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borkus t1_ja961kc wrote

Reply to comment by sleevieb in How long do you think it is before RVA meets the same fate of cities like Austin? by piratestears

Including insurance in that, you have Markel and Genworth. There are also several smaller agencies like Kinsale and Elephant in town.

Also, while Richmond is not the headquarters for many companies, there are many employers with large administrative presences including Capital One, Truist, Well Fargo, and UPS.

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borkus t1_j65a8fs wrote

Reply to comment by instantcoffee69 in Richmond Police officer charged with possession of child pornography by lunar_unit

"Leave without pay" is an HR status not a legal status. As he has been arrested only, they won't terminate his employment yet. He's no longer on duty and he's no longer receiving pay. However, he likely still has insurance and any other benefits.

Prosecutorial jurisdiction for this is Louisa not Richmond if that's where the files were found. Richmond is likely staying out of the way of Louisa's investigation and a possible Federal investigation assuming these images were received over the internet.

This is barely 48 hours after his arrest - I didn't read that he has been indicted yet.

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borkus t1_itvxfr6 wrote

Reply to A trembling foreigner by Extreme_Necessary_56

Out of curiosity, are you going to be on the medical campus (nursing, physician training, etc) or the academic/Monroe Park campus (business, engineering, liberal arts)?

They're both in the city but about a mile apart and in very different parts of town. The Monroe Park campus is between a pretty historic neighborhood and downtown; it's very safe especially in the direction of the historic neighborhoods to the west and south. The Medical Campus is downtown near the state capital and city hall; it's busier since it has the hospital there and you have to be a little more careful going off the campus area.

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borkus t1_itskrid wrote

Reply to comment by fauz87 in Car Inspections by Psychological-Hat176

The inspections are a flat amount though some places will waive the fee (for example, if you take it to a dealership).

What's expensive is the repair work if you don't pass.

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borkus t1_itrcaob wrote

Reply to Oculus founder Palmer Luckey compares Facebook's metaverse to a 'project car,' with Mark Zuckerberg pursuing an expensive passion project that no one thinks is valuable by FrodoSam4Ever

VR is an interesting technology but there's no apparent application that isn't handled better:

  • Remote meetings. Video stream provides better fidelity and is easily handled by most modern networks.
  • Social interactions. While simpler than VR, text and social media have been widely embraced. In particular, social media lets you have more interactions and have them anywhere via a mobile device. Someone can quickly find a date for the weekend, catch up with friends and follow a discussion on a topic in a few minutes with just a cell phone. In VR, those interactions would be slower.
  • Gaming/Entertainment. Rather than immersive environments, gamers still enjoy casual games and games on a flat screen. The recent successes in games have been social games or open-ended games that work fine without virtual reality.

To me, the big shortcoming to VR is the separation from reality - you have to block out the environment around you and be in a specific place to use it. Instead, people are using technology to enhance the world around them as they move through it.

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borkus t1_iswdr4o wrote

Reply to comment by cjdugthy in Russian commander admits situation is 'tense'; for his forces in Ukraine by fishbethany

It’s unheard of a Russian military leader to say anything remotely negative about the “Special Operation.” It’s also being said by “General Armageddon.”

The fact that the new leader is admitting any difficulties means the tone of the behind-the-scenes conversations in Russia are changing dramatically.

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borkus t1_iso8ftj wrote

Reply to TIL that before the invention of regfrigeration in 1851, ice had to be imported to Australia from Boston, Massachusetts. The ice blocks travelled through the tropics inside ships insulated with timber, straw, peat, and sawdust by stumcm

If you're interested in the history of ice, refrigeration and other technologies, I recommend "How We Got To Now" by Steven Johnson
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/03/how-we-got-to-now-by-steven-johnson-six-innovations-made-modern-world

The founder of the Ice Trade in the US made his fortune (after a couple of missteps) because both the ice and the insulation (saw dust, wood shavings and rice husks) were free.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_trade
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederic_Tudor

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