jsmcgd

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by jsmcgd 10y ago
A road surface would be useful.
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by jsmcgd 10y ago
I assume this has been considered, but what is the reason for not using giant solar stills? All countries that desalinate water have a coastline and have hot climates so why isn't using solar energy directly in sea-based solar stills e
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
If you use encryption to tell someone to kill, you have executed a crime using encryption.
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
> What can an average person do? Don't incorporate in the UK.
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
In real terms they haven't lowered their prices. If they had charged the same in dollars, after the dollar had appreciated, they would have in effect been charging their customers more as the dollar is now worth more. By lowering the d
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
"An Incredibly Detailed Map of the Roman Empire At Its Height in 211AD" http://brilliantmaps.com/roman-empire-211/ Direct link: https://i.imgur.com/lHoCQtt.jpg Edit: this is not as detailed,
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
Unfortunately by closing these channels it seems we have lost an opportunity for dissenting voices to reach ISIS supporters. If I was involved in the soft war against ISIS I don't think I would have wanted this to happen. The more they
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
0. We should try to counter the radical ideology by allowing everyone to air their grievances in public without condemning or shouting down those we disagree with. Debate should be welcomed and encouraged not stifled and stigmatised otherwi
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
I'm only making this point in reference to conflicts that involve insurgencies.
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
> IIRC the right to bear arms was intended so that the people can overthrow the government if need be; small chance of that now, with the military and police forces as advanced and militarised as they are now. However it seems that most
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by jsmcgd 11y ago
Due to Benford's Law perhaps the 6 key should be located on the right as you're left hand will, on average, type more digits anyway.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Personally I would argue that the purpose of language is communication without any particular prominence placed on manipulation. The laws expressly forbids deception so I would also argue that manipulation is at the core of fraudulent behav
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I agree that this is an issue. However saying that 'everybody wins' in the scenario you just pointed out, glosses over the fact that many of theses people will lose their jobs. Considering that the vast majority of these workers
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
That chart is missing 2014. The latest I've heard is that Saudi keeps increasing supplies: http://arabianindustry.com/petrochemicals/news/2014/dec/14/s...
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I don't think the US increased oil production to decrease oil prices. It has had a very successful increase in shale gas production due to new technologies. This has affected the oil prices, and Saudi Arabia in turn isn't liking t
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I think most westerners do like Russians and Russia, but don't like Putin and his growing anti-democratic tendencies.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Aluminium isn't susceptible.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Violent crime is decreasing across the western world which suggests that factors that are only relevant to one country/culture are unlikely to be the main driving force of this phenomenon.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Are you suggesting there is an increasing trend in pick pocketing and that's why the police no longer act on it and/or vice versa?
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I just did this. I encourage everyone else who can to do the same. It may not have any effect now however it will let our representatives know that their actions are not going unnoticed and that we're unhappy.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
If the engines are auto-pressurized, I am assuming that they don't produce anywhere near the same pressure as turbo pumps would. Does that mean the pressure in the combustion chamber has to be relatively low?
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
> A Dog is not an Animal that includes Barkable and PeeOnHydrantable, and a SpaceShuttle is not a descendant of Airplane I think there is probably a lot of room for debate on this. (Edited to make it less pithy and therefore probably muc
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
This is a valid concern but it needs to be balanced against the existing noise, visual and chemical pollution caused by shopping trips in cars and delivery trucks.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Hominids have been using tools for a very long time. Hypothesis: facial adaptations provide some protection from blunt weapons like wooden sticks. EDIT: and rocks.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
Well said. There are some exceptionally hateful things openly said by those in power (especially in the US) that face no repercussions. It isn't a stretch to imagine similar people working within the intelligence community. Perhaps the
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
As far as I am aware no information has been revealed that is specific to a national security target only information that targets millions of innocent civilians. I would hope and expect that the intelligence community has much more invasiv
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
I don't understand Marc's position. He says that foreign governments knew about the spying but that Edward Snowden is a traitor for telling them what they already knew? So what damage is ES supposed to have done exactly? It is pub
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
As jcooper said you can lose two engines from the same pair. The pairs of engines are in a rectangle configuration not a square. This asymmetry allows you to compensate for a missing pair by using some combination of the the other 3 pairs.
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
The gap in average earnings between those who complete college and those who don't is pretty terrifying, given that it is possible to have no degree but all of the associated debt. If accruing all this debt guaranteed a college degree
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by jsmcgd 12y ago
One could add Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia to the list. Also most of South America.

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