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by flubert 10y ago
>ever-dwindling science dollars Do we have a good source of information on that? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:U.S._research_funding.png http://www.aaas.org/sites/default/files/De
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by flubert 10y ago
Ah, I misunderstood what you said, and the fantasy part is the overlooking of historical problems. Any thoughts on the white picket fence as an aspiration nowadays?
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by flubert 10y ago
>High paying jobs. A house with a white picket fence. A new car every few years. Everyone lives in a small town and knows their neighbors. Kids go fishing with grandpa. it's a fantasy ...can you tell us a little bit more about how y
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by flubert 10y ago
>That is hard for someone to hear who doesn't consider themselves a fascist but supports Trump because it challenges them to see that both statements that they hold to be true, can not be true. To sway their feeling of cognitive dis
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by flubert 10y ago
I guess I've failed to express myself adequately, I'm looking for ideas that minimize the politics needed to get them adopted. Like it doesn't take politics to propose a $1 trillion buyout of least expensive homes in SF, whi
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by flubert 10y ago
>that's mainly political work I was hoping to inspire thoughts of non-political solutions involving input and new ideas from economics, finance, sociology, etc.. Maybe some of these new ideas could come from someone with a software
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by flubert 10y ago
>The solution to housing problems is to build more housing. Period. There is nothing interesting there. The only reason it hasn't been done is because it's blocked politically by current home owners that "don't want t
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by flubert 10y ago
>Long beards are pretty rare. In this data mining age of ours, anyone know how to gather statistics on beard length? Like if you wanted to make a histogram of beard lengths with bins like 0-1cm, 1-2cm, 3-4cm, etc.. Or maybe an easier q
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by flubert 10y ago
Maybe not for everyone, but my local Christian station doesn't have ads. http://www.klove.com/music/radio-stations/radio-station-down...
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by flubert 10y ago
Rates of homelessness: US: 633782 / 314000000 => 202 homeless per 100,000 Finland: 7877 / 5363000 => 147 homeless per 100,000 Based off of numbers from (YMMV, maybe someone can check my math): http://www.housingfi
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by flubert 10y ago
Just out of curiosity, at what level of wealth or yearly income would you think someone would have to have in order to drop $40k on a project like that?
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by flubert 10y ago
Are you looking for a rural or urban setting? Do you want to continue working for "startups"/software(?), or are you looking for a career change? What about geography / climate preferences? Mountainous? Coastal?
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by flubert 10y ago
>We're already heavily subsidizing airlines to schedule flights to nowhere. Can you expound upon this, or give examples of taxpayer dollars subsidizing flights to "nowhere"?
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by flubert 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_decay
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by flubert 10y ago
As near as I can tell, you are the only one discussing helium-3 and its shortage. Maybe everyone should be talking about helium-3, but unfortunately they are not. Suggestions?
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by flubert 10y ago
There are Type 1 superconductors (the first that were discovered), and those have the magnetic properties that are more useful creating MRI type fields. There have been breakthroughs in Type 1 superconductors and I believe GE is making an
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by flubert 10y ago
>we don’t have a high temperature superconducting material that’s suitable for use in an MRI scanner yet. But I think we are getting closer all the time... http://www.superpower-inc.com/content/high-field-magnets
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by flubert 10y ago
The Strategic Helium Reserve is a consequence of WWI and the desire to not be subject to shortages of Helium for lighter-than-air craft during wartime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Helium_Reserve
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by flubert 10y ago
Only to note that the sentiment you've expressed has been expanded upon before, and something worth discussing, even if it was said by an unsavory character. No further implications. Sorry.
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by flubert 10y ago
>Is it useful? "But compassion and moral principle cannot be the main motives for leftist activism. Hostility is too prominent a component of leftist behavior; so is the drive for power. Moreover, much leftist behavior is not ration
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by flubert 10y ago
Is "culturalism" a better term than "racism"? As in, how many people are rejecting people because of their race, and how many are rejecting them because they want to live in the culture of their original homeland? Is &q
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by flubert 10y ago
Not related to the Smalltalk implementation apparently. http://www.object-arts.com/dolphin7.html
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by flubert 10y ago
>get income inequality in check by whatever means and most of your problems go away. Is that a cause or an effect though? As in, if your society evolved in such that "most problems" don't exist or aren't serious, the
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by flubert 10y ago
Honest question, what percentage of the population voted to join the EU originally?
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by flubert 10y ago
I'm wondering if someone can fill us in on the history of the UK's entrance into the EU. Was there a vote at all? It seems complicated by the whole European Community thing.
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by flubert 10y ago
>So at 17 or 18, with little life experience, ...isn't the real failure right here, in the constant infantilizing of our young? Shouldn't we be expecting our society to produce semi-capable adults when they come of age? It&#x
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by flubert 10y ago
>Most jobs require college degrees https://www.google.com/#q=number+of+people+with+college+degr...
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by flubert 10y ago
I'm sure the you know this, but sometime I wonder if others on HN aren't aware that a house AND kids are how the other 99% lives. http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/309-W-Maple-Ave-Mc-Cracken... http:/&#
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by flubert 10y ago
Similar in the "57 states", or "my muslim faith" sense I suppose.
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by flubert 10y ago
So could it have been out of concern of using the wrong choice of Mrs., Ms., or Mz.? Maybe the smart thing to do is to call everyone Dr.

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