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by supertrope 5mo ago
Journalists and writers are often given a deadline and a target length. "Give me 500 words of copy by the end of tomorrow." The editor and publisher of a magazine need to get all words and graphics ready by a strict and regular de
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by supertrope 6mo ago
This is the real ultimate solution to energy security and climate change. However there are many entrenched interests behind car culture. Auto manufacturers. Auto parts suppliers. Car dealers. The banks that sell car loans. Car insurance co
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by supertrope 6mo ago
If there is a net benefit for both the vehicle owner and the utility, the utility should pay the owner. A school district bought battery electric school buses with a subsidy from the utility on the purchase price.
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by supertrope 6mo ago
If the important data is in a web app and the Windows PC is effectively a thin client, this lowers the ransom value of the local drive. Of course business disruption in the form of downtime, overtime IT labor cannot be mitigated by just put
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by supertrope 6mo ago
That's the same reason I deleted my Facebook account.
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by supertrope 6mo ago
Google and Facebook showed the way. Consumers see FREE service and it sets the market equilibrium. Retail Windows licenses were already a slim minority. Those who would buy Windows 11 LTSC for Home would be an even smaller group.
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by supertrope 6mo ago
Microsoft got rid of QA years ago. If it was targeted sabotage they could break dual boot setups every single Patch Tuesday. It's just disrespect for users. Like how Copilot and other shovelware such as Candy Crush keep getting reinsta
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by supertrope 6mo ago
Korea started with low value manufacturing through protectionism and state policy. They moved up to the top level of the value chain in just 25 years!
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by supertrope 6mo ago
Low value add manufacturing is not coming back to America unless people are willing to work for $2/hour and the government lets factories dump waste into rivers.
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by supertrope 6mo ago
When the choice is between $3000/mo for a proper apartment and $2000 for a flophouse room some people will take the flophouse. Right now the only choice we offer those priced out is a painfully long commute (with has its own time and c
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by supertrope 6mo ago
Colleges call these dorms.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
A used Sophos XG 115. Has Intel Ethernet interfaces which is preferable for BSD compatibility. 8W idle. I power it off a 802.3af to 12V splitter. If you want maximum speed a Lenovo Thinkcentre m720q has a desktop Intel CPU and a PCIe slot.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
The FCC Chairman is sucking up to the President. If this were really about computer security they would follow California’s example of requiring unique passwords. Maybe make manufacturers liable for not patching known remote exploitable sec
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by supertrope 7mo ago
Amtrak was created to preserve the last vestiges of passenger rail when private businesses pulled out. It has conflicting missions so it's never going to be competitive in service. Amtrak does not own its own rail network. It has prior
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by supertrope 7mo ago
In terms of legality Megaupload messed up by directly participating in copyright infringement. They paid people to upload copyrighted movies. Cox doesn't reward people for copyright infringement. The lawsuit against them argued they fa
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by supertrope 7mo ago
300 ppi matches printed books which looks nice. On notebook computers having a 3840x2160 panel might not be worth the reduced battery life.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
It could just be the ESPN/gym membership/AAA business model. $ from every single passenger is more revenue than $$ from just those who click buy.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
In the end cars are just a means to an end. People want to minimize their transportation spending. People bought bigger houses or renovated. They upgraded their PCs and were more likely to subscribe to broadband and less likely to cancel. E
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by supertrope 7mo ago
In 2008 McCain openly talked about greenhouse gas cap and trade. I think the driving force behind it was fear of peak oil. Secure your energy supply. With fracking supply concerns went away.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
This can be viewed as a feature not a bug. The defining feature of a republic is stability. Orderly and lawful transfers of power. Not rocking the boat. Deliberative processes. If the people are enjoying prosperity and peace why make drasti
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by supertrope 7mo ago
Switching mode power supplies use milliwatts when there's no load. Appliances are usually 3W or less when off as they need to keep the IR sensor turned off. The best appliances are <1W.
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by supertrope 7mo ago
Pumped hydro energy storage relies on the cheapness of water and existing geology. If you have to build the chambers instead of damming a river it's too expensive. Most of the good spots to have a reservoir are already used. If you hav
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by supertrope 8mo ago
This is the coverage vs. capacity trade-off. Buses running between full on stations are faster than buses that comprise the network edges. Because the core of the network is focused on capacity. Buses that meander around to provide coverage
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by supertrope 8mo ago
Mass transit systems generally reduce anti-social behavior with either fare gates or heavy policing. For whatever reason, when you crack down on fare evasion you filter out a lot of troublemakers.
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by supertrope 8mo ago
This. Political allies who bundle donations get nominated to cushy ambassador positions. https://publicintegrity.org/politics/barack-obamas-ambassado...
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by supertrope 8mo ago
The CEO reads the WSJ and their McKinsey report and says “We must leverage AI to keep up and accelerate innovation!” Each division’s executive vice president sets a current year goal to use AI to increase productivity and simultaneously dec
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by supertrope 8mo ago
I came to a different conclusion. That you should expect a 25% haircut through a combination of benefit cuts, tax increases, and not keeping up with inflation. That's bad, but Social Security is not going to entirely implode.
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by supertrope 8mo ago
Instead of fixing the leaks in the plumbing we're just increasing flow rate at the top of the system. Right now the medical-industrial complex is a business that happens to provide medical services as a byproduct. Fee for service encou
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by supertrope 8mo ago
https://www.whitecoatinvestor.com/social-security-is-not-goi...
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by supertrope 8mo ago
With the MRT not having a car is not bad. Paying 100K SGD for a Certificate of Entitlement (10 year car registration) is definitely a rich person move. Good point on the underclass and labor conditions.

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