Crito

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by Crito 12y ago
Perhaps all hard limits on building height could be removed, but with the addition of a new rule that requires every new residential building to have 1 level of parking garage for every 3 stories it has (or some other similar ratio). Then,
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by Crito 12y ago
Even if we banned cars from Seattle, I would hope that we wouldn't tear up those roads and put buildings on them. Turning them into elongated parks for pedestrians would be a better option. Of the arguments against cars in cities, I
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Of course I'm not nitpicking on every usage of the word" It is great that you aren't. The issue is that the author of the article was nitpicking a non-controversial use of the word. His son's responses t
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Moral relativism is incompatible with judgements that other's moral judgements are wrong." Right or wrong have absolutely nothing to do with it. It can't, because without a universal morality any notion of unive
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by Crito 12y ago
You are not entitled to another region's water. If you want somebody elses water, you should be prepared to pay dearly for it. If that other region happens to be running low on water as well then that water may not be for sale. If th
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by Crito 12y ago
Moral relativism is not incompatible with not tolerating practices which you personally disagree with. You may simultaneously believe that morality is relative, and not have any particular regard for other systems of morality. You may enf
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by Crito 12y ago
You have just successfully banished the word by stripping it of any legitimate usage. Since it was quite a useful word that will undoubtedly be missed, why not being it back with a simple redefinition. We could redefine it as "close
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by Crito 12y ago
My water supply is provided seasonally from melting snow and rainfall. I highly doubt much of that water is trucked the thousand or so miles to California. Using this seasonally supplied water today won't mean that we have less in the
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by Crito 12y ago
> "regardless of source." Why? Misery loves company?
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by Crito 12y ago
If we allow 18 year olds to move out on their own and take up spelunking and basejumping as hobbies, I think we'll be okay if we trust them with a little weed.
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by Crito 12y ago
Cable news? Any online news/link aggregator. Newspapers. Newspapers may have an edge up, but are less convenient than wikipedia. They are also pretty bad at providing concise overviews for somebody who hasn't been following t
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by Crito 12y ago
My understanding is that the US was not particularly open with nuclear technology initially. The UK developed fission bombs and designed thermonuclear bombs more or less independently, demonstrating that they had done that to the Americans
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by Crito 12y ago
Other convenient sources of information are typically no less riddled with propaganda. If you had no idea who Eric Garner was, where else would you begin your investigation? That's a serious question; if there is a better alternative
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by Crito 12y ago
Subsides for more important crops could probably work. However from what I understand, much of the popularity of almonds has to do with them being a reliable crop that are fairly easy to count on. You don't need to replant them every
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by Crito 12y ago
Many of the water-greedy crops being grown in California with their water subsidies are hardly important for the country. Almonds are not a staple crop; they are not necessary for our society and should not be valued highly enough to jus
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by Crito 12y ago
It would only work if the courts think it should work. Contrary to popular belief legal 'hacks' can work, but there is no guarantee.
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by Crito 12y ago
I guess I don't really get it. The article starts with the question: > "Would the entire roll be stretched out twenty feet just to doublecheck the ingredients necessary for a dish of blanc manger?" To which I can only t
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by Crito 12y ago
Is a 1kg drone at 300 feet operated by a stupid person really much worse than a stupid 1kg bird at 300 feet? What do you think about falconry?
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by Crito 12y ago
I wonder if I could have a small business where I sell my services for some small hourly fee to teach other RC enthusiasts how to fly RC planes. During this training I'd probably be using the RC planes myself, and it would be for a co
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by Crito 12y ago
What if the footage was shot of the drone, not by it? Suppose I go to a local RC meetup with a camcorder, film some people flying around, then upload it to youtube and monetize it? What if the RC plane I am filming is owned by me, and flo
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by Crito 12y ago
Did you even read what pops up when you hit that explain button? Sending email #lang racket ; Sending email from racket (require net/sendmail) (sleep (* (- (* 60 4) 15) 60)) ; 4h - 15m (send-mail-message (getenv "E
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by Crito 12y ago
Yeah, that is a pretty neat idea, and a great deal more practical than his printer ideas, but you don't exactly need a big CNC mill to make a lower receiver from an 80% receiver (80% because 80% of the machining is already done for you
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by Crito 12y ago
The issue is that it is easier to do it the old-fashion way than to dick around with a 3d printer. The result will be far superior as well. For the 3d printed lowers: drilling out your own 80% lower will give you a superior result with fa
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by Crito 12y ago
The ability to synthesize arbitrary chemicals is unlikely to come from 3d printers. Significant developments there will be seen coming a long way off in university laboratories, with equipment advertised in places like Nature .
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by Crito 12y ago
According to wikipedia, Cody Wilson has a Type 7 FFL. If he then acquired Class 2 SOT status, he personally would be able to manufacture his own machine guns (but not transfer ownership of them to the general public). According to this art
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by Crito 12y ago
Cody Wilson is a very interesting activist. Manufacturing your own guns at home has been trivial for about as long as hardware stores have been selling standardized metal parts, but many people seem to be unable to wrap their minds around
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by Crito 12y ago
Thank you! Hopefully I never have to do this, but I feel much better knowing that it is possible.
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by Crito 12y ago
> "Never mind the whole lockdown unless you flip that "developer" switch." Speaking of which, it would be nice if that were a physical switch on Pixels. With the original Pixel at least, there is an issue that if
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by Crito 12y ago
Touch sorta works on my Pixel running Debian. By which I mean I can tap on the screen to click, but all of the multi-touch gestures don't work. I have put absolutely no effort into getting it to work though (honestly I'd disable
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by Crito 12y ago
I've never had my Pixel overheat per-se , but it frequently gets hot enough that it is mildly painful to touch. My issue was the shit warranty. The sound card on mine completely shit itself (no working speakers, and no working headp

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