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by jkyle 11y ago
> Which, to my knowledge, are only currently generated using a nuclear weapon. An EMP gun is just a directed energy weapon.[1] Though you can generate an undirected EMP pulse through various means, there not as useful.[2] 1. https:&#x2F
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Neuroscience-based algorithms make for better networks(phys.org)
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> If the banks didn't open fraudulent accounts, they wouldn't put incorrect information on credit reports and there wouldn't be any unknown debt. Well. Sure. But that's the point. That's why it's called iden
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by jkyle 11y ago
I'm not sure considering the consumer a victim is merely a marketing ploy. There are very real, persistent, and hugely negative repercussions suffered by a consumer in identity theft. Destroyed credit, unknown debt tied to their identi
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by jkyle 11y ago
Most of the U.S. may be rural by land area, but the overwhelming majority of the population in the U.S. is urban. 80.7% are urban as of the 2010 Census.
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> The cost argument is a risky one for death penalty opponents, since the cost can be fixed either by getting rid of the death penalty or by making it more efficient. Not really. Because the precursor to the cost argument is that there i
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by jkyle 11y ago
Would you consider the guaranteed percentage of innocently convicted being starved, strangled, or any number of unimaginable torturous horrors committed to them at great pain and distress acceptable collateral damage in a quest to exact sad
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by jkyle 11y ago
> What about letting people opt-out of providing abortions? No doctor, hospital, or medical facility has _ever_ been forced into providing abortions. Ever. None. > Or marrying gay couples? No private organization has or ever will be f
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by jkyle 11y ago
> What do you suggest in regards for money being spent on containing people who have zero chance on rehabilitation? Life in prison without parole is cheaper than the death penalty. In fact, it's 10x more expensive to put someone to
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by jkyle 11y ago
The built in interactive rebase does just that.
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If part of the process is required approval by some customer/business exec, etc. . . don't merge it till it's approved.
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Say I create a feature branch, this is what a day's work might look like. 839a882 Fix bad code formatting [James Kyle] 6583660 Updated plugin paths for publish env [James Kyle] 847b8f3 First stab at a mobile friendly styl
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If the damages incurred are high enough, it effects uber as a whole. And so effects all their workers.
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I'm not sure the uber contractors would think that's a benefit.
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Nah, it depends. For example, if he put the effigy up in a public area with restricted signage or the what not it could be removed and he could be disciplined for the infraction. Such regulations of public space have been upheld as long as
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by jkyle 11y ago
First, I didn't say the constitution only applies to the government. I stated the fact that the right to free speech does not protect someone from being removed from private property or dismissed from a private employer. You still have
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by jkyle 11y ago
Sure. But the author of the article invoked the Constitution. I find it annoying when the Constitution is invoked as a shield in lieu of a substantive argument.
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by jkyle 11y ago
> Unfortunately for them, something called the American constitution strongly protects free speech, whether divisive, upsetting or not. I don't think this author understands the constitution. This may apply on public campuses. How
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by jkyle 11y ago
Another interesting fact about almonds. They're actually the most cost effective use of water from the volume to profit ratio. So, yes, it takes more water the produce a bushel of almonds then it does to produce a bushel of <whateve
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by jkyle 11y ago
One of the problems in the California water market is free enterprise shipping it out of state.[1] Water, air, these belong to the commons and should be allocated and used primarily for the sustenance and benefit of the commons. Not private
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by jkyle 11y ago
Desalination is actually quite expensive. They're building a plant down by San Diego. Not to mention the pollution issues impacting fisheries and coastlines.
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by jkyle 11y ago
No vilification of farmers here. The reason it's absurd to squeeze urbanites is their a minor user of the resource. You simply can't solve the problem by reducing urban water usage. You should always look at inefficiencies in the
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by jkyle 11y ago
There's a decent movement going to make restrictions like that from HOA's null and void if they conflict with state conservation interests.
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If this is your honest opinion, you'd be pushing for emergency triage of water allocation for agriculture. Specifically, reducing luxury crops like almonds, beef, and chicken. We could cut our water usage in 1/2 and still produce
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by jkyle 11y ago
You misunderstood me. I updated with an edit to clarify in the original post. GDP is mentioned to show that increased cost of production for agriculture will not have a catastrophic effect on our economy....if you ask most Californians (or
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by jkyle 11y ago
Tulare ran out not too long ago.
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CA is a major exporter of agriculture. It can grow enough food to supply itself even with aggressive curtailing of agricultural output. If CA cities start running out of water supply, businesses will be affected. The ones that carry our GDP
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by jkyle 11y ago
The point is watering your lawn is a drop in the giant reservoir. If only 20% of the water is being used by residents (in reality, it's a bit less) and you pass super aggressive water conservation laws targeting residential use such th
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by jkyle 11y ago
We're literally running out of water [1]. As in no more. There are entire counties who get nothing when they turn on their faucets. Nothing. No more. Not to mention the ground is sinking. [1] http://www.latimes.com/op
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by jkyle 11y ago
Ideally, farmer's should be charged for water usage instead of water access. Many of the water rights mentioned in the article are access rights. Meaning they can pump and use as much as they want. Make inefficiency come with a cost an

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