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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
I suspect the author is making a good point, but it is far from adequately supported. Merely an assertion of opinion, not a even really a fleshed-out essay. Here’s the real shit, scariest thing I’ve ever read: The Erosion of Deep Literacy
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
When the referendum was announced, the expected result was in the neighborhood of 60/40, but “Yes” made big unexpected gains. At one point shortly before the vote opinion polling collapsed the “No” lead as low as 51/49. Cameron pa
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Having done both, and everything in between… I’m continuing to move steadily away from binary implementation decisions. You spend money, it gets done quicker (sometimes, but that’s the intent) but if it’s not the right thing, it’s a waste.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33738279
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
The silicone valves exacerbate this problem by forcing a buildup of air pressure. Cheap ones cause a mess even when the bottle is full, whether by excessive resistance, asymmetrical imprecision of the valve sectors, or fucking both. I’ve st
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
I could have been a bit clearer. What he wanted to squash was not the vote but the independence movement. He set the bar low, expected the Scots wouldn’t clear it, and then there would be incontrovertible proof it would never happen. But th
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Edible Microorganisms – Overlooked Tech to Counteract Agricultural Expansion(frontiersin.org)
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Reboot Food(rebootfood.org)
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
The 2014 referendum was at the gracious condescension of the UK’s worst ever PM, David Cameron. He manipulated the rules to try to squash it, and it very nearly bit his ass clean off. Not learning the obvious lesson, he tried it again with
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
When my kid was younger, I’d be asked: When would you go back to in a time machine? Dinosaurs? Cave people? Romans? I’d always reply: Nothing before antibiotics, anesthesia and modern dentistry. Love it or hate it, this year I’m gratefu
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ESA presents new generation of ESA astronauts(esa.int)
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Harvard Sinclair Lab (pace of aging)(sinclair.hms.harvard.edu)
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
The entire Viridian site is still up. Includes nearly 500 essays by Pope-Emperor Bruce Stirling himself. There's even an active link to a Cafe Press shop where you can still buy a Big Mike t-shirt. http://www.viridiandesign.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
That's what I get for asking an imprecise question. Sometimes, when two countries dislike each other very much... A more precise line of questioning might have been: What considerations brought about the inclusion of this particular
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Some of the discussion on the below post the other day (re the .gb TLD) was around this question. The UK political landscape is a very odd duck. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33689935
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
I wasn’t aware (or I forgot) NI has this option. Do you know why they have it? Can you point to a good explanation somewhere? Thx.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
2014. The result was much closer than polls predicted. The argument is the circumstances have fundamentally changed: Brexit (2016) is proven to be an economic and regulatory disaster, and Scotland is out of the EU against its will (62% vote
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Scottish Parliament does not have power to legislate an independence referendum(supremecourt.uk)
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
If the pro-independence parties vote to hold one “anyway”, the pro-union parties have said they won’t cooperate, doing so specifically to delegitimize the result as representing the will of all the people. That said, I agree with you.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Now with more post-singularity cosmic enlightenment?
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Right. "The rest is luck." I would say "chance", since there's no such thing as luck.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Fair enough... The United Kingdom of 55 Tufton Street, banks in British Empire-related tax havens, the City of London and England
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
They may as well. I was making a different implication, which is that the Square Mile calls the tune, the rest of London and England have no choice but to dance along, and that everyone else will bugger off soon enough.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
I will try to get to it tomorrow. Literally: - found a stick of pine that was the right thickness (3/4") - cut off a chunk a bit wider than the alpha keys (~12") - measured the distance from the keys to the edge of th
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Where it’s heading is United Kingdom of the City of London and England.
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
I made a custom wood and leather wrist rest for exactly this. It’s fairly tall and has a soft curve at the corner opposite the keyboard. The heel of my hand rests on the curve. Watchband touches nothing. I modeled it after the keyb and wris
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Dial-type tire pressure gauge (can no longer read the stick kind) and a cheap portable air compressor. Paid for themselves the first time I didn’t have to drive to the petrol station on a nearly flat tire. The long flimsy power cord and hav
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Intentional Camera Movement Photography Magazine(icmphotomag.com)
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Hun Kyu Kim Paintings(highart.fr)
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by Kaibeezy 4y ago
Shifting an EV seems like a gimmick, with not much of a gain, and no substantial consequence for poor technique. A real reason, posted earlier today, is people strongly preferring that experience of manually controlling a complex mechanism,

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