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New comment by tqi in "British runner Josh Kerr breaks world record for mile which stood for 27 years"

tqi — Sun, 19 Jul 2026 15:37:45 +0000

FWIW they are generally not allowed at majors / world championships / Olympics, just at invite meets where the goal is to promote a fast time

New comment by tqi in "British runner Josh Kerr breaks world record for mile which stood for 27 years"

tqi — Sat, 18 Jul 2026 22:09:26 +0000

Partially. They're called rabbits[1] (or pacers) whose official role is to run a specific pace, who help encourage a fast race overall rather than a slow buildup with a fast kick.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacemaker_(running)

New comment by tqi in "Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price"

tqi — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 21:00:31 +0000

hm but "fine" as in probably won't die?

my question was more whether the hardware would need extra redundancy or shielding in order to not have unacceptably high error rates

New comment by tqi in "Short sellers notch $8.7B profit as SpaceX shares dip to IPO price"

tqi — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:18:27 +0000

Isn't the problem also that because of radiation, processors in space either need to have larger feature sizes OR additional shielding / redundancy? Seems like a pretty high price to pay for slightly cheaper energy...

New comment by tqi in "AWS: Inaccurate Estimated Billing Data – $1.7 billion"

tqi — Fri, 17 Jul 2026 20:06:06 +0000

Has anyone received any proactive communication about this? I didn't see the email until about 9 hours after it was sent out, yet I still needed to seek out information as to a) whether this was real or phishing and b) whether the amount was correct.

Seems totally irresponsible not to send an immediate follow up email to make customers aware.

New comment by tqi in "Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)"

tqi — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:47:05 +0000

Because journalists and their employers view tech as a competitor for ad dollars and threat to their professions.

New comment by tqi in "Why do people hate the tech industry? (2023)"

tqi — Thu, 16 Jul 2026 05:17:33 +0000

I think the real question is, if the big tech companies are so all knowing and all powerful, with so much control over media and messaging, then why is their PR so bad?

New comment by tqi in "Data centers have hiked electricity prices on the public by $23B"

tqi — Wed, 15 Jul 2026 03:59:35 +0000

Mortgage rates have gone up 8% just since February.

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MORTGAGE30US

New comment by tqi in "The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes"

tqi — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:41:09 +0000

Yeah there were no shootings before the internet

New comment by tqi in "The infinite scroll may become endangered if controversial Calif. law passes"

tqi — Tue, 14 Jul 2026 04:39:45 +0000

For one, compliance is compliance. For another, "You only need them if you're using them for something like tracking." yeah, sites want to track user behavior and the eu said if you want to do that you gotta have a banner. How is that "malicious"? Seems like the eu got exactly what they wanted?

New comment by tqi in "Leak of San Francisco Police Drone Footage Exposes Reality of Urban Surveillance"

tqi — Mon, 13 Jul 2026 13:50:05 +0000

You know he was talking about taxes...

New comment by tqi in "SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth"

tqi — Sat, 11 Jul 2026 02:17:56 +0000

Brendan Carr seems more interested in settling political scores

New comment by tqi in "US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections"

tqi — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:56:43 +0000

Afaik two party consent rules don't apply in public settings

New comment by tqi in "US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections"

tqi — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:35:06 +0000

This is an interesting configuration of justices

New comment by tqi in "US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections"

tqi — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:30:37 +0000

> Observation: it is legal to listen to a conversation happening in public, and it is not typically legal to record it.

That doesn't seem accurate. Do you have an example of a law that prohibits filming on public property? Isn't the legality the whole premise of what those weirdo "first amendment auditors" on YouTube do?

New comment by tqi in "US Supreme Court rules geofence warrants require constitutional protections"

tqi — Tue, 30 Jun 2026 01:24:07 +0000

Tbh it feels quite performative, giving an air of rigor to the what often feels like post hoc reasoning and selective application of precidence and case law...

New comment by tqi in "Is sunscreen the new margarine? (2019)"

tqi — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 23:17:17 +0000

I did[1], and would be curious if anyone is familiar with the underlying study. How did they attempt to control for other factors? (I assume that they did, and am interested to know how)

Also do you have to get a sunburn for sun damage to increase the risk of skin cancers? My understanding was accumulated sun exposure was the issue.

[1] Lindqvist tracked the sunbathing habits of nearly 30,000 women in Sweden over 20 years. Originally, he was studying blood clots, which he found occurred less frequently in women who spent more time in the sun—and less frequently during the summer... decided to look at overall mortality rates, and the results were shocking. Over the 20 years of the study, sun avoiders were twice as likely to die as sun worshippers.

New comment by tqi in "In San Francisco, even $180k tech salaries are no longer enough"

tqi — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 21:08:01 +0000

It's frustrating to see the NYT frame this as an AI vs everyone else story, pitting incumbent renters against newcomers, while landlords literally extract rent.

New comment by tqi in "Professor denounces mass AI fraud on an exam at Brown"

tqi — Mon, 29 Jun 2026 02:14:48 +0000

I agree with the sentiment, however I think the erosion of the honor system is inevitable given the rising cost of college. Somewhere in the last 20 years college became a luxury good, and with it a natural sense of entitlement from their customers.

Couple that with increased awareness that classroom instruction (delivered by tenured research facility who seem annoyed at the idea of teaching) often has little relevance to workplace skills, I think kids have correctly surmised that the smart thing to do is say fuck the code and focus on checking boxes.

New comment by tqi in "What Ozempic does to the gut-brain axis"

tqi — Sun, 28 Jun 2026 20:00:14 +0000

Agree, same can be said of exercise.

I think people consciously or unconsciously consider being overweight a moral failing and so are quick to point out the flaws.