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As I understand it redshifting is due to the doppler effect, whose formula only depends on the relative speed between the observer and the sender. However, it also seems like due t…

Here is a pie chart (globally) from epa.gov: https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2016-05/global_em...

Thank you for seeing the question for what it is. Genuinely was wondering if there are good alternatives to controlled burns. If not then of course controlled burns are significant…

Since burning releases CO2 into the atmosphere, are there alternatives to burning? Maybe it's difficult to do something with the vast amount of dry wood/plants, even if one manages…

Reading that the virus is stable in the air for 3h, you would think that the R0 would be closer to measles, i.e. ~18 instead of ~2. Any ideas why this is not the case?

I wonder if they use Palantir software for the analysis?

They regularly give Fentanyl to pregnant women during labor. We know some of it crosses the placenta and enters the baby. Does anyone know why this is OK?

If you decide to retire early (say 50), before medicare kicks in (at 65), then you are on the hook to buy insurance yourself. That's maybe the difference between US and Europe that…

Is there a list of Bay Area local politicians voting record/views on housing? Seems like a good first step in terms of organizing to vote for people that are pro building.

The thought provoking contrast presented in the article is camera derived sparse maps with lane lines, road edges, signs etc. vs lidar derived dense detailed models of the whole en…

Is there a link to the talk?

I have called a couple of times and at bare minimum they asked me the zip code I am calling from. Cold logic would dictate that if you are calling from a zip code outside their vot…

Advice from a high-level staffer for a Senator: There are two things that everyone concerned should be doing all the time right now, and they're by far the most important things. Y…

Why not release an older tax return that is not under audit? How many years returns are under audit?

Grandma can get a reverse mortgage on her $3M house and pay the property taxes.

For C/C++ RTags ( https://github.com/Andersbakken/rtags ) together with company-mode and fly-check can do jump-to-definition, auto-completion and on-the-fly-syntax-checking. Super …

That was definitely interesting to listen to. Recommend it to others reading this thread. I have personally never met anyone being that passionately dismissive of people working at…

No, it's not. This is their website: http://faradayfuture.com/

Both of these laws are designed to benefit people who moved here long time ago and make it economically harder for new people to move here. Whether they are landlords, renters or h…

It seems like green card holders, who in some cities can vote in local elections, can not vote in SF.

Are you seeing a rise in layoffs in the Bay Area as of lately? I'm aware of at least Cisco, eBay, Microsoft and NetApp. Any thoughts on how this might affect the extremely high hou…

I remember a few years ago I saw a 7000 acre piece of land in eastern CA for sale. The price tag was $7M. How hard do you guys think it would be to convince a good group of people …

Inspired by this comment I actually spent 30min looking on Redfin. Most of the coastal land I found is listed for around $1-2M (for ~1 acre), from SF area down to LA. Check it out!…

I can't agree with this more. Anyone know when houses started to function as an investment? How far back does this go? How tied is this to the business model of banks?