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by 205guy 7y ago
But where is the DC coming from? If it is a cheap power source (a rectifier plugged or wired into AC), the DC into the lights could be intermittent, and so cause flicker. For true continuous DC, you need a good rectifier or get the current
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by 205guy 7y ago
It’ll go the other way: the next time they need to leave something, they can have a referendum to leave the metric system, then go through a few governments to get it done.
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by 205guy 7y ago
The OP did a lot of work learning French, it’s always interesting to get a peek into someone’s process for something impressive and out of the ordinary. So thanks for the long and detailed write up. I wanted to point out that the limitation
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by 205guy 7y ago
What the original article doesn't emphasize enough is that because the project isn't close enough to the density and viability and desirability of a vibrant and dense town center, it will not evolve into to one, but rather evolve
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by 205guy 7y ago
That's cool, I didn't know about the Epcot concept city. It reminds me of Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium, a "new town" built by and for a university in the early 1970's: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x
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by 205guy 7y ago
To be honest, the author's capitalization didn't bother me, and I didn't notice it until halfway through. Even his comments here are readable to me. However, your heuristic worked because the content of the article was crap.
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by 205guy 7y ago
When you think about it, capitalist societies were better at forcing people to spend money. Kill the streetcars (trolleys) so everyone has to purchase a car. Sure you earned more, but you also had to spend more, thus driving the economy. Th
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by 205guy 7y ago
You’ve got to realize electric cars are evolving fast, the affordable 200+ mile-range that charges in 30 minutes is Tesla’s 1-year old model 3. 7kW is what everyone who bought a Nissan Leaf 4-5 years ago expected and used. Also, the charger
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by 205guy 7y ago
There is something about California that really brings out the whining and hypocrisy in conservatives. They want to move there for the big bucks in tech, but they don't want to be a minority party/culture. CA has lots of problems,
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by 205guy 7y ago
Texas Republicans have gerrymandered the heck out of Austin to make sure the blue stays contained.
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by 205guy 7y ago
It's great to see so many reading parents here. I read The Hobbit and LoTR to my daughter starting when she was around 9. It must've been almost a year per book because we finished last year when she was 13. I had to explain some
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by 205guy 7y ago
This exact scenario happened in Hawaii, a small regional market for local (inter-island) flights. There were 2 airlines (Hawaiian and Aloha) competing on price and service, but it was essentially a duopoly with moderate and almost identical
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by 205guy 7y ago
All the charger networks have solved this. Just choose a network (Chargepoint, Semaconnect, etc.), put in a 2- or 4-connection charger, and each EV owner pays for each charge with an RFID card or their phone. There are also online services
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by 205guy 7y ago
I recently rented 2 different Model S cars (through Turo), one 4 years old, the other 6. The 4-year old car was in great shape, and worked perfectly, but it also needed some software updates. The 6-year old car was a bit worn inside and had
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by 205guy 7y ago
Video is an Onion parody of info-tainment shows done by investigating a "big hole." I hadn't seen the Onion video parodies before, so I'm glad someone is holding a mirror up to that crap, but truth be told, it is as equa
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by 205guy 7y ago
Let me check Wikipedia for you: "The Earth's geothermal resources are theoretically more than adequate to supply humanity's energy needs, but only a very small fraction may be profitably exploited. Drilling and exploration fo
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by 205guy 7y ago
Some might say the best way to preserve knowledge and culture for the long term would be to establish a successful cult. It seemed to work for the Egyptians and the Christians (experiment still ongoing). Just look at how we count years in t
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by 205guy 7y ago
More and more I'm starting to think that people must be responsible for their entire trash output. Every thing you buy, from food to electronics to cars and even houses, you are responsible for: food scraps, packaging, recyclable mater
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by 205guy 7y ago
Thus demonstrating that brand identity, advertising and marketing are all part of the problem.
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by 205guy 7y ago
Lightweight indeed. That article seemed so promising, and then it was just arbitrarily limited by its data (as the author admits but doesn't do anything to fix). That topic has so much missed potential. He admits he left off Venice, bu
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by 205guy 7y ago
Agreed, worthy of the Economist. I do appreciate a good pun in a title when it is so relevant to the story.
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by 205guy 7y ago
I think that with low power LED lighting, as well as all rechargeable devices, there is a case for some (not all) 12VDC sockets around the house (and cars/vans/RVs). Actually, I think mobile applications will be first: in an RV, i
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by 205guy 7y ago
The 9th Circuit court of appeals is a federal court that just happens to be based in San Francisco. It has no direct influence over the governance of the city (and county) of San Francisco, other than that the jurisprudence it establishes i
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by 205guy 7y ago
The US has tons of car-free business districts, and they're well integrated into the cities and suburbs. They are surrounded by parking so that people who must drive can get there, then leave their car to walk around the shops. And the
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by 205guy 7y ago
I agree with others saying it seems plausible, and almost self-evident. Didn't they tell us that the Earth rang like a bell after the big Indonesian and Japanese earthquakes (where "they" are scientists being interpreted by j
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by 205guy 7y ago
I bought a NEW Leaf for $16K (after tax credit) in 2017 when they were liquidating the 1st generation models. It has 30 kWh of battery and a range of about 120 miles. Right now, you can buy a USED Leaf under $5K, but it probably has a worn
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by 205guy 7y ago
If certain people could develop telepathy and telekinesis after years of practice, and then use it for good or evil, how would that affect political development and warfare?
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by 205guy 7y ago
Funny, we discovered our TV's remote was ultrasonic when we could turn it off with a Slinky. "Rolling" the Slinky back and forth fast enough between two hands created a high metallic sound and we figured the remote must be em
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by 205guy 7y ago
A thought I had recently is that science fiction and fantasy should really be called society fiction. If we had robots/dragons, how would people behave differently, and how would that restructure society. Traditional western literature
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by 205guy 7y ago
Have you seen dance roulette? This was made almost 10 years ago: http://youtu.be/aEolW1x9O3k

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