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by cnasc 3y ago
> this provides a HUGE amount of employment and revenue Sounds like an opportunity for businesses to open near where people live rather than where they work. > encourages face to face socialisation which builds communities and social
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by cnasc 3y ago
I’ll take this moment to plug “The War Nerd Iliad”[1] which is my particular favorite adaptation of the Iliad. I took Classics in high school and we covered it, but I never really engaged with it until I read this. It may not be for everyon
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by cnasc 3y ago
Is Mesopotamia typically considered the “west?”
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by cnasc 3y ago
https://idlewords.com/talks/website_obesity.htm
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by cnasc 3y ago
The fun thing about bureaucracy in the US is that you never know what to expect. Half the time it’s a kafkaesque hellscape, but the other half you come away astonished at how smooth and painless the experience was
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by cnasc 3y ago
That would probably make a lot of new housing construction more economically viable. I’m not sure what the overall effects of UBI would be, but this seems like it would be a short term effect.
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by cnasc 3y ago
Well, this is why A6 Allroad and the newly bastardized E-Class wagon exist.
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by cnasc 3y ago
For some background music while reading you may enjoy the song that introduced me to the concept: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=epHneMeLyis&pp=ygUMcmFnIGFuZCB...
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by cnasc 3y ago
How much of this is due to better detection of cancer? If we discover cancers earlier but still don’t have effective treatment I’d expect the 5-year survival rate to go up even though the actual death day never changed.
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by cnasc 3y ago
> Why bother saying I can own it if the law also says no one can legally sell it to me? The government isn’t saying “we’re totally ok with you personally taking drugs,” it’s saying “we don’t think that arresting people who have small amo
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by cnasc 3y ago
I also use Linux for personal computers and have a company-issued MacBook. I definitely prefer Linux over MacOS but you couldn’t pay me to use Windows.
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by cnasc 3y ago
I’m not sure what the context here is, but as a lifelong NJ resident I can assure you that there are a lot more legal burdens here than you find in most other states. Of course we do ignore most of the driving laws
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by cnasc 3y ago
This is such a magnificent read. The Thing is one of my favorites (in all forms, though Carpenter’s version is my #1) and this only elevated the experience
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by cnasc 3y ago
On that note, the Mahwah Museum in Mahwah, NJ has a permanent Les Paul exhibit. You can arrange a private viewing where you get to play some of Les Paul’s personal guitars [1]. The price is very reasonable and it’s an amazing feeling to hav
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by cnasc 3y ago
> his music, but with the Baby Got Back lyrics Well, his version is slightly different. He says “Johnny C’s in trouble” where the original says “Mixalot’s in trouble” and I believe Glee used the Johnny C version. That’s probably not enou
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by cnasc 3y ago
> (old enough that I should be shot according to the movie Primer) I think you mean Looper! Both are great movies though
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by cnasc 4y ago
I think a reference to Q For Mortals https://code.kx.com/q4m3/
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by cnasc 4y ago
> I generally buy into the philosophy that it's better to spend more money on a nice object with a superior design and a longer lifespan. Not the Japanese ones in particular, but a few years ago when I needed a new clipper I purchas
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by cnasc 4y ago
> “ has no pronounceable name in English or any other speakable human language.” Doesn't it? https://unicode.org/emoji/charts-11.0/full-emoji-list.html#1...
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by cnasc 4y ago
> I'm fuzzy on the history but I do believe online play was embraced by Microsoft far before Sony or the others. XBox had online play by default, Sony and Nintendo required you to buy a peripheral. As a footnote, I think the Dreamca
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by cnasc 4y ago
New Jersey actually specifically banned paper bags. The only option is reusable plastic bags. I would much prefer paper.
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by cnasc 4y ago
I have a Thelio (AMD, I agree with you on Intel) and I think the case is great. Mine has the wood trim and looks much nicer than almost every desktop case I’ve seen.
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by cnasc 4y ago
Broiler chickens are 4-5 pounds when slaughtered, and only 60-70% of the bird is meat
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by cnasc 4y ago
> if Lisp had been implemented using vectors and hash tables instead Sounds a lot like Clojure
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by cnasc 4y ago
https://archive.ph/Odmns
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by cnasc 4y ago
For something similar, I always liked this blog series: https://www.shamusyoung.com/twentysidedtale/?p=2940 Unfortunately it seems the author passed away a few months ago
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by cnasc 4y ago
BMW was very early in on R&D for practical electric cars compared to most legacy automakers. Maybe the first large-ish scale thing was the 1 Series ActiveE (some family friends were in the Electronaut program), but they’ve been explorin
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by cnasc 4y ago
Are there any changes this year that will make it less aggressively spammy?
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by cnasc 4y ago
> I don’t mean this to be rude, but it sounds like you jumped to a quick conclusion based on preexisting simple expectations about obesity? I think this is unwarranted sarcasm, given that I could only comment on the information you provi
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by cnasc 4y ago
> I've never had a doctor give me a better answer than "diet and exercise" to change things. I got to a level of fitness where I could go on 10 mile hikes I don’t mean this to be rude, but it sounds like you paid attention

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