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Waymo's usually something like 50% more expensive than Lyft in SF, in my experience. But the drivers don't tailgate, have colds, listen to your conversation (AFAIK)...I'll generall…

It was the same in the '90s. Something like a third didn't make it through in 4 years, although a long tail managed it in 5 or more.

Yep. Bright light does the same thing. Also, in dim light, I'd expect this to make it pretty hard to see. My optometrist mentioned it to me, but neither of us could see the point.

"Downtime for maintenance is part of normal operations, making this a far more forgiving early application of fusion, unlike the grid where every down hour is lost revenue." Planne…

As one ridiculous-pong writer to another, I love your work. I really enjoy this kind of technical performance art, both to write and to view. It may also be part of why I juggle: "…

TANSTAAFL After spreads, tracking error, and overhead, it'll be really hard to beat a Vanguard index fund.

I implemented pong as a cellular automaton [ https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19155205 ]. It was a fun synthesis of skills I'd built on a bunch of previous projects, some of th…

They still have to renew your prescription for you. If you're running out in 5/7 of a month, but only getting renewed monthly, you're just changing the granularity, not the dose.

That's a great list; while not explicitly writing them out, we raise our kids by similar rules, and I think it's been a huge help. #1 is huge. We also explicitly answer any questio…

This is beautiful; the motion of the legs reminds me of some giant scuttling insect. I'd love to have a coffee table like that. I wouldn't even want the motor, actually. It looks l…

Reminds me of Terry Pratchett's resograph: https://wiki.lspace.org/Riktor

It's a name-brand fan bought at a local showroom a decade ago. IIRC it was under $1000 at the time.

Efficacy is also going to vary with usage. I've got a 900CFM fan, but I can still smoke up the kitchen pretty badly if I sear on the front burner, even with the fan on high. Howeve…

It's a cheap portable, with no calibration possible. I have no idea what effect pressure would have on it, unfortunately.

I tried something similar last week [ https://guitar2tabs.klang.io ], so I just ran yours with the same song [Surfin St. Helens by The Volcanos] to see how they compared. * Lamucal…

I carried a CO2 meter on a flight recently, to use CO2 as a proxy for COVID risk. The levels were quite high for the whole flight--over 1000 pretty much the whole time iirc and wor…

There are geared unicycles, e.g. https://krisholm.com/en/gear/component/kh-schlumpf Folks I know who've used them liked them because they took the place of both a 24" and a 36" whe…

Same--folks are generally interested and/or amused. It's been ages since I unicycled in public [I'm not great at it], but none of what's been posted here about reactions surprises …

How odd. I was just thinking of this story the other day. I'd heard it read on NPR maybe 25 years ago, and then just happened to think of it and look it up and read it last week. N…

Bodies vary. Years ago my partner of the time and I did low carb at the same time, eating a lot of the same meals, of course. We both lost weight. We both ran. I felt great and had…

We were considering a Hyundai Kona after seeing someone online just yank the modem without an issue. The first dealer I worked with said he could have their service department do i…

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I've been shopping for a new car recently, and got it down to the Chevy Bolt and the Hyundai Kona [because I want long-range electric and have a narrow garage]. On the Bolt it look…

That's lovely--really elegant lines. Also, congratulations!

Let's wait for the news cycle and science to settle: https://peterattiamd.com/more-hype-than-substance-erythritol...