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by mkempe 9y ago
We now have the technology to accurately, and simply, keep solar time wherever we are, instead of using and manipulating archaic time zones. Edit: The original, 19th-century impetus for time zones (vs solar time) was to reliably print and m
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by mkempe 9y ago
Big props to ending the madness of skipping 1h back and forth each year. However, what's wrong with tracking solar noon, so it's near 1200 instead of being near 1300? (if you argue you want more time with daylight after work, why
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by mkempe 9y ago
This is a great demonstration of the positive contribution robots make to human life, saving us from labor-intensive activities so we can use our lifespan and abilities to the fullest instead.
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by mkempe 9y ago
"A core proposition in economics is that voluntary exchanges benefit both parties. We show that people often deny the mutually beneficial nature of exchange, instead using zero-sum thinking." If one doesn't fully conceive of
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Psychological Underpinnings of Zero-Sum Thinking in Voluntary Exchanges(papers.ssrn.com)
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March 5, 1872: George Westinghouse Jr. patents the automatic railroad air brake(wired.com)
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by mkempe 9y ago
How much bandwidth is wasted by this?
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That Which Is Seen, and That Which Is Not Seen (1850)(bastiat.org)
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by mkempe 9y ago
That's rubbish. Richard Branson has been actively invested in high-speed rail for quite a while. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgin_Rail_Group
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by mkempe 9y ago
Nope, I didn't misunderstand the intent. I pointed out the fact that Sonos is not a good example of a company that might partner exclusively or even mostly with Google, due to their "voice-and-cylinder-neutral" business mod
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by mkempe 9y ago
The last line is silly. Sonos is not going to align specifically with Google. Because Sonos has a business model that is neutral to other home cylinders and voice assistants, and Amazon Alexa users can already use their Sonos speakers toget
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by mkempe 9y ago
The above comment has been down-voted (!?) despite being factual, according to Sonos themselves! - Sonos and Alexa integration is available as a beta version. - "Google Home Smart Assistant doesn’t work with your Sonos system natively&
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by mkempe 9y ago
At the moment Sonos works with Amazon's Alexa, not the other voice cylinders.
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by mkempe 9y ago
I pop open the dishwasher as soon as it's "done" and take plastic items out so they can air-dry in the regular drying rack next to the sink. This robot doesn't actually have a drying cycle; just circulating air and venti
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by mkempe 9y ago
It seems that the previous, open, free social platforms are dead or agonizing -- from Usenet newsgroups to blogs, RSS readers, and even mailing lists. 90+% of my immediate family and relatives only communicate via Facebook. All of my past c
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Towards web-based delta synchronization for cloud storage systems(blog.acolyer.org)
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by mkempe 9y ago
Ambrose Bierce gave an accurate description of the ultimate end in this kind of trade barrier: TARIFF, n. A scale of taxes on imports, designed to protect the domestic producer against the greed of his customers.
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by mkempe 9y ago
What authority does the president have for such tariffs?
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by mkempe 9y ago
This seems so concrete-bound... Moving to the conceptual level, since the initial F in each agency name stands for "Federal" -- in what sense are they not part of the Federal government? are they somehow not subject to the limits
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by mkempe 9y ago
One can hold that under a limited, federal government structure there are things the Federal government must not do (because it is either explicitly barred from it or it is not one of its explicitly enumerated powers), and that the same con
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by mkempe 9y ago
If it seems I can't perceive why I should be silent, it's because I'm blinded by the brilliance of your sophisms.
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by mkempe 9y ago
We know where it starts. Where does it end? What business value are such search filters achieving for Google? Wouldn't that kind of action lead to a growing number of users losing trust in their search results? e.g. if they manipulate
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by mkempe 9y ago
Do you think ad hominems and other fallacies will get you far in life?
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by mkempe 9y ago
Speak for yourself, brother. Nature, facts, and truth are the real currency of science.
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by mkempe 9y ago
All available facts and identifiable causes of climate change are relevant if we are interested in science. Cherry picking facts or trying to hide their significance is anti-scientific. Your three statements are anti-scientific. 1. It'
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by mkempe 9y ago
I'm crushed, I had no idea facts and science were established and driven by a committee. Is there a designated committee for every subject matter? I probably won't remember your comment in 25 years, when vast frozen expanses colli
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by mkempe 9y ago
Yes, it would be . But this 20-year prediction is based on a linear extrapolation that obviously ignores previous cooling+warming cycles of the arctic (remember why Greenland is called such). Further, that is not a prediction that there wo
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by mkempe 9y ago
Thanks. I'm not arguing that arctic sea ice is not changing, it obviously is changing during the seasons of a year and from year to year over the last decades -- I'm pointing out that the claim that "The Arctic will never be
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by mkempe 9y ago
Also, in relation to sea level worries: "Because of the weight of the ice, the mainland of northwest North America was so depressed that sea levels at the Last Glacial Maximum were over a hundred metres higher than they are today (me
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by mkempe 9y ago
It's irrational to believe or be frightened by such alarmist claims. Current arctic sea ice extent: about 14 million km2, more than double what it was last summer, as usual, and still similar to recent years. [1] On the other hand, sin

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