dalbasal

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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   Gobleki Tepeh is such a fascinating site. I love the way it both throws a spanner into historical understandings and alludes to them in interesting ways. It's not just before agriculture, it's just before agriculture, almost m
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   I'd never heard of this theory. Interesting. I always thought that the neolithic revolution narrative needed friends. It seems entirely possible that other forms of "civilization" existed even if they did not persist and&#x2F
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   Proof that they were hunter and gatherers is essentially proof that they weren't farmers. That's mostly based on a consensus that agricultural societies didn't exist anywhere yet. Proving negative claims is difficult, especia
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   Just an uneducated guess but... if an element was stable enough to amass a gram I don't think it would be that rare in the universe. At least unless the conditions in our accelerators are singular in the universe.
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   Any use for them?
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   What would you have it do?
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   I would love to see that become a category. Smart cases.
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   Do we know what policies are genuinely effective at improving housing affordability? This is the one biggest thing the (proverbial?) middle class have been struggling to make gains on over the last generation in a lot of otherwise successfu
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   by dalbasal 10y ago

   I think you're misunderstanding that quote. He's saying (if I understand correctly, it's awkwardly phrased) that his company sells only to a small number of clients who are all regimes (meaning states). There are only a han
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    Mostly-text websites that aren't a blog. That's quite a lot of categories of things people might like to put on the web that fit that.
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    Makes me think of this: http://www.paulgraham.com/addiction.html
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    I guess this is a little tangental, but I've always liked these artist’s renderings.
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    I guess if they run a 0.001% risk of doing something disastrous then it doesn't cut it. If 0.001% of purchases fail or orders get lost, or they have a few minutes of complete downtime, it might not be worth adding another 9. It says so
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    I love this little article by Douglas Adams. This reminds me of it. http://www.douglasadams.com/dna/980707-03-a.html
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    How far is this from being able to print ikea furniture or a kitchen cabinets?
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    by dalbasal 10y ago

    " Wealthfront Equity Plan should result in approximately 3.5% to 5% annual dilution.. ..most public technology companies increase their option pools by 4% to 5% per year, so the proposed dilution is well within the reasonable range. &q