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by gryfft 4y ago
Why would there be mechanical limits to how fast a flywheel can spin? If the wheel is suspended, say, in a frictionless magnetic harness, there should be no limit to how far it can be spun up. Thus, a single device should be capable of crac
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by gryfft 4y ago
What are your thoughts on the potential for this technology to unlock absolutely untold devastation? As with the fission and fusion atomic reactions, the weaponization of this technology could potentially threaten all life on earth. An ICBM
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by gryfft 4y ago
How's yours coming along?
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by gryfft 4y ago
Acknowledged; you are as good as your word. Thanks.
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by gryfft 4y ago
Per our gentleman's agreement [1] will you be donating $20 of that to Planned Parenthood? 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31504720 2. https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/19-139
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by gryfft 4y ago
I guess I'm misremembering again.
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by gryfft 4y ago
The only thing more upsetting to me than having Inbox foisted on me was having it torn away from me afterwards. I was resistant to more change for the sake of change from Google, then Inbox won me over with its excellent UI. It became a com
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by gryfft 4y ago
I've set a calendar reminder and commit to this gentleman's agreement. Will provide proof in form of anonymized donation receipt screenshot should I lose.
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by gryfft 4y ago
Will you take 2:1 odds? I'll send $10 to a charity of your choice if Roe isn't overturned by August, if you agree to send $20 to Planned Parenthood if Roe is overturned.
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by gryfft 4y ago
> wedge issues, which neither sub-entity will actually touch Tell that to Citizens United and Roe vs. Wade.
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by gryfft 4y ago
Stallman was right
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by gryfft 4y ago
> until it breaks, becomes unusable I decided to die on a different hill-- physical keyboard. The blackberry keytwo wasn't perfect but it was definitely one of my favorite devices I've ever owned. And now AT&T will no longe
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by gryfft 4y ago
Notice how the person you're replying to conflated two extremely different forms of "dehumanization." Calling an attacker an attacker isn't dehumanizing them. This comment section isn't worth your energy.
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by gryfft 5y ago
>It's like a self-harm club based on false premises. My only sticking point with your comment is it's not like that, it is that.
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by gryfft 5y ago
Yes, but some of the history has been omitted. [1] Line 1035 includes the signoff "-TYT, 12/1291" 1. https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/1da177e4c3f41524e88...
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by gryfft 5y ago
It is bad when people do bad things. It is absolutely morally reprehensible when they do those bad things knowingly in bad faith. It is terrible and exhausting to deal with those people and the people further clouding the air around the thi
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by gryfft 5y ago
Heh, sort of relates to this amateur NaNoWriMo from 2020. [1] Not a scientifically interesting paper, from the looks of it, but I'm amused by personal coincidence here. [1] https://zalbert.net/octo
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by gryfft 5y ago
The second phrase is not an independent clause, which is the issue. > the only punctuation mark that regularly unites readers and writers in deep-seated repugnance There is not a subject and a verb; this is a fragment and does not stand
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by gryfft 5y ago
This article does not demonstrate understanding of the semicolon; it is used incorrectly in the first sentence, for crying out loud.
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by gryfft 5y ago
> There are too many political, economic, and social incentives involved in propagating this new vaccine to say anything about it with the least bit of certainty. Show your work. The argument, as you have made it, could apply to the CD
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by gryfft 5y ago
No, I said that we can simply and directly observe that those who receive the COVID vaccine ALMOST UNIVERSALLY do not wind up requiring hospitalization for COVID. This is "sky is blue" stuff. https://www.foxnews.com&#x2
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by gryfft 5y ago
Well, be specific! What snake oil am I peddling? What magic claims do I have? "Vaccines work," and more specifically, "people who take the vaccine do not get as sick or spread the disease as much" are straight up _observ
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by gryfft 5y ago
> Right now, a large part of the hospital resources dedicated to COVID are being used on non-vaccinated, taking those resources away from others who don't have COVID but still need a hospital This is the crux and the part of the arg
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by gryfft 5y ago
This is HN. Show us the numbers or be laughed off the stage. (Hint: you don't have the numbers because the vaccines work.)
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by gryfft 5y ago
I think this is a quirk of spoken English that's made its way onto the page as part of the "yes, but" construction. The latter part is emphasized to highlight the contrast to the first clause. Yes, these emails are coming fro
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by gryfft 5y ago
Couldn't help myself ;) awk '/[Pp]attern1/ && !/pattern2/ {print $4}' file | \ something --specific What I wouldn't give to just spend every day awk golfing.
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by gryfft 5y ago
Plants do just fine on sunny days without rain. Can that be extrapolated to mean that the permanent cessation of all rain would not affect plants?
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by gryfft 5y ago
>slow JIRA is demotivating "What's wrong?" Asks the doctor as the man continues to weep. "Doctor," the man says, "I am the JIRA administrator."
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by gryfft 5y ago
Every time I see this take, I imagine Lenny saying "Goodbye, dental plan!" We'll all be toothless sooner or later. Why not abolish dental hygiene and medicine altogether? Think of the savings.
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by gryfft 5y ago
You got me.

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