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by xkqd 2y ago
Unfortunately this will be inevitable, and this one we can chock up to human biology. The average person isn’t going to close their eyes and take a nap, but the average person will start spacing out, will start seeking their phone out to ki
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by xkqd 2y ago
In all fairness, we’re not wrangling in a megacorp or small company / bad actor type. These are usually tiny businesses where the owner is busting their ass in the hot sun alongside their crew. These are usually the smallest of small b
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by xkqd 2y ago
You basically can run through a high capacity battery in less than 10 minutes, completing a light cleanup of a standard 1/4ac lawn. The battery itself will take 3-4 hours. Running through an entire block would deplete numerous batterie
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by xkqd 2y ago
Usually the crews running them are more focused on feeding their families over their own long term health. I’m still surprised when I see some crews have hearing protection.
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by xkqd 2y ago
> It's probably a lot easier to prevent pollution in the first place as compared to dealing with it after the fact. It certainly is but if someone’s informed they’re the consenting adult to make the decision they want. Interesting v
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by xkqd 2y ago
There’s no way around the production of combustion byproducts, but as the article states this is managed with proper ventilation - something that most builders skimp on. With the current focus on tight air envelopes, this might actually get
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by xkqd 3y ago
Which is a point frequently raised by those not supporting this regulatory action - will this cause the base price of a saw to skyrocket beyond what average individuals can afford? My guess is probably not. The brake cartridge is roughly a
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by xkqd 3y ago
Yes, anything that can conduct electricity in the wood will trigger the safety device. Pressure treated wood is often so wet with copper based preservatives that it’ll trigger the safety circuit. Old nails in wood, your finger, hand, etc wi
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by xkqd 3y ago
My municipality signed a 30 year exclusivity agreement with Comcast. In exchange for the rollout, no one else can offer broadband until 2029. I don’t understand how this can be legal.
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by xkqd 3y ago
The article itself lists a few different points, but none of them clearly describe a leading theory for why openly carrying a firearm increases someone’s likelihood of committing suicide. I don’t want to jump to this conclusion without othe
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by xkqd 3y ago
And in this culture, you raise prices and lower quality forever, because infinite growth.
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by xkqd 3y ago
It also nicely describes the shape Jeff's head and recommended I used a glossmeter to analyze it's shininess - so that's an added benefit of yet another company throwing LLM's at something they really didn't need to
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by xkqd 3y ago
I think those 20 million would be better off having 10 years advance notice so they can wrap up their career, retool etc. I think they’d agree too. The beauty of this is that they can decide for themselves with their votes and actions, but
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by xkqd 3y ago
> constructing pretty much anything will be done in 5 years tops.. I’d be willing to wager my left leg against this claim.
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by xkqd 3y ago
This accelerationism would leave tens of millions around the globe without a job or way to provide for themselves or families. Furthermore, call center work usually is taken up by the less educated and more financially exposed - it’s not li
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by xkqd 3y ago
While I agree with you in spirit, the United State’s hegemony relies on its ability to project power across the globe. It’s just been getting really expensive to do it the way we’ve been doing it.
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by xkqd 3y ago
I’m not sure if it’s a lack of shame from the CEO, or a lack of healthy fear. I can tell you that if I ran my mouth the same way he did, I would be worried about someone throwing a fist.
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by xkqd 3y ago
There’s a decent chance they want to chit-chat a bit. I’ll occasionally strike up a conversation I know I could avoid by googling, just to have a conversation.
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by xkqd 3y ago
> AI is actually creating a high number of jobs for consultants and other attention grabbing based professions. Right, but I think maybe a lot of the backlash against AI is that no one feels bad or even has much sympathy for these folks.
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by xkqd 3y ago
My pet theory has been that extended lockdowns caused regressions in people’s ability to drive safety, whether it was the actual skills to operate a vehicle, or people’s risk assessment skills. Operating a vehicle is a skill like any other,
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by xkqd 3y ago
My observations agree with your anecdote, but in my experience it was the youngest employees who go into the office for social interaction. Meaning, fresh grads to ~26 year olds. They openly admitted they didn’t want to sit in their 600 sqf
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by xkqd 3y ago
I believer that commenter was mostly focused on the positives of getting people outside and touching grass. On that note, there is certainly a balance that can exist between enjoying the outdoors and minimizing damage. This is also true for
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by xkqd 3y ago
In all my time here, I have never seen this “Sorry.” page before. Does anyone know what that’s about?
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by xkqd 3y ago
That is simply not true of any Chinese enterprise. Party is inextricably linked to any large commercial or corporate entity, by law but also culture.
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by xkqd 3y ago
Speaking candidly, somewhere between 50M revenue and 250B. The higher the revenue, the higher standard I hold them to.
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by xkqd 3y ago
I can only speak for myself, but there's a strong chance most content consumers don't weight heavily towards a content creator's livelihood. While I recognize that it's significant work to be a content creator, I also do
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by xkqd 3y ago
Yeah, after almost a decade of “agile” I’ve never seen this to be the case other than when I was super green. Usually, everything’s high priority and it needs to be delivered by day XYZ/ASAP regardless of sprint alignment or milestones
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by xkqd 3y ago
Why not both the confirmed Chinese policing bases, and hypothetical but strategically advantageous cartel bases in the US?
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by xkqd 3y ago
> On balance, this might even be a win for everyone involved Well, other than the millions of jobs at stake here. But I’m sure they can just learn to code or become an engineer
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by xkqd 3y ago
I imagine when it comes to loading planes, the targets are probably pretty consistent with few opportunities for surprises. You can only load so much volume in, you can only load so much mass in. There’s probably some buffer for callouts an

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