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Comment · 8 months ago
It seems to require QUIC, are you using an old or barebones browser?
Comment · 1 year ago
Comment · 1 year ago
I've not evaluated it or ever worked with it myself, but CitusDB has been working on PostgreSQL horizontal scaling for quite some time now, right?

Does anyone have positive or negative experiences with Citus?

Comment · 2 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
Because in most of the US, it is dramatically cheaper to charge an EV than fuel a similar gas vehicle.

These costs in this article are surprising to me, and very questionable without any actual numbers behind it. As a PHEV owner who can fuel with either gas or electricity, the 13c per kWh I pay is dramatically cheaper than gas at circa $3 a gallon, to drive any distance at all.

Confounding factors across the US may be that in some places using more electricity results in an increase in your marginal rate, in others it results in a decrease. Typically EV charging is not broken out as its own line item, so owners may not know exactly how many kWh their car is consuming. That doesn't change the fact that only a small number of places with very expensive electricity will have electric charging cost anywhere near gas.

Comment · 3 years ago
Disease, disaster, war all cause significant inflation because they harm or destroy both things and productivity in the real world without destroying money.

If factories shut down and supply chains are disrupted and we only make half as many cars this year, how much would people be willing to pay for those cars? Much more.

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
What's the maximum length? I can't find it documented anywhere and keep running into it when trying to try this with Tool tracks.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
If someone trying to make a joke can accidentally get this much access and engagement, imagine how well the scammers must be doing.

Cryptocurrency scams must be an incredibly lucrative space, and now we know why there's so much spam about it that plenty leaks out into visibility.

Comment · 3 years ago
Many states still only require $15,000 of liability coverage to drive, so there's going to be a lot more uninsured / underinsured motorist claims in the future.

The Rivian owners insurance will frequently end up paying out, via that underinsured motorist coverage.

Comment · 3 years ago
Realistically, what happened is that Apple increased the maximum allowed size for apps delivered from the App Store. When you don't put limits in, nobody is going to choose to prioritize smaller app size. It's a bit of a tragedy of the commons.
Comment · 3 years ago
I was shown an error page with an option to refresh or log out, and refreshing just got the same error. Now login seems to be down.
Comment · 3 years ago
I haven't seen much discussion about how AM gets used for local road condition or emergency communication. When you're driving and see a sign that says "TUNE TO 1610 AM" and the car has no AM receiver, what do you do?

This may be a shrinking niche, but it's potentially a last bastion of AM radio usefulness.

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