HillaryBriss

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Uranium Contaminates Water Across California's Central Valley (2015)(kqed.org)
59 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|35 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> “Some of the details on this are only a half-millimeter big,” said Davis. “They’re incomprehensibly small.” pretty impressive given they didn't have magnifying glasses in 1500 BCE. i guess the artisan had excellent vision.
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Water systems must notify Californians about these cancer-linked chemicals(sacbee.com)
2 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|0 comments
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Florida scientists induce spawning of Atlantic coral in lab for first time(reuters.com)
1 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|0 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
the YIMBYism, the pro-tech business mentality, the emphasis on growth, the anti regulation perspective -- all these things make me think a little bit of Houston Texas or Ronald Reagan or the Chamber of Commerce or something.
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TCP in California's Drinking Water(cleanwateraction.org)
3 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|1 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> they all come from China and I pay Western prices for the privilege of having it shipped to me faster that's a pretty decent description of the Amazon business model. (i guess the only thing to add is that Amazon accepts product r
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
i recently searched for a rubber replacement washer for a very common water faucet. nothing exotic. the only washer collection i could find that was certain to have the desired washer size would have cost $32. again, this is a very common t
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> in practice they benefit from consumers assuming that everything on the site has some stamp of approval as you point out, it's kind of surprising that Amazon seems to have entirely abandoned this "stamp of approval" conc
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Widespread groundwater contamination risk from chromium (in California)(phys.org)
3 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|0 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> Who's getting screwed? SWE's who do not get hired at all because there are so few competitive ecommerce, search, online advertising, and social networking companies. From a politician's perspective, it may be a far more
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Which California waters are listed as impaired for fish consumption?(mywaterquality.ca.gov)
46 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|24 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> People pay good money for “sea salt” true. and if the salt produced by this process if free of micro plastics, people might pay even more
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Hydrophilic disc uses solar power to separate salt from water(newatlas.com)
126 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|59 comments
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California’s tap water could be a cancerous cocktail of pollutants(popsci.com)
3 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|0 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> they're somehow complicit if they don't i've noticed over the last several years that thousands of Google employees at least seem to feel complicit for the corporation's choices (e.g. giving a big cash payout to s
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> I’ve been fortunate enough to travel to over 12+ countries... c'mon. you must know how many countries you've traveled to. just look in your passport or something.
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
I guess you can say that. So ... maybe his investment of time and money in the android ecosystem has been taken away. And this should give pause to other such investors.
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
it's just my opinion. everybody has one.
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
IMHO, an ethical course of action for Google employees is: 1. quit your job 2. apologize to the global community of users and developers 3. give half your money to a charity
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
the only way to win is not to play at all
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California Drinking Water: How a Combination of Contaminants Raises Cancer Risks(ewg.org)
1 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|1 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> I can bounce among a hot desk at a variety of locations around the city, do the same in cities across the EU/US ... what about a consistent user experience? that might differentiate We from competitors: ease of use and familiarity
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
yeah. I wondered about the objectivity because it says "there are complaints that China's involvement tends to bring greater corruption" and because I looked in vain for any positive message about countries that have historic
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
technical work in SV has changed. geniuses with Cray's personality type aren't really valued much nowadays. it's important to be young, social, bearded and well-motivated by cafeteria food.
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‘Toxic cocktail’ poisoning water in fire-ravaged Paradise(chicoer.com)
2 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|0 comments
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
I don't know. Maybe this article is biased: China gets access to each country's raw materials - minerals, metals, wood, fuel, foodstuffs. Still, this doesn't usually mean long-term jobs for local people. Large numbers of Chi
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
It would have been clearer to write something like "planting and picking costs exceed sales revenue."
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by HillaryBriss 7y ago
> It now costs more to plant the crop than to pick and sell it. not sure -- why is this ratio important?
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China-owned oil tanker changes name in apparent effort to evade U.S. sanctions(reuters.com)
30 points by HillaryBriss 7y ago|8 comments

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