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by dsq 4y ago
Good point. I thought the fresh ocean winds would dilute those, though probably most of that takes place in closed environments.
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by dsq 4y ago
Just the people living in Greenland, Lapland and the Antarctic scientists probably passes 70 thousand. Unless they include people breathing in smoke from their wood fires as they roast their wild venison or salmon.
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by dsq 4y ago
Many workplaces are collections of fiefdoms, ruled by managers who constantly jostle for prestige and budgets. They jealously prevent their workers from helping each other across department lines, or even fraternizing. If you are in one of
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by dsq 4y ago
Unsurprising, as the standard workplace is toxic, otherwise WFH would not be so popular.
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by dsq 4y ago
This used to be defined as being “well rounded”, or having general knowledge.
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by dsq 4y ago
Reminiscent of Roman togas, the clothing for aristocrats and magistrates. Much of today’s western culture is derived from Rome.
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by dsq 4y ago
Was h/s/they fired? Wouldn't be fair, as the engineer it appears was in early Monday morning, so pretty hardcore.
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by dsq 4y ago
While I have the same feeling sometimes, the cover art is done with some collaboration, input or at least agreement by the author, in which case the cover art can be regarded as an extension or additional dimension of the work.
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by dsq 4y ago
That's a very good point that the 30 percent savings are for round the clock work. I didn't notice that in the article.
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by dsq 4y ago
Non FAANG brick and mortar company with need for IT and software is the most likely destination for SV departees.
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by dsq 4y ago
It seems the relative advantages of additive ("3d") manufacturing and construction are so great that they will eventually become the dominant form, especially as they flatten out the supply and labor chain.
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by dsq 4y ago
Or mining gas giant atmospheres for H3 then transporting it back to Earth obit via a 'conveyor belt' of robot transports.
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by dsq 4y ago
Repetitive urban travel with lots of stops and starts, with hours of down time at night, is probably the best use case for electric vehicles.
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by dsq 4y ago
This lady has Patrick Bateman level cold. What if it doesn't work out? You've brought two kids into the world that you'll hardly see. You're not a teenage meth addict illiterate who hadn't much choice. You're a
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by dsq 4y ago
At one point when at work, I raised the possibility of a lab leak. My friend, whom i usually consider open minded, immediately burst out with “conspiracy theorist!”. Now the FBI director thinks the same.
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by dsq 4y ago
Better defined as occupational tradesmen/tradespersons.
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by dsq 4y ago
I can reassure you that the uncoolness of books had existed for at least since I was in school (a looong time ago). Books have never been the cool thing.
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by dsq 4y ago
So, kind of alert/notification fatigue.
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by dsq 4y ago
Perhaps radiating fins built of an as-yet unknown material that could extend into space. To read an entertaining work of fiction that deals with these issues I suggest Larry Niven’s Known Space series, specifically as regards the Puppeteer
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by dsq 4y ago
Could someone please post a representative snippet of such a story created by AI so we can judge it directly? Especially something that aroused the attention of the editor.
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by dsq 4y ago
"Marijuana smoke also delivers many of the same...in tobacco smoke". So smoking is bad for you. Why would we think that it was tobacco specific?
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by dsq 4y ago
Highly reminiscent of 2001 and 2008. From feast to famine.
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by dsq 4y ago
New job category for humans: Detecting and flagging AI-generated content.
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by dsq 4y ago
Yes, it’s an obvious typo.
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by dsq 4y ago
It’s not you. It should indeed have been “trial” and it is a typo. Inside the article the word trial appears: “…mid-point survey by the trial’s organisers…” Sloppiness by the Economist. Not surprising as their best editors have probably gra
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Djibouti announces construction of first spaceport in Africa(lemonde.fr)
4 points by dsq 4y ago|0 comments
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by dsq 4y ago
There are also civilian use cases. A small town can choose to invest in a micro reactor and thus be free of large energy corporations. Also, less long transmission lines means less accidental forest fires. At sea of course, the old dream of
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by dsq 4y ago
"White man country"? This article sounds like it was run through an online translate service then posted without any editing. This is more likely to be the cause of not getting a high level job. I do not know Japanese, for example
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by dsq 4y ago
I'm hopig that noise cancelling will improve to learn how to cancel voices, so that when hearing a coworker's grating voice or loud laughing you can prss a button "remember voice" and this will be recorded for future can
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by dsq 4y ago
The kibbutz made a serious attempt to do this. Children were raised communally, and saw their parents only on occasion. Results were mixed. Many reported significant psychological scarring. Others see it as strong predictors of achievement

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