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871.
by evgen 6y ago
Nothing. Prove me wrong.
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by evgen 6y ago
Sampling. It is already the case that grains are tested and priced based on dry weight, it would not be hard to do the same for some of the larger veg crops.
873.
by evgen 6y ago
> There is no known way to store anything safely for ~100,000 years Sure there is. You may not like it, but here it is: encase it in a concrete block and put it on a boat, sail boat to middle of ocean, dump it overboard. Done and dust
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by evgen 6y ago
Try DeVos fielding softballs from the TV-dinner trust fund baby: https://video.foxnews.com/v/6170013564001#sp=show-clips
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by evgen 6y ago
Then find them and quote them. We have enough problems dealing with the noise without the ignorant and uninformed jumping in with their convenient hot-takes. I _am_ going to credential-shame them, because this is not a time when we need to
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by evgen 6y ago
I think that you are also going to find that shops with any significant percentage of Macs that the shared services are run on Linux and not Windows. In a Windows-only shop you can basically get complete control once you pop the PDC, but i
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by evgen 6y ago
As a more historical example of this, a lot of WWII fighters had a max power setting on the throttle that had a wire strung across it, but the pilot could break past the wire to go to 'War Emergency Power' and gain anywhere from 1
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by evgen 6y ago
The wayback machine is an asset of the IA. The courts tend to take a dim view of obvious attempts to hide assets from judgements.
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by evgen 6y ago
In a just world, the management team that decided to risk the future of the Wayback machine so that they could take advantage of a global pandemic to strike a blow against copyright would go to jail. They must be stopped and prevented from
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by evgen 6y ago
It is possible that this is one outcome that the EFF is hoping for by joining this particular bit of litigation, but I just do not see it working out that well. No one, outside of a small group of techies, knows about or cares about the EF
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by evgen 6y ago
While it seems paradoxical it can go in both directions, where sometimes the app is the danger; the question is about the choices available. Here is an example for you. I know more about how Facebook operates and what its app does than mo
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by evgen 6y ago
That is just the point. I can avoid installing their native app, but it is much more difficult to opt out of these insidious and unnecessary web APIs. This is especially the case when the leading browser happens to be created by a data col
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by evgen 6y ago
> Aren't you in control over what you allow to access on the per-site basis? You mean the same way you are in control over what data tracking you allow and what cookies can be set on a per-site basis? In theory perhaps, in practice
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by evgen 6y ago
I am less likely to accidentally give you permission over my computer to do shady shit if I am forced to install an app vs happen to click the wrong link on my browser. The difference is intent. By installing Chrome I do not intend on givi
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by evgen 6y ago
While Snow Crash has its problems (like the standard Stephenson 'ending? what ending?') everyone should read the first chapter. That chapter on its own is a work of art.
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by evgen 6y ago
Kind of a dumb choice since it is one of the few world-class US products that you can actually depend upon. If you are choosing something decent it is likely to come from the west coast of the US where the food production and environmental
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by evgen 6y ago
Wow! Six of eight domestic cheeses won at a 'world cheese' competition sponsored by the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association. Colour me surprised! I am sure the fix was not in on that particular contest... There actually are some
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by evgen 6y ago
To be honest I think that this is a bit of hyperbole. Cheddar is certainly common, and as a simple example there will be at least three and usually four or five different varieties of house-brand cheddar (excluding different packaging and b
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by evgen 6y ago
Since they have provided links and supporting evidence for their assertion I would have to say that right now it seems to look like you are the one engaging in blatant propaganda and deception.
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by evgen 6y ago
I think the suggestion is that fusion power here is a stand-in for electricity that is too cheap to meter -- basically free power.
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by evgen 6y ago
Since absolutely no one, in either numbers or social importance, knows about or cares about “the SSC debacle” and none of those who do are likely to be subscribers the NYT is unlikely to be concerned.
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by evgen 6y ago
> Why can't ideas be allowed to exist on their own, detached from any known person? Perhaps because their formation was coloured by someone else's experiences and prejudices. Why is it wrong to want those who propose these ide
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by evgen 6y ago
Unfortunately the reality is that there is absolutely no one who is interested in pushing a visa scheme like this. Employers are not interested in going through effort and paperwork for an employee who can jump ship for a better offer down
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by evgen 6y ago
That man was a United States Senator who suggested using the military to suppress political dissent. The suggestion that this is some minor newspeak squabble or a brief outbreak of political correctness grossly underplays how dangerous thi
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by evgen 6y ago
So they rely upon the external grid and pass the externalities involved in being being able to dispatch power when you flick the switch to some non-renewable plant elsewhere. Gotcha.
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by evgen 6y ago
Given the fact that the US has an overwhelming dominance in software development (including for the cloud) I think that the claim this is only a US phenomenon is somewhat moot. As a simple counter-point, the choice of development workstati
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by evgen 6y ago
So CPS energy and it’s grid are disconnected from the rest of the national grid and have no reliance upon external sources to ensure dispatchability? Cool. Would love to hear more about how they managed that trick.
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by evgen 6y ago
Piracy is the result of you wanting something and not wanting to pay anything towards its creation and the upkeep of the creators. Piracy is the collective result of personal greed. Don't try to hide it, and don't try to tart it
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by evgen 6y ago
Absolutely the best popcorn! I became so obsessed with it that I have my parents smuggle over ten pounds or so every year. While maize has some of the widest genetic variation Out there, in practice I think it is paradoxically the most fre
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by evgen 6y ago
It is not a No True Scotsman fallacy, it is simply that the tech and machines/processes used to create the components are far more impressive and represent a more important tech base than the actual output from those processes. If we w

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