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541.
by barney54 11y ago
I didn't see anything in this article where the author explain how offshore money corrupted democracy. He also throws out the Koch Brothers as some kind of left-wing talisman, even though I haven't seen them implicated in the Pana
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by barney54 11y ago
When I was in school I was surprised that my hand written notes were better than my friends who typed their notes during class. My notes had all of the relevant information, without being a long as my typing friends. I really thought I woul
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by barney54 11y ago
We wouldn't be better off if we had not used coal, oil, and natural gas for the last 200 years, we would be much, much poorer. There would not be as much pollution in the world, but we would have missed out on a massive amount of econo
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Dutch politicians move to ban gas, diesel cars by 2025(cnet.com)
1 points by barney54 11y ago|0 comments
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Wind and solar are attracting the most funding(bloomberg.com)
93 points by barney54 11y ago|82 comments
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by barney54 11y ago
As the owner of a nest thermometer, a couple nest cams, and a nest fire alarm I sure hope that nest reverses their policy on the Revolv hub. I have been pretty happy with my nest products so far, but this makes me seriously reconsider buyin
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by barney54 11y ago
They know what they are doing with regard to expensive, luxury, low-production volume vehicles. The question is whether they know how to scale and make money.
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by barney54 11y ago
I was skeptical until we visited our friend who own one. Our friend is blind and that's why they bought it, but it was fun to use and actually useful.
549.
by barney54 11y ago
I always thought it did not make sense to capitalize Internet and web, so it's nice to see the AP catch up.
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by barney54 11y ago
The Moon Treaty explicitly forbade private property on the moon, but by implication it means that private property is still possible under the Outer Space Treaty. Also, the United States did not ratify the Moon Treaty. It is in force for th
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by barney54 11y ago
Not necessarily. Check out the evidence first. The picture is definitely different from what the Stanford researchers claim in the press release: http://energyindepth.org/mtn-states/stanford-researchers-rep...
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by barney54 11y ago
At best it shows that regulation in Wyoming failed. And even then there is debate: http://energyindepth.org/mtn-states/stanford-researchers-rep...
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by barney54 11y ago
Farmers and ranchers don't need to allow oil and gas drilling if they don't want to. It's the point of private property.
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by barney54 11y ago
Not fracking. Deep injection wells. There is a big difference. More accurate to say oil and gas production activities, but it is incorrect to the point of being misleading to say it's fracking.
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by barney54 11y ago
For balance, here is a rebuttal from the industry: http://energyindepth.org/mtn-states/stanford-researchers-rep...
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by barney54 11y ago
But why take the risk? Don't give them your real name or address.
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by barney54 11y ago
15 years ago, when I was in my mid-20s, I didn't understand why people where so excited about IKEA. Then I went to a normal American furniture store. The traditional American store was terrible. The furniture was ugly and expensive wit
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by barney54 11y ago
If I buy a ticket, it's not for the expected value, it's for the dream. A couple bucks isn't bad for an excuse to dream. (I also only play a couple times s year.)
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by barney54 11y ago
Rail isn't very efficient in the United States--except for maybe Manhattan (even then MTA loses money). Seattle should look at what's happening in other cities. For example, according to the LA Times, "The Los Angeles County
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by barney54 11y ago
And neither does light rail. light rail is a bad investment. It is expensive and low capacity. It is 19th century technology. Building bus rapid transit makes much more sense because it is felixible and less expensive. But politicians don&#
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by barney54 11y ago
You aren't including federal gas taxes.
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by barney54 11y ago
This is a real bummer because it implies they are done developing it. I bought the Nik Collection a couple years ago and I have gotten good value out of the product. I hoped they would continue to improve it. If you like photography should
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by barney54 11y ago
Mass transit can make sense, but it isn't profitable. Very few public transit systems in the world are profitable. Bus systems are more likely to be profitable. https://www.quora.com/Which-public-transportation-systems-
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by barney54 11y ago
There is no reason that roads cannot pay for themselves. Gas tax revenue comes close to paying for roads when it is spent on roads.
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by barney54 11y ago
I for one don't hate ads, I hate bad ads, privacy infringing ads, and distracting ads. And my livelihood had nothing to do with ads.
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by barney54 11y ago
This experiment is similar to what happens in the novel The Speed of Dark by Elizabeth Moon. http://www.amazon.com/The-Speed-Dark-Elizabeth-Moon/dp/15012...
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by barney54 11y ago
I know Mach 3 is fast, but it still is amazing flying California to Russia and back in 10.5 hours.
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by barney54 11y ago
None of these guys used their private email exclusively for government business. That is the key. They all had State Department email. Clinton did not. ALL of her email was on her private server.
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by barney54 11y ago
People are not going to shut up about this. This will be an issue through the election. It's a really big issue that the Secretary of State was so cavalier about how she handled classified information.
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by barney54 11y ago
But why would the NSA believe that she would set up her own server? Other Secretaries of State hadn't done anything like that.

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