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by Factorium 5y ago
That should still be enough to get you to the nearest wall outlet somewhere - and prevent you being completely stranded.
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by Factorium 5y ago
Doesn't that also flush out any fertilizers added to the soil?
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by Factorium 5y ago
In the USA and other multicultural countries, a 'good school district' is basically one populated by middle class White and East Asian families: parents who value education and have received it themselves, and children who will no
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Tax contribution by income group: USA and Europe(i.redd.it)
7 points by Factorium 5y ago|0 comments
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by Factorium 5y ago
Seems like they got confused with pressure cookers. Maybe because Instant Pot now makes air fryers.
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by Factorium 5y ago
Merriam Webster are agents of the elite and these 'COVID terms' have been added to legitimize the tools of our oppressors. Now, they will be with us forever. This dictionary will show you 'Vaccine Passport', but not &#x2
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by Factorium 5y ago
Correct. Force them to divest Instagram and Whatsapp, and prevent them from acquiring any more companies. Problem solved.
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by Factorium 5y ago
We can do what Israel does, and assign a risk rating to everyone entering the airport: https://www.businessinsider.com/israels-ben-gurion-airport-s... However, this system basically automatically applies increased risk to c
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by Factorium 5y ago
This is already playing out at a global level: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S01602... "There were strong negative correlations found between national IQ and three national i
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Facebook Unceremoniously Kills Off 'Oculus' Brand(techcrunch.com)
216 points by Factorium 5y ago|150 comments
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by Factorium 5y ago
Chinese new buildings are terrible to live in. Its totally reasonable for the USA to require decent quality.
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by Factorium 5y ago
So why not regulate US carriers to block those calls? Or to make it more difficult to obtain the US VOIP number in the first place?
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by Factorium 5y ago
Can we just build private space, lunar, and martian colonies? They could be financed by Tesla shareholders. The colonisation of the world by Europeans started with government investment, but eventually became self-sustaining. If these offwo
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by Factorium 5y ago
Australia has mostly solved spam phone calls with a 'Do Not Call' register: https://www.donotcall.gov.au/consumers/register-your-numbers... . I can see the USA has the same thing: https://www.donotc
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by Factorium 5y ago
Its currently taking too long to load those containers back. Its cheaper to just dock, unload, sail off. Short-term optimisation.
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by Factorium 5y ago
If you want a good mini-ITX case, just buy a Node 202. You can use it horizontally and put your monitor on top of it. Buy power-efficient components and load it with the thickest and biggest Noctua PWM fans possible, and set the fan curves
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by Factorium 5y ago
From a societal POV, we need a Government-regulated drug harder than Alcohol or Tobacco. Similar in function to Soma. Maybe marijuana can fit the bill. It doesn't make sense to 'outsource' production of narcotics to antagonis
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by Factorium 5y ago
The Amish are typically eligible for a lot of welfare programs, due to their low income. However, they also reject Government support as part of their ethos. Whilst the Amish are reliant on the rest of society's laws and defenses, ther
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by Factorium 5y ago
The best way to spend money on carbon removal is to lobby politicians to initiate carbon taxes, or at least to place tariffs on nations without them. We cannot physically replicate the Azolla Event or the Carboniferous Period. There's
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by Factorium 5y ago
Lockdowns and money printing are great for business. No wonder Google is deplatforming scientists and engaging in mass censorship.
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by Factorium 5y ago
Are ground-source heatpumps considered 'geothermal'? Its much less sexy than a giant plant connected to a magma stream, but if we made these routine for all new suburban constructions, alongside passivhaus standards, we could elim
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by Factorium 5y ago
My take is that it makes sense to grow the water-heavy vegetables yourself. These vegetables seem to be the most prone to damage during transport anyway. Plus, you can select heirloom varieties. Then just get your staples (grains, potatoes,
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by Factorium 5y ago
Tomatoes "have no significant nutrient content" according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Nutrition And are 95% water. They just taste great due to the umami flavour. Is there any way to gr
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Australians will require booster shots each 6 months to remain fully vaccinated(news.com.au)
9 points by Factorium 5y ago|2 comments
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by Factorium 5y ago
Ugly design and lots of bugs. This has been a problem with Android for a long time. HTC (remember them!?) used to make a business out of fixing those problems - with the side-effect of just fragmenting the OS. Bought a second-hand iPhone 6S
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by Factorium 5y ago
Buy a CO2 + PM2.5 detector. They're fairly cheap on Aliexpress (~$70). You might just need to ventilate more often.
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by Factorium 5y ago
Spain has one of the lowest fertility rates in Europe, 1.24 children per woman: https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?location... Small apartments, no cars, high taxes to fund a generous welfare and pensi
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by Factorium 5y ago
I think 'we' (as in high-intelligence individual technical people) need to be more vocal on social media. Look at the effect that small vocal minorities have on politicians and the media... The problem is that technical people are
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by Factorium 5y ago
Moral hazard: an improved vaccine will reduce future business (more booster shots). There is absolutely no incentive for big pharma to make better vaccines. Long-lasting protection from antibodies is irrelevant because political authorities
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The Problem with Solar Energy in Africa [video](youtube.com)
2 points by Factorium 5y ago|0 comments

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