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by EarthIsHome 5y ago
I'm all for building more housing for people. Ending homelessness, by definition, would mean to provide housing. But the thing is, we don't even need to build more housing. There are more than 30 times more vacant homes [0] than
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by EarthIsHome 5y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish_Internet_Defense_Force
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by EarthIsHome 5y ago
There seems to be a difference on how space junk is described based on who the source of the space junk is. e.g. see these headlines: https://imgur.com/a/FwzuMVK
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by EarthIsHome 5y ago
Yes, capital has a tendency to concentrate and centralize. A 19th century philosopher summed [0] this phenomenon of the concentration and centralization of capital: Capital grows in one place to a huge mass in a single hand, because it has
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by EarthIsHome 5y ago
While I agree with you that ethics is important and that it's not taught sufficiently in STEM, it needs to be taught from a systemic point of view. It's a lie to teach we can be ethical in our current system where the profit motiv
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
Not only are they GUI themes, some desktop environments come packaged with different utility software. (e.g. Gnome comes with GTK-based utility software like Gedit, and KDE comes with KDE-based utility software like Kwrite.
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
[0]: https://atlasofsurveillance.org/ [1]: https://www.eff.org/issues/street-level-surveillance
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
My local police department would be really interested in this tech. They've been using automated license plate readers, facial recognition tech, drones, predictive policing, and have a Ring doorbell partnership.
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
It'll depend on your use case (square footage, majority carpet vs majority hardwoods with some rugs, etc). But as others have said, Miele is incredible. Sebo is another good one. They'll have specific models for your use case. You
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I want to use gnuplot more, but I generally find myself spending too much time messing with the plot styles to get something I sort of like. Can anyone point to some pretty styles they've come across? Here is one I used a while ago: Pr
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
Thanks for sharing this! I've gotten into knot tying in the new year, and keep finding applications and things to do with knots. Here are some other resources I've used: Ashley Book of Knots [0], Grog's animated knots [1], an
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
This reminds me of the article that takes an old spy plane lens (Kodak Aero Ektar 7″ f/2.5) and mounts it on a large format film camera [0]. [0]: https://emulsive.org/articles/building-a-naked-aero-ektar-sp... [1]
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
> but I believe that when Biden gets in, he could make some changes unilaterally. What makes you think he will do any of that besides a belief?
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
These suggestions are age-old tactics [0] used to placate the population and prevent actual, material change. [0]: https://twitter.com/StuffFromSam/status/1344313566254477313?...
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
> Please, as a U.S. voter, I urge you to consider your support for stopping the sanctions. How can a US voter actually affect change? What options are available for us to vote for?
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I think you're on the right track, but it's not just because it's an "advertising-supported" business model. It's the fundamental laws that govern our society: profit. Replace Zuckerberg, Bezos, et al. with any
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I'm interested in growing potted plants indoors that yield food. I think my apartment is perfect for it: corner apartment with larger windows facing east, south, and west. Does anyone have a good resource for growing food indoors?
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
"The bigger the blob, the better the job."
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
> Faraday cages are a bit of a myth. Unless the metal sheet is continuous with no gaps, and there are no wires passing through the sheet, they will be ineffective. Your microwave oven's cage would like to have a word with you. You c
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
> The way you win in chess is to create an imbalance and then exploit your half of it. This is a very helpful way for me to think about future moves, because I can add to my mental checklist: "scan for any possible imbalances."
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
As an unrated player who plays occasionally, I've also found the mental checklist you've listed in 1) to be more helpful than memorizing chess openings. I've had a pretty high "win rate" when playing non-chess enthu
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I had an IP reputation issue and managed to resolve it after some time. TLDR: Before you spin up a mail server, check if your IP address is on any of the blacklists [0]-[1] as well as Proof Point's list [2]. If it is, then try and ge
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I have the HP-35s. I really like it, but the batteries die in around 2 years even if you don't use it. Other than that, it's a really fun, tactile calculator that I find myself pulling out for simple calculations. Here's a bu
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I use Slide for Reddit [0]. Some things don't work in the app like Reddit videos, but I get around that by opening those links in a separate browser. Other than that, I've enjoyed how I've set it up [1]; it's got the lin
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
They seem to have deleted the video and re-uploaded it?? Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SugMvGn2wQQ
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
That "special money" had a name called "the scrip" [0]. Here's a really short video of what used to be a "company town" in Appalachia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBCxG_SCnQE One of th
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I enjoy the rohloff system. I use it with the gates centertrack belt drive instead of a chain. The rohloff system is quite heavy though, so I don't know if it's "more efficient" than a traditional high end sprocket-and-c
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I don't know where you live, but on my ballot, "the environment" isn't listed. Instead of goals or policies, what's listed are politicians. An honest question: The west coast is represented by Democrats. Who am I su
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I'd like to point out a few things. First, the military is not a socialist organization, because the workers (soldiers) do not own the means of production. They don't have a say on where they fight and who they fight. The military
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by EarthIsHome 6y ago
I didn't know grep! I've seen grep used as a verb enough times that the word "grep" just intuitively seems to describe what it does: grep things. I was hoping dd would be listed.[0] Edit: digging a little deeper into [0]

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