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huonpine··on Why are there 5280 feet in a mile? (2009)
Where I live a pint is 0.5L and a metric cup is 0.25L.
huonpine··on How satellite ‘megaconstellations’ will photobomb astronomy images
Its not just about Starlink though, its about setting a precedent before every company and country starts launching competing constellations. When should we start to care after the first few thousand or after hundred of thousands of eventual satellite's?
huonpine··on One in 10 ballots rejected in last month’s vote-by-mail elections in New Jersey
Australia you just show up and say your name, but we have compulsory voting so fraud is easier to identify.
huonpine··on Sailor pictured with laser rifle on board USS Minnesota nuclear sub
The US has the 'Hague Invasion Act' if any US person is detained at the Hague so not sure if international law is a problem.
huonpine··on Is It Time to Kill the Penny?
That's not true its still rounded down. https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/rounding-and-eftpos-tr...
huonpine··on Google bans ZeroHedge and The Federalist from its ad platform
Can ZH stop google from displaying or indexing any of their content?
huonpine··on Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
Can you apply your thinking to petrol stations. We build floating city's to extract oil thousands of meters down. Is running some cables harder then that?
huonpine··on Germany will require all petrol stations to provide electric car charging
Would it? My local city has electric parking meters, is it hard to add a cable to that?
huonpine··on De-Escalation Keeps Protesters and Police Safer
Floyd used a $20 note that the store owner thought was counterfeit, called the cops, the cops didn't even check to see that if it was a real $20 note before killing him. It was real...
huonpine··on Why we have so many problems with our teeth
Could it also be from your subconscious realising that starvation is more of a danger then predation?
huonpine··on A third of Americans now show signs of clinical anxiety or depression
Yes, but Attractive, fit and intelligent are different in every era.
huonpine··on A Hidden Origin Story of the CBD Craze
Its definitely hard to be motivated by money when your using cannabis.
huonpine··on Did Japan Just Beat the Virus Without Lockdowns or Mass Testing?
The USA strategy unfortunately is the re-election of the current administration, a strategy that will never have widespread support so any tactics you implement will not have widespread adoption without heavy-handed enforcement.

The countries that are dealing with the virus the best, were able to present a strategy to their population which allowed groups to create their own tactics to complement the overarching strategy.

huonpine··on The genuine polymath is still one in a million
Or they just don't want to be Oppenheimer
huonpine··on An Airbnb for farmland hits a snag, as farmers raise data privacy concerns
You should do a web search for cow milking technology. Moral milk? DeLaval International, a large Swedish producer of dairy and other farming equipment, is installing 24 robotic voluntary – meaning the cows approach the stations on their own
huonpine··on TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Semiconductor Fab in U.S.
Any marketers know what happens once the 1nm name is taken? Dose it go negative, go to decimals, start counting back up or just a new naming convention?
huonpine··on Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months
I was assuming after widespread adoption, some friendly obscurely worded legislation and the current supreme court.
huonpine··on Waymo has raised $3B in the last two months
Yes but who am I going to go after if another car hits me if its autonomous? The manufacturer which is a 10 year plus lawsuit taking up a large portion of my life. I definitely think keeping the responsibility to the person driving the vehicle is the only reason the death toll is somewhat acceptable to society.
huonpine··on 'Finally, a virus got me’: Scientist who fought Ebola and HIV reflects
It is interesting to consider what the death toll from exporting American food culture worldwide is. I think it would really help put the death toll from corona virus in perspective.
huonpine··on Elon Musk tweet wipes $14bn off Tesla's value
Twitter is a simulation of our world created by users content, the accuracy of the simulation with relevance to our own world is extremely debatable and should be treated thusly.
huonpine··on Why is Japan still a coronavirus outlier?
They also give a hand cleaning product at like every food place before you eat.
huonpine··on GM’s CEO Offers to Make Ventilators in WWII-Style Mobilization
Pearl harbor is a bad example as harm prevention was carried out prior to the attack (2 missing aircraft carriers).
huonpine··on Japan's PM to ask all schools to temporarily close
Common sense
huonpine··on Ask HN: Thought experiment: What is the best city/country to hide from COVID-19?
Huon valley, Tasmania you wont be going hungry :)
huonpine··on World Economy Shudders as Coronavirus Threatens Global Supply Chains
Your probably both right 10% if you get put in a big room on a bed with just basic med care and 2% with the best hospital care we are currently able to provide (antiviral pumped oxygen ect).
huonpine··on Bloomberg bankrolls a social-media army
In the Podesta emails john ivory laments the fact that the dnc thought the real treat was citizens untied, but turned out the free press from trumps celebrity dwarfed that. This time dnc is banking that Bloomberg billions can outspend even that...
huonpine··on An investigation of the Pentagon's UFO program
I think that the problem with all that is the communication barrier gets exacerbated to the point that its a self limiting mechanism for intelligent life.
huonpine··on European Union Calls for Five Year Strict Ban on Facial Recognition Technology
I wonder in the future if we will look back and see intelligence agency's in the same light as religious institutions from history. Both using there "all knowing" information to influence power.
huonpine··on A Summer from Hell Is Coming to U.S. Airports
Every time there is a massive line for security check I think to myself "why do they allow more people to cogenerate pre security check then on a plane"