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nsvd··on Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Won't they become unusable when it rains?
nsvd··on India's biggest tech centers named as cyber crime hotspots
The term has become a political dog whistle recently.
nsvd··on Are cooking videos making us better cooks?
Cooking one meal should not take all day in most cases. I cook myself dinner every night and it usually takes an hour or two, plus clean-up time.
nsvd··on The one-handed backhand is on the way to extinction
I'd be interested to see a tennis variant where rackets with LESS grip were used.
nsvd··on Toyota to restart Japan production on Wednesday after system failure
With regards to the cupholder, it's possible that Toyota is re-using parts from other vehicles which do have a third row, to bring down costs on the assembly line. Pure speculation on my part.
nsvd··on She paid husband's hospital bill. A year after his death, they wanted more money
Do you really not understand? Powerful people are making tons of money at the expense of everyone else. Isn't that how the system is designed? What's confusing about it?
nsvd··on Proof-of-Work Defense for Onion Services
Of course, this wouldn't work if you don't trust Intel, AMD, etc's certificate, and I don't see why you would in this application.
nsvd··on Ask vs. Guess Culture
> If we had it, it'd be here.

Isn't this just the standard response when the clerk is not sure? Bring you to the relevant section and let you look for yourself.

nsvd··on Azure ChatGPT: Private and secure ChatGPT for internal enterprise use
If this happens, we certainly won't be the first to know.
nsvd··on Judge denies HP's plea to throw out all-in-one printer lockdown lawsuit
I print a lot of bank documents etc for archival purposes.

Also, I'm surprised that your inkjet printer works well with you printing infrequently. Usually the nozzles will clog up or dry out over time if not used.

nsvd··on Feral desert donkeys are digging wells, giving water to parched wildlife (2021)
Sure, but it doesn't change the fact that the population really does need to be culled.
nsvd··on Zero Motorcycles makes its service manuals free
If they was true, they could stipulate that enabling full range would void the warranty. This is obviously a cash grab.
nsvd··on Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’
Anecdotally - I bought my car for $7,000 cash, about four years ago. I guess that's about $1,500 a year plus gas and maintenance.
nsvd··on Ask HN: Why does Firefox have such a low market share anyways?
Don't you need capital you can burn to be in a growth phase, like a startup would be?
nsvd··on Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983
The tuition for my university (state school) is about $7,000 per year which is coincidentally close to the maximum you can receive through the pell grant.
nsvd··on Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983
My first credit card was a $200 secured card. They offered me a real card after about 6 months of usage.

This was about 5 years ago.

nsvd··on Tuition costs have risen 710% since 1983
That's a popular opinion, but how do you quantitatively prove it? While the formal education of a population may correlate with wealth, I think it would be harder to prove a causal link.
nsvd··on Microsoft workers protest 'landmark year' CEO memo following pay freeze
Maybe poor isn't the right word, but I certainly don't think they're rich enough to defend their self-interests, in this case their earning potential.
nsvd··on Microsoft workers protest 'landmark year' CEO memo following pay freeze
Software workers are starting to experience a reality that other professions have been feeling for a long while. Market downturns benefit the rich at the expense of the poor.
nsvd··on Illinois prohibits weapons, facial recognition on police drones
Surely a human can detect the gaze of another human when they see that human looking at them.
nsvd··on Pricing Money: A beginner's guide to money, bonds, futures and swaps
I don't think it's the case that finance is over produced. If it were, then the value of financial services would drop.

Rather, because the gain produced by financial instruments is proportional to the wealth someone has, the returns of finance disproportionately benefit those with large amounts of wealth. One man can only make so much plumbing or being a mechanic, but can make an arbitrary about by investing in ETFs.

In other words, if the financial sector was largely a collection of small businesses run by middle class people, no one would think it was a problem that they make money. That would be great! But in reality it's a smaller amount of companies and smaller amount of wealthy people that benefit from it.

That problem isn't unique to finance, it affects many parts of our society.

nsvd··on Getting to know the right people (2022)
As a surveyor, every builder I've dealt with has been sketchy. There are similar incentives with used car salesman, etc.

Good luck.

nsvd··on The Guardian bans all gambling advertising
Addiction is hard to understand unless you're yourself an addict. Especially on an emotional level.
nsvd··on Moving fast with the core Vim motions
Why not just use visual mode to see what you're selecting?
nsvd··on Fark redesign is now live (2007)
Reddit isn't the only forum on the Internet. This one for example. Think about it like this, there are thousands of sites run for free by people who are passionate about certain communities or hobbies. This is what Reddit has tried to compete with, and it seems to be an uphill battle.
nsvd··on Bard is getting better at logic and reasoning
You already can run a local llama instance on a high-end graphics card (6+ GB VRAM).
nsvd··on How to quit cars
I also have the cheapest limited liability insurance money will buy. It's a cost-benefit gamble I'm willing to take.
nsvd··on China plans to ban exports of rare earth magnet tech
Or, maybe, it'll lead to the end of it.
nsvd··on Teen-age fentanyl deaths in a Texas county
Narcan will be available OTC in the US starting later this year.

https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-appr...

nsvd··on New health insurance “transparency data” looks suspiciously wrong
They squeezed out most of the cost and gave the profits to healthcare administrators. Why did you think those savings would be delivered to the consumer (you)?

American healthcare not a free market.

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