dmitriy_ko

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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
Yes, but where would water come from? What you are describing is regular pumped-hydro storage. It uses two reservoirs with different elevations. It works well when there are two naturally occurring reservoirs with elevation differences. Yo
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
How would you store energy by filling and emptying hole with water? Where would water come from? Where would you drain it?
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Underwater Tanks Turn Energy Storage Upside-Down(hackaday.com)
2 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|7 comments
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Supreme Court takes up a case that could legalize bribery(vox.com)
3 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
I'm not trying to defend Amazon, but I don't think Amazon can legally tow a vehicle in this case. It's not their vehicle, it belongs to an independent business/contractor. The best they could do is to contact the contrac
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
When police tows a vehicle, owner has to pay for towing to get the vehicle back. If nobody picks up the vehicle then vehicle is auctioned off and proceeds cover the cost of towing and storage. So the only way tax dollars end up being used i
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
Parent poster meant "properly cared for timber", not chemically-treated timber. Timber doesn't have an expiration date. As long as you keep it dry, it will last indefinitely. In fact, it becomes stronger over time. There are
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Los Angeles is gearing up to ban wood-frame construction(pacificresearch.org)
126 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|151 comments
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Nuclear Water Heating(ekathimerini.com)
1 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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Cannabis and Male Fertility: A Systematic Review(pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
74 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|118 comments
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Deep Sea Pumped Storage(esig.energy)
3 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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Biden's Infrastructure Plan Would Overturn 'Right-to-Work' Laws in 27 States(reason.com)
8 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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IT tops the list of happiest industries(fastcompany.com)
2 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
I was looking at Austin on Zillow and property taxes were really high, maybe it's just the areas I looked at.
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
0 state income tax, but property taxes are 3% vs 1% or so in California.
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PFAS in indoor air linked to cancer(independent.co.uk)
5 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
There's a labor shortage in US right now. You can feel it everywhere: from having to book car mechanic appointment weeks in advance to construction projects going to standstill.
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
Right, and it doesn't even require actual tumblers. Any service where you can deposit and then withdraw bitcoin can be used as a tumbler: gambling sites, exchanges, bitcoin marketplaces etc. Each time this is done the link is broken, a
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Bringing Manufacturing Back to the U.S. Is Easier Said Than Done(hbr.org)
3 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|1 comments
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Betrayal of Afghan Interpreters(theatlantic.com)
73 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|13 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
cat videos are more profitable.
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
I learned a lot from watching YouTube. I was able to complete many home improvement projects based on DIY videos. And learned about many different subjects: history, science, engineering. I probably learned more from YouTube than from books
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
Is organic food an IQ tax?
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
Why doesn't California use a more market-based approach? It could simply decide how much water can be sustainably consumed and then auction-off rights to that amount of water.
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America's $6T concrete repair bill(axios.com)
5 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|2 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
There's a lot more space available in the air than on the road so there shouldn't be any traffic jams even if everyone is flying. Above buildings whole horizontal plane is available with no obstructions, and flying cars could fly
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
In 1930s people wouldn't heat the whole house and wouldn't heat it to 70 degrees in the dead of winter. People would heat one room to 50 degrees and stay there most of the time, and put on a jacket. Walking around in a t-shirt in
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by dmitriy_ko 5y ago
It's economic singularity.
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Sperm Count Decline might've been exaggerated(google.com)
2 points by dmitriy_ko 5y ago|0 comments
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by dmitriy_ko 6y ago
So it was more or less a large solo project? How do you know your code base was much better than those less clean/spaghetti codebases? Your own code is obviously easier to read/understand than that of others. In general it's

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