Arizhel

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by Arizhel 10y ago
>Google sure spends an incredible amount of money making their UIs worse (and usually increasing memory use by a large multiplier at the same time). Isn't everyone doing this these days? All the UIs on PC software have been getting
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Yes, but my point is, there are already many different launch sites around the world, many of them outside the US. The US does not have anything approaching a monopoly on space launches.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Space launch can be done in many different places, but the higher the latitude the more fuel you have to burn. But even staying at the lower latitudes, there's still a bunch of popular launch locations to choose from. Real estate isn&
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>Many skilled jobs are leaving the US Where would you (or other interested commentators) say the skilled jobs are going to?
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Yeah, and you don't need to even leave your city, or do anything besides go home, go to work, and go to the grocery store and a few other places like the doctor. Doesn't sound like much of a life to me. What's the point of
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Wouldn't having regular communications between workers and the manager's boss help here? If the manager's boss is only hearing from the managers directly below him, obviously he's going to get a skewed perspective.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
That's still an example of bad government. It's the government's job to act in the best interests of the nation and the citizens, even if that means going against the wishes of the rich elite.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Personally, I wish I could find a job where I traveled for about 1 week per month, like to customer sites to do support work. I used to have a job like this, but it didn't last long for various reasons, and I haven't found anothe
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>I was VERY rude in any situation where I could get away with it - by which I mean, any situtioon where I knew I wouldn't get punched. There sure isn't any shortage of rudeness on these anonymous/pseudonymous online forums
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Only has 1 HDMI port. One monitor is a no-go. My 5-year-old Dell Latitude has 2 monitors connected to its docking station.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
If you're comparing to produce in the US, the produce here has awful quality and is tasteless. Being cheap isn't that great.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
The OP specifically cited a Chinese blockade in his post. How are those other countries going to get your food to you when China is actively blocking them? They'll have to start a shooting war, and in the meantime your people are sud
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by Arizhel 10y ago
As nradov said above, "Famines are caused by bad governments, failed states, and violent conflicts. Not because there isn't enough food." Obviously, the Irish Potato Famine was caused by bad government. Instead of being allo
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by Arizhel 10y ago
It's just a number I pulled out of my ass for an example; I haven't shopped around so I really don't know what they cost, and of course it'll vary a lot from place to place. Also depends on if it's a coworking spac
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Not compared to oil heat it isn't. Unfortunately, a lot of people are still stuck with oil heat. It sucks; it's horribly expensive. And heat pump heat works pretty well in a modern home.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Almost no one needs to fully recharge a Tesla once per day, in fact that's really bad for the battery. More likely, they'll be doing only a quarter to half-charge every day, on average. Also, Teslas aren't the most efficien
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>The comparison should be a laptop from 2007. >Laptops have always been substantially more efficient than desktops. No, they haven't; not on a MIPS/Watt basis. A laptop-to-desktop comparison is entirely valid. I use a lapt
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>It really appears as you have no interest in engaging in a discussion but rather just want to argue for the sake of arguing. Look at your choice or words "oh please", "Spare me", "bogus", its pretty immatur
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by Arizhel 10y ago
I notice you've gone through all my posts and down-modded them. I've returned the favor.
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>There are many in my neighborhood and none of them close at 5:00PM. Go back in time to the 70s and they did. They only stay open late now because peoples' expectations have changed. >Have you ever been to New York City? NYC is
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>Or maybe could it have been that they would to have to absorb that loss out of pocket because of their distributors policies? What loss? All they have to do is put it back on the shelf and sell it again. I'm not talking about per
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by Arizhel 10y ago
I'm over 40 now. I realized what you're saying to an extent, but for a long time I assumed that older adults would have the benefit of wisdom, life experience, maturity, etc. As I've aged, I've been consistently disappo
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Not in my experience. Last time I looked on weworkremotely I think I saw fewer remote-relevant jobs there than I have fingers on one hand. ("Remotely-relevant" for me means just searching for C and C++.)
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by Arizhel 10y ago
The thing is, that takes family members who actually respect your boundaries. I've read numerous anecdotes on discussions like this from other people who just don't have that luxury; their spouse and/or kids simply do not g
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by Arizhel 10y ago
I'm going to echo nightski's post here, with my own addition: return policies. Many of you probably don't remember what it was like in the bad old days of those quaint brick-and-mortar retailers before Walmart. You bought s
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>I will never understand people who like cars and/or driving. Driving is fun! Driving in traffic, not so much...
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by Arizhel 10y ago
Yes, it's possible to make anything electric that currently runs on fossil fuel. Making electric motors to spin propellers isn't that hard. We already do this for ships: any modern cruise liner has electrically-powered propellers
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There's more to it than this. Your own bathroom is private, so you don't have to worry about going in there and there not being any stalls. You don't have to sit on the pot while someone else is right next to you, separated
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by Arizhel 10y ago
It's too bad airlines like Emirates, JAL, and Lufthansa can't do domestic US flights and put most of our crappy airlines out of business.
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by Arizhel 10y ago
>this open floor plan bullshit has permeated everywhere, and I have no desire to move to the west coast. Um, what does the west coast have to do with it? In fact, isn't it even worse over there? It seems like that's where thi

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