captainredbeard

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by captainredbeard 5y ago
This is the way. You are thinking like an engineer, and that will create solutions. Extracting carbon from the air, if done in a net-neutral manner (impossible with today's tech AFAICT), will provide us with sustainable hydrocarbons, n
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Thank you sharing this. Because of social delays as a child, I didn't realize I was kinda short until after becoming an adult and it has really fucked with my head. Success stories like this make me thing it'll be okay.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
You aren't wrong. A sober look at how society judges people should remove all surprise surrounding this topic, unfair as it may be - men are judged primarily by financial / dominance success / physical indicators of dominance
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> In an ideal world we would be able to quickly phase out gas stoves What if I like my gas stove?
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
HCPs love the idea of declaring autonomy as outdated, or problematic, or even better, an HCP behavior itself. Dream on.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> Then leave. That's your only recourse. Only if the culture over values conflict avoidance. By other management philosophies, it is preferable to encourage (healthy) conflict, which can include waves of emotionality which can be un
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> What you are describing is guilt by association with China. It is not illegal to work to promote scientific collaboration with China Perhaps it should be.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
The art style on that page makes me think of Soviet bloc propaganda.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
With animal health, density is the primary "component" you can manage to avoid disease issues. I wonder if humans are subject to the same rule.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> HN readers are generally pretty privileged. This is slightly inconvenient change they can make to their lives Ha ha, nope.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
So sorry to hear that, condolences.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
I sure am glad Susan Wojicki is there to guard my mind against thought crimes! /s
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> I can say in a written agreement with my workers that they are my slaves, or that > they can not work anywhere else ever. They can even accept those terms, but that > does not make it legal. True, but there isn't a long sta
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
That's the gist of it really
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Why can't we have an actual insurrection but just against the damn IRS and the big banks? Instead we get the dude with Buffalo horns larping in the Capitol! /s
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
I want to second the book recommendation, it changed how I viewed the world and politics.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
...and they had the gall to call it infrastructure. Infrastructure for funneling cash to Congress cronies, perhaps.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Normal and fine
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Is changing someone's mind wrong? Is it wrong to belief that unions aren't all ponies and rainbows? If the answer to both of those questions is "no" then I don't see a problem here.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Much of the inflation is caused by monetary policy (e.g. fiat money and expansion of the money supply).
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Remember when talking about menstrual irregularities post-vaccine got you banned from the internet? I do.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> If everyone was a sociopath it would fall apart pretty quickly What if 1% of the population were sociopaths?
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> This is the "the US are the international police of the world" view No, it's the "US is the top power and wants to maintain primacy" view, which I wholeheartedly endorse.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Negligence, even if it does not directly cause a negative outcome, is still a mistake and a consequence of bad aeronautical decision making.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Probably one of the non-coastal states.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Another compounding factor involves legality of selling meat. You can sell live animals (and fractions of them, e.g. 1/2 or 1/4), which are in turned butchered for the customer, but you can only sell cuts if they are slaughtered a
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> nothing seriously bad actually happened here Incorrect! They exposed their pax to unnecessary risk. You do not think like an aviator.
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> I still don't understand why there aren't many communist communities. Wouldn't it be better if you could opt in or out? Not sure if you're serious or if this is expert level Socratic method questioning! The lack of
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
> Casting out at China is a very odd move to take, with no significant point of tension Taiwan aside Highly debatable, and I would say not supported by the facts. Look at what their Merchant Marine fleet has done toward weaker powers suc
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by captainredbeard 5y ago
Probably not lethal as AC at 60hz tends to "pop" muscles causing a grip to be lost on the penny, but it's potentially lethal, definitely harmful, and definitely bad.

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