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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Genocide singular, or plural? The path is thousands of years old, and like other ancient features the pre-Conquistador locals likely did not know its origin. Because if you consider the massacres and assimilation perpetrated by the Conquist
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
Micromanaging regulations that make business difficult (beyond comparable social democracies) is a quintessential aspect of French cultural heritage, so this move is purity-preserving in a meta sense as well.
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by drak0n1c 4y ago
New York has also built 3 new gas power plants to make up for Cuomo's premature closing of the Indian Point nuclear plant. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=47776 https://www.nytimes.com&#
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
According to Wikipedia's co-founder, it hasn't aimed to be neutral in a long while. https://larrysanger.org/2020/05/wikipedia-is-badly-biased/
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
The keynote presentation that came out today covers all the new features: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZLibi6s_ew
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Unfortunately, New York is in the midst of a decades-long "Renewables" push to close all of its nuclear plants and replace them with new natural gas power plants. https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?i
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
NYPA is unfortunately not green where it counts - their anti-nuclear stance in lockstep with Cuomo has led to NY needing to build three new natural gas power plants to compensate for losses from shuttering nuclear. https://www.ei
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Racism was not the factor discouraging 1800s immigration (which largely was from Scots-Irish and other European backgrounds similar to the original settlers of the South) -- it was the climate, agricultural economy, and the fact that its el
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Unfortunately I fear we'll have to wait until web3 enables some sort of DRM-replacing copy-supporting NFTs for song/podcast/game/etc copy ownership rights. Legally the major publishers, platforms, and stores have license
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
I wonder if you could give it to chemical plants or industrial forges that make use of it regularly. But the unknown sourcing, purity, and relatively tiny volume would probably be a total blocker - if not by company policy then by regulatio
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
I wonder if a multi-block-radius arcology as dreamt of in sci-fi will ever be built. Probably would require technology allowing both building strength improvements and construction cost reductions (automation?) along with reform of the lega
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US Government plans to force all new vehicles to have a “kill switch”(reclaimthenet.org)
21 points by drak0n1c 5y ago|29 comments
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Federal guarantees for the $120+ billion in annual new student loans that the DOE boasts of in its annual letter are still one of the primary drivers of tuition inflation - with tuition increases compounded over decades that increases costs
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Rather than the dream of ubiquitous public transit (which even in compact rail/bus-friendly Japan is often lacking in suburban and rural areas), outside of city centers it seems like a more attainable goal is self-driving cars. With se
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Cool setup. But with SharePlay in iOS 15.1 FaceTime now supports screensharing with a button tap.
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
During college tours at Harvard in 2007 I had an informational interview with an admissions Dean, and when he learned my SAT was 2110 he asked if I was planning to retake and cut the interview short.
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
It's pretty clear that in the context of the comment the usage of small-l liberal was referring to the classical ideal, not the homonym label misused in contemporary American politics.
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Yes, my partner was a conference planner and whenever they had one in NYC in the Time offices their team wasn't allowed to adjust tables by themselves, everything had to be done by formal work order tickets and only union hands could t
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Email compression of video evidence may result in mistrial(twitter.com)
7 points by drak0n1c 5y ago|2 comments
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Yes it does, the byte size of transaction processing is smaller, and additionally many more transactions can be batched together when processing happens due to the more efficient algorithm.
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
My wife and I briefly returned to Seattle for a work event, and she said the two times she stopped by the CVS across the street from the Belltown hotel there was a mass shoplifting in progress with someone emptying shelves into a duffle bag
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
The BBC used to nationally broadcast Monty Python doing Nazi satire replete with costumes and salutes. But a few years ago the British government opted to prosecute a man who uploaded to YouTube a satirical video training his Pug to do a Na
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Given that the described root cause is city port regulations and zoning ordinances, I don't see how such a deeply regulated and forcefully handicapped system is an argument against self-regulation. If anything, the opposite. Yes, the c
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Probably not, as they are now blocking payments and bank accounts for some conservative sites and public figures.
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Pressure politicians to implement covid rule exemptions/changes, budget hikes, and personnel bonuses to keep docks open. They are too often closed to incoming ships due to unreasonable requirements such as vaccine passports for all sai
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Recently moved to north of Dallas. Many wide roads, very populated area. Rarely see traffic that slows trip time more than 10%. Much better than my experience driving in Seattle and what I've seen in SF/LA. The speed limit on the
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
A joke about performative third parties is not the same as joking about the class itself. That is why Tropic Thunder is still largely seen as acceptable blackface - because it was only used for the purpose of satirizing the act of blackface
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
In the field of legal representation oftentimes the best defense lawyers that specialize in defending against federal probes and investigations have years of prosecutorial experience leading those government teams. That idea of insider know
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
They did not say that. Just claiming that various movements have their broad social narratives and prescribed solutions based on misinformation. https://www.nationalreview.com/2017/09/police-violence-again... Rece
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by drak0n1c 5y ago
Isn't Japan a counterexample? While government was essential for establishing the initial feasibility and cultural proof of concept, private competitors grew so much more successful than JNR rail that 30 years ago they decided to priva

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