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by dmbche 3y ago
"Following the end of Clinton's term, Summers served as the 27th president of Harvard University from 2001 to 2006. Summers resigned as Harvard's president in the wake of a no-confidence vote by Harvard faculty, which resulte
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by dmbche 3y ago
Off wikipedia: "Arp never wavered from his stand against the Big Bang, and until shortly before his death in 2013, he continued to publish articles[14][15] stating his contrary view in both popular and scientific literature, frequently
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by dmbche 3y ago
Not if it's got strong evidence - there is still no strongevidence for the lab leak so it's a moot point. Do you have something with strong evidence that ruined someones career in the last 50 years?
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Without identity posession is impossible - i.e. tying your name to contracts is impossible, thus owning objects or property becomes difficult. This is between individuals, but enforced by governement. It becomes oppressive when you do not c
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by dmbche 3y ago
It's a fun and cheap project for anyone just tinkering with electronics. Like the ben eater kits - it's not really useful, but it's fun to do and then have
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by dmbche 3y ago
"Considering the harmful potential of PM, our findings note that the filter-tipped cigarettes are not a less harmful alternative for passive smokers. Tobacco taxation should be reconsidered and non-smoking legislation enforced."
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by dmbche 3y ago
Very simply - Vim is a program that you are required to be a "poweruser" of to make work. You NEED to know most keypresses and shortcuts ( at some point, Vim is a language that you're speaking to the text you're editing
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by dmbche 3y ago
The space between things in space is quite large, so you're going in a single direction for a while. The thrust from the spacecraft is also used to exploit gravitational energy (slingshoting around planets) for the most part, from my
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by dmbche 3y ago
You made me realise that Canada does not seem to have something similar - we just have a transportation safety bureau that handles trains, pipelines and the likes. And the Titan thing that happened a few weeks back. I'm a little worrie
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by dmbche 3y ago
The Bends were discovered when mysteriously, during the construction of the Brooklyn bridge, the underwater welders kept dying when coming out of the water. After scientists found what happened and saturation diving was theorised - companie
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Cow Tools(en.wikipedia.org)
42 points by dmbche 3y ago|7 comments
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by dmbche 3y ago
It's been years I thought it was near Seattle or something. How did I get this mixed up? Feels like a Bernstein bear kind of thing. Thank you for the correction.
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by dmbche 3y ago
I mean no not at all - patents are legal tools that can be skirted around just like anything else. If people don't respect the patent and produce things with it, your recourses are lawsuits - patents aren't stopping chinese manufa
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by dmbche 3y ago
I keep seeing foldable kayaks around - what a small world it is to think this guy has a part to that!
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by dmbche 3y ago
Thanks you - just discovered Scigen, these links are incredible
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by dmbche 3y ago
Thank you for the answer! My first thought is that the "apple Qualcomm" that would come out would have incentives to make better chips without needing to also sell phones (competing with other chip manufacturers) but I can underst
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by dmbche 3y ago
Should Apple exist in it's current form? If it weren't, the things that are integrated become available for others - meaning better products for all, no? What's the societal benefit of integrating all these advances in single
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by dmbche 3y ago
The 15 people per mile was for my province, Quebec, not the whole country. For Canada it's 4.2, half of what Russia gets at 8. something You seem to take this to heart so I'll leave you to it.
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by dmbche 3y ago
For your analogy on car accidents - a notable difference between both is that in the case of car accidents, we are able to get numbers on when, how and why they happen and then make conclusions from that. In this case, we are not even aware
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by dmbche 3y ago
Your analysis seems to portray all scientists as pure hearted. May I remind you of the latest Stanford scandal where the president of Stanford was found to have manipulated data? Today, publications do not serve the same purpose as they did
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by dmbche 3y ago
Washington is on the western side of the US, opposite boston. Are you thinking of New York? While the points you make are interesting, there is a massive swath of the us in between New York and LA, and I think that's where the argument
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by dmbche 3y ago
I was listening to a show (well there's your problem) talking about the failures of the american freight railway. If we think for a minute, railroads are WAY cheaper to set up and maintain, compared to a road covering the same route. T
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by dmbche 3y ago
Big thank you for getting this quote here in full - you've got me to read the whole of Earthsea. Very poignant and interesting approach to authorship.
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by dmbche 3y ago
That's incredible! 69 individuals having such an impact on the ecosystem around them is astonighing
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by dmbche 3y ago
Related article from 2018 if anyone wants to read more : https://www.technologyreview.com/2018/01/22/67402/were-about...
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"Conclusions: This study showed that measures such as seasonal influenza vaccination, use of face masks and personal prayer carpet have no effect on the incidence of respiratory tract infections. However, washing throat and mouth with
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Respiratory Tract Infections and Preventive Measures Among Hajj Pilgrims (2010)(ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
2 points by dmbche 3y ago|1 comments
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What is the negative?
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by dmbche 3y ago
The point is that by stretching you "zealousness" further, you can affect negatively your organisation without being blamed directly. It's not that these things are inherently negative - but it's where you can put sand i
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by dmbche 3y ago
So Savory is unable to show any empirical way in which his method works to help the situation, and we should just take their word for it? And asking for evidence is reductionist?

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