EricE

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by EricE 4y ago
How many immigrants - at the lower end of the socio-economic spectrum - does Brazil let in each year?
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by EricE 4y ago
I love how they completely ignore demographics - show me other "rich countries" that have the influx of immigration - especially to those with immigration skewed towards the lower end of the economic spectrum - that is at epidemic
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by EricE 4y ago
My favorite review of that saw: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hd_m0LAsAs
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by EricE 4y ago
"I'm older then you." But apparently not more mature.
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by EricE 4y ago
I was skeptically looking at Elon Musk's Neuralink and thinking of this Startgate SG-1 episode: http://www.stargate-sg1-solutions.com/wiki/7.05_%22Revisions... What this article helped me realize is you don't
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by EricE 4y ago
Steve Wynn bought the Dunes to build the Bellagio because it had a natural artesian well (and associated water rights). There was a 9 hole golf course that got taken out with the demo of the Dunes. Fountains use a LOT less water than golf
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by EricE 4y ago
Don't forget the railroad - which was one of the major reasons Vegas got started. That and there were a few natural artesian wells in the valley. And as for highways, the information superhighway has a significant presence in Las Vega
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by EricE 4y ago
"I would doubt that a register scans an item every 3.6 seconds" Indeed, that sounds WAY too slow for me - traffic like this is bursty. Ever try to scan five of the same thing at some self check out registers? On some it's i
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by EricE 4y ago
"It’s not enough to implement redundant systems and failovers, we must monitor and alert when those systems are being exercised." My air conditioner in my house has a secondary drain pan under it. The outlet for that drain pan is
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by EricE 4y ago
It's one of the original Mac apps from my earliest Mac days that I have always been a bit angry I couldn't find a replacement for. Well, until today anyway! One thing I used it for was flashcards for language and other studies.
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by EricE 4y ago
Nice - I'll have to check it out. I've yet to find anything that could replace the usefulness and utility of Silicon Press: https://macintoshgarden.org/apps/silicon-press but your app looks like it might be
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by EricE 4y ago
That the government is going after nicotine and handing out crack pipes and legalizing weed says volumes.
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by EricE 4y ago
I dunno - as a sysop I carried lots of usenet groups via the FidoNet gateways. This let myself and a lot of my callers participate in Internet content from the BBS side of things. Was a crucial bridge until Internet access became a lot mor
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by EricE 4y ago
>They just spend less on defense Because the US takes up the slack. Something we need to seriously STOP doing :p
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by EricE 4y ago
Nuclear has been vilified by ignorant people for decades - unironically often by people who supposedly care deeply for the environment. It's beyond maddening.
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by EricE 4y ago
>the proponents always fail to mention the huge delays and cost overruns associated with those projects. Delays and cost overruns are invariably due to regulation and politics run amok. It's *not* a technology problem, but a people
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by EricE 4y ago
>natural gas reserves are limited People have been claiming peak oil since the 1930's. Yawn. > So green energy has supported economic and social development through electrification without adding new pollution sources. Except fo
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by EricE 4y ago
Finally a rational and spot-on discussion about energy. Great article! Especially a rational take on the nuclear boogyman - if you care at all about CO2 emissions then nuclear should be your highest priority! Instead of burying "nucl
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by EricE 4y ago
It boggles my mind that anyone would connect a TV to the Internet (!) Although it wouldn't surprise me at some point if Samsung or other makers started bundling cellular modems in or had deals to have them automatically log into the &q
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by EricE 4y ago
Someone has to be buying up all those houses in CA that the people fleeing the state are still selling at inflated prices. If the net population of a state has dropped enough for them to loose at least one seat in the house of representativ
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by EricE 4y ago
For all the downvoters - this was also on the front page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31767347 Downvote away though :p
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by EricE 4y ago
Still better than dealing with rationing. The rest of the world better hope the US never goes socialist with health care - kiss innovation goodbye.
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by EricE 4y ago
ADHD is not a disease; our brains are just wired differently. The upsides of ADHD - hyperfocus, strategic planning, ability to readily correlate otherwise unrelated things all contributed to who I am and my success. The drugs help even ou
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by EricE 4y ago
Ahh, the good old BBS days. And just to add even more difficulty to the scene I decided to run a BBS on my Mac Plus - ha!
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by EricE 4y ago
"The high prices of gas aren't a bad thing - they are great!" Yes please - just keep that narrative up. Especially anti-energy Democrats. Please do continue to believe and shill that message. I'll even help you spread
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by EricE 4y ago
It sort of blows up the whole pro gun control argument that citizens shouldn't be expected to have to protect themselves but instead rely on law enforcement :p
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by EricE 4y ago
It's a deep thought
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by EricE 4y ago
>This is one of the most vacuous articles I have come across in quite some time, all wrapped up in rhetoric and presented as if it were some profound insight. Thank you - my thoughts exactly. Sadly, Wired hasn't changed much in the
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by EricE 4y ago
>I don't think there are any advantages today of using an analogue synth. There is a huge one - unique sounds! You will see that comment over and over from pro's who make their living creating sounds for TV/movies - this g
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by EricE 4y ago
Your assuming that for airship travel the journey wouldn't be the point of the trip, not an inconvenience in getting from point A to point B. With that kind of thinking there would be no market for ocean cruise ships - but there is :)

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