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by ynniv 9y ago
The 2008 Roadster had a nominal curb weight of 1,305kg. Remove the 450kg battery and it should be 855kg, much less than the "~1,250kg" mass reported by NASA.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Fastest production car ever built.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Does there need to be even more documentation of tax avoidance and money laundering schemes for us to realize that no one is going to renounce their citizenship over taxes?
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by ynniv 9y ago
Nope. New tools have a lower expected lifespan (due to survivor bias) and less proven value. I love new tech, but a LAMP website will last forever.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Step 1: Solve the problem with the most mature technology that is commonly used for that problem Step 2: Fight the urge to use something newer
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by ynniv 9y ago
Atlanta has an extensive deployment of fixed license plate readers which has gone mostly unnoticed. I think this falls into the categories of either not knowing or not caring, and I expect that to continue until there is a publicized misuse
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by ynniv 9y ago
It was funded through 2024 and Trump cut its funding to 2025? This guy has a hard time accomplishing his goals.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Woah... my day is made. Taco Bell, the American fast food chain, announced Monday that it will give every American a free taco if a piece of Mir strikes a 40 x 40 foot floating target off the coast of Australia labeled "Free Taco Here
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by ynniv 9y ago
This would be better if it was bigger, and stayed in orbit longer, and ... had people on it, and represented international cooperation of a species dreaming of a future among the stars!
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by ynniv 9y ago
We ended the toll on 400 because it reduced the throughput of the highway, and we're all paying through our taxes anyway.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Only for the last 20 years - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_busiest_airports
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by ynniv 9y ago
Only the more expensive ones (Chicago, DC, NYC, and Boston), and Philadelphia. If transit is important, Atlanta is actually in a better position than the closer competition (Austin or Raleigh).
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by ynniv 9y ago
If you haven't seen it, Musk was quoting a great scene in Mel Brook's Spaceballs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgRFQJCHcPw#t=36
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by ynniv 9y ago
Engineering is not science, and anyone who has conducted scientific experiments would know that science isn't usually beneficial to the test subjects.
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by ynniv 9y ago
GMO produce fetches about the same market price, and is produced at about the same efficiency as modern non-GMO produce, so I also can't appreciate the "benefits". [ https://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/3
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by ynniv 9y ago
"Hacking" involves subverting authentication systems, which is a type of fraud. When there is no authentication system there can be no "hacking", and the CFAA should not be applicable. The data itself isn't LinkedIn
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by ynniv 9y ago
When a server sends you a response you aren't taking something, you are being given something. If the server thought you shouldn't have it, it wouldn't give it to you. How can you say that hiQ isn't allowed to have this,
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by ynniv 9y ago
There are some states with specific rules for personal residence, but it's inconsistent.
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by ynniv 9y ago
No, you just think it is. The intruder must be there to commit a further crime, usually a violent one. An intruder must be making (or have made) an attempt to unlawfully or forcibly enter an occupied residence, business, or vehic
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by ynniv 9y ago
It is legal until you inform them they are trespassing and ask them to leave.
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by ynniv 9y ago
And when hiQ shows up looking homeless and accepts the gift of coffee, they are committing a crime?
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by ynniv 9y ago
Access that does not require authentication should never be a crime. If LinkedIn wants the courts to intervene, they must require authentication for their data. If they also want Google to scrape their site, they must require Googlebot to a
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by ynniv 9y ago
Google, Bing, etc are also scraping their site, and I see no cease and desist order there. Make Googlebot authenticate itself, or admit the data is publicly accessible.
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by ynniv 9y ago
Trespass is not illegal until the owner informs you that you are not wanted. Private information that has accidentally been made public is like an unmarked field. It may be private, it may be public, but until the owner takes specific actio
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by ynniv 9y ago
Sometimes* the best way to learn things is to do them, a lot. - Graduate of the North Avenue Trade School (* Most times)
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by ynniv 9y ago
"Hey grandma, run this and click Ok. Nevermind, just let me see it for a minute." Don't be a ridiculous strawman, everyone has friends or family they trust that are better aligned to their cause than multinational hardware ve
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by ynniv 9y ago
The core problem with trusted computing is that users are never allowed to install their own root certificate. My grandmother should be able to install a root that someone she trusts controls, which will include but not be limited to the OS
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by ynniv 9y ago
Yes, but (1) our nursery doesn't have a sink and our sink doesn't have room for baby things, and (2) holding a squirming baby over a bidet doesn't sound less messy to me. There's a lot of potential in the space, but th
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by ynniv 9y ago
Flood zones are meticulously mapped, and owning a property in them usually requires Federally mandated flood insurance. [ http://www.harriscountyfemt.org/ ]
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by ynniv 9y ago
The whole point of this article appears to be fluff.

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