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by blendo 6y ago
In 2015, total population of Japan was about 127 million. “Based on the results of the medium-fertility projection, Japan is expected to enter a long period of population decline. The population is expected to decrease to around 110.92 mill
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Population Projections for Japan (2016-2065): Summary(ipss.go.jp)
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I was able to find a job that was 9am to 4:30am, with an hour for lunch. That, and being able to read on my train commute, went a long way towards reducing burn out. Then, I negotiated a 4 day work week, along with a 20% pay cut. Loved ha
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by blendo 6y ago
They’ll have had an entire summer to improve online course work; I expect last spring’s online semester was, at best, scattershot. Somewhat related, Amherst is bringing back 60% of students; Reed wants all back, but is limiting to one stud
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Pandemic demand strains Central Texas meat supply chain(statesman.com)
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My high school math professor recommended this to me 40 years ago. I got it, then put it on a shelf for 20 years. When I picked it back up, it somehow had become delightful! Perfect subway reading. Review: http://www.ams.org&#x
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The world of cheap produce and its consequences(the-tls.co.uk)
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“For all governments in the developed world, including the U.S. government’s Medicaid program and the Department of Veterans Affairs, Gilead will charge $2,340 for a five-day course. U.S. insurers will pay 33% more, or $3,120.“
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Gilead announces long-awaited price for Covid-19 drug remdesivir(statnews.com)
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Wickedly funny article, and painfully germane: “And for the love of Ishtar, please don’t consider that under these pedagogically questionable and potentially dangerous circumstances, your student might be better off taking a gap year. Don’t
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Covid-19 is threatening the survival of US primary care(bmj.com)
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I'm very excited by the DSRC/IEEE 802.11p technology used in this pilot. I don't want to wait for Tesla's "Full Self Driving" to, someday, reliably and automatically avoid an accident; I'd much rather have
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Tears of a Cop: The Storm That Wrecked Bernie Kerik (2005)(nymag.com)
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Hawaiian Electric could be to blame for clocks being ahead(mauinews.com)
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by blendo 6y ago
What worked for me was enrolling in Electronics 101 at my local community college.
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"An ISA like the one being tested on e-bikes at Schiphol could allow s-pedelec riders to rejoin the safety of bike lanes in city centers. They could ride as fast as they like on the outskirts of town before being slowed to rejoin the f
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System that limits e-bike speeds will be tested on Dutch roads(theverge.com)
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“A common argument that officers make when a video shows them acting in questionable ways is that the public often doesn't see what happened at the beginning, he said. So some officers will tell a story that justifies what viewers saw
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We've just found the largest and oldest Mayan monument yet(newscientist.com)
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Volkswagen Adds ‘Vehicle-to-Everything’ Communications to Revamped Golf(forbes.com)
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by blendo 6y ago
I will recommend the book "The Story of the Human Body" by Daniel E. Lieberman. In his section "Unwise Wisdom Teeth", he writes: "Just as your limbs and spine will not grow strong enough if you don't sufficien
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by blendo 6y ago
Over the last 3 months I’ve come to believe increasing human urban density is correlated with increasing viral illness. Over the next tens and hundreds of years, this bodes poorly for the viability of Tokyo/New York/Mumbai/S
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by blendo 6y ago
“The target market is planes that fly regional routes out of smaller airports, carrying 5 to 12 people distances from 50 to 500 miles.” I think the engine is the magni500: 570 kW / 750 shp https://www.magnix.aero/produ
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Redmond startup powers all-electric first flight of a Cessna turboprop(seattletimes.com)
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Takuo Aoyagi, Inventor of the Pulse Oximeter, Dies at Age 84(spectrum.ieee.org)
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Despite the alarmist headline, the story is seems nuanced and even-handed.
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A Window onto an American Nightmare(newyorker.com)
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by blendo 6y ago
Related, Mark Arax is very good on NorCal pot farming and economics: http://mark-arax.com/highlands-of-humboldt/
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Step 1: open The office windows, as was done in TB sanitariums. Seems more pleasant than most offices I’ve worked in: “A century ago, treatment of tuberculosis gave modern architects a collection of design principles that aligned the aesth
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Reasonable Education: In Praise of Homeschooling(thepointmag.com)
5 points by blendo 6y ago|2 comments

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