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by _archon_ 10y ago
> Cars aren't designed for the safety of anyone but their occupants, though. This is not the case. Part of the reason that all new cars from large manufacturers are as bulky looking as they are is to conform with US pedestrian coll
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by _archon_ 10y ago
You may find some cheap, easy gains by adding thermostatically controlled fans to your attic's soffet vents. It can get very hot in an attic on hot, sunny days, even if the floors below are held in comfort by A/C. Forcing the (hot
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by _archon_ 10y ago
We don't know that. The article didn't back up these quotations with reasoning, it just assumed that they were fact. This is pretty much the definition of an appeal to authority. A superior article would lay out how and why such d
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by _archon_ 10y ago
80km high track supported by centrifugal force and belt momentum, and tethered by (the same type of cable necessary for a space elevator)? With a belt over 4000 km long capable of 14km/sec without flying apart or overheating? Which par
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Variable geometry turbos are a thing, and have been for some time. The larger trucks and semis use this technology. Typically they are hydraulically controlled.
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by _archon_ 10y ago
OK, so a guy slandered another on Facebook, claiming that the hotel owner housed pedophiles. This was found to be untrue, however the slanderer wouldn't retract his statements. Anyway, in the meantime, the hotel owner was threatened by
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by _archon_ 10y ago
Now, they're maintained by taxpayers, i.e. the locals. What's your point?
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by _archon_ 10y ago
There is a significant distinction here, but I opine that either behavior is unacceptable for an ISP. I'm reading this and the comments and imagining a telco switchboard operator listening to my call, and then randomly either breaking
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by _archon_ 10y ago
I've been wondering for some time what the next step is for gene sequencing. Shouldn't someone be working on a 50 year long study where people are brought in at age 20, genes sequenced and dna stored, and an extremely thorough bat
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by _archon_ 11y ago
I propose the following: Why not slightly change the >'figure out what need is being unfulfilled in your life, and fill it' ...and amend it to read: >'figure out (through a well-defined, detailed, objective process
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by _archon_ 11y ago
Why isn't the first line of the Tor EULA or info page (and I wondered the same about Lavabit email) "This software/service is intended to provide its users a reasonable expectation of privacy under US and international law.&q
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by _archon_ 11y ago
I wonder how this relates to how we learn our primary language in the first place. My parents put objects in front of me and gave me the word to associate with them, or talked around the meaning of abstract words. I learned English (my prim
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by _archon_ 11y ago
This is an interesting article, and I think there could be a point made that wasn't expressed. I propose that someone who embodies these methods may be much more likely to have others judge them to have intellectual integrity. That was
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by _archon_ 11y ago
I am. How does it work? I assume someone with cash who really wants groceries buys stamps at a discounted rate so they end up having more grocery buying power?
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by _archon_ 11y ago
Or have your partner take the test, and line up a spare.
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by _archon_ 11y ago
I agree with astrodust, and would like to point out to the GP that arranging the real estate necessary, plus getting all the zoning/easements/whatever (I'm not in property development), would easily be prohibitively expensive
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by _archon_ 12y ago
I purchased a computer in the past year after using my trusty (overheating) HP TX2510 for more than half a decade. I was baffled as to why numpads were so popular, especially on mid-sized (15" or so) form factors. Was there a significa
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by _archon_ 12y ago
I can't speak for others here, but part of the reason why I frequent HN in the first place is that the articles are worth reading, and are necessary to read in order to have a meaningful discussion in the comments. Telling you what the
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by _archon_ 12y ago
As an off-topic note, I'd like to see if the font is showing up as poorly for anyone else as it is for me. The kerning is atrocious, and several rounded lower-case letters run into each other. This article is hard to read. ea, oa, ce..
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by _archon_ 12y ago
This is off topic, but I would like to appeal to your human sense of dignity. There are a number of cars available to the Australian buyer which can't be readily had by consumers in much of the rest of the world. You can buy Lapanese-
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by _archon_ 12y ago
This is decided in pretrial hearings. There have been entire cases based on the admissibility of evidence. If the judge rules it is or is not admissible, there is some manner of recourse or escalation for the usurped party. IANAL YMMV BBQ
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by _archon_ 12y ago
I understand your confusion, but this is a common usage case for the nominative first person of "me" in formal speech. This is one of a gajillion special case word choice situations. This particular sentence structure (Direct obje
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by _archon_ 12y ago
If you sell land below market value to someone who has no other place to live, they will live there only so long as it will take to arrange to move somewhere cheaper when they sell their land for market value and pocket the difference. They
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by _archon_ 12y ago
There's no refrigerator in this apartment. Also, I really want those chandeliers. That's a beautiful rendering though.
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by _archon_ 12y ago
I would expect that most people set their alarms in 5-minute increments, and dial in what minute they choose to meet the needs of their commute and morning routine. This forces variations away from a "sharp" time spike. Also, alar
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by _archon_ 12y ago
What tools are you using to locate these sources?
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by _archon_ 12y ago
Or do that, then burn away the flesh and use it as a heat exchanger.
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by _archon_ 12y ago
Don't forget that we have baby boomers entering the middle/later stages of life, where we would expect such diagnoses to be made. I'd expect the death rate in the US to steadily increase with respect to population over the ne
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by _archon_ 12y ago
This appears to be physically smaller. And cute. Polaroid may just have my business if it has standard mounting and the waterproof case works.
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by _archon_ 12y ago
Interesting... I would tend to think that the highest priority target is the one creating such material and harming minors in the process.

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