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by manachar 10y ago
Quinoa is a great example of this trend and the positive and negative this can bring to poor regions. Small overview: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/20/world/americas/20bolivia.h...
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by manachar 10y ago
Depending on where you live, most trees are planted by humans in very regular intervals. Old growth forest that did not get planted by humans have a much more chaotic distribution that's influences by fires, fallen trees, local fauna,
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by manachar 10y ago
What's it like being a bearded programmer?
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Different cultures have different reactions to other humans that are outside of the group. Some take aggressive stances, others practice a more welcoming approach. The Sentinelese people react violently to outsiders, but many (maybe even mo
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by manachar 10y ago
I'm not sure this a fair analysis. Yes, Pokémon certainly added a nice built in fanbase, but I don't think that alone would have made it the social phenomenon it currently is. As the article mentions, the gameplay is significantly
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by manachar 10y ago
The onboarding is surprisingly bad, so bad, I wonder if it was intentional. It sort of forces you to get social to compare notes on how to make things work. Most of what I've learned so far has come from either trial & error or fro
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by manachar 10y ago
Innovation requires fraud?
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by manachar 10y ago
I wonder if you could get similar results by having some magnetic ink tattooed into an optimal pattern on the hand.
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"Was the stench at Llandudno House really so ungodly awful? Personally, it is hard for me to imagine a smell so strong that it would overtake all the neighboring houses and cause visitors to break out in a feverish sweat." This a
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by manachar 10y ago
Probabilistically, this is true, but think how amazing it is we have photos take from the surface of such far away places like Mars, Titan, comets, etc. Heck, the latest photos of Pluto are some of the most amazing things I've ever see
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by manachar 10y ago
Alternatively, American society values a human's worth by economic output and the economy has shifted to value humans who can successfully navigate the new more intelligence-based economy.
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by manachar 10y ago
Amazon has been making me less and less happy lately. I had a customer service interaction that left me speechlessly pissed. They were clearly not empowered to do anything but tell me to suck it. They don't optimize for happy customers
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by manachar 10y ago
Would they make more money with the latest Web 3.0 React SPA website that takes over your scroll wheel and loads megabytes of stocks photos showing happy rich people?
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Funny you mention Ellison. That's pretty much what he's doing on Lānaʻi, though less the giant skyscraper and more the idea of remaking the island for his own purposes.
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by manachar 10y ago
Trump tweeted that climate change is a conspiracy created by the Chinese to destroy the American economy. I wish I was making that up. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/26589529219124838...
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by manachar 10y ago
I would think that a cold war situation is far more likely. No reason to use nukes in your own territory, many very good reasons to not use nukes at all. So long as the early warning systems (i.e. satellites) are still in place we will prob
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by manachar 10y ago
Common sense is not universal, common, or necessarily sensical. I did not grow up with parents who raised me this way and had little to no contact with grandparents. My parents were also often cash strapped. You and I know that saving up fo
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by manachar 10y ago
Boring suburbs in boring states are cheaper to live in. Seems the market places quite a premium on excitement.
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by manachar 10y ago
They're worried about people in the future who may not know about radioactive waste. This location will be dangerous for a very long time in a way that's invisible. Carbon dioxide is certainly a concern, but most of its problems w
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by manachar 10y ago
People have such a low opinion of the feats of engineering that our ancestors were capable of that they invent all sorts of magic explanations. Giants, cyclops, menehune, elves, and such have been invoked frequently to "explain" t
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by manachar 10y ago
It'd be fascinating if a few barrels of Laphroaig were sent someplace warm, but equally as coastal for aging to see how it changes the tastes.
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by manachar 10y ago
Freedom has always been fragile and eagerly bartered away for perceptions of safety and prosperity.
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Which is really odd to think about. Super local newspapers used to be the norm, but as the conglomerates got bigger the number of papers fell so they no longer had the space to cover the truly local news. A variety of web sites have tried t
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by manachar 10y ago
Voter turnout is higher in our presidential elections when a person's vote is generally worth less. People SHOULD be voting at the local level where their votes still matter quite a bit, but generally don't through an interesting
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by manachar 10y ago
Have you found any commodity where there isn't a push to lower the cost? That's pretty much what capitalism does.
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Suburbia, with all their HOAs and such are the physical manifestation of the cultural preferences of a large majority of Americans. The following quote perfect illustrates the goals: "The idea, of course, is that the peaceful slumber o
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I hadn't thought about virtual concerts, plays, ballets, operas, symphonies, etc. The performances could be live or prerecorded, obviously charging more for live. The performers could be captured via some form of 3d capture. The viewer
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by manachar 11y ago
Or maybe it's because the tech scene is full of libertarian-leaning individuals who think not-voting and not being involved in the full political process sends a message to politicians. Or think that politics is "stupid" and
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by manachar 11y ago
No, this wasn't intended to slyly indicate that "Trump makes murder respectable". Were I to make that bold accusation I'd want to debate that on another forum than HN and base it on things Trump has actually stated. Rega
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I'm with Orwell on this one. Whether by design or "happy" accident, Trump exemplifies the trend for politicians to be vague. Or as he puts it, speaking like this "is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respec

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