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The space needle is over 500 feet tall. I'm assuming that the building they're talking about is the Chihuly exhibit which is about 40 feet tall according to their website [0]. There are plenty of vantage points around Seattle where you can see the space needle but not see what's next to it on the ground.

[0] https://www.chihulygardenandglass.com/about/exhibition

If people are curious about these, the YouTube channel "How to Cook That" often does videos exposing the fake cooking tips.

I don't have a citation handy but I know eating fermented foods and increased fiber have both been linked to increased gut bacteria diversity. Thus seems in line with what the GP poster found for practical advice.

> Creators make audiences

How well did creators do when they switched to Mixer from Twitch? Donald Trump had tons of Twitter followers, how many does he have on Truth Social? If you have a two sided marketplace, you need people on both sides for it to succeed.

Rikers is a jail, not a prison. It might seem like I'm being pedantic but when you're talking about problems in the criminal justice system it's important to recognize the difference between the two and how the problems and solutions may be different.

Your argument suggests that there are actually 2 smart phone markets. One for iPhones, one for everything else. I think this is a fairly reasonable assumption for the majority of consumers.

Let's assume very few people are switching ecosystems at this point based on form factor. That would mean Apple made a new product to cannibalize 5% of their existing market. No similar product exists in the android ecosystem. It seems reasonable that an android phone maker could get similar market share but have these sales come from a combination of their existing sales and competitors sales.

The system isn't static. There have been changes before so there is no reason it can't be changed again.

The House of Representatives has 435 people. The size used to change after each census but they stopped increasing it early in the 20th century. This makes the system less democratic than it originally was and favours less populated states. The electoral college is based on the number of representatives each state has do it is also less democratic than it used to be.

If you're meeting online, which is very common, you can get filtered out well before the first time you meet and can show off your confidence.

There's a saying I learned in shooting that applies to most physical activities/sports. "Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast." It also applies to working as part of an aorganization. Process and bureaucracy might make you slower as an individual contributer but still speed up the organization.

People don't typucally drive at speeds they think are unsafe. When someone is speeding, they generally believe that they are capable of safely operating their vehicle on that stretch of road under the current conditions.

Avoiding the time wasted while pulled over does sound like a reason not to speed but even there it's a tradeoff. How much time do I save off my commute vs how long a stop would take weighted by the probability of being pulled over.

That's your use case (and probably fairly common). The original question specified < 1 GB so my comment was based on that.

If I had to save 1 TB I'd probably save 1 copy with a specialized storage provider, 1 hdd in a safety deposit box and 1 hdd at home. You could also use tapes if you don't trust the HDD hardware to last.

CDs and DVDs are cheap and burning them is fast and easy. Make several copies, calculate the checksum, and store them in different places. Every few years see how badly they've degraded and after hitting some pre chosen threshold you can return all of them. If their data really is less than 1 GB they could even store 4-5 copies per DVD for additional redundancy. Even on a single disk I'd imagine the errors are unlikely to be in the same region on all 4 copies.

My body weight fluctuates from day to day and throughout the day. If I use the same weights, or well calibrated weights, the weight I'm moving is consistent every time.

I can't speak for other people's experiences but I did deploy to Afghanistan as a combat arms reservist in the Canadian army. Typically, you're expected to be overseas for 6 months but anything from 5-8 isn't that uncommon. Other roles had other expected deployment lengths. To prep for a 6 month tour involved full time training for about 8 months. This is the same training time the regular forces got and was done with them.

I think you may also underestimate the amount of training reservists do. To get fully qualified in my trade took over 3 months of full time training split up over a couple years. During my time in the reserves you'd do 1-2 evenings a week from September to May/June. You'd also have 1 weekend a month training for most of those months and 1 week long training exercise per year. During the summer, people who had the time could do full time work taking or teaching on courses.

Probably because discord will send a text to the number to verify it. Spoofing a number is easy as long as you don't care about receiving replies at that number.

> That sort of prompts the question though: Should it be a crime for any scientist to deliberately publish falsified data?

I'd go with maybe based on the context. If you take money, such as grants, etc, for studies, then lie about your results that might be fraud (IANAL). If you use those incorrect results to apply for more grants for further study that is definitely fraud. Padding your CV with publications where you lied about the results may not be fraud but would seem the same as any other lies on a CV and could justifiably result in you getting fired.

I would not recommend starting with a lower cost folding bike. When I was shopping for a folding bike 8ish years ago I tried out a bunch of different bikes. Most folding bikes feel pretty squirrely and harder to ride than a typical bicycle. Larger wheels help but then the extra size cuts down on the benefits of having a folding bike. Bromptons were the only folding bikes I tried that felt good to ride as soon as I tried them. If you start with a cheaper bike, you might get used to it but you might hate how it handles and avoid using it as a result.

Is someone who won't pay for a taxi really going to spend money on a tesla or Mercedes with self driving capabilities?

> >I shouldn't [ be allowed to buy food ] > Thanks, that should be all we really need to see here.

I've never said that I shouldn't be allowed to buy food. I simply believe that when I do, I should pay the true cost of it.

> You can walk to the farm and negotiate with the farmer to buy from him rather than allowing it to be transported back by diesel, are you doing this or is this just more hypocrisy?

You have an oddly black and white view of the world. There are plenty of things that I think we should change that currently benefit me. I can participate in the system while still recognizing its flaws and arguing that they should be fixed. I can't reasonably opt out of everything where I disagree with some aspect of it. Do you believe that politicians should vote against all bills that they disagree with any part of?

I think the wealthy in my country should pay more taxes than they currently do. I make more than the median income so this would probably result in me paying more taxes too. I can hold this view without donating part of my salary to the government. I'm against capital punishment. If I see someone committing a crime they could receive the death penalty for I'll still call the police. Do you believe that these views also make me a hypocrite?

I shouldn't. The externalities should be charged where they occur and any increase in price should be passed on to me.

You could start a Twitter account like this one: https://mobile.twitter.com/placardabuse

The pollution from the idling vehicle is an externality that the truck driver isn't paying for. Why should they be allowed to do that?

> - Is the driver recognizable and is the owner?

Does it matter? Either the owner authorized the unsafe driver and can pay the fine or the car was stolen and the fine should be waived.

> - What is the penalty for non-payment?

The same as it is now for unpaid speeding tickets.

> - What if the driver obfuscates their license plate?

Then regular police cars that drive near them should notice this, pull them over and fine them.

> - What if that state has released license plates that aren't readable?

That seems like a weird thing for a state to do.

> - What about police vehicles? Can they drive 90 mph with no blinker?

Yes

> - What about military vehicles? Can they drive 90 mph with no blinker?

Probably not.

> - What if the car is registered with diplomatic immunity?

Then you issue a ticket and they don't pay it. See New York and UN parking tickets for an example.

> - What if the car is getting away from another car driving 90 mph with no blinker?

Then they both get tickets.

> - What if the system fails and says everyone is driving 90 mph? > - What if the system is hacked, and/or deepfakes added to political enemies? > - What if the system catches a fly flying by and attributes its catch to a car driving 1,000 mph?

These questions all seem to think this is new, unreliable technology. Photo radar has existed and been used for decades.

> - Will humans audit the system?

Probably.

> - Can we trust those humans that audit the system?

Do you trust the humans issuing speeding tickets now?

A lot of your questions also apply to the current situation. The difference is that right now your insurance company is the one making decisions about costs, benefits, and limits of care you receive. Making the government the de facto insurer wouldn't change that.

Unfortunately politicians don't always tell you their true motivations.

These days I live in the Southeastern US. Since 2020 was a census year, states have been redrawing their electoral maps. Several states have made changes that reduce the voting power of non-white voters. If politicians say this had nothing to do with race does that make it true? Even if it is true that they didn't consider race at all in the decision making process, does that make it acceptable when the end result impacts people in a noticeable way based on their race?

Laws that make it illegal to sleep under bridges apply to everybody, not just the homeless. Does that mean a law against sleeping under bridges is not targeting the homeless?

That actually sounds like an improvement overall. It would be easier for me to schedule an hour a day, at the start or end of my day, every day for a week than to take a full day off to go interview somewhere.

I'd count it as 1 step in a multistep process. Each step of the process gives more info, but is also more investment from each side.

I've also never seen it split over multiple days. Often, pre covid, the company is flying people out and paying for hotel rooms and food at this stage and the interviewee is taking time off from their current job. An extra day adds unnecessary costs to both sides. If I was interviewing somewhere and they tried to split up this step I'd probably get annoyed and potentially cancel the interviewing process.

It's been a while since I've interviewed but what can they possibly be asking over 7-8 rounds?

From what I recall, most companies did 3-5 rounds with escalating time commitment from both sides as the rounds progressed. A typical process would be:

* short 15-20 minute phone call with a recruiter to discuss your experience and gauge your interest.

* take home coding test. I consider this step to be a low pass filter to weed out candidates who can't code at all.

* phone interview. This would take about 1 hour with 1-2 engineers on the other end, possibly including the hiring manager. Technical questions would get asked here.

* in person interviews. Usually a full day with the company flying you out to their location. This would be a mix of culture fit, tech questions, meeting the team, etc.

That's four rounds. What would you cover in the other 3-4?

Personally I'd rather see the loopholes get closed instead of adding a tax on consumer goods.

Remove some of the loopholes for trusts that let people avoid inheritance taxes. Add another tax bracket or two for capital gains. Get rid of the carried interest loophole.