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by brlittle 19y ago
I'm sorry you feel that way. I'm still learning my way around...I'll take your comment under consideration for future subs. Thanks!
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by brlittle 19y ago
"However, the suburbs that provide a balanced business, commercial, and housing ecosystem and have diverse transportation options to the main destinations outside will actually thrive and prosper." Technically, then, it's not a suburb. Depe
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by brlittle 19y ago
"slums seem to need a combination of cheap housing and proximity to unskilled jobs that pay by the hour" Actually, they need cheap, undesirable housing, and not much else. Slum neighborhoods are more often characterized by their _lack_ of j
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.net interviews The Pirate Bay's Peter Sunde(netmag.co.uk)
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Scientists create "Roach Motel" for photons(washingtonpost.com)
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Windshear builds 180MPH "rolling road" wind tunnel for NASCAR [PDF p. 24](haascnc.com)
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Diesels vs. Hybrids: Head to Head(inventorspot.com)
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Study finds some thoughts really do require language(scienceblogs.com)
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Handbrake 0.9.2 arrives(handbrake.fr)
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by brlittle 19y ago
Reasonably astute summary of the situation. This is the gospel Jim Kunstler and others have been preaching for years now ( http://www.kunstler.com/ ). If you accept the idea of peak oil, you can readily see where the intersection of PO and
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Autopia: As lithium cars arrive, lithium questions persist(blog.wired.com)
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by brlittle 19y ago
Snarkless query. "...all the other components are electrified as well. [...] There is not an established supplier community for this. It's a very complicated system with known technological solutions. But they've never been integrated in th
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by brlittle 19y ago
Jacob is one of those people who can improve anyone else's appearance simply by standing next to them. They always look better than he does. Also, how did I know just by looking at the thumbnail that this one would have "pensive" in the tit
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Brazen Careerist: Answering the toughest interview question(blog.penelopetrunk.com)
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NPR: Tech Junkies Crazy About "Getting Things Done"(npr.org)
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Asimov: What is intelligence, anyway?(haverford.edu)
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Schneier on lock-in(schneier.com)
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Duke U. Set to Deploy World's Largest 802.11n Network(biz.yahoo.com)
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10 "Stupid" Online Business Ideas That Made A Mint(anxus.com)
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Andy Ihnatko Reviews Drobo & Droboshare(ihnatko.com)
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Pratchett fans, Sgt. Colon was on to something: Thieves steal Czech rail bridge(metro.co.uk)
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DIY Unmanned Aerial Vehicles [video](pbs.org)
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by brlittle 19y ago
Nice observation..and the situation is, I think, exacerbated by the often-cited "publish or perish" nature of things. I strongly suspect that this increases the tendency to adhere to the narrative, making it even more self-reinforcing. Dang
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by brlittle 19y ago
I agree that the post head is melodramatic. But I think perhaps you missed something in the article. As it pointed out, the kind of "easy guesses" you mention are far less likely to occur in broad fields, even if they are more likely in nar
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by brlittle 19y ago
Contrary to what I suspect was your intent, you aren't being clever. You're just reinforcing the point that every choice has consequences...some intended, some not. For instance, the net increase in CO2 from your "cycle to work" respiration
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by brlittle 19y ago
Fake. I know. But... "10. All American cars are hereby banned. They are crap and this is for your own good." This would, in fact, be rich coming from a Brit. Really. Hah!
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by brlittle 19y ago
That's probably a valid consideration, but whether you should take it into serious account depends upon your aims: Are you trying to shift the paradigm, and introduce something entirely new? Or are you simply trying to produce the best refi
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by brlittle 19y ago
Actually, the argument being made is that you're _not_ paying for it. The externalities -- degraded environment, pollution, economic damage, etc. -- are being passed on to the powerless in other countries, or to future generations. In econo
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by brlittle 19y ago
Is it snarky to ask what you mean by "big physical object?" Most things are big on a relative scale. Besides, what do you plan to do in the interim between now and whenever the proposed future arrives?
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by brlittle 19y ago
You know, the questions you're asking are valid. But one might well ask "When there are other sources of clean, potable water available, why is it necessary, or even desirable, to drink water imported all the way from Fiji." Is Fijian water

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