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I don’t have any particular insights, but I’m curious to learn the antitrust implications of how the execs can/cannot coordinate.

> What happens in a court case when this occurs? Does the receiving party get to review and use the redacted information (assuming it’s not gagged by other means) or do they have t…

"We have documented cases of humans leading normal lives with little to no brain beyond a cerebellum" -- I take this to mean that these are humans that have a cerebellum but not mu…

I haven’t heard of Galtonism. From my experience as the colorblind child of native Russian speakers, it’s Daltonism (дальтони́зм). https://en.openrussian.org/en/colour-blind

Lots of cars have mechanical latches that automatically lock when driving over 10mph. I’ve heard a lot of complaints about the safety of non-mechanical doors. But are these auto-lo…

I've seen such features on business accounts (Wells Fargo ACH Fraud Filter, JPMorgan ACH Debit Block, etc). What bank allows that on a consumer account?

Probably coincidentally, in a blog post today, Cloudflare announced clientless, browser-based support for RDP. It seems they're using IronRDP under the hood. https://blog.cloudflar…

I wonder if Cards Against Humanity bid against them.

Depending on the specifics, you might be able to add socat in the middle. Instead of: your_app —> server you’d have: your_app -> localhost_socat -> server socat has command line op…

Look up vagal maneuvers. Used by a subset of tachycardia patients to reset to a typical heartbeat. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vagal_maneuver

Perhaps a stack of these could be useful as a volumetric display?

The Bug Bite Thing seems to have a similar miraculous effect for my family. I was initially skeptical, but it works surprisingly well. Also, no need to fiddle with batteries.

SoundHound is a credible alternative.

I use palindromes. Easy to check and will catch extra dollars added.

Seems like the article is addressing two orthogonal issues — home insulation and heat pumps. They are suggesting that heat pumps depend on improved home insulation. Why? Is the ide…

Amusingly, Alex Gerko offered the hams some cash to fund their lawsuit. He's the founder and CEO of XTX Markets and supposedly has a net worth of $11b. https://twitter.com/Alexande…

> That won't stop until the tax payer agrees to insulate investors from any losses. What does this mean? Are corporate structures (corporations, LLCs, etc.) insufficient as liabili…

Commoditize Your Complement? https://gwern.net/complement

Try emailing jeff@amazon.com?

The term you’re looking for in the US is “owners representative.”

I’m confused. How is wastewater from endangered animals ending up in the sewage system? Surely they’re not using toilets…

“Burning it efficiently on site” might not be as easy as previously thought. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/29/climate/gas-flaring-clima...

Indeed, but the lock-in potential of passkeys [1] is concerning. [1] https://www.fastcompany.com/90755838/theres-a-big-problem-wi...

Not sure about best practices. But at our small shop, we’ve rigged up our homegrown logging infrastructure to do that automatically by using the C/C++ macros __FILE__, __FUNCTION__…

Aside from blood loss and Polycythemia Vera, what else can cause serum ferritin levels to decrease over time without anemia?