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"Probably"? Even in their defense you felt a need to hedge, and that should tell you something. As another commenter has pointed out, Starlink has admitted that some components mig…

> The starlink satellites are designed to burn up in the atmosphere. How high in the atmosphere, though? They're not likely to hit the ground, sure, but 36,000 feet isn't the groun…

If the light stays red while the "walk" sign is active (usually the case) it's a whole lot less likely that there will actually be a pedestrian there during the turn. There's also …

While it's true that this particular driver probably violated existing law, it's also true that this particular maneuver is inherently mistake-prone. The driver still has to look t…

Maybe, at least some places, it's a vicious cycle. I don't like that phrase generally, but it seems to fit here. More people driving means more vehicle vs. pedestrian contention an…

One possibility might be a combination of the "mostly urban" and "big SUV" factors. To put it another way: where are people driving those larger vehicles. I don't have numbers, but…

Git is not just for saving personal history. It's also, and more importantly, a collaboration tool. Your contex window is no substitute for that, and can't even be relied on to be …

A Bluesky dev has admitted that the "show less/more" items did nothing. It was in the context of supposedly hooking them up to real code at long last, though I've yet to see any pr…

Can you support your claim about tens of thousands of Canadian children on a waiting list for treatment? I'd love to see what kind of sources you (or your hypothetical friend) are …

It's also worth noting that leucovorin is an important drug for counteracting the effects of methotrexate (chemotherapy drug), and this thinly veiled attempt to drive profit for Dr…

There might be a bit of history involved. I'm GenX - very early GenX, at that. I discovered Monster in 2002 IIRC, back when energy drinks really started to take off. (Red Bull is t…

First, network effects. Amazon was able to grow because there wasn't already an Amazon that they'd have to pry users (and sellers) away from. No replacement will have that luxury. …

I was on as many as three on-call rotations for a few years. One had only two people for a while, so I was on every other week. The two things I most remember are: * Arranging my w…

Great points. My own "have to say this every time" is that Waymo only operates within the boundaries of a few cities. Most people's experience of self-driving cars is not with Waym…

"Zero-sum thinker" does not in any way suggest idiocy. It's a term from game theory, for a game where one cannot win without another losing. Neither UBI nor this discussion need to…

Given that they're actively trying to obfuscate their activity (according to Drew's description), identifying and blocking clients seems unlikely to work. I'd be tempted to de-prio…

That's for the whole assembly, obviously . If you were designing for swaps, the BMS and other active components would remain in place and only smaller packs of cells would be swapp…

Demanding that the ABA treat the Imperial Presidency folks the same as normal mostly-law-abiding citizens is affirmative action for despots and criminals. It's "both sides" taken t…

Came here to say basically the same thing. It is possible both that ADHD itself negatively impacts some people and that other people's (especially parents') reactions to ADHD negat…

The US constitution prohibits bills of attainder, i.e. targeted toward specific individuals. The US has also decided that corporations are people, so the concept should apply to th…

Which performative activities, though, for which very small, fickle, and vocal portion of the population? Have you seen Musk's or Zuck's antics lately? Condemning the lesser offend…

> If people worry that they can't keep a job or be invited to a social gathering or find a mate if they question the dogma And who, exactly, do you think will have to worry about b…

It's not a credible argument. The "overcharges" led to a guilty verdict and sentence. That could not have happened if they were truly as you portray. Believing that your less-infor…

Exactly. Anyone with any reading comprehension (and honesty) can tell that PG conflates being woke with acting woke early on for exactly this purpose. He also talks a lot about pol…