jcampbell1

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by jcampbell1 3y ago
I honestly don’t think we need a government solution to this issue. Consumers who want this security can buy from manufacturers with a reputation at stake such as Amazon or Apple. I don’t want your “help”. Let the market sort it out.
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
Many places allow for dual meters: one water meter that is used for irrigation and another for water that ultimately goes for waste treatment. In places with abundant water, e.g. places where this drilling technique would work, the water i
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
Dodgy in what way? This kind of thing is where none would do creative accounting. Accountants just propose a plan and get the auditor to sign off on it, or suggest modifications. In the auto business, if the CFO wants to hit a number for
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
You can pour water straight from the kettle into the trays and cover it. https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photo-ice-cubes-image179488... In that photo I see a few gas bubbles, but it is dominated by radial expansion fractur
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
Just compare frozen boiled water and aerated tap water. Both will be cloudy when made in a tray and both will be clear when made in an insulated cup. It does make a minor difference, but it is unimportant. Also notice the radial pattern t
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
I’ve been making clear ice for a decade. Even gone as far as an aquarium bubbler and nichrome wire setups. What you think are obvious bubbles are not actually bubbles. Just put a double walled insulated cup in the freezer. The internal s
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
That isn’t the issue. The problem is an ice shell initially forms, then the water inside the shell needs to expand as it freezes but it has no where to expand. This creates internal stress and micro fractures and the resulting ice crackle
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by jcampbell1 3y ago
Solar + battery doesn’t bother anyone. Wind turbines have mild resistance from people who think they are an eyesore or people worried about migratory birds.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
When did HackerNews get so hysterical. The evidence for talc causing ovarian cancer is extremely weak, maybe 5 additional cases per 100,000 women at worst. It makes no damn sense as a cervix only allows anything to head inside about 1 day
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
The Supreme Court has gotten way more libertarian recently.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
King Biden can do this without due process?
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
We dedicate 39 million acres to corn ethanol so our gas is 10% ethanol. 15 million acres of panels would supply all of the US energy needs including all current petroleum energy. 1 acre of corn produces 11 million kcal. 1 acre of solar pa
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
So you were thinking about doing a million dollar solar install, but you couldn’t come up with $10k for land to do the install?
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
No, the municipality agreed to terms with internet provider which included no tax financed competition. Then some politician needs to get elected and sells the public on a not possible idea of muni internet. Sort of like Biden canceling st
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Using power to tax to directly compete with private investments is a slippery slope and rightly deserves a day in court.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Removing phosphates from dishwasher detergent was stupid because phosphates are measured in the discharge water from the waste treatment plants where it is regulated, and they can be dealt with chemically. All removing phosphates did was s
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
It doesn’t say “annual income”, or “annual revenue”. It is “net income” which is not always well defined for small businesses. It is roughly defined as the amount of money you would expect to make running this operation after paying emplo
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
It is a seasonal thing to take vacationers fishing. Charge $1000 a trip, maybe fish 80 days a year accounting for weather. After expenses there isn’t much left over. It is a labor of love. How much do you think people who guide people o
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
You don't need patent enforcement for hybrid crops, which is pretty much every seed other than soybeans which is an heirloom crop. Corn has major hybrid vigor, so only a totally ignorant farmer would try to replant harvested corn. Co
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Heterosis.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
PFAS is a huge family of long lasting fluorinated chemicals. The ones that are bio-absorbed typically are liquid at normal temperatures. Gasoline and plastic are both hydrocarbons, but gasoline is toxic and long chain polyethylene is not.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
The concept of a “hospital acquired infection” is a drug resistant infection that came from the human petri dishes living in the hospitals taking antibiotics and breeding resistant strains which don’t survive in the wild. So, yes you have t
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Every prediction in “The Population Bomb” turned out to be wildly incorrect. Simon was consistently right that the human standard of living would increase even as population increased. The arguments Erlichman made were like: not everyone c
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Must I explain why people who serve in the US military are much better drivers on average? I’m going to go out on a limb and guess in addition to your perfect driving score, your Tesla is clean as well. I bet you probably agree with a sta
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
I like google news because I can see both right and left takes on stories, and which stories are only covered by one side. It also has international coverage, which is nice for instance where Israeli media had by far the most accurate rep
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
There is a huge incentive misalignment. The customer pays monthly for “insurance” and the moral hazard, the insurance company then pays a repair company, who then pays the OEM for the headlight. The games all go away when the manufacturer
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
It is pretty similar. A bunch of stamped, then bent pieces of sheet metal all welded together isn’t more or less reparable. We are talking about frame components here, and so repairs require using hydraulics to bend the components back to
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
A height capped NBA would be interesting. No more than 30 feet of people on the court. Funny thought exercise.
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Full disclosure: I work for Google and am a member of the Illuminati. They aren’t necessary because we keep track. Sincerely, ChatGPT
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by jcampbell1 4y ago
Unrecognized independence during a civil war and world war isn’t much of a claim. Chiang Kai Shek was adamant it was part of China. Tibet has 3 million people, most of who are subsistence farmers or nomadic herders. Comparisons with Taiwa

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