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301.
by coin 9y ago
The nuclear waste problem has already been solved, at this point it's a political issue. See http://www.phyast.pitt.edu/~blc/book/chapter11.html
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by coin 9y ago
> Compared to ripping the tops of mountains Or consider nuclear, which is much cleaner, safer and lower coast than all other energy sources
303.
by coin 10y ago
> Agent Orange What's the issue with this? They (the former chemical company) were a DOD supplier.
304.
by coin 10y ago
Not a second, but a minute is too coarse
305.
by coin 10y ago
> why would you want to have seconds on the clock? * Timing things, such as software execution * Starting a phone interview on time * Timing a trade just before the market closes
306.
by coin 10y ago
Citation needed. For the US this number is less than 50,000, where are other 950,000 car deaths occurring?
307.
by coin 10y ago
We in North America have been paying the Dolby AC-3 tax for the last 20 years. Dolby successfully weaseled AC-3 as the multi-channel audio encoding standard for MPEG-2 DVDs. This is despite the fact that MPEG-2 already has a multi-channel a
308.
by coin 10y ago
This doesn't work in the US. Where I live, for a credit card chipcard, the cashier has to finish, then there's a 2-way authentication with the server whereby the card has to stay in the reader. This is why the card has to stay out
309.
by coin 10y ago
> Chip cards replaced swiping over a decade ago No so for the US, they're still relatively new having been introduced in the last 5 years
310.
by coin 10y ago
It's faster that way.
311.
by coin 10y ago
Because swiping is so much more convenient. With a magnetic transaction I can just swipe and put my card away. Most of the time I swipe at the beginning of a long checkout (grocery store). With a chip transaction, I need to leave the card i
312.
by coin 10y ago
> swipe your card Sadly swiping is being replaced by chipcard.
313.
by coin 10y ago
I wouldn't be so sure. You can go pretty far without knowing what a MHz really means. Edit: I've it megahertz written more as mhz than MHZ.
314.
by coin 10y ago
Good point, they should be called simultaneous tri channel.
315.
by coin 10y ago
There is a huge difference between MHz and mHz
316.
by coin 10y ago
> wipe your devices But then you risk: > They said, ‘Next time you come through, don’t have a cleared phone,’
317.
by coin 10y ago
Why do I need to run executable code in order to read static content?
318.
by coin 10y ago
> or one of the thirteen javascript requests timed ou There's the root cause. Why do I need to download executables just to read static content?
319.
by coin 10y ago
That was my first thought too
320.
by coin 10y ago
> Center of the Tech World A bit of a stretch considering there's the rest of the Bay Area
321.
by coin 10y ago
The trackpad is off center (to the left), what's up with that?
322.
by coin 10y ago
-1 for disabling zoom on mobile devices
323.
by coin 10y ago
Horrible scrolling experience, zoom on mobile devices is also disabled
324.
by coin 10y ago
> It's still a robbery but 15% cheaper. How is it robbery when you consented to the purchase?
325.
by coin 10y ago
Complete with Gateway "2000" monitor
326.
by coin 10y ago
Uggg, why is zoom disable on mobile devices?
327.
by coin 10y ago
The point is that these "desirable" attributes were chosen by the diamond industry to promote their own gems. Why is "fire" or "brilliance" the reference by which gemstones are judged by? This mindset is exactl
328.
by coin 10y ago
> superior to diamonds in every essential way: cut, color, clarity, durability, fire, brilliance Yet the author still uses the "desirable" properties taught by the diamond industry
329.
by coin 10y ago
-1 for disabling zoom on mobile devices
330.
by coin 10y ago
> fire with cause Isn't it all at-will employment? Why is a reason necessary?

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