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by DataGata 6y ago
I am terrified of a hurricane knocking out power throughout Florida followed by even a mild heatwave. Nursing homes could barely handle keeping their staff from going to the bars and getting Covid- are we to believe they are prepared to dea
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by DataGata 6y ago
Having taken some of the classes, they summarize them exceedingly well.
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by DataGata 6y ago
Skype was sidelined because it had a worse user experience then Zoom, which literally "just works".
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by DataGata 6y ago
They are almost certainly a vicious cycle of TBI increasing the chance for TBI-related* behaviors in the future. (*either getting or receiving).
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by DataGata 6y ago
Why is Russia or China even trying to take out our satellites at this point? We have SpaceX, guys. We can put replacements up whenever we want to. How about the Russians start figuring out how to use a launch system that isn't worrying
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by DataGata 6y ago
This post is the true meaning of "grift". Anybody that talks about reserve currencies as some sort of military tool instead of because it's the best financial instrument is showing themselves to be deeply disconnected from re
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by DataGata 6y ago
Why wouldn't the pay-off in money not be worth it? You can charge a "responsibility premium" to local hipster stores.
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by DataGata 6y ago
> the later is more neutral and part of basic journalist work, especially if the exposed is a public persona. This is where the problem comes in-- best practice on the Internet is to let people who want to be anonymous stay anonymous. Th
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by DataGata 6y ago
Matthias's beginner page is on their Wiki![0] [0] https://woodgears.ca/beginner/
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by DataGata 6y ago
This is where education becomes a poverty issue- if you're poor, you're often not well-incentivized to make sure you kid goes to school. He can do work, or she can be married off, or a dozen other opportunities. School is seen as
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Sublake Settlements for Mars(centauri-dreams.org)
4 points by DataGata 6y ago|0 comments
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by DataGata 6y ago
There are a lot of good pop science books to read about the history of life on earth. "The Ends of the World" is probably the best one. "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs" is also a good one, and it doesn't focus p
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China’s Plans to Win Control of the Global Order(tabletmag.com)
5 points by DataGata 6y ago|0 comments
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by DataGata 6y ago
It literally isn't quality. It's a hate band wagoning post written by a thought influencer for the clout.
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by DataGata 7y ago
A recession is technically two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth. If we're able to beat this thing by June, we might be able to beat a "technical" recession. Something like -10% GDPg/quarter followed by 1% GDPg
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by DataGata 7y ago
Romulans = Space Haradrim? Really it doesn't make sense to connect these different things directly, because they point towards higher archetypes that we have embedded in our collective consciousness.
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by DataGata 7y ago
Why do people who bring up the flu not seem to understand that if your company is big and your office is white collar that everybody there pretty much already has the flu shot if they're not a dumbass?
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by DataGata 7y ago
The protons as you call them are a fun quirk of the science fiction genre, "How do we explain the Great Stagnation"? Fine Structure by Sam Hughes is the first book I've ever seen do it.
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by DataGata 7y ago
Is that really Soviet style? Does that have a name or book or wikipedia article describing it?
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by DataGata 7y ago
Definitely not a "Trump" problem. Obama wouldn't have started it either. There is no stomach on either part of the parties to upset the banks.
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by DataGata 7y ago
Well obviously you wouldn't do Nietzche (though I think you probably could). Meditations is probably the book to read in those cases.
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by DataGata 7y ago
One solution might be a "federated reddit". Hacker News is essentially just a subreddit run by YC, so getting people/organizations/interest groups to run their own reddit forums is probably a good idea. It would let each
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by DataGata 7y ago
The economics of public transit essentially ask for government involvement: operational costs are almost never paid for by fare prices, but instead are essentially subsidized. If the bus/train lines are doing well, you often get huge c
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by DataGata 7y ago
"YouListen"
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by DataGata 7y ago
Podcasts and podcast advertisers know we can skip them, they accept this. If they see a lot of users skip ALL of them, it isn't okay.
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by DataGata 7y ago
The game is good once you get the hang of it, but there are bursts of micromanaging followed by long droughts of waiting for shit to happen. At max speed, the game will do 1 day/3 minutes. Most of the Steam achievements take about 60-1
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by DataGata 7y ago
Shouldn't stock buy backs actually lower the valuation of the company (as cash leaves)?
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by DataGata 7y ago
South Korea achieved democracy when their GDP per capita was $4k. China's GDP per capita is approaching $9k. When will they be rich enough that they yearn for democracy?
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by DataGata 7y ago
Fresh water is a scarce resource, but only because it is required to feed the enormous number of plants needed to feed an enormous amount of livestock.
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by DataGata 7y ago
There isn't really such a thing as "unbiased" in climate unless you're an outright AGQ denier. There are a lot of different models, and the model you choose will give you different results. People have different foci- so

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