foo92691 · HackerTrans

3 years agodiscuss

> How is it possible that they cannot give me an accurate inventory of the items in the stores near me?

It's absolutely intentional. It means you have to browse the store. And if something piques your interest -- you know you can't wait to buy it "next time" since it might not be there.

foo92691

3 years agodiscuss

It includes the cleaning fee and Airbnb service fee, but inexplicably, excludes taxes.

foo92691

3 years agodiscuss

But it's not really the "total price". It doesn't include taxes.

foo92691

3 years agodiscuss

Only half?

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

The fuel burned by an aircraft is almost certainly the dominant portion of its lifecycle carbon emissions. I expect the carbon emissions due to its manufacture are negligible by comparison. Have you seen a source either way?

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

According to their propaganda, they are going to make jet transport cheaper AND faster AND greener.

I see no evidence that this is at all realistic, and a lot of evidence to the contrary.

Do they even have a story explaining how their new supersonic jet could possibly reduce costs?

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

Agreed. Boom claims they will be "sustainable" because they are going to invent some kind of synthetic biofuel.

Wait, it looks like I either misremembered that claim, or they have backed away from it:

> "Overture’s fleet will be able to run on 100% sustainable aviation fuels."

https://boomsupersonic.com/sustainability

Color me skeptical. Making existing aviation more climate-friendly would be a much more worthy goal than this ridiculous supersonic vanity project.

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

Those are features.

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

I'm a bit shocked that it would even be possible for a third party to implement such a thing without rebuilding Windows itself. Is it a matter of implementing "device drivers"?

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

"relatively inexpensive"

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

What's the TLDR on how to compile the C code to run in the browser?

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

The Economist is also like 100+ pages per week. Very hard to consume without significant dedication.

foo92691

4 years agodiscuss

"The New York Post (NY Post) is a conservative[8] daily tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The Post also operates NYPost.com, the celebrity gossip site PageSix.com, and the entertainment site Decider.com."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Post

foo92691

5 years agodiscuss

Yes, absolutely. Next question?

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