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by woobar 9y ago
No, it is not a hybrid. But it uses brake energy regeneration to charge car's battery when you are not accelerating. The effect is not as pronounced as on EV cars, but enough to not use brakes often in normal traffic. In the context of
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AI Creates Fake Obama Video(spectrum.ieee.org)
7 points by woobar 9y ago|1 comments
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by woobar 9y ago
TV advertising was targeted too. They used Nielsen data to identify potential audience (white males, 40-50 y.o., middle class income) and show ads targeting this demo.
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by woobar 9y ago
My ICE car has regenerative braking. So this is not something exclusive to the EVs.
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by woobar 9y ago
> Walmart can't compete in the grocery business (they've been trying awhile and never gained traction). Walmart already has the larges market share in food and beverage business. https://www.statista.com/statist
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by woobar 9y ago
This is not true. Wi-Fi Sync (that includes iTunes backup) is available since iOS 5[1]. It works automatically if phone is plugged in and computer used for back is online. [1] http://osxdaily.com/2011/10/13/wi
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by woobar 9y ago
They explains it in the paper. There are cultural and legal limitations. So your knowledge of English will not help when you travel to a country that requires packaging in native language. On the other hand, learning 'universal' i
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Google now knows when its users go to the store and buy stuff(washingtonpost.com)
3 points by woobar 9y ago|0 comments
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by woobar 9y ago
But that $300 over several years (I am pretty sure I still wear a couple of 5 y.o. jeans ;)
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by woobar 9y ago
I wonder how this picture (captioned "Daily wear riding motorcycles") works with the common american attitude of washing their clothes after wearing them just once? I know some people will wear jeans two/three times before wa
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by woobar 9y ago
Using indentation != saving tabs. Even if I use tab key for indentation, my editor can use either spaces or tabs when saving. It's configurable.
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by woobar 9y ago
It takes zero effort in IntelliJ (pictured above). I remember reading a suggestion about proportional fonts in a discussion on HN about code editor preferences. Switched to them several years ago and never looked back.
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by woobar 10y ago
Quote from another article (with some pics): Juicero workers receive truckloads of produce from nearby organic farms, triple-wash it, then chop it into specific shapes. A specialized machine then fills each pack, ready to be shipped. http
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WSJ: The High-Speed Trading Behind Your Amazon Purchase(wsj.com)
1 points by woobar 10y ago|0 comments
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by woobar 10y ago
> Clojure as the top paying tech worldwide, wow. But missing entirely from the list in US, UK, Germany, France sections, so where are all the Clojure devs? Probably, because it's reported mostly by US developers, but pay is not high
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WSJ: H-1B Visas Keep Down U.S. Tech Wages, Study Shows(wsj.com)
67 points by woobar 10y ago|55 comments
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by woobar 10y ago
Did any other dealer ever refuse to sell a car on similar terms? "I would like that car. What is your flat, non-negotiable price?"
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by woobar 10y ago
You pay more than 37.5% on a $50K salary?
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Bullet vs. Prince Rupert's Drop at 150,000 Fps(youtube.com)
2 points by woobar 10y ago|1 comments
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by woobar 10y ago
This could be more reliable than measuring emissions at the tailpipe. In my state vehicle registration is not renewed until the car computer sends a report to the centralized DMV database. Before that, cheating the emission test was much mo
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by woobar 10y ago
Or they can start delivering to the places where they already leave packages at the door w/o issues.
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by woobar 10y ago
I am not sure one needed family members in military to learn about invasion. The invasion of Iraq surfaced immediately after the 9/11 attacks. [1] Guardian reported about US plans (including use of ground troops) in December 2001. [2]
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by woobar 10y ago
They have linked to another article with more details Mapping how the United States generates its electricity - https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/national/power-plant...
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by woobar 10y ago
This is a good point. But I am not sure they have demonstrated that they can crack a G4 wide open. They were able to access DCIM folder, which is very accessible by design. Even if they were able to bypass whatever protection this folder ha
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by woobar 10y ago
North Korea could destroy Seoul without even crossing the border. And they are better prepared for defense. And who will stop China from intervening if US is out of the picture?
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by woobar 10y ago
It's even better. Perdue doesn't own farms, but they own chickens that independent farmers grow for them. John Oliver had a segment about this last year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9wHzt6gBgI
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by woobar 10y ago
> Somehow I doubt he will have a lot of support from congress on that goal, as pretty much every senator and representative is in the pockets of big multinationals Or maybe because they don't want to anger a lot of still employed pe
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by woobar 10y ago
Here is an interesting video from 2010(!). Green screen was already routinely used for regular outdoor shoots. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCXE9cNzcgI
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by woobar 10y ago
Leases do not 'artificially' inflate new car sales. They are not really different from regular financing. In both cases the new car is sold and paid for by a financial institution. And the customer can use the car as long as all f
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by woobar 10y ago
Over the last 10 years average car and light truck sales were 14.5M/year. Even in 2008-2010 annual sales never dipped below 10M. Detailed stats - https://www.bea.gov/national/xls/gap_hist.xlsx

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