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by dghughes 2y ago
That's true making money is the big part so there's no incentive to control any of it. We are the product. Our info and habits are more valuable than any ad we click on.
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by dghughes 2y ago
Yeah late 80s early 90s BBS (terrible name of BATE) was the first thing I ever did on a computer other than my Atary 600XL. Talk to actual people!? Wow! Then onto IRC where "no flaming" (arguing or trolling) was a strict rule. But
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by dghughes 2y ago
It used to be park your kid in front of a TV.
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by dghughes 2y ago
And most of the steps above are how to live a full enjoyable life.
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by dghughes 2y ago
You can't eat cars, coal, and oil. If you're trying to say only those matter.
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by dghughes 2y ago
Windows are the worst. I'm constantly telling my mom to lock the windows in winter. They are meant to be locked. If not you can feel the heat escaping it's so cold next to the window. One was even up a few mm! Mom grew up on a far
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by dghughes 2y ago
Heat pumps move heat they don't make it. Air source heat pumps are at least 300% to 400% more efficient than just electrical resistance heat. Ground-source heat pumps are even more efficient. All you do is use a bit of electricity to p
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by dghughes 2y ago
Bioavailability is as important as the nutrient that you're trying to get.
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by dghughes 2y ago
That's like in Canada we had Much Music which began after MTV but there was The New Music in 1979 three years before MTV existed. JD Roberts (before he became evil) and Jeanne Becker (went on to fashion journalism fame). https:/&
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by dghughes 2y ago
I was watching a travel show about France and in Paris it seems tourists can get confused as to where their ticket is for. They can easily end up on a train in an area their ticket isn't for. You get a 100 Euro fine! And that's an
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by dghughes 2y ago
More and more it seems of which, as it is in China these days, counterfeit. Whether the real stuff works or as much as claimed is not the issue. Spray painted or disguised components meant to look like the original plants, animal parts, fun
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by dghughes 2y ago
KIA has some nice EVs the EV6 line and EV9 there's a new EV3 coming soon. I'm looking into the EV9 GT. I wish the Hyundai Sante Fe had a BEV model option it looks nicer outside than the EV9. The Hyundai KIA 800V (ish) charging is
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by dghughes 2y ago
Just submit a DnD character sheet and be done with it.
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by dghughes 2y ago
It makes me wonder is that why human woman have two breasts? In case of twins or human twin births used to be more common? edit: It seems elephants also have two nipples. I had to Google "how many nipples do elephants have" this
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by dghughes 2y ago
Why do kids even need a phone in school? There is no reason they'd need one since they should be learning a subject. At best they'd need a calculator but there are cheap stand alone ones. Here in Canada a few schools have said no
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by dghughes 2y ago
Masks aren't worn only by infected people they are worn to protect against the virus. The virus exists whether you choose to wear a mask or not. But masks prevent an infected person from spreading it from coughing or from non-infected
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by dghughes 2y ago
> Shoes in the house, dog, no house cleaners, the whole family did our own gardening and lawn care That's just a normal upbringing.
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by dghughes 2y ago
I'd say if you're under age 40 it should be possible unless you're in really poor shape but then again that shouldn't be a problem to get in shape. As you get older recovery time is an issue it takes a long time to get o
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by dghughes 2y ago
> but when it goes wrong it's usually catastrophic. That depends on the type since not all nuclear power plants are the same design. Here in Canada the CANDU style is very safe in design and uses natural uranium fuel not plutonium.
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by dghughes 2y ago
If you want to cause controversy and stir up some trouble in the ancient history community there's nothing like the topic of Roman roads. I didn't realize it until reading up on the subject. There seems to be two camps the "a
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by dghughes 2y ago
Madness is the story I just saw of a woman who bought land in Hawaii and someone else built a house on it. Then squatters arrived. Then the developer sued her. What a mess.
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by dghughes 2y ago
This reminds me of the olden days (1990s) when people would fill in laser cuts on hobbled CPUs with solder to boost...something. I'm old so l forget.
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by dghughes 2y ago
People with some hearing loss can't hear consonants but vowels can be heard. I think that's why some people may assume they don't have a hearing problem. My Mother has had poor hearing for decades. She listened to a radio as
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by dghughes 2y ago
> Leaded paints Some European countries banned leaded paint in 1909 the US and Canada only banned lead in paint in the late 1970s!
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by dghughes 2y ago
Wouldn't that apply to entertainers like Rich Little whose entire career was him doing his best to exactly impersonate famous peoples' voices and mannerisms?
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by dghughes 2y ago
Imagine if a Type II civilization built a Dyson sphere around a star but a Type I civilization was on a nearby planet. Then again I guess at that point the Type I and III would be aware of each other. I wonder could the Type I planet stop t
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by dghughes 2y ago
From the info I've seen Europe in general compared to the USA is more hilly and more densely packed. So trucks need to be more compact and more powerful (more torquey?). US is more open so flatter and truck length is not an issue. Mayb
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Literally and electrically impeding.
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by dghughes 2y ago
If you ever a chance check out YouTube videos on US / Canada vs European trucks it's wild. I mean just regular Euro trucks not heavy duty. Euro trucks which seem to be mostly Scania are V8 diesel vs US straight 6, Euro can be 800h
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by dghughes 2y ago
It's like if eBay and Altavista had a child in 1995.

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