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Markoff
2,757karma·3,266submissions·December 31, 2016
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I'm not Russian, don't even speak Russian, just liked John Markoff in 90s.
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and wait till you see US national defense budget :-)) imagine if they stopped financing it for one year and used all those finances to finance for instance cancer research or maybe for starters they c…
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construction cost maybe, heating/cool expenses difference won't be so tiny, quite the opposite and it's not only about expenses, lower ceiling is also faster to cool/heat, so you h…
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I wonder if someone explained to them difference in heating/cooling expenses + how much the extra 30-50 cm adds also to construction materials
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communist countries before 1989 did this en masse producing large concrete panels with each wall being basically one, they could erect apartment blocks very fast and build thousands of apartments, the…
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I will remember this when someone tells me how my little fireworks once a year is bad for environment.
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so basically after Sony selling to TCL and LG selling to Hisense only options left seem to be horribly ad-ridden Samsung or Chinese brands
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this is the actual source for the article https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48290427
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Without paywall https://archive.ph/rCLA7
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it doesnt even look like nice modern electric car, maybe only by tesla 10 years old design standards, it looks way worse than Xiaomi SU7, Zeekr 001 or Porsche Taycan and let's better not mention …
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check other comments in this thread with quotes from local tram union boss, I copied it from Swedish newspaper
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I am basically fan of two approaches: 1. let vote only people who contribute (pay some minimum income tax) at the time of elections - no unemployed, no students, no retired people - regardless the age…
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TIL Erin Brockovich is still alive and only 65 (born 1960), she got famous pretty young in 1993 (33yo) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin_Brockovich …
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"The narrative that connects AI to job loss, for many of the CEOs that are doing it – it is just too lazy. AI has just arrived, how is it possible they're already losing jobs?" said Mr …
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no, suddenly stopping on highway in fast lane is still bad driving and you will be at fault for accident same with suddenly stopping self-driving bus in lane dedicated ONLY for trams and buses where t…
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there is hardly anything kids can do in China, one of the main reasons why I moved away after my kid was born (besides dangerous toxic food and air) while here in Europe I have within 10 minutes walk …
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no, it doesn't, article doesn't provide any proof for such claim other than that old T-Shirts are not recycled, that's like saying 70% of every car goes into waste before you even buy …
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local tram drivers union representative from Goteborg where it happened: "The question is whether, for example, they’ve entered the correct right-of-way rules for trams? All vehicles are required…
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the bus model is Karsan e-ATAK, but not sure who provides self-driving tech for them, if it's their own in-house tech or third party https://www.karsan.com/en "The Karsan Au…
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Seems there are not really more information about what caused the accident and why the tram crashed into the bus from behind, but it happened on the straight road reserved only for trams and buses so …
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"New research has revealed that one in five boys aged 12-16 is either in or knows of a boy their age who is in a romantic relationship with an AI companion." "Almost one in 10 (9% of) b…
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I like Balkanese approached I noticed in Croatia and Bulgaria, instead of duvets or blankets they just use (in summer) thin empty duvet case judging my multiple Airbnb experience.
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I use on desktop Vivaldi, on Android I can recommend Cromite (some people like as well Helium and Ultimatum)
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not the case in Czechia, only thing you need is bank account number and bank code, nothing else