LurkingPresence

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   by LurkingPresence 9y ago

   Wouldn't it be smarter to start with a smaller project? Like maybe do the Chicago airport project before tearing up the east coast for a super tunnel. That seemed to work for Space X (start small, iterate).
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   by LurkingPresence 10y ago

   Here is a really great write-up on the F-35 from Quora: https://www.quora.com/What-are-your-thoughts-on-the-F-35-Lig...
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   by LurkingPresence 10y ago

   I think you hit the nail right on the head. I believe there has been research with rats on this type of thing (sorry I don't remember the name of the study). The sort of 'ambiguous' stress of modern life is much harder on the
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   by LurkingPresence 10y ago

   I really didn't like the 'bee' episode because it brushed a frightening ecological disaster under the table so it could have an episode about how mean people are on twitter. Really? Even if we could construct something like t
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   by LurkingPresence 10y ago

   I am not a marine biologist, but is it possible that there is a different substance (maybe something artificial) that could be dumped instead of iron to encourage algae blooms without the associated toxicity? Obviously that would raise the
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   by LurkingPresence 11y ago

   What book (or other method) would recommend instead of K&R? (I agree with your point, I'm just curious)
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   by LurkingPresence 11y ago

   I'm glad someone is finally saying this. Gaming seems to suffer from a serious inferiority complex, where they hope by mimicking the dominant art forms they can gain legitimacy. So a game like Bioshock is seen as superior to a game lik