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721.
by iwwr 15y ago
Simply maintaining these apartments may be too much even for the average city worker.
722.
by iwwr 15y ago
The problem is the expenses in building these things are capitalized (or worse, booked at a greater value), so when they do sell at the much lower value, the developers/banks/government will need to take a loss. So long as the selling can b
723.
by iwwr 15y ago
There are still physical limits with battery power and overall heat dissipation. Perhaps they'd be overcome with a new power source, like a fuel cell.
724.
by iwwr 15y ago
Don't underestimate their ability to redefine GDP or 'budget deficit'. Also, if push comes to shove, there is always the option of cranking up the printing presses (Congress can wrestle control of monetary policy if the Fed is too uncoopera
725.
by iwwr 15y ago
This may be relevant: http://novam-research.synthasite.com/resources/Magnetronics_... Anyone can sketch how a 'magnetic circuit' can work, compared to the standard electrical equivalent? Edit: also called 'spintronics' http://en.wikipedi
726.
by iwwr 15y ago
Can you post it somewhere else or pastebin?
727.
by iwwr 15y ago
The hardware doesn't have to pay for itself, just the discount if you want to resell it. So maybe 20-30% of the initial cost.
728.
by iwwr 15y ago
The problem is not that central planning fails to build a certain thing (like a bridge or a road), but that it diverts resources from more productive uses. Things that are built or created are visible, but they obscure the things that might
729.
by iwwr 15y ago
The link is dead, anyone got a mirror?
730.
by iwwr 15y ago
There is a 75 yo congressman who actually understands what it's about and is against it. Take a guess :)
731.
by iwwr 15y ago
Twitter spam, nothing more.
732.
by iwwr 15y ago
Imagine you were offered the options of either going to jail or being committed in a mental hospital for the crime of... consuming alcohol (back during the Prohibition).
733.
by iwwr 15y ago
Why should drug users even have to be forced to take medical 'treatment' if they have not otherwise committed any other crimes. The problem with rehabilitation is that it places people at the mercy of subjective assessment for unlimited ti
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Illustrated Calculus Textbook(math.upenn.edu)
131 points by iwwr 15y ago|35 comments
735.
by iwwr 15y ago
You can still make bombs from the thorium cycle, with U233.
736.
by iwwr 15y ago
By 'immune' I mean with an ability for recourse. That benefit is not reserved to mere mortals.
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After pumping $580M into MySpace, NewsCorp sells it for $35M(arstechnica.com)
1 points by iwwr 15y ago|0 comments
738.
by iwwr 15y ago
Airlines themselves may want to take over security, since the TSA is hurting air travel. As for the TSA itself, the organization is causing preventable deaths by deterring people from flying, making them use the much more dangerous roads.
739.
by iwwr 15y ago
Pilots and air crew have to go through the TSA theater as well. The only immune people are the high-profile politicians.
740.
by iwwr 15y ago
What constitutes a 'dangerous person'? There is already an extensive no-fly list in place, which incidentally is secret and gives people no avenue for appeal if they have been wrongly put on it.
741.
by iwwr 15y ago
In the same vein, you can have split-complex numbers which represent the 2d hyperbolic plane. Also, there are the 4-dimensional generalizations like quaternions, split-quaternions or other related algebra systems. What's amazing about these
742.
by iwwr 15y ago
Are logarithmic number systems a better alternative to floats?
743.
by iwwr 15y ago
It's not just a lawyer failure, but a legal system collapse. People are being denied justice. The lawyers themselves are not necessarily to blame. There are two or three interlinked aspects: 1. The growth in regulations, which draws away li
744.
by iwwr 15y ago
Perhaps because airlines are some of the worst performing businesses in the Western world.
745.
by iwwr 15y ago
Can air conditioners be driven directly by gasoline engines rather than generators->electrical AC? Perhaps just replacing the electro-compressor with an in-place gas version.
746.
by iwwr 15y ago
What role did the separate XP machine play? After changing the password and dropping all active sessions, what else is there to allow someone in?
747.
by iwwr 15y ago
There is information other than insiders get which can be used as an advantage. A person more knowledgeable about a field of activity may be better at spotting trends in that field. Also, someone like Warren Buffet who actually steps foot o
748.
by iwwr 15y ago
The restaurant owner was basically exchanging BTC for USD on the spot and also reporting tax income in USD.
749.
by iwwr 15y ago
Let's not forget that legal fees are not entirely the fault of the litigants. The burden of laws and rules is so great, you need expensive experts to navigate it. The weight of the laws themselves is promoting abuse and injustice. Consider
750.
by iwwr 15y ago
Can someone more knowledgeable describe why each new FF version breaks existing extensions? Can't FF have a more stable extension architecture? Edit: though the idea that enterprise is useless may be dangerous. Each new FF user is worth may

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