francisofascii

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by francisofascii 9y ago
"Sometimes it take history a while to fully appreciate the depth of character of those who helped make it." Especially if solar continues it growth. Being the first president to install rooftop solar on the White House will cert
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Related post: https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/4561/does-the-a...
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by francisofascii 9y ago
It is very cost effective by those who don't pay for electricity directly. Plenty of older condo and apartment complexes do not meter individual customers. The electricity costs are a component of the condo fees. University housing is
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Exactly. Six stories is about right, imho.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
I fear America's car dependent infrastructure will be its greatest folly. It is disappointing. If Silicon Valley can't get this right, what chance the does the rest of America have?
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Because fossil fuel consumption is synonymous to a computer program that heats up server components and gobbles up finite system memory without relinquishing it ever again. Sometimes you do want a sys. admin to put a stop to stuff like that
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Reminds me of this quote supposedly said by Andrew Jackson: “If you have a job in your department that can't be done by a Democrat, then abolish the job."
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by francisofascii 9y ago
my friend did it the other way, bought a place near the Chinatown metro. He figures it is better to live near the hub rather than on one of the spokes.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Somewhat related, the DC/NOVA/Maryland divide is a struggle for software engineers trying to decide where to set down roots, but still have job flexibility. Because DC and Reston are an hour apart.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Older programmers can do just fine in those algorithm tests, if they have been programming recently at their day jobs, and not PM/managerial work. Years of 8 hours of programming per day is actually good practice. They might have to b
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Sometimes I think too much focus is being put on climate change as the reason to reduce fossil fuel consumption, while all the other good reasons get less attention. The US economy has a dangerous dependence on finite resources. Its cheap
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by francisofascii 9y ago
I still don't understand what Zillow hoped to achieve by this. Zillow displays all types of housing, right? If anything, Kate's site gave Zillow free advertising.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
It should be a public service, but a service to Americans, not foreign merchants.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
This reminds me of Kodak, who was given advanced warning that digital would disrupt the film industry. Kodak did little to prepare, and that blunder ultimately led to its decline. I fear the US is also blundering in the areas of energy an
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Coal will only become more expensive as it becomes more difficult to extract. The easy to access coal is gone. That is why in the article, they are resorting to destroying the county's state park. Everywhere else is either depleted o
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Right. For people in Greene county, the obvious answer is transitioning to Pittsburgh, which is only 60 miles away, doing decent economically and still affordable.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Here is a podcast she did in 2016 with James Howard Kunstler. http://kunstler.com/podcast/chatting-kate-wagner-mcmansion-h...
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. He created this perception that to be part of the "creative class", you must live in SF, DC, Austin, Seattle, etc. We should get away from that idea. I am all for denser housing, public trans
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by francisofascii 9y ago
Why does public transit have to be 2 hours? If you replaced every 30 cars with one bus, you could run one bus every minute, the bus could travel much faster because there are no cars clogging the lanes. It is simply more efficient and poten
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by francisofascii 9y ago
As a parent of two young children, cities are stressful because of cars. You constantly have to be paying attention, holding hands, watching out at intersections. To me, no cars is more family friendly.
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by francisofascii 9y ago
This. We lived in a similar 1920's neighborhood for about 3 years now, and are friendly with many of the neighbors. We have borrowed a ladder, tools, and exchanged garden vegetables. One neighbor gave me his old power drill. We loaned