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by alexose 5y ago
I've definitely noticed a change in how my body handles caffeine now that I'm in my mid 30s. Less euphoria, more heart-pounding-through-my-chest. I still love the taste, though, and the routine of making pourovers/aeropress
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by alexose 5y ago
OpenAir is a volunteer group focused on Direct Air Capture (DAC) of CO2. There are two sides to it: Advocacy and research. The research side is currently working on open-source hardware for doing carbon capture at home. There are two pr
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by alexose 5y ago
I'm working with the OpenAir collective ( https://openaircollective.cc ) on open source, DIY-friendly carbon capture machines. I'm particularly interested in the electrolysis of CO2. I could really use help from anyone w
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by alexose 5y ago
Sounds like the same thing that happened in Santa Rosa in 2017 and Talent in 2020: Drought, wind, downed power lines. I live near Talent, and while I didn't lose my home it was one of the worst things I've ever lived through. If
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by alexose 5y ago
The only car I know of that works this way is the BMW i3, which came with an optional 'range extender' that's essentially a little gas generator with a 2(!) gallon tank. One complaint I've heard is that it doesn't
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by alexose 5y ago
As an accident-prone home chef myself, I highly recommend a pair of kevlar "cut gloves" for anything involving a mandolin, peeler, or grater. They're just a few bucks and can save you a lot of tears.
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by alexose 5y ago
I use vim because I haven't found a better tool for manipulating rectangles of text. I don't do anything too sophisticated with it (after 13 years, I still navigate with the arrow keys), but I do keep my .vimrc in version control.
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by alexose 5y ago
You articulated a real concern of mine. At the end of the day, literally everything I set out to do seems to turn into a programming problem. Trying to get healthy? Better find the exact right diet and workout routine. Learning guitar
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by alexose 5y ago
Ever since I saw someone beat Super Mario World by reprogramming the game from within the game itself ( https://youtu.be/14wqBA5Q1yc ), I realized that speedrunning retro games is truly next-level these days.
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by alexose 5y ago
Yep, remote work is key. I wouldn't recommend someone move to a rural area if they didn't have access to remote work.
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by alexose 5y ago
Didn't mean to imply that things were back to normal by 2010, only that it was (in theory) possible to prepare for it a little. In my case, there's no way I would have dropped CS in favor of anthropology if I knew what my prospec
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by alexose 5y ago
Hello fellow 36 year old! I think graduating into the 2008 mess gives us peculiar point of view. Two years older, we might have already had burgeoning careers. Two years younger, we might have avoided it altogether. I remember so much imp
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by alexose 5y ago
Hah! I guess I meant generally desirable. I personally find this place desirable.
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by alexose 5y ago
Oh, it's not good advice financially. In retrospect, the best thing I could have done with my money would have been to buy the most expensive house in the best neighborhood I could possibly manage. Put it all on the table. But I didn&
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by alexose 5y ago
That's true. There are certain things in cities that are irreplaceable. And to be honest, there are tons of things I miss about living in a city. I'm not sure that energy costs are necessarily higher in the country, but I suppos
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by alexose 5y ago
I know this may be sacrilege to some, but: Consider moving to a less desirable place if you can. I got priced out of my hometown of Seattle. So I moved to a small town in rural Oregon and I couldn't be happier. The combination of s
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by alexose 5y ago
Link to Fragmaster's eulogy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UkcZ4LtSE8
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by alexose 5y ago
It may not have the modern amenities you're looking for (nor the range), but: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Ranger_EV
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by alexose 5y ago
I see your point about mask compliance, but I would argue that tackling climate change requires the opposite approach. The best solutions are top-down economic agreements, requiring little to no buy in from individuals. What's more is
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by alexose 5y ago
Some of what you're referring to can be found here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug_policy_of_Portugal#Observ... I'm not sure it's all that cut-and-dry. The story seems to be a general increase in th
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by alexose 5y ago
You're not wrong, but the exposure is around 0.039% last time I looked into it. Plus you have to own a bunch of Uber, too. Google (Alphabet) owns a big chunk of SpaceX, maybe around $7B worth now? Given their market cap of 1.856T, th
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by alexose 5y ago
Sure! I was trying to avoid mentioning it to avoid seeming like an advertisement. (I have the HyperJuice 100W USB-C adapter)
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by alexose 5y ago
I've been using a GaN-based power supply for my MacBook Pro and it's just as good as advertised. Slightly bigger than a deck of cards, yet it runs cooler than the stock unit. Hopefully this tech finds its way into more devices as
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by alexose 5y ago
It would make sense in that we need a net reduction in atmospheric carbon, and not 100% of carbon emissions come from burning fuel. Though, I do see your point-- This only pencils out once you've captured 100% of the available fuels ma
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by alexose 5y ago
I can't wait for that to be a problem :) Most carbon capture schemes like this tend to have some sort of concentration step, often using amine sorbents or other chemical equivalents. The atmospheric concentration doesn't tend to
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by alexose 5y ago
I'm curious if Prometheus has considered any options for permanent sequestration. Perhaps buying an old oil rig and pumping electro fuel back into it. It's obviously hard to find an economic incentive to do this, but maybe carbon
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by alexose 5y ago
How were you able to invest, if you don't mind me asking?
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by alexose 5y ago
I think it's fair to assume that this technology is feasible at this point. McGinnis' other company, Mattershift, specializes in these kinds of membranes. IIRC they started in the desalination world, but have since found other a
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by alexose 5y ago
It definitely passes the Mr. Burns test: https://twitter.com/sethbannon/status/1214215295969030148
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by alexose 5y ago
Sorry, I'm not sure what happened there. The actual release is tucked away on their blog: https://prometheusfuels.com/on-the-road/prometheus-is-first-...

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