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by 99_00 7y ago
The goal is reducing CO2. Renewables are technology that may help achieve that. Adopting renewables isn't the goal.
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by 99_00 7y ago
Not 15% renewables. "15% nonfossil power consumption". This includes nuclear power.
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by 99_00 8y ago
Does that prove something? I'm not sure what your point is. Here is the rest of the exchange where Trump explicitly says he isn't talking about neo-nazis and white nationalists when he says 'fine people' and explicitly c
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by 99_00 8y ago
>but why aren't podcasts cited as more influential than radio Because the article isn't about who is more influential. It's about how AM radio is still relevant despite technological advancement.
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by 99_00 8y ago
I haven't been following him and his comments. And I agree it's important to call out false statements. But believing in and promoting demonstratively false and damaging ideas is much more common than people realize. For example,
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by 99_00 8y ago
A monopoly is exactly how they'll do it. If a competitor pops up they will undercut them. They've run over local governments to get their cars into the highly regulated taxi industry and basically operate under their own rules so
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China's social credit system bans 5M from high speed rail. 17M from air(smh.com.au)
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by 99_00 8y ago
Horrifyingly, Ground Baby Pills Are a Real Thing In news that will make you want to shut the blinds, go back to bed until next week ... there's disturbing news out of South Korea that since August, officials have found over 17,000 pill
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Best-sounding concert halls in the world (2016)(businessinsider.com)
2 points by 99_00 8y ago|0 comments
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by 99_00 8y ago
consumers are ok with ads that have basically nothing to do with the product because we aren't paying for them and they are not offensive. companies who pay for them are ok with them because they work.
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by 99_00 8y ago
>Rogers, who died in 2003, spoke out against commercialization aimed at children. “The question is not,” he once said, “what can we sell the children and families who use ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood?’ or even ‘What can we give them?’ bu
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by 99_00 8y ago
You should look into Richmond BC or Vancouver Canada. Lots of Chinese and lots of corruption associated with Chinese population, especially tax evasion, money laundering, immigration fraud, illegal business. The only line cutting however is
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by 99_00 9y ago
Wait... so care remote codes have been broken and the hack is so common that low level criminals have it?
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by 99_00 9y ago
Interesting to to compare the comments now versus then https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12214675
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by 99_00 9y ago
Public transportation uses roads. If you mean some sort of mass transit that doesn't use roads how do you transport freight and how do emergency vehicles get around? Sorry, doesn't work.
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by 99_00 9y ago
And that's why they have gas taxes. Canada has a federal one, and maybe your province has an additional tax. In Vancouver, public transportation gets half it's funding from property tax and fuel tax. And more than 70% of commuters
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by 99_00 9y ago
Public transportation costs to build and operate, which means more taxes which are politically difficult. On the other hand people have shown again and again that they are willing to spend tens of thousands of dollars every year for what th
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by 99_00 9y ago
It's nice to have the option of a bike share. But it's not an option that works for everyone in any city for a variety of factors including physical ability. I use a bike share a lot, and the bikes really suck. They are heavy, shi
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by 99_00 9y ago
>The tests get in the way. Because my design does not have low coupling, I end up with tests that also do not have low coupling. This means that if I change the behavior of how class <x> works, I often have to fix tests for other c
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Are meditation and mindfulness all they're cracked up to be?(cbc.ca)
1 points by 99_00 9y ago|0 comments
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by 99_00 9y ago
If convicted a person will have a criminal record which can destroy them professionally.
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Thanks for Your Job Application–Shall We Begin at the Squat Rack?(wsj.com)
2 points by 99_00 9y ago|0 comments
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Zuckerberg calls for universal income, new 'social contract'(cnbc.com)
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China's famous elevated bus is now just a giant roadblock(money.cnn.com)
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by 99_00 9y ago
Not even close. You can live in Vancouver and fully enjoy the city without ever having to speak a word of English. The signage and announcements at YVR are in Chinese. https://c1.staticflickr.com/4/3304/4556712750_
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by 99_00 10y ago
> It takes fairly heroic assumptions to make this into a specific number, but 2-3 percent lower income in perpetuity seems plausible. https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/30/the-macroeconom...
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by 99_00 10y ago
Are you against criminal records checks for immigrants?
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by 99_00 10y ago
Just wait until they manage to secure a transportation monopoly. Then they'll start screwing customers and the competition too.
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by 99_00 10y ago
This happens every day in western countries. It happened before Trump and it will happen after.
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by 99_00 10y ago
The style described isn't a personal style or expression of your personality. It's the style of standard business or technical writing. But it's still a good summary.

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