ilove_banh_mi

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40 years ago: Steve Jobs Unveils the Macintosh(time.com)
1 points by ilove_banh_mi 3y ago|0 comments
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by ilove_banh_mi 3y ago
what if someone told you the painting's subject matter is not a Belgian pipe
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by ilove_banh_mi 4y ago
Is it sensible that Google went on a hiring spree in 2022 while all other tech companies had already started to freeze hiring? added an enormous-for-them 30,000 new employees in a quarter, then asked all employees how to fix "productiv
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by ilove_banh_mi 7y ago
The first coral reef ecosystems formed more than 200 million years ago (CO2 level was 5-10x higher than today). Each particular coral reef can last up to 5,000 years, possibly longer. Since these biological ecosystems have persisted and evo
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Given that government-created documents are put in the public domain, not limited by copyright, why are government inventions different and restricted by patents? Also, what are fair and usual terms to use a government-owned patent?
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Wealth Guru Plans Dutch-Style Car-Free Bicycle-Friendly City Near Boulder, CO(forbes.com)
2 points by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago|1 comments
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
[Corrected, with thanks! I hadn't read the German-language wikipedia page, and I don't recall hearing about the roots of the idea when it was in the news by 1993.] A research and development project was funded and launched in the
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Swissmetro [1] was a precursor concept publicized in 1993 [2], abandoned by 2009. [1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255792073_Swissmetr... [2] PDF link to English-language report at the bottom of the page:
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Well, would you assert that the industrial rise in CO2 levels, as such, will have consequences comparable to one of the worst mass-extinction events, caused by gigantic volcanic eruptions lasting millions of years? I hold that unlike causes
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
I respectfully suggest you examine the onset of the Eemian, the last interglacial period, about 130k years ago. Global temperature abruptly rose by more than 5 degrees Celsius in just a few centuries. That was not the most sudden warming we
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
The best hypothesis at the moment is that the Permian-Triassic mass extinction event was caused by the enormous, million-year long eruptions that formed the Siberian Traps, combined with their ignition of carbonate rocks (which were in the
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
If skeuomorphism is the worst sin you accuse him of, he must have been pretty good at what he achieved.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
This is not a correct description of past climate changes. The glacial and interglacial periods of the last 2.5 million years have been global and swinging temperatures by 6-9°C in either direction, with periods between 40-100k years. Durin
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Not so fast, please. The very link you provide refers to the Pinatubo eruption that caused a significant multi-year cooling. It is well-known that cloud albedo changes in response to the addition of aerosols, which ultimately changes cloud
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Provocatively worded... but intriguing from an engineering POV: if it is too late to limit CO2 levels and return to pre-industrial levels, what levers do we have to control water vapor levels?
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Harsh but maybe fair. I readily admit that I don't have the heart to say that to my friends who have young kids. Do you say this in person?
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
I think recycling is also a misleading and false virtue, at least for most people I've encountered in the US. I've watched the thought-process: I'm recycling pizza boxes and tens of Amazon boxes every week, therefore I'm
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Two thoughts related to your "what to do" paragraph: - I vaguely recall a Fredric Brown (?) story where people turn to (conceptually, self-defense) violence against cars because they've reached the insight that the fumes are
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
I appreciate your clarity and honesty! The level of change required to completely stop CO2 emissions, reverse the process, and return the atmosphere to pre-industrial levels is enormous, and will require many sacrifices. It is not clear how
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
After solving global warming, should we be more concerned by the approaching end of the current interglacial period? The next glacial period of the current Ice Age is going to be terrible for our stage of technology and civilization. If we
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
I don't think there are scientists who deny past or present climate change. Do you mean to disparage the many scientists who research the causes of past climate change, and who hypothesize that the current changes are, like all past
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Yes, Chinese IP Theft is seen as a major problem by Trump's administration, and has been repeatedly and explicitly named as a reason to engage in tariff war. How to reasonably hope and press for a satisfying solution to such massive st
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
"All of that warming will eventually be enough to kill most or all of us within 40-100 years." Given current human life expectancy, it is true that the vast majority of humans alive today will be dead in 100 years, but that is not
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
We should send palaeontologists, not archaeologists.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
If Venezuela asked Google to build a censored, surveillance-oriented search engine, would they do it? my understanding is that they've already agreed to do it for China, so doing similar work for other dictatorships should be standard,
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
The value "0" now restricts the suggested videos to your own channel, so the problem you describe is not (yet?) what Google is doing.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
You can fairly easily install the latest macOS on such older iMacs [1]. It works well and gives them a new life. If you do it, consider increasing the memory to the max (8 GB?), and replace the HD with SSD. Still plenty of power to use fo
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
New reading glasses with a new prescription.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
It's not determined by their willingness , it's exactly what they pay -- no more and no less.

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