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by Empact 7y ago
I'm talking about measures like these, which granted, are only recorded back 100 years or so: https://www.census.gov/library/visualizations/2015/demo/gini... https://economistsview.typepa
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by Empact 7y ago
IMO it's incoherent to say that a locally extreme and accelerating quality of society is a consequence of broad and fundamental forces that have been in place for millenia. Fair enough that "self-evident" is inappropriate bec
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by Empact 7y ago
It should be self-evident that the accelerating inequality we’re witnessing is not the natural inequality of competition and the power law, easily explained by simple arithmetic. An accelerating and historically high broad societal effe
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by Empact 7y ago
> What kind of roof are they comparing it to? “2,000 ft² roof with 10kW solar - Concrete tile roof with add-on solar panels“ https://www.tesla.com/solarroof/design
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by Empact 7y ago
I would seek to bring in several new stores as the initial members, and borrow against the agreed-upon future revenues. No city borrowing, efficient infrastructure development, and if the project fails somehow the city has no obligation to
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by Empact 7y ago
I hope they eventually look into cooperatives for sewer/water/energy. They’re a great way to manage larger projects on a consensual basis.
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by Empact 7y ago
There are a few documentaries, e.g.: https://youtu.be/vxCNeK97_C8
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by Empact 7y ago
Using energy is not emitting toxic chemicals. Burning coal is. Running your gasoline automobile is. The disconnect in people's mind on this question seems to be motivated by either their ignorance or their biases.
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by Empact 7y ago
It makes no sense to me to put Bitcoin under different scrutiny than, say, Christmas lights, Netflix or the US Military. We need to decarbonize our energy sources, but Bitcoin or not is not the answer to how. https://bitcoinist.c
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by Empact 7y ago
To my knowledge, only Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard have said they would pardon or drop charges: https://www.newsweek.com/tulsi-gabbard-julian-assange-edward... https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/20
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by Empact 7y ago
A better version of this is a source fuels tax, that applies to all carbon-emitting fuels in proportion to the carbon they emit. This would impact flights, driving, and industrial processes in a manner consistent with their environmental im
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by Empact 7y ago
Was a fan of Dynamic Bicycle's earlier (now discontinued) version of this, but not to the point of ever riding or buying one. They used an internal hub gear for shifting: http://web.archive.org/web/20160124015048&#
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by Empact 7y ago
The Institute for Justice has been challenging laws requiring licensing for hair braiders in the courts and has successfully overturned them in several states. https://ij.org/issues/economic-liberty/braiding/
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by Empact 7y ago
In one case you’re hiring the work yourself, in the other case you’re bringing on a partner who is sharing in the rewards. In the latter case the incentives are better aligned. “Not to oversee workmen is to leave them your purse open.” — Po
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by Empact 7y ago
Definitely appreciate that many will benefit from farming it out, so I think this company substantially expands the addressable market, but in support of DIY (as someone who was raised in the house my father built), building your own such m
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by Empact 7y ago
Point-to-point Wifi is powerful and is being deployed as an alternative to fixed lines in some places. E.g. see the Ubiquiti products. https://www.ui.com/products/#airmax
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by Empact 7y ago
“To enable the write function, the team will use a magneto-genetic approach to make neurons sensitive to magnetic fields.“
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by Empact 7y ago
On your first point, agreed, and I don’t defend all blockchain projects, or even any particular one, only call to mind that these systems are prone to surprise us with their progress. If you see no problem in government’s management of curr
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by Empact 7y ago
I encourage anyone with this perspective to read Clayton Christensen’s “The Innovator’s Dilemma”. The book examines cases where the world is moved by disruptive technology - one property is that they are at first derided and dismissed as to
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by Empact 8y ago
Do you plan to accommodate multi-line lambda? Python is hamstrung on this front thanks to the white-space oriented formatting.
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by Empact 8y ago
I'm working on writing up a personal case study, showing my own experience. Plan to publish that soon. Of course, my experience isn't peer reviewed, but it could play a part in motivating such research. After all, if society is in
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by Empact 8y ago
Also, see myofunctional therapy.
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by Empact 8y ago
I'm referring to dentists who do not practice orthodontistry, and therefore do not have careers hinging on the status quo.
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by Empact 8y ago
I had a palate expander in my youth. It did not change the forces I applied to my jaw, so it didn't solve my problem, instead they emerged and re-emerged, first in my teens, then after I stopped wearing a retainer in my 20s. What'
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by Empact 8y ago
I can tell you what I’ve done: * chewing hard gum, falim/mastic, for jaw muscle development * exerting pressure on the back of my hard palate with the tip of my tongue * focusing on adjusting my breathing and swallowing patterns to pre
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by Empact 8y ago
Orthodontists are incentivized against embracing orthotropics by their current knowledge and business model. They prefer interventions they can charge for (braces, slenderizing) over practices which can be adopted without intervention. This
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by Empact 8y ago
Exerting pressure on your palate with your tongue, which stimulates growth in the jaw and acts on the maxilla, shifting it forward and up over time.
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by Empact 8y ago
The tip of your tongue should be toward the back of your hard palate - where it rests when you form the “N” sound. From there you should be able to flatten your tongue to broaden your palate / spread your molars. I’m not sure how long
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by Empact 8y ago
I'm 34 and have personally experienced significant changes in my face thanks to orthotropic pressure / mewing, and have the photos to prove it. In addition, my bite has been stable without a retainer, whereas in the past I've
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by Empact 8y ago
The article refutes its own premise: Net spending cuts, rather than stimulus: “Mr. Costa made up for the givebacks with cuts in infrastructure and other spending, whittling the annual budget deficit to less than 1 percent of its gross domes

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