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To me, "Tip for AI skeptics" reads as shorthand for "Tip for those of you who classify as AI skeptics". That is why the meta commentary about identity politics made complete sense …

Agreed. It feels like the FAA and related government agencies have a rule set based on now-outdated assumptions about the difficulty and cost of space launches. Even just a couple …

I learned about this from the audiobook version of The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. Maybe that is what you're thinking of?

This is a regionalism in parts of the US, which I’ve seen described as Pittsburgh and its surroundings. I come across it often and struggle with cognitive dissonance every time - I…

This isn’t true - the cap on SALT tax deduction hasn’t changed since it was put in place in 2017. Some members of congress, apparently from both major parties, are proposing legisl…

Excellent, clear answer. Thank you.

China is a nuclear power and neither the US nor China is interested in MAD. Any attacks on Japanese territory would probably lead to a hot war with the US, but almost certainly not…

China overtaking the US seems a lot more likely based on sheer numbers. China’s population is over 4x larger than that of the US. So China “just” needs to reach a GDP per capita of…

Mostly off-topic, but I love the scale used for score bars on this site. Each category has a scale from 0 to {highest score of all devices of this class}. So every category where t…

This kind of communication seems like an interesting problem for Starlink (or other satellite internet constellations) to solve. What if the satellites had extra antennas pointed o…

Same! Their “agony” sorting (basically sorted flights by a combination of # of stops, total hours, and price) was a breakthrough at the time. It seems to be factored into most flig…

ITA powered the backend flight search functionality for virtually every OTA, even if the ITA Matrix website wasn’t popular among end users.

> It kind of annoys me that they all require $ on the left, whereas shell only requires it on the right Interesting - it makes it look like Bash uses $ to “read” from the variable,…

It’s not the same thing, but brings to mind Ken Thomason’s famous “Reflections on Trusting Trust” [0] from 1984. That describes a concept, over several stages, where a compiler can…

From the original article: > Fugger charged residents one Rheinischer gulden a year, the equivalent of one month's salary at the time.

XKCD's "Earth Temperature Timeline" is an excellent visualization of this: https://xkcd.com/1732/

This is really cool! Curious if you've heard of or been put in touch with Prometheus Fuels - another YC company that's working on synthetic gasoline/diesel production using direct …

Ah, I remember those days - I had the same situation at home. As the article mentions, you could dial the 67 prefix to block your outgoing caller ID on an individual call. With the…

I've been on the receiving end of this from one or two online invitation services (Paperless Post, maybe?). Had a friend say "can you come to my party or what? You're the only one …

Having a dishwasher makes using a grater so much less dreadful - perhaps more than any other single kitchen implement. When I had a dishwasher at home we even got a Microplane zest…

It seems like Uber put in this "reaction delay" to prevent the cars from driving/maneuvering erratically (think excessive braking and avoidance turning). This, along with allowing …

It must feel odd and incredibly difficult to control an exoskeleton (or any motion restoring device) without any proprioceptive or tactile feedback. I imagine it's like having some…

I suspect the main reason this type of device tends to be more symmetrical in thickness is to carry an additional battery, needed to power the second display without shortening the…

The article makes repeated mentions of the lack of persistence (rebooting the phone removes the exploit), suggesting this makes it very little of a security threat. However, most p…