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901.
by umvi 5y ago
> it turns out that manufacturing even a simple thing is prohibitively expensive if it's done at a small scale You can overcome some of the scaling costs with 3D printers. It's pretty cheap to make fairly robust plastic parts
902.
by umvi 5y ago
Busy ERs are not unique to covid. I've had many experiences with multi-hour ER waits pre-2020
903.
by umvi 5y ago
Around half of my immediate family members had pretty bad reactions to the booster (fever/chills, aches for several days). And all of them got omicron anyway and had the same symptoms as family members who hadn't gotten the booste
904.
by umvi 5y ago
He's not pointing fingers at the other party, he's saying his trust in his own party has eroded.
905.
by umvi 5y ago
One of my favorite quotes I read last year: "Covid is as much a trust crisis as it is a health crisis"
906.
by umvi 5y ago
I agree that we largely have capitalism + globalization to thank for across the board wealth increase (or where wealth hasn't increased, the price of commodities has decreased) over the last century. However, state-run welfare programs
907.
by umvi 5y ago
f(x) = sqrt(x) does not increase linearly with x so you can't do that. Compare the plotted graphs of x (input) vs. sqrt(x) (output)
908.
by umvi 5y ago
Yeah, I get that, but I'm just saying if this is a problem needing solved to accomplish some visual effect in game programming (as a contrived example), that practically speaking it's not a hard problem. It's only a hard prob
909.
by umvi 5y ago
It's hard to solve "generally", sure, but "practically", is there any application where extreme correctness of the algorithm would actually matter? Seems like if two huge lists sum to almost the exact same thing f
910.
by umvi 5y ago
At 1440p, it is impossible for the computer to win but easy for me to win
911.
by umvi 5y ago
I'm still skeptical, because even with a statistically improbable RNA forming event, what are the chances actual life will emerge from it? Have we thrown pure RNA into a bucket of water and observed life emerging?
912.
by umvi 5y ago
If you are DEI conscious company you hire both
913.
by umvi 5y ago
A similar thing happened at a previous company I worked for. We had lots of male candidates apply to an opening but only one female candidate. The female candidate was by far the weakest and I strongly advised not hiring her, but I was over
914.
by umvi 5y ago
Or like CPU architectures. CISC vs RISC
915.
by umvi 5y ago
I'm a Linux fanboy too, but let's not fool ourselves. If Linux ever went "mainstream", then the amount of malware targeting it would rise precipitously. See: Android
916.
by umvi 5y ago
This doesn't just apply to new technology but also social/political/economic ideas too. I would have liked to see levels beyond 5 (i.e. the part where reality catches back up, the hype collapses, the backlash starts, etc)
917.
by umvi 5y ago
Can anyone comment on how you can emulate a modern console like Gamecube/Wii/Switch and run games at full speed? Last I checked, the (CPU cycle accurate?) SNES emulator Higan/BSNES still experiences framedrops/slowdown o
918.
by umvi 5y ago
Just my opinion of course, but I don't think it's BS. The piece of paper has nothing to do with it. It's the attitude of the two people going into the relationship. If both people go in prepared for full life commitment throu
919.
by umvi 5y ago
Sounds like a terrible idea to me. You have these minimal commitment relationships that are only incrementally extended. What happens when the commitment ends after you've had kids? The mother and kids are screwed since they have no le
920.
by umvi 5y ago
> extremely low cost of living and a city/region that has more good restaurants and activities than might be expected That's what people said about Salt Lake City and Boise... until about 5 years ago. Cost of living has skyrock
921.
by umvi 5y ago
> The fact that humanity got to a point where it made more "sense" to shoot dozens of rockets and deploy hundreds of satellites into space instead of running cables to cell towers to cover large areas is sad. 1. I think you are
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by umvi 5y ago
Be mystified no more: The USA is huge, bigger than most people can really imagine, so it's quite common for the most egregious cases of police abuse to float to the top. What you won't read on HN is stories about the thousands of
923.
by umvi 5y ago
Just eliminating sources of corn syrup and added sugar is a great first step, IMO. We cut out soda, sweets, and other added-sugar crap (but kept bread, milk, pasta, fruit, honey, etc) and that alone was a big improvement.
924.
by umvi 5y ago
> How is this different from VidAngel Because Disney got involved with VidAngel, and Disney always wins. The problem is that there's basically no way to stream arbitrary video content you own in a way that VidAngel can access it cli
925.
by umvi 5y ago
> Wouldn’t this mean it’s calculated by something that can conveniently ignore both computational complexity and logical completeness Assuming God has either access to more advanced technology than us or more advanced knowledge, why woul
926.
by umvi 5y ago
Not all creationists adamantly believe the earth is literally only 7k years old. That's a very specific subset called "young earth creationists". I would venture most creationists at the most fundamental level believe the ear
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by umvi 5y ago
Could his body actually produce enough gastric acid to break down all those things he was swallowing? And was he pooping like 5 times a day?
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by umvi 5y ago
> So, should average citizens be on the hook for most road repairs, or should those who utilize extremely heavy trucks? You can scapegoat the trucks, but average citizens are utilizing heavy trucks (indirectly) by buying stuff on Amazo
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by umvi 5y ago
Start charging $20k property tax and you'll probably accelerate the decline of Galesburg as people scramble to relocate to more affordable areas.
930.
by umvi 5y ago
The implication from the committee is that these companies should have monitored and suppressed/censored their users harder? Is the committee looking for a scapegoat or something?

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