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by joshuahaglund 7y ago
They've got electronically controlled clutches, no torque converter. Yeah, probably more expensive than a manual but they save gas which will cost much more long term. https://www.ttnews.com/articles/manual-transmi
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by joshuahaglund 8y ago
I googled coal subsidy and this is the first result. There's a lot of tax credits and subsidies. "Clean coal" for instance, or 3.4 billion for carbon sequestration (did that get past the lab yet?) https://www.taxpa
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by joshuahaglund 8y ago
The article isn't very good is what.
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by joshuahaglund 9y ago
80% of the value is held by 10% of the population. https://www.washingtonpost.com/posteverything/wp/2017/03/02/...
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by joshuahaglund 9y ago
I'm not a pilot, but the fan pods are flaps, so I think there's some steering there. Also, it has a full aircraft parachute as a last resort.
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
seems that depends on the state https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/201...
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
We once had the privilege of refilling our machines with whatever we wanted. Now, because of the misuse of patents, we can't do that.
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
The title is a play on the phrase "this is why we can't have nice things." To me, this reminds us that the things we have, we might not own. "Control what you do with your stuff" sounds like the concept of ownership
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
The other way we pay for roads is through sales taxes (aka the most regressive tax). At least tolls are use-based, rather than on the general population.
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
> In the second module an air compressor takes air in and puts it under high pressure, which shrinks the volume of the air and allows the engine to be smaller (because compressed air takes up less space). Does this reporter know what the
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
you sure? it's not for me.
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
When people say "half the country supports X candidate" I like to point out polls only count registered voters who are likely to vote, which is closer to half the eligible voting population (which of course doesn't include an
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
Those parts detract from an otherwise clever story. Among the many reasons women might be uncomfortable in software -- dudes who joke about killing them.
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
The number is limited to people aged 15-39. I can't figure out what percent that is, maybe someone with a wolfram alpha pro account can do it: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=population+of+japan+be... Also,
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by joshuahaglund 10y ago
And most of that corn goes to feed cattle, which produce methane (worse than CO2). So, what we do with the plants matters. Do we allow them to sequester the carbon or we put their carbon right back into the atmosphere?