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by keithly 10y ago
I remember reading somewhere that the high percentage of chestnut was likely due cultivation / encouragement of growth by Native Americans. I think it was in the book 1491. A plausible theory but hard to prove, I guess.
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by keithly 10y ago
There are at least a couple resistant varieties ("Princeton" comes to mind) but none are fully immune. Resistance seems to depend on the type of beetle infesting the tree and other stressors.
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Seeing the poor cuts support for a tax on the rich(arstechnica.com)
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Mint 18.1 review: Forget about Wayland and get comfy with the command line(arstechnica.com)
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by keithly 10y ago
Do you have a blog? You have some interesting ideas that would be good to explore in a longer form.
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by keithly 10y ago
Seems like you did get something out of all that time you wasted on philosophy. :)
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by keithly 10y ago
I'd guess part of why those cities were chosen were to have enough data points to draw conclusions, since all the examples are from a narrow time frame.
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Seeds of a Fintech Startup Sometimes Come from the Trenches(nytimes.com)
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by keithly 10y ago
"Household staff" is a familiar term to many WSJ subscribers, I'd guess.
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by keithly 10y ago
Where do you have it installed instead?
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by keithly 10y ago
If we had all done that exercise in school, more people would be better at managing their money. This analogy only works if "success" or whatever is a random walk (like I believe picking stocks is).
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by keithly 10y ago
RAM limited to 16GB LPDDR3, not upgradable
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Python Libraries(caremad.io)
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by keithly 10y ago
I wonder to what extent domestic casts have replaced mustelids (weasels, badgers, etc.) and similar small predators in North America. If there were fewer cats, would there be more mustelids? Would they then have a similar effect on the bird
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by keithly 10y ago
Good points, but trees were a primary energy source before the industrial revolution. When fossil fuels like coal replaced trees for cooking and heating, trees began to return to the landscape. Some areas of the US are more forested now tha
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In Florida Keys, Some Worry About ‘Science and Government’ More Than Zika(nytimes.com)
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Testing, for people who hate testing(eev.ee)
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Why Do We Haggle for Cars?(priceonomics.com)
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Python FAQ: How do I port to Python 3?(eev.ee)
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Python FAQ: Why should I use Python 3?(eev.ee)
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by keithly 10y ago
They could be from another part of Greece or the wider area.
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Meet some of the startups trying to take the pain out of buying a new car(arstechnica.com)
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4 Reasons to Drop MVVM(blog.dmbcllc.com)
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Forget learning to code: Every employee should know data analysis(venturebeat.com)
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by keithly 10y ago
Subhead: "There is so much I don't know about Computer Science. I figured I'd share that with you"
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Writing a Book: The Imposter's Handbook(rob.conery.io)
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by keithly 10y ago
This first part of this talk is relevant-- about the viability of SST and subsonic commercial flight actually being "good enough": http://idlewords.com/talks/web_design_first_100_years.htm
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by keithly 10y ago
USP = Unique Selling Proposition For anyone who wonders what USP means (like I did).
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by keithly 10y ago
TIL there's a standard for dirt color matching.
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Incensing critics, Google engineer ends push for crypto-only setting in Allo(arstechnica.com)
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