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by frabbit 9y ago
Coincidentally just came across this interesting list of noir produced by blacklisted US writers: https://www.counterpunch.org/2018/01/17/force-of-evil-abraha...
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by frabbit 9y ago
I don't think that it's just my biased perception that automobile traffic is favored in the timing of lights. Given the massive external costs racked up by feckless motorists on the rest of society it rankles.
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by frabbit 9y ago
Apart from the dodging, it's having to stand there waiting, while they womble past in their horseless carriage ... getting in my way.
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by frabbit 9y ago
But then the paedophile can snatch your child into their convenient motorized kidnapping vehicle!
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by frabbit 9y ago
Some traffic engineers¹ argue that the problem comes from humans adopting the mechanical role of a "driver" who is entitled to seek the quickest route by a set of rules which they understand and adhere to imperfectly. Instead of
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by frabbit 9y ago
On some days in a dry, warm climate (e.g. California) it's actually a good deal cooler than walking due to the air flow.
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by frabbit 9y ago
The vision impaired and small children should not be driving anyway. And depending on the "handicap" and the age-related abilities they may also be detrimental to safe piloting of a vehicle. The solution is public transport. (Or
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by frabbit 9y ago
It's not arguing that "no one would be selfish enough". It's arguing that "if someone is selfish enough and everyone has control, then the negative feedback to the selfishness is effective." "Privatization
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by frabbit 9y ago
Except that the critique of Hardin is that he actually inverts the cause of the tragedy. It should be "Tragedy of the Enclosures". The article argues that this inversion is what has allowed people to ignore the huge chicken whic
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by frabbit 9y ago
Peter Linebaugh in "Stop Thief" expands the argument and claims that the "globalized economy" is just another move towards enclosure, which results in the inevitable destruction of the resource by a mechanism over which
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by frabbit 9y ago
"as long as there is no controller of the commons that prevents these abuses they probably would happen" That is exactly the opposite of what the article argues.
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by frabbit 9y ago
Using a digital thermometer (dual probe) to monitor the actual temperature of the food. An instant-read digital thermometer is also handy. It is a game-changer for meat preparation. Although the best (Thermoworks) are circa $100 you beca
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by frabbit 9y ago
I am surprised by your use of a closed-source password manager. I feel much happier using something less susceptible to secret flaws.
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by frabbit 9y ago
That's how I feel about it. There is a convergence towards common usability as long as you choose your graphics card carefully for GNU/Linux (no nvidia).
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by frabbit 9y ago
He was fumbling to find the words.
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by frabbit 9y ago
For simple, secure use (which is what we are talking about) there is little functional difference between Keepass and Lastpass.
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by frabbit 9y ago
Cycling is similar KSI (killed-seriously-injured) per hour travelled as driving and walking according to some measurements. The trick is in calculating exposure: per-trip, per-distance and per-time all give different results. Per-time ofte
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by frabbit 9y ago
You can live again! Get out of the car.
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by frabbit 9y ago
Hi-voltage DC lost out in the struggle with AC for power transmission. Now it is "getting a new lease of life" or being "resurrected". The title is an attempt to allude to this in a concise manner.
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by frabbit 9y ago
It's actually what the whole article is about: using hi-voltage DC to connect existing AC networks. For example: "The Denver-based company behind the project hopes to erect a series of steel transmission towers that would stretch
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Transmissions lines resurrect hi-voltage DC(technologyreview.com)
5 points by frabbit 9y ago|6 comments
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Shifting baseline syndrome hides changing ecology (Guardian UK)(theguardian.com)
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by frabbit 9y ago
The NYT crying crocodile tears over dying children is a bit hard to take. Looks like the USA's determined to continue carrying out its coup after all: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002_Venezuelan_coup_d%27%C3%A...
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by frabbit 9y ago
The fake-review problem was amusingly exposed for TripAdvisor by a journalist who with, the aid of five people, had his garden shed rated as five stars: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shed_at_Dulwich At the end of t
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by frabbit 9y ago
There is a series here: https://software.intel.com/en-us/articles/intel-software-gua... Also, Intel have been pushing something called Sawtooth for about a year now: https://bitcoinmagazine.com/ar
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by frabbit 9y ago
Exactly. But to be clear, I actually am completely against e.g. Hate Speech laws and while I might support students deciding that they do not want a holocaust denier on their campus I am against handing that decision over to the university
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by frabbit 9y ago
Wait what? San Francisco has introduced legislation outlawing the discussion of ideas? Or did someone just post something nasty about the author when he posted something they found nasty? Nothing to see here except someone having the vapo
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Something has snapped(longreads.com)
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by frabbit 9y ago
Don't be saddened. This is potentially a time for change. A good time. I hope we can look back at this and never be able to imagine going back to the widespread abuse of the less powerful. Laurie Penny writes very well about all this s
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by frabbit 9y ago
While there is some truth to your comment it is both unfortunately phrased in part "pain in the ass to women, fuck it up for all other men" and focuses too much on what (alleged) victims could do. For instance, you question the et

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