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toomuchtodo
110,928karma·51,750submissions·October 26, 2011
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Forward deployed scholar
"We deem those happy who, from the experience of life, have learned to bear its ills without being overcome by them."
In life, everything is a wager. Whether you realize it or not, you are constantly making implicit and explicit predictions about the future state of reality. To live is to predict.
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If you don’t like data and facts, I’m not for you. If you believe it’s propaganda, that’s firmly a you problem. My condolences. The data and facts stand regardless of your belief in them, like gravity…
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The TLDR is “Replace your combustion vehicle with an EV if you’re a high mileage driver; a low mileage driver can then buy the combustion vehicle for low mileage use.” An EV sold to someone who drives…
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Related: Nearly Half of Home Insurance Claims Result in Zero Payout - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48349067 - May 2026…
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Still happening. https://news.usps.com/2025/12/01/usps-is-delivering-its-new-... > The Postal Service’s $9.6 billion upgrade of its delivery fleet is proceeding apac…
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Yes. EV Batteries Last Way Longer Than Expected - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43001996 - February 2025 (2 comments) New study shows: EV batteries last much longer than exp…
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US automakers have little competition due to import tariffs. They’ve reduced production and increased prices to what the market will accept. Long term auto loans are the only solution for consumers wh…
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https://arks.org/ https://doi.org/ https://perma.cc/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenURL …
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Original title “The climate benefits of retiring a fully operational internal combustion engine vehicle” compressed to fit within title limits. A new lifecycle study in the journal Science concludes t…
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https://github.com/andrewpollack/linkedin-feed-blocker https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223475 - August 2026 (107 comments, as of this comment)…
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> But ideally we'd simply make our government work for us instead of against us How’s that going so far? How long until that materially changes? Years? Several half decade? The Internet Archiv…
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When you have no bite, best you can do is bark.
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A rounding error to support the arts.
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Perhaps specific types of thinking cause somewhat sustained brain activity during waking hours that mitigates adverse physical changes leading to Alzheimer’s. The opposite of this is how sleep and unc…
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Related: China’s AI-powered laser mosquito zapper goes viral after crowdfunding success - https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-economy/article/3358508/c... - June …
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HN Search: airbus critical apps scaleway - https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que... Gov.uk has replaced Stripe with Dutch provider Adyen - http…
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Original title "Bayesian Parameter Estimation for the Localization of a Radioactive Source in a Heterogeneous Urban Environment" compressed to fit within title limits. Author was inspired to…
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As a FastMail customer who spends a portion of the year in the US, I am happy to pay to move my data to the EU region, even if they cannot yet fully guarantee all my data will remain outside of US acc…
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The drugs I take inhibit most, if not all, of any emotions I might have, leaving me aggressively data driven by evidence, observations, data, and facts. I am a complex expert system with a pulse.
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Porto specifically imho, or within an hour of it by car. If setting down roots, keep fire and climate risk in mind, considering forward looking Europe warming patterns.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Orbit
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Based on all available evidence, there is no will to implement or change the necessary policies, nor is it likely there will there be in the next 5-10 years (affordable housing, better working conditi…
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Additional citations: Exxon Mobil Should Skip a Vanishing LNG Market - https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2026-06-17/exxon-... - June 17th, 2026 Why $70 Shou…
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A lost generation due to failed US economic labor policy. A cautionary tale.
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https://archive.today/eZOCo