DougN7

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by DougN7 9y ago
I think the Big Bang “theory” is one. It might be accurate, or maybe our universe is squirting out of a worm hole. Either way we believe our stories of the beginning to be true just as vigorously and reason about them just as much as the
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I think there are so many misconceptions about the rest of the country’s tech scene. I’ve been in tech for almost 30 years now. The only time I lived on the coast was in Portland Oregon. More often in the midwest. There are tech jobs, t
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by DougN7 9y ago
That really surprises me. We are also a family of 5. Because of diet issues we even buy a handful of organic items (primarily dairy), and we easily spend less than $1500/mo on food. Oh, and I’d say our diet is above average as far a
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by DougN7 9y ago
That was really cool. I zoomed in until I was essentially at ground level and looked around. I have to say that to me, it was depressing. I can't imagine living in a place where 90%(?) of the sky is obscured. It's great so many
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What?? I think you’re living in a bubble.
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That was perfectly put. When it comes down to it, making money is the same thing as "extracting value". Hopefully the system provides as much as or more than extracts, but that is very often not the case.
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That is a really great point I had never thought of. Thank you.
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The final heat would most likely be produced in a different location. It would take a very large scale installation to have an impact. I guess I'm thinking of weather patterns when you see those images that say "if we covered 1&
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by DougN7 9y ago
I've had the same thought about solar. The area under the panel used to get sunlight, and if nothing else, warmed up. Not that it's necessarily bad, but widespread usage would have to have _some_ environmental impact.
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“Often they kill people”??? That’s not even intellectually honest. This is the fliplant attitude the top poster is responding to.
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Question: why don’t all companies pay the guy in the mailroom the same as their top scientists and sales people? I’ll give you a hint: it’s not greed at the top (most of the time)
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I'm not in your boat, but you're perfectly describing my wife. I don't know why life has to be so hard for some people. I don't have any advice - just wanted to validate you and let you know someone out here 'gets
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by DougN7 9y ago
My mother is (thankfully) still alive, so I hope I can take the naive advice I'm going to give you: you could try to become that hub. I know when my brothers initiate something (like a surprise birthday party for Mom), we're all
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> I think one of the best ways to create deep relationships is to actively help others. +1 You can help someone directly, and you'll become close to that someone. Or as a group help someone and you'll become closer to that gro
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I've been using HelloFresh for a couple months. I don't think there is a business model here. Too much expense in shipping materials, and then a pain for the customer to dispose/recycle said materials. Vegetable quality is
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by DougN7 9y ago
Raising children is really hard. If you don’t want them, don’t have them. We don’t need any more traumatized children (and then adults) from homes where they weren’t loved. (It’s amazing how long a bad childhood haunts you - my best budd
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by DougN7 9y ago
California exporting a lot of food is a great thing. How about instead of destroying a major source of food, people simply move away from California?
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If there is a US president that will jump in and build a bigger missile without considering all the ramifications, it’s Trump :(
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There is the small issue of those productive people needing to eat...
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Except this has already happened. The poor today have $10K more than they did 50-100 years ago. I don’t think inequality has improved. And prices have all gone up. Until we have unlimited resources, resources will, by definition, be limi
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Honest question: how do you survive. I don’t feel like I’ve ever had the option to opt out, unless I wanted to move home with Mom. The opportunity might be different than it used to be.
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> the problem is not about having stated in public what you are but with societies which discriminate. Doesn't history teach us over and over that societies DO discriminate? I don't believe that basic human trait will ever cha
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by DougN7 9y ago
I'm sorry, but you're naive. The day might come when anyone with an 'X' in their online username is considered a threat. Ridiculous? Sure. But how about the things you've purchased? Schools/churches you&#x
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by DougN7 9y ago
This is the problem. WMDs take a lot of infrastructure and can be tested/inspected. AIs can be built/modified by anyone in their basement. The genie can't be put back into the bottle. It's like trying to outlaw comput
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A Putin lacky? (Seriously??)
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You learn them when you need them. They're just extra overhead on smaller projects so they're ignored... until the project grows and they can't be ignored any longer.
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In my younger years I wouldn't have believed this, but after having shepherded a project from 0 to 500K lines over 15 years, it's amazing how accurate you are :)
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Facebook is different though - it's interactive, which creates a self-reinforcing feedback loop. That couldn't exist with a TV show.
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Whoops, this comment got attached to the wrong post. Sorry :(

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