Bluestrike2

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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Any number of the many, many, negative externalities[0], where market transactions are unable or unwilling to capture the often serious negative effects of an activity in its price, that have been documented and researched by economists ove
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Not digging post holes would help, but the real time savings would be in not having to saw the logs to produce boards. It only takes a couple minutes to split the log, and would be less tiring than trying to saw the number of boards you’d n
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Despite having all sorts of advantages (a head start and patents for batteries and renewable energy tech, robust research capabilities, etc.) and a literal roadmap of how climate change would play out, they realized that it was easier and l
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Companies value their branding because it's the public face of a company. It's very visible, and if not everywhere, then certainly in a lot of places. And there are a lot of people across any large organization who might wind
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
For comparison, DuPont alone saw around $1 billion in annual profits from its PFOA products back in 2016.[0] It's unlikely that 3M saw its PFOA/PFAS profits wiped out by this settlement alone, although you might very well get ther
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
It's almost a certainty that all of the drawings, plans, and related engineering information for the Stinger missile still exists. In that sense, the backup is fine. It works. Raytheon has the plans for the Stinger missile and likely m
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
They used multiple front companies and routed orders through third-world countries to buy the needed ore. More than likely, pizza ovens--or more likely, I'm guessing unspecified parts for pizza ovens--were just one of many cover storie
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
I can't speak for the commenter you're replying to, but there is an alternative to just building more highways in the form of traffic calming measures. Small villages and towns really shouldn't have through-traffic moving t
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Ride-sharing isn't going to solve these problems. At most, you fit up to five people in a single car. Most will carry fewer people, perhaps only one or two. If you try to scale up ride sharing vehicles so they carry more people, you no
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Sure, but that's just one part of the traffic congestion problem. Add more cars, and whatever efficiency gains you gained from eliminating weird and inefficient human behavior rippling outward and causing random traffic jams will be mo
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
The problem is solved, barring serious complications with your home's envelope, with mechanical ventilation systems that give you control over how and where air is being exchanged in your house, while filtering it as well. That's
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
Refits might cost less than a full $10,000 refund, but they're definitely going to be expensive enough I could imagine Tesla trying to do everything in their power to avoid. Installing the LiDAR unit in the front bumper would require r
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
The thinking behind those kinds of perks is that they'll keep employees on-site longer, and that the additional time is at least somewhat productive. If you accept that supposition, then having nice and/or "fun" offices
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
I'm going to go off on a tangent here, but uh, what? Even your link doesn't go so far as to suggest that hands being cut off "never happened." It argues Hochschild was incorrect about the practice being deliberate , wid
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by Bluestrike2 3y ago
If you've ever watched a video[0] on how stretch limos are made (hint: it's even sketchier-looking than you'd expect), you'll get over the idea of riding in one pretty damned fast. Just thinking about a side-impact in on
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
I was curious and looked it up on Google Maps[0] and that's definitely not a road; it's a six-lane stroad[1] optimized solely for traffic flow. Those are really good at killing pedestrians because people perceive them as being wid
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Starship seems kind of unique in that it's an extraordinarily utilitarian name compared to most launch system names.[0] It expressly doesn't try to evoke ancient human mythology, birds (which often have their own cultural and my
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Do I think there a plausible business case for subscription infotainment systems? Sure. Do I think there's a plausible business case for subscription infotainment systems that includes ditching Apple CarPlay and Android Auto so as to f
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
> Wouldn't you need some sort of "heat shield" offset from the outer walls for your approach to work at night, if at all? Or if not, why are we still covering homes with big chunks of styrofoam, polyurethane and mineral wo
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
If you're trying to solidify a regime of judicial terror, I would expect these kinds of cases would be pure gold. The fact that something as benign as a child's drawing couldn't be explained away would amplify the fear and
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
For what it's worth, roads clearly aren't budgeted to be maintained. At best, some of them are, with the interstate system more likely to be better maintained than other types of roads. The American Society of Civil Engineers an
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Given how little most people involved in the interview process--on either side--particularly enjoy said process, it seems odd to highlight how much effort you've put into prepping for it. And it really is like asking for the difficul
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
But we'd just be replacing loud and annoying delivery vans with loud and annoying delivery drones. If anything, flying delivery drones would be more annoying , given that they're buzzing around at greater heights, right outside t
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
The window unit linked at the top doesn't appear to do heat recovery. Most of the decentralized single-room mechanical ventilation heat-recovery (MVHR) units reverse their fans every 60-70 seconds in order to operate their heat exchan
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Personally, I have the opposite problem: whenever I push a cable off to the side, it'll inevitably fall down behind the desk/cabinet/side table/whatever. Clips can help, but it can still be a minor nuisance. That said, y
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
> Apart from the chore of shifting, and the added investment of an extra set of rims [...] The former is probably the biggest factor, with the latter taking care of the rest. All-season tires might be less-than-optimal tires in either su
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Well, for starters, they don't actually think their junk science is junk science. If you're confident that you were right all along, and you nailed the "bad guy," you're going to sleep just fine. All of these people
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Traditionally, furniture makers have used different types of backs to increase the rigidity of the carcass, depending on how the carcass was constructed. If it's just an open box, for example, it'll require a more significant back
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by Bluestrike2 4y ago
Well, the fact that he's been waging a PR campaign lately is, in itself, pretty damning proof that he's also really really dumb, in addition to being a fraud. That his lawyers haven't duct taped his ass to a chair, smashed
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by Bluestrike2 6y ago
While I wouldn't choose to use particleboard for a piece of furniture myself (that's my inner woodworker rebelling at the thought), the bigger concern is how it's used. For the LACK side tables, the legs are attached with a s

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