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by thfuran 2y ago
Evaporating a gallon of water eats about 2.5 KWhr. Buying a gallon of municipal water costs me about 0.6¢, or about 2% of the equivalent amount of electricity. AC is efficient, so say we'd only have to increase water prices by about 50
782.
by thfuran 2y ago
Right. And that's one wash every 36 days, so if he has a dozen pairs of underwear and "a few" means three, the math checks out for regular use.
783.
by thfuran 2y ago
And the routine care at sites like the Cleveland Clinic is often not particularly good even with good insurance. But they do have a lot of fancy specialists.
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by thfuran 2y ago
Hah, as if a mere $20,000 would be enough to pause the machine for long enough to pull out 200 orphans.
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by thfuran 2y ago
If they want the customers, they should have to compete for them. Google shouldn't be allowed to acquire any companies. They're already huge.
786.
by thfuran 2y ago
You've never gotten distracted while reading and then found that you've scanned over a bunch of text while thinking about something else?
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by thfuran 2y ago
>One reason I like reading is that, if I don't understand I cannot move on to next step Yes, you can. You can even skim—or entirely skip—whole sections.
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by thfuran 2y ago
Is asahi expected to work on them soon, or is it still a few Ms behind?
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by thfuran 2y ago
What?
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by thfuran 2y ago
>Someone putting a crap article on arxiv does not hurt anyone else, But having a browsable collection of the verified non-crap articles on any given topic helps most everyone working in that area.
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by thfuran 2y ago
The defense attorneys of criminal criminal forensics lab technicians at least.
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by thfuran 2y ago
DJIA is a garbage index that's weighted by share price instead of anything meaningful and only includes 30 companies.
793.
by thfuran 2y ago
Which is a weird change. I remember when it was common to check the first few pages of results.
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by thfuran 2y ago
>But that’s literally the definition of authoritarian. It very much is not.
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by thfuran 2y ago
>Fantastic design. Normally pages with funky scrolling behavior and boxes whizzing all over the place and all that are annoying but it really works here. Not to mention the adorable visuals. On my phone, there are several pictures that e
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by thfuran 2y ago
>I don't like seeing an icon and having no idea what it does without clicking it And that's assuming you're lucky enough to be using a UI that clearly marks what's interactible instead of being maximally flat.
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by thfuran 2y ago
I think we should ban third-party advertising altogether. Or rather, ban any kind of remuneration in exchange.
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by thfuran 2y ago
No more authoritarian than minimum wage.
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by thfuran 2y ago
Right. The ISPs and cellphone providers and TV manufacturers are all in on the data collection game.
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by thfuran 2y ago
No, people mostly won't pay because ad-supported free alternatives exist.
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by thfuran 2y ago
I think google should be forced to divest AdSense.
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by thfuran 2y ago
And don't you lose a significant amount compressing it for reasonable storage as well? Or is that considered part of the generation loss?
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by thfuran 2y ago
>Advertising is a monetization modal. That's like saying that resteraunts are just credit card swiping businesses. Ads aren't the mechanism through which Google receives payment, they're what Google is paid for. The actual
804.
by thfuran 2y ago
Is there any bus route anywhere that never goes more than 15 minutes from the depot?
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by thfuran 2y ago
Okay, but gasoline is far more energy dense than batteries and a gas tank is a whole lot cheaper than a battery pack, so vehicles can have a gas tank big enough that that doesn't cause range problems. I don't know about buses, but
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by thfuran 2y ago
They get patients to sign something permitting them to share PHI with other entities like e.g. the lab that runs blood work, not to disclaim liability for leaking it unintentionally.
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by thfuran 2y ago
>Now it feels like thanks to Google money they have become fat and lazy. Unable to take risks I think Google has that problem too.
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by thfuran 2y ago
That's not actually law at all. It's part of the contract with payment processors.
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by thfuran 2y ago
It's true that the US rarely penalizes corporations enough to really disincentivize things, but healthcare providers probably take client data security more seriously than just about any other group besides maybe law firms. It's w
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by thfuran 2y ago
That would be cruel and unusual — their families and friends would needlessly suffer. They'll need to be executed too.

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