stickfigure

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by stickfigure 5y ago
> Last I checked, they still have public roads, water, sewer, and schools. Sure. But depending on where you land, you can avoid HOAs, architectural design review boards, neighbor comment periods, 24-month permit delays, EIRs, etc. The re
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by stickfigure 5y ago
You'll have to verify this yourself, but my understanding is that there is no clear winner on the public choice issue of public vs private electrical. There are well-run and poorly-run examples on both sides. In PG&E's defense
2553.
by stickfigure 5y ago
Question for you: What percentage of the US population do you think regularly (say, once a month or more) consumes hard drugs? Include prescription painkillers and amphetamines in this count, even if they are prescribed by doctors. I'l
2554.
by stickfigure 5y ago
Even if it never advanced beyond its current state, Starlink would still be a massive improvement over what I have now. My internet looks like the "farm" example in the article, and I'm only a 1:15 drive to downtown SF. I&#x2
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Because government-run electric utilities are a mixed bag too. "Public" utility monopolies like PG&E are an attempt to get some of the benefits of a market system from what is fundamentally a government service. The utility ca
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Those places burn too. You want electricity, right? PG&E is one way to get it. You could replace the people in charge, you could replace the owners, you could even nationalize the whole thing and you still have the same problem: Vast am
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Tourists are people too. This really seems like an extreme version of nativism.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
It's a false and misleading point. It makes no difference whether SpaceX or NASA is selling satellite internet service. This isn't a tragedy of the commons scenario, or a "privatize the gains" scenario. It's simply
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by stickfigure 5y ago
> the private sector profits by consuming a shared resource. The public benefits from this privately maintained system. Irrespective of who profits, this is a service that I very much want, and I'm perfectly happy if Random Corpor
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by stickfigure 5y ago
That's $200 worth of solar panels? If Starlink and food is your only expense...
2561.
by stickfigure 5y ago
Any one of these "reviews" could simply be Poe's Law at work. A parody of sarcasm can be funny, but don't take it too seriously.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Why is the average rent meaningful? I mean, if you just want to generate big numbers, why not compare the minimum wage to luxury condos in the most expensive cities?
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by stickfigure 5y ago
MacOS switched to zsh because of licensing issues, no? That doesn't quite sound like "caring".
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by stickfigure 5y ago
> objectively incorrect decisions in rural areas that would take me in quasi-off road situations I would pay money for this feature.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
...not to mention they whip out a credit card to make every purchase. And let's not get started on what their ISP records.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
True, but there would be a lag of days to weeks before the cheaters adapted. You could bust everyone in the mean time.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Sounds like folks are working on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_thermoelectric_gene... The numbers being floated about seem to be 4-5% fuel efficiency gain. Significant, but as you say it depends on the p
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by stickfigure 5y ago
These two positions ("employer is trying to exploit me", "candidate expects employers to beg them") are both ridiculous strawmen. Employment is little different from dating. If someone asks "tell me why you want to
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by stickfigure 5y ago
The safety risk is astronomical even compared to being in a car without airbags. Also compared to being on a (normal) motorcycle. Hacks are dangerous.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
> "Why do you want to work for us?" "That's what I'm here to find out. Tell me, why should I pick you?"
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by stickfigure 5y ago
We do try! Some power plants and ships pipe turbine exhaust through a boiler and steam engine to increase fuel efficiency: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Combined_cycle_power_plant Might be tough to fit all that under t
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by stickfigure 5y ago
"If God didn't intend for us to eat animals, then why did he make them out of meat?"
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by stickfigure 5y ago
What do you imagine the alternative world of 100% ad-free television would look like? Hundreds of channels of PBS? I think that is naively optimistic.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
> I wonder at what point we as internet users will decide that we're willing to pay for services in order to maintain more control? You mean like this? https://www.youtube.com/premium
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Let me make an analogy: Your petrol car has a heat engine. It converts about 20% of the heat energy released by combustion into mechanical energy. The rest goes out the tailpipe. Yet harnessing that remaining energy is not so simple because
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Just how much hair do you think the Harley-riding demographic still has?
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by stickfigure 5y ago
I don't know what google now thinks of me for searching "sikh brawl", but here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=md3hNJYtDHg I count at least one turban-ectomy, with nowhere near the forces of a motorcy
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by stickfigure 5y ago
That still sounds incredibly optimistic. The most modern RTG: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-mission_radioisotope_the... Puts out 125W electrical, 2KW thermal, and costs $109M each (!) Most cars could support 600w
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by stickfigure 5y ago
Wow, that was a novel interpretation of Brokeback Mountain.
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by stickfigure 5y ago
A "large" RTG puts out a few hundred watts of electrical. A very efficient electric car might consume 25 kWh/100 miles, so about 250 watt-hours per mile. If your car sits parked 6 days per week, it might work. Also: RTGs are

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