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Nick87633··on How deep is the rot in America’s banking industry?
I think the outrage would be for/at all the -other- bankers who made the same poor decisions but now still get to keep their bonuses and jobs due to the new Fed Backstop lending. SVB lost their pound of flesh but the rest (or most) are getting a free pass. We still have to see how the first republic bank run plays out... but according to some other comments which I can't find right now, there are more than just these two banks which have heavily exposed themselves to rate risk.
Nick87633··on Scheele’s Green, the Color of Fake Foliage and Death (2018)
I'd buy you a green dress. But not a real green dress, that's cruel!
Nick87633··on A treasury of Zork maps
Just started playing a few days ago... I've been able to draw out most of it as planar 'areas' with curved arrows for paths. Even for some of the easier 'maze' type areas it works, but I'm about to cave in and build an adjacency matrix for one of the difficult areas. (pun not intended?)
Nick87633··on Grayscale on 1-bit LCDs (2022)
This sounds really interesting. Can you share some screenshots for us to see?
Nick87633··on ‘Breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers
Less cognitive load... every meal -> "will the extra serving of chicken push me over my limit?" versus "it's tuesday, no food today." "it's wednesday. Dinner time."
Nick87633··on The B-52 was designed in a hotel room over one weekend
A linear superposition of two or three V6 engines!
Nick87633··on The sudden silencing of Guantanamo's artists
When can we finally close this farce.
Nick87633··on Ask HN: Contractors, what is your hourly rate?
Does that mean you bid a fixed price?
Nick87633··on Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedal-cyclist injury severity
Bobby That is a consideration I hadn't thought of... I always take the full lane unless there is a dedicated bike lane.
Nick87633··on Effects of large vehicles on pedestrian and pedal-cyclist injury severity
I've never seen a Camry roll coal on a bicyclist but I've seen it half a dozen times by pickup truck drivers
Nick87633··on The History of Microsoft Flight Simulator
I loved flying the Learjet out of Meigs at night.
Nick87633··on Research shows circadian clock influences metabolism, cell and tumor growth
I know nothing about being blind, but maybe there is some confounding lifestyle factor for blind people.
Nick87633··on Asus put out like 40 models of a laptop called the “Eee PC” (2021)
If only my Dell could figure out how to transition out of a low power state and hand over control to the OS within 30 seconds.
Nick87633··on Notre Dame rises again
Probably a lot of early 20th century homes in towns around the US will be 'preserved' for a long time as it's become too expensive to tear down and build new homes for most buyers. People say that European homes last a long time because they are timber and stucco, but make teardowns expensive enough and with enough permitting issues, any town in a desirable location can be preserved indefinitely!
Nick87633··on Mechanics invent an axle that can achieve steering angles of up to 80 degrees
>Center of Gravity lower than the >axle, giving it zero body roll >when cornering

That's not exactly how it works, the center of gravity should match up with the kinematic roll center of the axle linkage for there to be zero rolling moment.

Nick87633··on Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minute from $100 to $1k
Talk about a chilling effect, lawyers silencing anonymous online message boards.
Nick87633··on Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minute from $100 to $1k
I was banned from Turo with no reason given like 10 years ago. No way to contact anybody. Fuck internet companies.
Nick87633··on Airbnb will up its penalty for hosts who cancel last-minute from $100 to $1k
Please name the names so we can avoid your fate
Nick87633··on The true costs of inflation in small-town Texas
Seems like correlation more than causation. There could be plenty of money available but fearful people do not want to spend it.
Nick87633··on Myths about construction
John needs to watch YouTube to learn how to use a framing square to layout his stair stringers and how to pack wood shavings into a screw hole to reset it.
Nick87633··on Cooling related failure (in Google London DC)
Most people only have single phase power here in the US with +120 and -120 legs separated by 180 degrees angle. The power company steps the voltage down from a single phase on the distribution wires. Circuit breaker panels are set up with alternating legs so that the neutral current is approximately balanced whether you fill up the panel on one side first or from top down.
Nick87633··on Do Infinite Pencils Exist?
That's easy, one piece of wood! A right triangle 1 meter long
Nick87633··on U.S. successfully flight-tests Raytheon hypersonic weapon
This reads a lot like propaganda unless you bring in some sources and numbers
Nick87633··on Large-scale ‘sand battery’ goes online in Finland
I wash my hands with the cool water that initially comes out?
Nick87633··on Absurd Trolley Problems
I think the alternate is to not try to be a railroad operator in an emergency when you might make the emergency worse or take on huge liability.

If you are a professional trolley network controller then you have the judgement and the duty to operate/not operate the lever. I think that few people would question the ethics of a professional operator flipping the switch to save the most people.

Nick87633··on Is the Ride over for Uber?
I would guess that restaurants would get bigger checks on higher margin (less effort to cook) items in-person due to drinks and appetizers.
Nick87633··on No Refrigerant Left Behind
And yet people have no issues running natural gas pipes in walls and operating gas cooktops indoors. Bureaucracy gonna bureaucrat.
Nick87633··on Basement Fertility
Lost me at "people who want quiet, privacy, and lots of kids". Haha
Nick87633··on Goldman Raising $2B to Buy Distressed Celsius Assets
So you are referring to a future, bigger crash outside of the current year?
Nick87633··on TerraUSD crash led to vanished savings, shattered dreams
Or like governments issuing bonds in foreign denominations.
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