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9721.
by api 8y ago
Both are true. It takes society time to learn to deal with anything that makes disseminating ideas easier.
9722.
by api 8y ago
This is how we get there. That kind of space flight would be the end result of hundreds of years (probably) of space flight development. Compare polynesian canoes with modern powered ships.
9723.
by api 8y ago
I really hoped they would hide a rubber face hugger next to Ripley, but I doubt it. Such a missed opportunity.
9724.
by api 8y ago
Climate change is a much better term. More CO2 means the atmosphere traps more energy. Truth is we don't know exactly what that will do. Some areas may become warmer, some cooler, some drier or wetter, etc. Its also possible that entro
9725.
by api 8y ago
I don't see why blocking is an issue given that goroutines are light weight threads. They are really cheap and can be created as needed, eliminating much of the need for async patterns. It's one of the nicest things about Go given
9726.
by api 8y ago
It's a terrible store of value. It requires a constant massive electricity expenditure to keep it up. Gold, property, etc. do not and are much better if you just want to park money in something other than a financial instrument.
9727.
by api 8y ago
I don't think you are wrong, but in the case of Bitcoin I think a lack of user focus is a secondary problem. The primary problem is that Bitcoin's economics don't work. If it becomes popular, its nominal value explodes due to
9728.
by api 8y ago
Sure it is. NIMBYs are totally out of control. The time is long past for intervention.
9729.
by api 8y ago
Gas savings will vary by where you live and whether you have cheap gas and/or cheap electricity or expensive gas and/or expensive electricity. Even with expensive electricity though it's still cheaper than gas. I agree that q
9730.
by api 8y ago
Rent one? Depending on where you live there are rental car places you can rent a Tesla.
9731.
by api 8y ago
Ahh! Yeah, your sarcasm went whoosh . :)
9732.
by api 8y ago
So you click "learn." Done. This has been a solved problem since the 1980s. Dictionary updates are also tiny and local storage is gigantic compared to the size of even a massive multi-language dictionary. This is just total nonsen
9733.
by api 8y ago
Normally I agree with that principle, but in the case of surveillance capitalism I've learned it's often the opposite. Any excuse whatsoever to hoover customer data to feed into marketing analytics is taken, with few exceptions. I
9734.
by api 8y ago
Why does a spell checker need to live in the cloud? To harvest user text for marketing analytics of course. Never mind.
9735.
by api 8y ago
LOL. I was huge raver from ~18-22 and saw lots of that type of stuff from both natural and un-natural mania. I had a friend once who had a (natural) manic episode and wanted to get rid of a non-running car in his garage. He cut the car into
9736.
by api 8y ago
Would also explain his energy level. Manics can sometimes "use" their episodes to achieve hyperfocus, but as with synthetically induced mania (amphetamine) there are side effects.
9737.
by api 8y ago
What if he's burning out and doing this somewhat subconsciously in an attempt to shed responsibilities?
9738.
by api 8y ago
That's a better idea than mine. It could also potentially out undercovers.
9739.
by api 8y ago
Could there be a legitimate reason? Sometimes corrupt officials are placed under surveillance to catch other corrupt officials. If you out them you lose your information source.
9740.
by api 8y ago
I don't think that argument works. According to caiso.org (California) about 30% of my electric power right now is solar and over 50% are non-fossil-fuel sources including solar, wind, hydro, and nuclear power. In Texas wind sometimes
9741.
by api 8y ago
Imagine you have a private company. Somebody comes to you with a big fat acquisition offer and you get excited, but it's obviously not anywhere near inked yet. You send a celebratory e-mail to your investors and your option-holding emp
9742.
by api 8y ago
This is really great! I have to toss something in re: unionization and the percentage it may explain. Executive salaries have exploded while worker salaries have stagnated. Could this be because executives by virtue of the social networks t
9743.
by api 8y ago
It's another data point in support of: don't go public if you want to do anything innovative.
9744.
by api 8y ago
Twitter is where the rich and powerful go to make complete fools of themselves.
9745.
by api 8y ago
Creation science is a purely religious viewpoint with basically zero physical evidence. Climate science has a clear physical mechanism (CO2 traps more solar energy than N2, O2, etc.) and quite a bit of observation confirming the effect. It&
9746.
by api 8y ago
I used to be far more optimistic about this issue and our ability to discuss it. Seeing the explosion of online fascist and racist rhetoric since 2015 or so, the mass conversion of huge numbers of my peers (the "hacker" community)
9747.
by api 8y ago
I live in Southern California and it's common for people to have these effects when moving here from darker locales and spending time outside. My severe insomnia almost vanished after coming here.
9748.
by api 8y ago
I tried no root firewall and found that Google groups literally everything under a kitchen sink service that talks to blind IPs with SSL. There is no way to allow Maps without inviting Google to share your bed with you.
9749.
by api 8y ago
On further thought I think it is this: I question the motives of anyone who invests a lot of their time in the debate and discussion of the merits of various metrics for ranking the value of human beings unless they are on the skeptic side.
9750.
by api 8y ago
You'd be fine in Southern California and any major city in Texas.

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