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by ctack 10y ago
"Such an engine design offers a couple of key benefits over most existing propulsion technology. Perhaps most notably, unlike chemical rockets, Vasimr operates on electricity. As it flies through space, therefore, it does not need mass
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by ctack 10y ago
Exactly that. Bringing it up in any other way would likely paint you as a trouble starter!
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This makes sense, they can see their friends or friends of friends not being able to travel freely as they can.
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by ctack 10y ago
I'm glad something is finally happening over there. After watching the second Iraq war happen with the media doing pretty much nothing, I can tell you that I could not agree more with what you said. But it will blow over and then it wi
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by ctack 10y ago
Well put. I wonder if this ban would have been as strongly challenged by the media if it was someone else proposing it.
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by ctack 10y ago
Do you feel in any way grateful for your success and if so, how?
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by ctack 10y ago
I find the idea of the largest search engine repackaging others content without even hitting the content owner's site to be frankly rude. These sites pander to be ranked and get hits and then Google turns around and pulls this.
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by ctack 10y ago
I never understood why XFCE is not the default for Ubuntu desktop. It was(is?) part of Xubuntu, the lightweight Ubuntu distro, years ago. I had the most basic entry level laptop, but I managed to connect 2 external monitors to it while the
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by ctack 10y ago
This article is the stuff of Imposter Syndrome nightmares.
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by ctack 10y ago
Good news for high-temperature creep deformation in nickel-based superalloys used in applications like jet engines.
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Phase transformation strengthening of high-temperature superalloys(nature.com)
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by ctack 10y ago
Human life extension will be great for the individual and bad for society. There will be lots of shitty ideas that will stick around for way too long.
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by ctack 10y ago
The guy on the farm next door is happy killing leopards which threaten his sheep. Leopards are endangered. He doesn't care, in his world view there have always been many Leopards. He has his reasons for wanting to kill leopards, but ev
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by ctack 10y ago
It's not about Russia, it's about smearing the RNC.
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by ctack 10y ago
It's been on my mind for awhile. It's a similar situation: people in positions of power and responsibility which can be and are abused. The political situation is even more important. The billions that go missing in economies due
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I want to see these on politicians.
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by ctack 10y ago
The big thing behind franchises is standards enforcement. Could you enforce standards without a centralised storehouse and tons of onsite training?
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by ctack 10y ago
Lenovo is closing a door, leaving an opportunity for someone else to open one.
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by ctack 10y ago
I've been doing Stronglifts 5x5 for the last couple of weeks. You do 3 sessions of 30 minute duration a week.
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by ctack 10y ago
You don't ever self censor posts thinking a potential future employer might see it? Now imagine having all your movements recorded(and possibly actions too). Who will have access to that info now and in future? Target? Facebook? Your p
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by ctack 10y ago
Not sure about the legalities of a right to privacy in public spaces, although perhaps I could have used the word unobserved instead of the word private. For me the idea of observation goes hand in hand with the idea of self censure.
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by ctack 10y ago
Branson's statement reminded me of the old joke: Q: How do you make a small fortune in farming? A: You start out with a large one.
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by ctack 10y ago
I'm sorry to hear about your experiences and thank-you for being straight up. First of all, I don't know your experiences and am in no way trying to cheapen them, but I too have been the victim of crime (a break in while I was sle
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by ctack 10y ago
I don't understand what you're saying here. I don't see the connection between organ harvesting and the construction of a global panopticon. You also seem to be supporter of such a panopticon. Could you explain why? Or are yo
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by ctack 10y ago
It's a foot in the door.
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by ctack 10y ago
In light of Snowden leaks, this is just another piece in what appears to be a global panopticon construction project.
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by ctack 10y ago
This sounds like a startup challenge!
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by ctack 10y ago
You just need to spend it on education.
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by ctack 10y ago
Not to say I'm in favour of NIMBYism, but if SF had to have a serious, rustbelt scale economic downturn in the future then lack of overdevelopment would be a positive thing.
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by ctack 10y ago
A TLDR would be a nice to have. Although just inferencing from the comments is enough most of the time.

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