around looking of parking spots -> less traffic. I rarely drive in SF but when I do I often find that when I go to find a parking space there a many other people also driving around l
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by spikels 13y ago
You are operating under a false assumption. The SF government and many of its citizens (see other comments) don't want more parking. Almost every policy change in at least the past 15 years has resulted in fewer parking spots not more.
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by spikels 13y ago
I think ideology may be clouding your understanding. Unlike the Detroit Free Press, Alternet has a strong political point of view and the article you linked is simply trying to use the failure of Detroit to score political points for their
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by spikels 13y ago
This was a political decision. Larry Summers is one of the sharpest and most productive economists around and would have been as qualified as any Fed Chairmen in history. However he has tended to speak his mind too freely for a job requirin
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by spikels 13y ago
My definition of Deconstructionism: you can misunderstand anything if you try hard enough!
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by spikels 13y ago
The problem with this description is that neither long-term demand nor supply is fixed but depends on long-term expected price. In normal usage in economics the "long-term" refers to an equilibrium where supply matches demand. Dem
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by spikels 13y ago
People in Sao Paolo and Rio are about 40% richer than average Brazilians which reduces the gap somewhat. And GDP growth in Brazil has averaged 3.1% since 1991 with Sao Paolo growing faster. Costs are expected to be much lower for constructi
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by spikels 13y ago
Not sure why you think there would be more passengers on LA-SF versus SaoPaolo-Rio: Greater populations, shorter distances and lower costs ($17 vs 68 billion). Brazilians may be poorer today but they are catching up fast. Sure there will be
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by spikels 13y ago
If not using the bathroom for an hour is an issue you should see a doctor. Not only are there good treatments to alleviate this, but it may be an indication of a serious medical problem. Get it fixed then enjoy life including perhaps the Hy
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by spikels 13y ago
Agreed ANY project will require government support. I just don't see many governments supporting competing projects. So if CA HSR gets built competing projects, such as Hyperloop, are unlikely to get the required government support. Ma
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by spikels 13y ago
As currently envisioned CA HSR is likely to be more expensive and slower than current air travel. This is before the virtually certain cost overruns. To be competitively priced it would require large subsidies but still would be no faster t
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by spikels 13y ago
If the California high speed rail project is completed (or even makes progress) it will likely stifle any similar projects for decades. Competing against government projects is hard enough because the goverment has the incentive (from voter
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by spikels 13y ago
Orbital welders can be used in pipes on any size (smaller sizes often need special welders). Not sure what the record is but they are commonly used on water pipes that are several meters in diameter. Should work fine for the Hyperloop tube.
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Hyperloop(spacex.com)
2666 points by spikels 13y ago|954 comments
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by spikels 13y ago
This was my first Amber Alert on my smartphone and frankly I found quite annoying. My iPhone squeeled loudly and vibrated waking my sleeping girlfriend. I understand two kids may be in trouble but this seems like a very inefficient use of a
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How to turn off Amber Alerts on an iPhone
4 points by spikels 13y ago|4 comments
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by spikels 13y ago
No you are confusing the price (or market value) of a company and it's balance sheet. For many reasons the price that a company sells for is almost never the same as the shareholder's equity (i.e. equity = assets - liabilities). F
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by spikels 13y ago
Snowden/Greenwald are doing a great job keeping this issue alive. Much like if you tell a lie enough times people believe it: if you tell the truth enough times people remember it. Everyone who cares about this issue should do what the
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by spikels 13y ago
It's not true, it's not true, it's not true, it's old news
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by spikels 13y ago
Brett, the creator of dpxdt, gave a talk on this project a few months ago at Mozilla's SF office. Video can be found here: https://air.mozilla.org/continuous-delivery-at-google/
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by spikels 13y ago
I know everyone turns to Rolling Stone for the latest research on climate science but don't miss all the articles on JavaScript: http://www.rollingstone.com/search?q=Javascript
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by spikels 13y ago
Just clear your cookies or use incognito mode in your browser - no NYT paywall
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by spikels 13y ago
I'm not listening to this politician tell me what my values are or what it means to be an American until he stops tracking my phone calls, watching my email account, photographing my snail mail and examining my bank and credit card sta
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by spikels 13y ago
Minor correction that is not particularly meaningful here: 2. The President can also let a Bill sit for 11 or 12 days (it's really 10, but Sundays don't count.) At that point it becomes law without the President's signature U
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by spikels 13y ago
First because it could be potentially useful if you want to catch terrorists. For example if a suspected terrorist calls person X and person Y also calls X, X may be the terrorist leader and Y may be another terrorist. Second why would they
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by spikels 13y ago
Perhaps they could go into cloud storage or ad targeting. Seems like they would have skills in those areas. They may have been the original SaaS providor.
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by spikels 13y ago
I don't see why they would limit it to phone calls. It would make more sense to use ANY connection: coworkers, phone call, text, email, Facebook friend, relatives, members of organization/school/church, physical location, etc
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by spikels 13y ago
This is even worse than it seems. A "hop" can go both ways. So if a terror suspect calls Comcast's main 800 number (or any other high volume number) they can track everyone who ever called that number. And obviously they have

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