SCAQTony

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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I had two VWs in my life that I truly loved till they had driven 50k miles: A 1980 Rabbit Convertible and a 2000 New Beetle. The styling and handling, but not the quality. After each purchase, I swore I would never buy another. I want to lo
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
What is very annoying is that white text on a green background is not very accessible to the visually impaired. I am surprised no one has sued them, citing the Americans with Disability Act as a communications standard.
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I was not impressed. I think the color tech and scenery were the eye candy not the compositions. Imagine those scenes if they were done with a pin-hole camera? I believe the subsequent impressionistic views would inspire one's imaginat
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Same with $10,000 triathlon bicycle versus a $900. It's the person's legs not the bicycle.
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Water is a greenhouse gas as is the methane infrastructure that will be used to create the hydrogen. I don't say this disparagingly, but an ignorant populace will fall for it, and that includes Congress.
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NASA-inspired airless bicycle tires (Partnership with NASA)(newatlas.com)
3 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
After reading this article my next car is going to be a hybrid with no subscriptions. The average car costs a year's income for most people. Charging a customer a subscription fee is nothing short of a perpetual lease. When you buy som
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Here is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZRUNYZY71g&t=23s
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
One is being planned outside San Francisco. They have invested nearly a billion-large so far. REF: https://fortune.com/2023/08/26/silicon-valley-elites-want-ne...
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Perhaps better rapid transit could be quicker and safer than driving in amy form. Perhaps designers should design cities around rapid transit rather than building rapid transit after the cities have been built.
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
In the movie "Tar" there is a sequence where Tar explains why Bach is so powerful and while playing one of his pieces, (possibly Brandenburg concerto) explains thatch pece is a conversation with itself. Brilliant!
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
The demand for such sites demonstrates that loneliness is a "pandemic" of sorts. YMMV
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
How much of the budget goes towards industrial espionage? </satire>
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
LOOLOLOL
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Argentina has defaulted on its debts in the following years: 1827 1890 1951 1956 1982 1989 2001 2014 2020
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‘Miami is dead. Austin is dead. [SAN FRAN] is back Can AI save this city?(marketwatch.com)
4 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|2 comments
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Enormous Structure Found Hiding Under the Surface of the Moon(iflscience.com)
6 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
TLDR; soft pedaling psychopathy as a de facto asset. IMO, Yes, "socially high functioning" psychopaths live among us but, more likely than not, they don't care much about anyone in their orbit and that should always be a red
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I should have been more clear: Physical addiction is when sickness, pain or impairment demands that you get your fix or possibly die. Example: "...benzodiazepines can kill you. This type of withdrawal can cause seizures, which increase
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I spoke with a rehab specialist and he mentioned that since cannabis is oil based, there is no physical withdrawal symptoms as there are with other opioid products. This is due to taking weeks to get cannabis out of your system. Thus, it is
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Not just bullshit, but money laundering centers as well since they are mostly a cash business with anon users.
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I think parrots, crows and Octopus have demonstrated a small brain can still create and execute intelligent ideas. YMMV
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I got this gem: What planes can you fly without a pilot's license. https://pilotinstitute.com/flying-without-a-license/
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AI discovers 4 mysterious shapes hidden in the Peruvian landscape(studyfinds.org)
1 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|0 comments
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I got voted down, perhaps someone paid for that downvote? ;-)
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
Well, the FTC is about to crack down on fake 5-star reviews levying 50k fines, perhaps paid fake endorsements are next? https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/30/fake-re...
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
"It's simple: overspecialize, and you breed in weakness. It's slow death." — Major Motoko Kusanagi (Ghost in the Shell)
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by SCAQTony 3y ago
I got to rule 16 — I don't know chess #2x8+183SeptemberVIIxVShellgnc3nTRAcTKenya
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Global Conflict Tracker: interactive map(cfr.org)
1 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|0 comments
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I asked GPT4Invent an experiment that could validate the block universe
3 points by SCAQTony 3y ago|1 comments

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