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by xyzzy21 5y ago
True but so many can't do any of these! I'm OK with that up to a point because those who can have advantages over those who can't. I'm an engineer who writes well (mother was a PhD in English - could not escape it).
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Last Mile Costs are still the choke point for this. And those are only slightly relaxed in high density urban locations which the USA really has very few. Anywhere else, Last Mile Costs quickly negate advantages if prices matter at all.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
It doesn't actually matter that much. Most likely it came from the same source, because journalism really doesn't exist anymore and 99% of what is labeled as news is actually the product of corporate PR and marketing teams who ar
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Epic Fail. But predictable from people who wrongly believe Bell curves don't exist and that everyone is the same and capable of achieving ANYTHING.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Well, fossil works and is known. Green will NOT WORK because of thermodynamics, inherent features and losses and the economic impacts of that. The only way is if EVERYONE accepts moving back to an 18th century quality of life. That'
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Depends on the transistor technology you are using. It's possible to create bipolar NORs as compactly as CMOS NANDs.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
That's exactly the thing - individually there's deniability. But taken in toto, the circumstantial evidence of lab leak is stunning and obvious. It's even quickly entering "it was designed as a bioweapon but 'prob
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Well, it's interesting but not "game interesting" - because doing this quickly becomes a full-time job. On the other hand, people already prone to enjoying it as a job will probably love it.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
When you outsource everything about the product (R&D, manufacturing, distribution, etc.) there's pretty much zero chance you are going to plan and design the product matched to ANY market or its needs. That's what the real pro
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The only way to win in financial markets is to NEVER PLAY! I was 100% out after 2008 (I saw it coming; I saw the Dot Com crash coming - I finally realized the entire system is utterly corrupt and only "the house" wins - you are NO
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Lol. These people usually have zero knowledge outside of a very narrow area. They may know physics-based nanotech but they know nothing about biological system. They may know the latter but nothing of the fromer. It's a religious cul
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Centralization also reduces redundancy which is essential to system reliability - a centralized system always ends up less reliable because there's more chance of single-point failure that cascades to all parts of the system quickly.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Honestly I think there's an aspect of "dark" to the internet now - basically how Tinder works.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
A brilliant derivation of the thermodynamic realities of CO2 scrubbing. So much magical thinking exists about this! Of course, it takes millions of years for plants to do it, bit by bit but because humans can't think in such scales, t
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
No. The PCR tests are equally sensitive to influenza A and B, common cold coronaviruses, adenoviruses and rhinoviruses. THAT'S how "influenza disappeared" - i.e. it didn't at all. It's that the "COVID PCR&quot
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Simple answer: don't incorporate in California and if they try to extend this to any business doing business in California, stop doing business in California. The answer is to Go Galt!
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The medical parts are correct. Nothing to debunk.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
This is NOT new. This type of processing was being used in guidance systems of missiles in the 1980s.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
That's also why I prefer physical retail to Amazon: discovery. Especially for "engineering" components or systems. A physical electronics shop with bins of components is FAR SUPERIOR to finding both new and correct components
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The Mini and BMW dealers near me are the same and use the same service shop.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Probably New York State's model is required: 1. Spectrum/Viacom contracts with NYS to install internet for all rural NYS citizens 2. Spectrum/Viacom committed Über-Fraud by taking the money and running while making only &quot
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Most cholesterol in the body IS synthesized de novo. This is biochem 101. Cholesterol is essential for the brain. But it's also essential for muscle function.
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
The fat bad and cholesterol bad is also based on "linear thinking" - the problem is metabolic systems are decidedly nonlinear and have feedback loops which is 100% incompatible with linear system modeling. One of the major reasons
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Ah, no. NO scientist is qualified to make claims about what can be ENGINEERED "at scale". ANYTIME you see a scientist or research lab or academic lab make such a claim, the first truth and first thought should be "Bullshit!&
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Almost certainly an FBI-planned and directed "conspiracy".
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Basically the Dell XPS laptop SO BADLY DESIGNED it can not handle the excess heat of being put into a standard, used-by-everyone laptop bag!! I would assume they just laid out the standard "Example Design" without any thermal desi
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Most clothe seats are synthetic fiber based on oil and nat gas. Like 99.99% of car interiors are synthetic. Because they are cheaper and more fire resistant. So if you worry about plastic pollution in the oceans et al. you should not want
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by xyzzy21 5y ago
Because if you eat beef, you have cow skin also. And cow bones. And cow entrails. And you have two choices of what to do with it: make leather with the skin or throw it into a landfill. I'm 100% OK with leather for shoes, chairs, wall
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Absolutely true. This is how viral evolution works.
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Actually it is. Automation in the industry is already near 90% of activities. Labor costs are NOT the biggest part of running a fab. Most people on a fab floor are people repairing or adjusting the equipment. Everything else is 100% rob

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