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by ctack 7y ago
I wonder if it would be cost effective for a solar power provider to line the streets with their panels such that they shade the pavement on either side to some extent. If they managed it, they’d save on transport losses and possibly in cos
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by ctack 7y ago
If the economy had to completely take negative environmental externalities into account, would any company add value?
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by ctack 7y ago
https://www.robotshop.com/en/muscle-wires-sample-kit.html
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by ctack 7y ago
I have one of these watches and really wanted, but decided not to mod it with such a strap as the metal buckles would potentially start to scratch my laptop.
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by ctack 7y ago
You might still want to learn how to deal with grief and loss though. If you had 12 kids to avoid the possibility of losing all of your kids or all of one gender of your kids, it might still happen anyway. What if you lose your favorite one
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by ctack 7y ago
Does your stance on redundancy of loved ones also extend to the number of spouses you have?
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by ctack 7y ago
> people use the spam button as a lazy man's unsubscribe This is the small mail server crux right here. If you’re a small mail server and a few of your emails have been spam binned instead of unsubscribed, it would likely lead to yo
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by ctack 8y ago
Would love to know if Cambridge Analytica saw related patterns here with the edge case types it was able to sway. Maybe Facebook is the recruiting agency and dating apps are (at least a factor in) the cause!
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by ctack 8y ago
I brought a secondhand one from Smarter a couple of months ago. I think they are in France or Ireland. I ordered a 64gb, and the order was delayed :/ So I complained they sent me a 128gb phone :) But the battery was not in good conditi
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by ctack 8y ago
You could read it as “It’s cheaper for the not poor”. Parent comment mentions that in their country, being poor has come be seen as a choice and the poor as lacking in character. So being not poor means you have high moral character.
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by ctack 8y ago
I have yet to read a graphene comments thread here or even on Reddit without someone mentioning it.
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by ctack 8y ago
Wow, looking at it now and they're orders of magnitude more expensive than the already expensive Dyson lamps.
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by ctack 8y ago
A couple fo years ago someone figured out how to recreate sunlight. I can't wait for that to take off and was hoping this might be the start. I think this is them https://www.coelux.com
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by ctack 8y ago
As I see it, it's as an extension of the SpaceX smear campaign which, crazy as it sounds, seems like it's a real thing.
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by ctack 8y ago
Global programmes to drastically reduce birthrate already exist. They accomplish it by educating women.
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by ctack 8y ago
The only way it wouldn't is if the money paid for an editorial staff and then you'd be approaching a traditional media setup.
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by ctack 8y ago
I can't find it now. At the time of reading it made sense though - the just was that coffee being oilier, the caffeine takes longer to break down.
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by ctack 8y ago
I've been through this a few times. I restarted again a year ago after gifts of different coffee presses. These are some approaches that I've tried and have worked for me. 1. Cold turkey - usually after I get sick, then coffee is
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by ctack 8y ago
Knots as in ducks?
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by ctack 8y ago
How do they work? I know what Steam is, but I can't fathom what this gadget actually does and what value it adds.
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by ctack 8y ago
It doesn't look like the headlight can swivel.
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by ctack 8y ago
What about Signal or Telegram?
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by ctack 8y ago
The Next Thing - are the makers of CHIP and PocketCHIP. Such cool retro products. I still use my PocketCHIP daily. A tiny linux machine with a full keyboard. Products that are open to hacking and extension and give a feeling that anything i
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by ctack 8y ago
Was looking to buy one these in the intermediate future. Was bummed to hear the news.
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by ctack 8y ago
State sanctioned violence in the form of imprisonment being enforced by individuals whose egos can't accept that methods change. I find it unsettling to say the least. But then I guess actors like agent Cooper need to hide behind fortr
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by ctack 8y ago
There is a compression step in wood preparation life cycle. You could replace this step with shaped moulds to create these features. Or maybe it's cheaper and easier to 3D route out of bigger masses.
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by ctack 8y ago
Not a vegetarian and not a McDonald's client, but I'd actually support them if they went all in on something like that.
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by ctack 8y ago
Beijing currently influences it's weaker trading partners(which is most of the developing world) on various political points. For example - Taiwan policy or Dalai Lama visits. It's not hard to imagine China then asking them to use
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by ctack 8y ago
Slightly horrific and as other comments have suggested - quite dystopian, but the idea that they will surpass the need for actual blood - which they'd need to at scale and for many people ethically - that sounds pretty good.
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by ctack 8y ago
“It created this lack of work ethic in me that was fundamentally detrimental to the business and to our mission”. He as CEO took the 32 hour week and decided that it was bad for the run and mill.

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