themistocle

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by themistocle 9y ago
> Leaf goes from point A to B for a modest subset of points That could be great for some people, but for more people a 10-year old Toyota Corolla would also be great. That's the problem, there isn't a compelling reason beyond i
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by themistocle 9y ago
The article is about US Electric Car Sales, US gas prices are therefore assumed.
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by themistocle 9y ago
No need for me to quibble with your sentiment. The question is: if they don't solve a problem, why buy one? Prius offered people clean hands, and not much more. When gas is cheap the price of fuel isn't a big motivator, and Detroi
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by themistocle 9y ago
The only people I know who have an electric car own or have pre-ordered Teslas. They are all status symbols. I don’t know anyone who needs an electric car. Maybe the problem is just as much lack of demand as it is lack of big auto commitm
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by themistocle 9y ago
> I am certainly all for investing in retraining programs; hell perhaps even having a rural specific health insurance system. > But increasing tariffs to protect coal miners? Killing solar and renewables for the sake of those communit
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by themistocle 9y ago
> why are these failing communities "America" any more than the metro regions are They aren't. They do represent more of the population and land area. Also many cities, probably most, are awful. Memphis, TN or Dayton, OH a
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Bill Nye and the State of a Polarized Union(planetary.org)
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by themistocle 9y ago
Secretary didn't go away. Hot-type printing is a better example. Look at how healthy and well-performing the economy is doing. Real wages stagnating for almost fifty years, speculation enriching the gamblers. Millions of people have al
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by themistocle 9y ago
What I referred to as high school economics are sentimental rhetoric like: > Who is automation for? All of us Your arguments have largely been innocent either by design or accident from the terrifying reality of daily life under our glor
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by themistocle 9y ago
> What happened when tractors came and took all of the farming jobs away? Have you heard of “The Grapes of Wrath”? No one is talking about fighting “innovation” for the sake of jobs. I questioned to point to the central conflict of who b
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by themistocle 9y ago
A decent way of life and some semblance of culture.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Who is automation for? What end does the technology serve? If the economy doesn’t serve humanity then to hell with it. Offer people decent lives, or at least don’t act surprised when the luddites come to smash your precious “labor-saving”.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Who would have known or even cared were it not for this denounciation?
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by themistocle 9y ago
This extreme rhetoric only strengthens the right. By condemning Nye for debating creationists and being a “combative white nerd”, this article reads like the Onion. Attending this event may be bad idea, but with friends like these who needs
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by themistocle 9y ago
And to think that ZFS for FreeBSD had already been up and running for years...
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by themistocle 9y ago
> We find that doxing victims in our data set are overwhelmingly male, have an average age in their 20s, and a significant number are part of gamer communities (or maintain accounts with multiple video-game related websites). We also fin
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by themistocle 9y ago
You seem intelligent and I don’t mean this as an insult, but I think you’re missing the point. To use an inexact metaphor, if I am selling gas no one is obligated to fill up at my station. Fuel efficient cars are not “robbing” me. People wh
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by themistocle 9y ago
Individual choices are insignificant. The future of advertising is being planned by Facebook and Google. Blocking advertisments is a workaround for a broken web. Surfing the web has always been about discovery. Are we supposed to intuit whe
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by themistocle 9y ago
Wow, I never knew that. Reminds me of some recent moves to prevent skipping ads on streaming video.
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by themistocle 9y ago
When reading we’re free to skip and skim. Vinyl, VHS, Cassette, CD, and DVD allow us to seek or rewind as we like. When I buy a PC, I can install any software I choose to. When browsing the web, I can accept or reject any served content. Th
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by themistocle 9y ago
I’m afraid that the current environment means outcry is always around the corner. I’m rooting for Mozilla but I’d like it if they could learn to avoid drawing negative attention.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Yeah I actually used it from a public WiFi and then ran outside to meet the driver when he got close enough.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Yeah my intention was just to share that I found it easier. In my case the map wasn’t working. I was on a public WiFi hotspot and I didn’t know where or how to hail a cab. I’m sure it is technically possible to do without the convenience, b
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by themistocle 9y ago
Mozilla is fighting an uphill battle, but that doesn't give them a free pass. The Pocket, Cliqz, and Mr. Robot controversies undermine Mozilla's core message. Whether or not they are simply failures of marketing and branding doesn
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by themistocle 9y ago
I could, but sometimes addresses are not so clear. In my experience taxi drivers like it when you can explain directions and negotiate price. Without common language for me that is quite difficult.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Not having mobile data in my case meant that I was scrambling from public wifi to the cab. I could not use Google translate or other tools in the car. I also would have no way to negotiate price or insure that I was going the correct place.
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by themistocle 9y ago
Those are interesting techniques. In my case I was in a foreign country and did not have a map or hotel reservation. I also did not know about local taxi companies. My visit was not exactly well-planned.
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by themistocle 9y ago
I am not sure how you were able to communicate if you could not write or speak directions, but I am impressed! I don't think it wasn't possible to do before Uber in general, just for my case.
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by themistocle 9y ago
I traveled recently in a foreign country where I did not speak the local language. Uber allowed me to enter my destination and location without confusing the driver. I could never have done this with a traditional taxi cab.
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Gravity: a scalable infrastructure for the crypto-economy(medium.com)
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