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abc_lisper··on California lawmakers vote to keep Diablo Canyon online
Yeah.. they have to be in Hawaii..
abc_lisper··on California lawmakers vote to keep Diablo Canyon online
Nuclear is way more expensive than other renewables and even gas. It takes a long time to build too. What no one seems to be exploring is creating a world wide array of solar panels so that everyone has power when they need it. Atleast US, Africa, India and Europe could do it together.

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-energy-nuclearpower-idUSK...

Edit: Hell, US alone could do and get over peak demand in the evenings by having panel array spread all over the country.

abc_lisper··on California Declares Grid Emergency
Yeah, having lived in third world and now living in California, I can tell this is BS. Third world electricity is having power cuts daily in small towns(not less populated, by the way), and probably weekly in cities. I rarely had a power cut in California in the last decade. If it did, it was less than 15 minutes in all.
abc_lisper··on Mammals Won the Dinosaurs' World
Bird species outnumber mammals by more than 2 to 1. I think we have a inbuilt sampling bias for mammals, because that's what we interact with more. There are no living birds that prey on humans or eye-catchingly big ones, that may also explain the bias. Dinosaurs have never left or went extinct. It is more like all big animals(birds and sea dwelling creatures included) died during last mass extinction. A lot of small ones (less than 35lb, by one estimate) did make through.
abc_lisper··on Reading fast, reading well, and reading widely (2020)
Yeah, I have actually read that book. But he doesn’t say you can learn a lot by reading like this. In fact he says that a book should be read twice, second time soon after finishing it the first time.
abc_lisper··on Reading fast, reading well, and reading widely (2020)
This is very surprising to me. Can you tell more about your method and a couple of books you read like this and what you learnt from them.
abc_lisper··on Ask HN: Who acquires big macOS apps?
Agree, generally. But LOC depends on the language. 13k lines in Clojure can make almost anything.
abc_lisper··on Ask HN: Does Google employ better software engineers than Apple?
Clickbait and poor understanding of how things work imo. While Apple chips are faster they are also paired with less memory, not to mention the programs are written in different languages using varying frameworks . Apples vs oranges lol.

That this boils to engineer capability for you tells me you are young and inexperienced.

abc_lisper··on H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
They also make choices and compromises people in US don't. Every interaction in India is loaded with suspicion. Dishonesty is the baseline. Disrespect is the norm. Xenophobia is common. Insecurity is the guiding North Star. Entitlement is prevalent. Hard work is looked down. Rules are for fools and loyalty (however earned/enforced) is everything. I love my country, but those are the facts.
abc_lisper··on H1B rejected – builds unicorn back home
That's the thing with all the interesting stories though. I'm in no way criticizing you, just thought about this for a while. If we let ourselves guided by interesting(and thus rare) stories, we are obviously setting ourselves for failure, because that's not playing the game that needs to be played.
abc_lisper··on Price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th
Tesla cars do depth tracking with cameras. How else does it know to slow down when the car infront of it stops?
abc_lisper··on Price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th
Yeah, can’t argue against that. Tesla may not be for everyone, but it’s a damn fine commuter car just because of autopilot.
abc_lisper··on Price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th
Idk why people preach this a gospel. There are billions of living things, some of which ( peregrine falcon, cheetah etc)do high way speeds and do fine relying on optics. The only animals that rely on sonar are those that live in the dark. There are insects with pea brains which rely on vision. I’m not saying it is proof that only vision works, but to argue against it requires more than platitudes.
abc_lisper··on Price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th
If phantom braking is reproducible, ie it happens at the same place and time(because sun angle) you should report it to Tesla. Or post a YouTube and link on Twitter. In 15k miles of mostly autopilot, I have had phantom brake happen once or twice. I’m in the Bay Area. It happened when it couldn’t tell wether the shadow of over cross bridge from a physical object. What is your experience?
abc_lisper··on Price of FSD will rise to $15k in North America on September 5th
Rent it for a few days and you will see
abc_lisper··on The Jank Language: LLVM Hosted Clojure
How is that. I thought GC pressure was less of a issue after transducers came into being. Are there benchmark/measurements on memory churn?
abc_lisper··on The value of owning more books than you can read (2018)
This is the thing I miss most with a kindle. The flipping of pages, random seek to a approximate page etc. It is very useful to look back at headings, sections and figures.
abc_lisper··on Man overcharged 20 rupees for India train ticket wins 22-year legal battle
Hear you! This sort of unprincipled pragmatism, that overlooks any long term benefit over short term inconvenience is pretty much how things are done in India.
abc_lisper··on Apple Reports Third Quarter Results
You may have to look at replacing your router. Because AirPlay works over WiFi, if the router is unable to keep up you will end up having a bad experience
abc_lisper··on Mullvad is now available on Amazon
Unless, the card has a visible QR/bar code that is 1 to 1 with the hidden code. Then we are f*ed. Not mentioning this a criticism, I like Mullvad, bought this card a couple of days ago and thought about that case when buying it.
abc_lisper··on To hook diners, an invasive species of carp gets a new name
Lol. We are good at it. Pretty sure if a species of dinosaurs made it until now on an island, we would have wiped it off.
abc_lisper··on Paper Airplane Designs (2013)
What I came to say. Reading the first line I figured this is an Indian ;)
abc_lisper··on Deepest infrared image of universe
So where are those galaxies? Are they not visible in infrared? Or has light bent so much that those galaxies are not visible?
abc_lisper··on Notice of termination of Twitter merger agreement
> The more competent the plan and execution need to be, the less likely it is to be a conspiracy.

That’s a great point. Thank you :)

abc_lisper··on Ask HN: Have you ever worked under an abusive boss?
Yes, I did. I wish I didn't. If it wasn't financially constraining, I would have left that job sooner. The emotional damage lasts, though its dependent on the person. Run before it hurts your pride and confidence.
abc_lisper··on I don't care how you web dev; I just need more better web apps
This is a wonderful comment! There is missing descriptions of things, the quality, the metrics to use when describing such things and we, the users of those said tools end up spending a lot of time going through bad documentation and learning things by practice. For a trade that pushes the digital frontier to everything it touches, the learning is surprisingly analog.
abc_lisper··on Ask HN: Can competitors catch up to Apple Silicon?
Excellent answer. I learnt something today!
abc_lisper··on Psilocybin microdosers demonstrate improvements in mood and mental health
You are right. Ignore the naysayers. They are the worst kinda right. It is not known what effect you will have with these compounds, wether they are safe in all situations, cause unknown perception risks, not to mention health risks
abc_lisper··on V 0.3
If it works, devs can move to a safer language for future development of the project. Anyways, code as a sacred artifact perspective needs to go - by that I mean, having tools to modify/convert and answer questions about code much more easily. May be with AI that would finally be possible.
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https://www.wsj.com/graphics/are-electric-cars-really-better...
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