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by zizee 4y ago
I'm not sure the definition of lockdown, but it appeared effective in Australia, New Zealand, and Taiwan.
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From what I understand, when someone takes out a loan, a bank doesn't lend out depositors' money. Instead money is "created" by the bank (on behalf of the fed), and the bank needs to pay the fed interest. The bank also n
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by zizee 4y ago
It's a movie reference. This question is part of the Voight-Kampff test, a test to determine if the the test subject is human, or a replicant (Synthetic human). It appears in the movie Bladerunner. (I can't remember if it is also
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> what it believes the requirements are It will have to describe these requirements in a way that a human can understand, and verify. The language will have to be unambiguous and structured. A human will need to be able to read that lang
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> I'd much rather governments ban net-positive carbon emissions by the major offenders entirely and force all further major offenders to shut down, but that doesn't make our government officials rich does it? What do you think
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They don't have a choice to eat more plant based protein? They don't have a choice to drive smaller cars? I get that change needs to happen at government/ industry levels to see the level of change required, but individuals c
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by zizee 4y ago
Seconded.
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Ask HN: Is React a good idea for simple web forms?
4 points by zizee 4y ago|3 comments
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by zizee 4y ago
Sure, if you can somehow get all producers on board, that would be the simplest. If you cannot get all producers to play by the same rules, you are going to have to examine the consumption side as well. So far the nations of the world have
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by zizee 4y ago
Bullshit. The Australian example best demonstrates that selling off production and networks to private companies, whilst trying to create an artificial market that constrains a monopoly chokehold on a product with inelastic demand is very d
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> Perhaps they're going to use those instead of all the rare earth complexity that is photovoltaics. Photovoltaics (aka Solar panels) do not use a lot of rare earth materials. From one of the links below: > Unlike the wind power
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by zizee 4y ago
Coal consumption will not go down if Australia stops exporting coal. It's a fungible commodity. Whoever uses Australia coal would just move to another source if prices are increased to pay for the unreleased carbon. If you cannot ensur
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by zizee 4y ago
Both of you have good points. The world needs cheap energy to function. Renewables are becoming more capable by the day, and can/will be that source of cheap reliable energy. But the transition is not going to be instantaneous. If rene
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> No, depriving people of energe now is only a temporary inconvenience. Wow. This is so incredibly out of touch. The world consists of more than just wealthy people driving large cars, living in large houses, flying for vacation and work
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It was terribly dangerous to let your thoughts wander when you were in any public place or within range of a telescreen. The smallest thing could give you away. A nervous tic, an unconscious look of anxiety, a habit of muttering to yourself
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by zizee 4y ago
I don't know the answer to that, but I can say that you and I are likely to be long gone before any explosion in biodiversity will occur. It won't happen for many tens of thousands of years (probably many millions). People often s
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by zizee 4y ago
I'm not an expert, this is not expert advice. AFAIK Trademarks are not automatically an international thing. A business would need to make an effort to register in multiple countries. Trademarks are also not all industries, all at once
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I was just looking at energy consumption per km travelled, and used this as a source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_efficiency_in_transpo... It's important to note that I'm just talking about an aver
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by zizee 4y ago
I think it is interesting that per km travelled, it is actually more energy efficient to travel by plane, than by car. This is mostly because most people tend to drive solo, so they are moving around a lot of vehicle for just a single passe
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by zizee 4y ago
Oh right, sorry! Ironically I misunderstood what you were saying :facepalm:
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Could you just match-up players to similarly skilled opponents? I'm not a player, but I assume people access Dota using the same account each time they play? Their win/loss record should produce a decent "skill" ranking.
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by zizee 4y ago
This is not what the grandparent is saying. The typical situation is not that people are forced to do the work. We're not talking about slavery* here. They are doing it because they see it as their "best option". By stopping
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by zizee 4y ago
How long until people start recieving voicemails from scammers in their boss's voice? How long until we can filter voices in real time to convert anyone to sound like anyone else? Video is also not that far away. Will I be able to send
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by zizee 4y ago
I watched to again just a couple of nights ago. It still holds up! What a great cast. When I watched the "voice is my passport" sequence, I still enjoyed it, but I immediately thought of our recent ability to mimic a voice speakin
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On one hand, I want to say that good story is a good story, it shouldn't matter how it was authored. On the other hand, I think people should have the right to know the origin of the info. We do it with the food we consume, perhaps we
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Yes, the effect of the DDOS is the increase in cost to the review step in their curation process. At the risk of stating the obvious: If costs go up, they really only have four ways to react: * find a way to reduce those costs (e.g. automat
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Is the problem that they don't want AI generated stories? Or that AI generated stories are increasing the costs of their curating? A publishers entire value add is curation of content for their readers, and possibly increased exposure&
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Perhaps a high speed drone could do this. The trick would be to deploy something like this safely. That said, I'm not looking forward to the day where drones and AI are part of the standard kit used by police forces. The ability to che
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It's an often (deliberately?) overlooked aspect of nuclear waste discussions. People will loudly say "radioactive waste needs to be stored for thousands of years", and "you go near some radioactive waste, you will surely
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> If this were in the US or UK, Perry would likely be hated for whatever and his statue torn down I'm not much of a history buff, but the UK has been subject to invasions/colonialism multiple tines in tbeir history, and there a

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