SamPatt

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I am unabashedly human-centric, and only people suffering from affluenza think otherwise. Read "The Improving State of the World" by Indur Goklany.
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Abolishing landfills? What exactly would this do? There's an ungodly amount of free space on earth. Drive outside a major city sometime. Preventing people from dumping on unused land in order to reduce emissions seems ... ridiculous?
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>Big, structural changes such as better access to affordable healthcare, expanding income-support programs like the child tax credit, and implementing mental-health programs in schools would go a long way to ending the sleep-deprivation
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Please share your recommendations.
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The problem with brutally honest introspection is that coping mechanisms exist for a reason. The people who would benefit the most from self-honesty are the people most vulnerable to not being able to handle the truth, and potentially leani
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Could you explain this more? Some people clearly recover from depression, solely through lifestyle changes.
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One quibble: some aspects of being a nerd are likely innate, but many are a choice, and being the stereotypical nerd isn't necessarily a lifelong condition. In my teens I was very into computers, ham radio, fantasy books, and pretty we
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I'm intrigued - how would you envision the posts and comments working?
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Thanks, I'll keep it going as long as I can!
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Walking changed my life. I was obese and physically undisciplined, and exercise was too daunting to even consider. I began walking, and along with diet changes, I lost tons of weight. It acted as a gateway into a new fitness lifestyle. But
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I'm not so sure. An idealist might build something to be totally agnostic, and only after adoption from criminals might then realize they need to do something about that, hence adding in a filter. Then that effort is seen as evidence a
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Was he making the software better for criminals because he wanted to help (and presumably benefit from) criminals, or was he just making the software more private for anyone, and that happened to help criminals too? I don't know the an
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Seriously - this is interesting tech but it seems like a mostly solved problem. Brush your teeth when you wake up, then floss and brush them again before you sleep. Once it's routine (hopefully established in youth) it seems extremely
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Glad to hear this - I'm still looking for employment after a four month search, but at least the market is headed in the right direction now.
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Many bodybuilders are aiming to add as much muscle mass as their genetic potential allows, which can take more than a decade. The point is about how the body adapts.
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The FitBit vo2max estimate is fairly crude, at least for my model. It requires a ten minute run on level ground at a certain heart rate to "calibrate" but tries to estimate it from other exercise too. It leads to the number fluctu
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Why is two hours ridiculous? I find most people who devote themselves like this enjoy the process. If they enjoy it, it objectively improves their body, and they have the time - why not?
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It's the same with lifting and adding muscle mass. If you've never lifted before and you hit the gym consistently and have the proper diet, you will get some serious "newb gains." The first year can be amazing. But if yo
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Also, seigniorage.
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Fighting back against powerful corporations does happen, though usually over long time scales. Plenty of the most powerful corporations a few generations ago are weak or nonexistent today. Their abuses of power, though problematic, are typi
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The internet was explicitly privatized and deregulated in 1995 by the Clinton Administration. It has flourished under private sector control without net neutrality. A 30 year track record of success, yet people are still clambering to have
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I started reading the article and it reminded me of a great book I read, A Mind For Numbers. Then I realized it was the same author! Definitely worth reading if you've been avoiding deepening your math understanding.
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It might be possible those CBs heard that far away are actually 4 watts - but it's much more likely they're illegally boosting their output. Still, you're totally right that in ideal conditions propagation can be astounding.
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Incandescent :) It was FT8, which is a weak signal data mode. Very often you can make contacts hundreds of miles away using less than 20 watts. However, I was probably using between 40-100 watts for that contact - you can't get much fu
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Check out software defined radio. If you find it interesting, being a ham might appeal to you.
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I'm a ham. I communicated with someone 8,000 miles away from me (Midwest US to South Africa) by bouncing radio waves off the ionosphere from an antenna I built myself using as much power as a light bulb. The hobby is definitely dying,
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This just proves that some principles (such as free speech) are only upheld conditionally when those in power feel they don't actually threaten their control. Actions speak louder than words.
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Owls can be surprisingly loud, and annoyingly persistent.
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Environmental protection seems to be a luxury good. Nations don't typically prioritize it until they get wealthy. The wealthiest nations are the ones with the strongest environmental protections. So, in a weird way, money may very well
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Is this true across all socioeconomic groups? All of them projected to be better off? What is the citation for this?

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