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by adolph 2y ago
Conjecture: there is no exit from despotry because more than deriving happiness from the current state, the despot fears dissolution. A counter-example might be post apartheid South Africa or Idi Amin’s exile, but there are sufficient exam
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by adolph 2y ago
> maybe also print critical stuff per patient once a day? Yep, the business continuity boxes are basically minimally connected PDF archives of patient records "printed" multiple times a day.
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by adolph 2y ago
Its a claim that won't be confirmed and even if verified might be a lie to hide some better tech or just inane CYA. As an example, there is still nonpublic Kennedy material. Why would this event be any different?
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by adolph 2y ago
And the Tootsie Pop Owl didn't bite
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by adolph 2y ago
> They could repair it (as well as give the satellite a much-needed orbit re-boost), but for now they've passed on doing so, presumably for budgetary reasons. It isn't clear anyone could "repair it." Part of NASA&#x27
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by adolph 2y ago
Dr. Jacob Lowenstern, research geologist and Scientist-in-Charge at the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory, says that Yellowstone is currently a dormant volcano, with low levels of unrest. https://education.nationalgeographic.org&
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by adolph 2y ago
I wonder if a lawsuit like this could ultimately indemnify petrochemical companies for a known and finite amount, with the most lasting "benefit" being warning signs on gas pumps and anything else produced using petrochemicals:
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by adolph 2y ago
Seems like there isn’t a strong definition for “megafauna.” In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, t
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by adolph 2y ago
Wild hogs seem to handle it pretty well
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by adolph 2y ago
Do you have a citation for “4.75 servings?” The one thing from 2010 I could find has a serving size of one can. https://www.fatsecret.com/calories-nutrition/four-loko/four-...
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by adolph 2y ago
I donno, it must something awful if Oregon bans you (Oregon decriminalized “heroin, methamphetamine, PCP, LSD and oxycodone” [0]): On November 20, 2010, Oregon Liquor Control Commission's five citizen commissioners held an emergency m
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by adolph 2y ago
The film Nope addresses such phenomena and has an intriguing conjecture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nope_(film)
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by adolph 2y ago
They seem to be doing lots of work but I don’t understand what customer value this creates. What does a backing data lake afford a Notion user that can’t be done in a similar product, like Obsidian?
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by adolph 2y ago
> Moles, mice, things walking/driving over the top I wonder if anyone has started an environmental impact statement about burying lines. For example squirrels, possums, etc use them as bridges over streets, birds use them as observa
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by adolph 2y ago
Something that did go well is water movement. It was neat to see the bayous rise to just below the flood point then stay right there as the weirs of flood mitigation ponds take off the excess. I’m looking forward to checking out the data to
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by adolph 2y ago
To paraphrase: <X> is better for <Y> having been in it, even if <Y> never know that. Seems like a definition of virtue or at least beneficence.
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by adolph 2y ago
> As long as you follow all the rules yourself Sounds easy. Just keep a list in front of me. Maybe a book. Throw it into a RAG on local ollama. Keep a Teams chat open with the compliance folks.
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by adolph 2y ago
> If an agency just could hire a few strong web developers directly and then assign them to whatever task is needed during a particular sprint, Isn’t that what usds [0] is for? I think there’s always an alignment challenge for service ne
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by adolph 2y ago
Why bother with confidentiality in court proceedings? The New York Times pieced together Mr. Schmidt’s tangled history with Ms. Simon and Mr. Rundell from records of six separate litigation and arbitration cases, all of which are public. M
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by adolph 2y ago
Seems like they are breathing plenty of carbon monoxide during the race too: https://www.welovecycling.com/wide/2022/07/01/cars-supportin...
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by adolph 2y ago
Seems like ambitious legislation to request something from a standards agency and then keep lawing as if said standard existed. The Content Origin Protection and Integrity from Edited and Deepfaked Media Act (COPIED Act) would direct the N
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by adolph 2y ago
While that does work for the people listed as author, it does miss Katherine derivative “Kay.”
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by adolph 2y ago
Is it paradoxical that family names (used by a group of people) are more differentiated than personal names (used by one person)?
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by adolph 2y ago
This always has something interesting with links to high quality discussion: https://hackernewsbooks.com/ (Not affiliated, just an appreciator)
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by adolph 2y ago
Ariane is a series of European civilian expendable launch vehicles for space launch use. The name comes from the French spelling of the mythological character Ariadne. France first proposed the Ariane project and it was officially agreed u
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by adolph 2y ago
The plan was for the last payloads to separate from second stage and deorbit along with it. That was the delivery. 35:13 end of this the upper stage will flip in space and restart the Vinci engine to break and set itself on a colli
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by adolph 2y ago
Brings to mind the old story about a JSON DSL https://thedailywtf.com/articles/the-inner-json-effect
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by adolph 2y ago
> Zero is important because it is the first abstraction And thus was born the everlasting confusion between cardinal and ordinal numbers.
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by adolph 2y ago
Hmm, FEMA. That’s the heck of a job brownie team, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_the_government_re...
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by adolph 2y ago
Resilience is overrated and zero-sum. Once systems are antifragile they can really expand the ergodicitic envelope for the benefit of all. Working against the second law is futile anyway; embrace entropic accelerationism.

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