BenFranklin100

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by BenFranklin100 4y ago
Here’s the reason: In the United States, zoning is controlled almost exclusively by local city councils. Voter turnout in local elections is extremely poor. The only people who vote are A. older and B. homeowners. The young and renters sca
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by BenFranklin100 4y ago
Poor analogy. Unlike cigarettes, we actually do need energy. Given antipathy toward nuclear and scale-up issues with renewables, fossil fuels have been the only scalable option over the last decades.
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by BenFranklin100 4y ago
We’d be better off suing ourselves. It’s we consumers who ultimately burn the oil for our homes, hospitals, schools, cars, and general electrical needs. Instead of engaging in inflammatory rhetoric, let’s try something useful like a carbon
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by BenFranklin100 5y ago
These WFH stories seem to preferentially solicit comments from WFH employees who enjoy the flexibility to comment on HN during the workday.
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by BenFranklin100 5y ago
Good point. Lens to object distance is still an important issue in practice however.
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by BenFranklin100 5y ago
Stepping past the arrogance for a second, there’s more to macro photography than f#. A big factor is the working distance to the object. Not only is this important for skittish live subjects, it’s also important for static subjects for the
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by BenFranklin100 5y ago
This is exactly the table I turned to in April 2020 to put my risk of dying from COVID-19 into perspective. In short, I had much bigger things to worry about over the next 10 years.