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by kulahan 1y ago
I do find it interesting that in an attempt to bring more people into modern society (via ability to access everything from an inexpensive smartphone), we're creating a stratification in society. My brother hates tech more than me, and
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by kulahan 1y ago
Meh, they came from the soil. It's always been here, just never seen by human eyes. That's true of lots and lots of bacteria though - we find new species pretty much every single time we take a stomach sample from someone, let alo
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by kulahan 1y ago
We need more kind acts . It feels like these days are only focused on useless platitudes and complaints about useless platitudes, with all action taking a back seat. Hell is full of good intentions, Heaven is full of good works.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Nope, balanced as in people are allowed to have a balanced viewpoint of things. And don't worry - even back in the founding days, there were still flat earthers and climate deniers and vaccine skeptics. These people are still downvoted
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by kulahan 1y ago
HN is literally the only actually-balanced community I've seen on the internet.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Yes yes, there are many annoying rules in the legal system meant to keep regular people from having any legal power directly.
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by kulahan 1y ago
I don't think the masses are representing themselves in court... and even then, legal text is borderline obfuscation it's so poorly designed.
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by kulahan 1y ago
I think it'll be slightly different - without clearly marking AI-generated content, it'll be effectively impossible to find new content that isn't sold to you in pristine packages already, and even that you just sorta have to
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by kulahan 1y ago
People would almost certainly prefer a planet.
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by kulahan 1y ago
That's pretty interesting. Is it just because the power channels are the most fundamental aspect of the building? I'm sorta surprised you can't rip out old cables and drop in new ones, or something to that effect, but I also
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by kulahan 1y ago
Lawyers are famously never wrong
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by kulahan 1y ago
Not all laptop bags are waterproof so definitely put a towel in there too
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by kulahan 1y ago
Reminds me of tips I used to see about how to cover valuable stuff up with one or two "dirty" towels to make criminals skip right past your "carbage".
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by kulahan 1y ago
A Mars flyby?? With humans? I don't doubt it, but at the same time I can't imagine spending months in a ship just to look at your destination without ever getting out. Talk about cabin fever.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Yeah I don't think we could terraform large pieces of Earth without throwing a very serious wrench into things. The Sahara fertilizes the Amazon, right? So even a nearly lifeless desert isn't acceptable. Maybe the poles?
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by kulahan 1y ago
We probably won't get hit by a planet-ending meteor any time soon, but who really knows? Good for that not to be our end.
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by kulahan 1y ago
There is probably some analogous disability, but I doubt there is anything identical.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Maybe a more succinct and modern example: don’t put something on the curb with “free!”, put “$50!” And it’ll get stolen in no time
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by kulahan 1y ago
We get it, you’re depressed. Most dog owners like their dogs and take care of them to the best of their ability.
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by kulahan 1y ago
It's worth mentioning that one of the more sane ways to terraform a planet is to redirect specific comets to crash into the planet. It would be "free" in the sense that redirecting an orbit is already actively being studied b
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by kulahan 1y ago
Depends on elevation. It’s quite habitable with enough height.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Could be for a million reasons honestly. Could’ve cooled too quickly or too slowly as well.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Mars, interestingly, was just determined to have a core almost identical to Earth’s as I understand it. This is not the sole determinant of course - you still need enough volatiles, enough gravity to maintain a hold on the lightest elements
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by kulahan 1y ago
You clearly forgot it ages ago, then
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by kulahan 1y ago
Not really. The dangerous aspect of a knife is when it moves unexpectedly. The sharper it is, the harder it is to create a scenario where it jumps on something particularly dense, like when a saw hits a knot in a tree. If you’re pushing dow
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by kulahan 1y ago
That’s not necessary with an ultrasonic knife and would generally be a waste of time. The vibrations take the place of needing to slice, rather than chop. This knife is not meant to be used like a normal chef’s knife. I’d still never get on
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by kulahan 1y ago
What? I just put “computer programmer” for every position listed on LinkedIn - why would that be any more valid?
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by kulahan 1y ago
Damn nitrogen.
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by kulahan 1y ago
Is that what that was? I had sent myself an email the day before it started happening to me, so I thought it was just the system glitching out. That’s such a nefarious scheme!
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by kulahan 1y ago
Plain chalk is carcinogenic??

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