jmstriegel

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by jmstriegel 4y ago
Whoops. Looks like this is behind a paywall now. Here's a link to the PDF: https://tmurphy.physics.ucsd.edu/papers/limits-econ-final.pd...
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Limits to Economic Growth(nature.com)
2 points by jmstriegel 4y ago|1 comments
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by jmstriegel 5y ago
I think this doesn't account for investment returns. If you assume this money is invested for the duration of your 20s and 30s, you "only" need to invest $50k/yr for the first 10 years. At an average 7% growth, you can l
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by jmstriegel 5y ago
I'm excited for technologies like this to become available for regular individuals. I'm not sure what the current figure is, but in 2008 the average American was responsible for 20 tons of co2 every year[1]. At $600/ton[2], t
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by jmstriegel 12y ago
I think the argument is that the semantics really only matter to who's making the definitions. If you're a civilian and you live in fear that you or a family member may be the casualty of an unprovoked bombing, be it by insurgents
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by jmstriegel 12y ago
On that note: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wealth_inequality_in_the_United... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affluence_in_the_United_States
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by jmstriegel 12y ago
Taking the analogy a bit further, a vanilla proponent might put Make in the second category as well. Funny that modern web development requires a build process to change a line of CSS.
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by jmstriegel 13y ago
If you're using Linux, just install avahi-daemon and you should be able to connect to coder.local without having to find the device's IP address. mDNS/Zeroconf/Bonjour is an easy way to get up and running in a headless s
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by jmstriegel 13y ago
This exactly. For someone just getting started, it's neat to be able to demystify how the web works. Here's your own little web server, and you can set it up right in your living room or classroom and play around with it to see ho
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by jmstriegel 15y ago
By the way, I'd love to hear feedback from the HN community. iPad dev in HTML5/jQuery was really a pleasure. As long as you don't need photo upload support (Apple, this is ridiculous), it seems like a really decent way to approach mobile ap
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Proof, an HTML5 iPad app for scotch tasting(proofwhisky.com)
5 points by jmstriegel 15y ago|1 comments