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by grammaton 14y ago
Indeed. The only one that has a mild prayer is nuclear, and even that has a number of serious problems.
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by grammaton 14y ago
"I think one of the issues with the thesis that oil prices will lead to a drop in globalization is that it's actually quite fuel-efficient to ship goods." Manufacturing them, on the other hand....
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by grammaton 14y ago
Your definition of Peak Oil is not the accepted definition. Peak Oil literally refers to the production curve of a single - or set of - oil fields, and the point at which their production is maximized, and then declines sharply thereafter.
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by grammaton 14y ago
From BP Oil: "World proved natural gas reserves at end-2011 were sufficient to meet 63.6 years of production" That's at current rates. If we were to switch to an exclusively natural gas infrastructure, this number would of course drop shar
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by grammaton 14y ago
I find this very interesting - having paired quite a bit with the Boulder office, none of them would have ever considered this setup. They where all Rubymine or GTFO...
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by grammaton 14y ago
Great screencast, and thanks for including it - but man, that guy really should get a quieter keyboard.
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by grammaton 14y ago
"Who knows how many of these companies could grow into something bigger without the pressure of generating a return for early investors in just a few short years." It seems to me like this is part of a more general trend - namely that a lot
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by grammaton 15y ago
To a large subset of white conservative Republicans, yes, it is.
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by grammaton 15y ago
Thank you for an extremely illuminating and well thought out post. This information right here should absolutely be a much bigger part of the wider societal discussion on race than it is.
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by grammaton 15y ago
"Between 1930 and 1967" You're going to have to do better than citing stats that are 44 years old. All this proves is that 44 years ago, there was a problem, which is not exactly a point of contention among most sentient beings at this poi
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by grammaton 15y ago
I was under the impression that it was actually poor men who were executed disproportionately for rape. And while we're tossing stats around, how about the general amount of crime committed by said Black men? It is higher per capita, is
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by grammaton 15y ago
The lack of understanding on the part of reporters goes far beyond treating business as a monolithic entity. Just look at what passes for "science" reporting these days. Sadly, journalism is becoming it's own specialized profession, with
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by grammaton 15y ago
"If A calls B a socialist or communist, however, then the burden of proof is on A to prove the charge, and the standard for guilt is so high that this is usually impossible. In this case it is A's reputation that is usually besmirched." Do
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by grammaton 15y ago
I'm terribly sorry, but you're making a huge leap here. The fact that "massive numbers" of blacks are incarcerated does not automatically imply pervasive racism. The one does not necessarily imply the other.
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by grammaton 15y ago
Why does everyone say this? I found it fairly easy to learn the basics and intermediates of. Then again, I'm an Emacs guy, so maybe that plays in to it.
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by grammaton 15y ago
No, it's like saying the invention of the paintbrush is more important - and frankly, it is.
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by grammaton 15y ago
It's not cool that the guy lost some data, but as he points out - all software has bugs. This is just one more reason to make your commits as atomic as possible - which it sounds like he wasn't doing at all.
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by grammaton 15y ago
More to the point, shouldn't it be a git pull --rebase?
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by grammaton 15y ago
I think this rant is striking such a chord because it exploits a well known, if not widely acknowledged predisposition among developers - the breathtaking quickness with which we assume that the other guy is an idiot . Not that we don't u
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by grammaton 15y ago
"Mainstream economists are masters of the ad hoc explanation for whatever happened yesterday." - John Michael Greer
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by grammaton 15y ago
Maybe they do that because of the number of mistakes and basic misunderstandings of the science involved? If you don't like the name calling just look at the actions of the man, as outlined in the article. He is not a credible commentat
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by grammaton 15y ago
I can see why people might not like this, but personally I would tend to think this is actually a good thing. Just imagine if climate deniers or intelligent design proponents had open access to every scientific paper they might want - imag
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by grammaton 15y ago
And it's unfounded statements like this that contribute to ignorance and useless "debate." They do not keep their models "secret," it's just difficult for them to release homebrew software not written by software engineers to the general
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by grammaton 15y ago
Yes. This is basically one person's personal bitching. How is this informative? Unless you're interested in the nitty-gritty details of corporate politics at Microsoft....
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by grammaton 15y ago
"As a pioneer of virtual reality, Jaron Lanier, recently pointed out, we no longer need to make stuff in order to make money. We can instead exchange information-based products." This right here is my favorite piece of unintentional irony o
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by grammaton 15y ago
Ah, the comments section of just about any article on the internet, always a goldmine of inadvertent comedy. My personal favorite from this one, right at the top: "What's wrong with wanting to be hot rather than smart? Not everyone can be
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by grammaton 15y ago
This is getting to be a bit much....he was an impressive CEO. Important and foundational to the world.
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by grammaton 15y ago
“The problem is I’m older now, I’m 40 years old, and this stuff doesn’t change the world. It really doesn’t. I’m sorry, it’s true. Having children really changes your view on these things. We’re born, we live for a brief instant, and we di
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by grammaton 15y ago
Thank you. But you won't get far here. The groupthink on HN is far too strong.
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by grammaton 15y ago
Pull this sort of thing when you're an average executive or middle management, and you're an abrasive, demanding idiot. Pull it when you have a few billion in the bank, and you're a "visionary."

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