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nixonpjoshua

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About nixonpjoshua

Founder of Prime Roots - primeroots.com

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    Comment #49264290

    Hopefully now that AI provides quick answers, web search can go back to providing and respecting boolean and more advanced techniques. If web search is no longer the go to tool for…

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    Comment #49251504

    Are you sure the lack of advertising isn't long term feasible? It seems to me that AI models have proven themselves to be something consumers ARE willing to pay a subscription - or…

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    Comment #46282525

    I agree EREVs make a lot of sense, electric first but not requiring a full commitment, especially for a truck that sometimes has to do things like towing. https://insideevs.com/new…

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    Comment #46282393

    I am reminded of how space exploration has come largely before deep ocean exploration, seems like a human bias. Putting data centers under water makes way way more sense than into …

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    Comment #46213433

    I don't think it will be possible to make wireless earbuds or a ring with replaceable batteries without seriously compromising the ergonomics of fitting onto or into the human body…

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    Comment #45438939

    The diagnostic criteria and symptoms have substantial overlap, ultimately everything in the DSM is a descriptive diagnosis not based on a mechanistic understanding of neurobiology …

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    Comment #45143765

    https://www.xreal.com/us/ https://global.rokid.com/ Both of these companies make exactly that. I have Rokid Max, can't comment on the quality for the Xreal

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    Comment #43297597

    I can second this, after getting PRK I ended up slightly farsighted after being majorly nearsighted, I did a intermediate pupillary distance between my distance PD and near PD and …

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    Comment #43098000

    good one haha, the properly scary part of the other nuclear arms race is fusion too even!

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    Comment #42893609

    I haven't had quotations work for me in search in years now, it's really sad how boolean operators have stopped working too. I find it particularly difficult to search for "non lat…

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    Comment #41814205

    I would guess it has more to do with the serotonin, Atomoxetine has small S activity and large N activity and relatively it can be discontinued much easier than any of these other …

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    Comment #40514710

    This is actually the thing I am most excited about with the prospect of self-driving, the biggest way car-centric infrastructure ruins cities is by parking requirements. Unfortunat…

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    Comment #39625913

    I think people forget that Tesla is an US company sometimes... that being said, adoption in the US is probably going to be slowed by cheap gas compared to Europe or Asia

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    Comment #35559729

    This works so long as the company giving raises is successful vs the broader economy - however in the process of "creative destruction" in the economy a lot of what drives growth i…

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    Comment #35147864

    That really isn't the same product, as I understand this is an HRV combined with heat pump system where they are software integrated to PID controls that optimize the level of fres…

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    Comment #34346175

    I think this is why this application is a military helicopter part where weight savings are at a premium and budgets are not.

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    Comment #32654408

    Also #1309 Naval Ravikant

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    Comment #32586214

    The Outlook web interface is substantially better than the desktop app at this point for UX

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    Comment #32349020

    it was in 1918 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haber_process

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    Comment #32097902

    If too expensive to clear the land currently and so currently it doesn't get done, the economic value could be at least slightly improved by logging the area for the wood if it is …

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    Comment #31685661

    Perhaps military style reactors designed for propulsion loads would be a good match for balancing renewables on the grid as an alternative to natural gas peaker plants

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    Comment #31551939

    The problem with prop 65 is that the warning gives no detail to the level of risk or even type of risk, lead is labeled the same as coffee

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    Comment #30927393

    furthermore you could prevent the heat death of the universe :)

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    Comment #30727991

    I always assumed that the recommendations are based on what people save to pocket or even save to pocket, and so the bias towards HN/reddit I figured was due to an overrepresentati…

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    Comment #25154422

    I think to allow small business and startups to flourish. It is important to not subject all companies to the reporting requirements of public companies, smaller organizations just…