coddingtonbear

10 ms·

1. 61.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   Oh, well, the Olympics are more than just a single stadium, though. If you do a quick google search for "Abandoned Olympic Venues" you'll discover that although some infrastructure can be reused, a great deal is not.
2. 62.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   Also, the Green Line between 1994 and 1996.
3. 63.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   Unappreciated might be somewhat of a stretch; European countries were certainly able to avoid spending a significant fraction of their budget on post-war defense against the Soviet Union because the United States largely took that on.
4. 64.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   It's important to keep in mind that there are a variety of things that are different now from the preceding 15ky of agriculture -- the most important statistic being the one demonstrated by this graph: https://upload.wikimed
5. 65.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   You may not be aware of this, but double-digit rate increases for healthcare costs were the norm even before the introduction of the Affordable Care Act.
6. 66.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   I know you probably won't care to take this seriously, but you may stand to benefit by checking what you are basing your opinion upon; there is a fantastic amount of misinformation on this subject accepted as truth, and doing some basi
7. 67.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   It may make you feel better to assume that those downvoting your post are part of some pro-nuclear conspiracy, but the truth of the matter is that you appear to have an unscientifically hyperbolic understanding of what the effects of both d
8. 68.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   I think if you reformat that percentage as a fraction, you'll understand what he's going for.
9. 69.▲
   by coddingtonbear 10y ago

   You might have missed it because it's used here toward unsavory aims, but the situation jdmichal is describing is also non-violent civil disobedience.
10. 70.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Extremes do absolutely exist everywhere, but Russian roads are still well-known to be some of the worst in the developed world. That isn't to say that it's entirely a problem rooted in lack of funding, though; as it turns out,
11. 71.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    I'm supposing he's referring to the public dispute Paul Graham and Michael Church have been having for some time.
12. 72.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Although that's totally the common understanding, surprisingly there's rather a lot of evidence ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiation_hormesis ) at this point that it isn't actually true; it's jus
13. 73.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    I can't really speak to gamma ray bursts, but you can definitely shoot astronomical bodies through solar systems, into planets, or their moons.
14. 74.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    You can, in fact, place yourself on the surface of a planet in this game to see what hell you hath wrought above.
15. 75.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Really, it comes down to what you mean by "America"; my understanding of the "[president] is destroying America" crowd is that they're commenting more on destroying America's "America-ness" than actua
16. 76.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Well, in the defense of your mentioned programmer, it very well might be more complicated than it looks at first glance. Having worked for two different news organizations in my past, I've an unfortunately large amount of experience w
17. 77.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Well, we're definitely making the whole planet unusable just by producing energy the way we are today.
18. 78.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    Any positive population growth is necessarily exponential -- the fact that that rate is getting lower is cause for hope, but that doesn't change the mathematical reality.
19. 79.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    I'm fairly sure this applies only to SDR transmitters, not receivers.
20. 80.▲
    by coddingtonbear 11y ago

    I think you've hit the nail on the head, here.
21. 81.▲
    by coddingtonbear 12y ago

    Seconded; I mean: I can understand why somebody who was into nuclear tourism might want to swing past the Hanford Site in Washington, but I'd bet that the majority of Americans might rather steer clear.
22. 82.▲
    by coddingtonbear 12y ago

    Please do keep in mind that NDAs are a thing.