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by nekojima 14y ago
Wouldn't those sources of gasoline from atmospheric carbon dioxide still produce carbon emissions? While hydrogen used as a transportation fuel produces water.
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by nekojima 14y ago
Hydrogen can be produced from nuclear, as well as hydro power. If produced in off-peak times (at late night) in bulk it can be efficiently produced and then distributed to filling stations. With at-home production units the distribution sys
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by nekojima 14y ago
"Eco-wise" the infrastructure to build and deploy solar and wind, including batteries & storage, is substantially far more un-environmentally friendly than the other main options that are environmentally friendly, which are nuclear and
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by nekojima 14y ago
Simple things like renting a house/apartment in another town to live in for a week or a month before collecting, registering a new telephone number, perhaps now even signing up for new dummy email address, for folks to contact you, and neve
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by nekojima 14y ago
Having read too many stories like this, if I do win a lottery, I will spend no more than 0.1-1% per year for the first five or ten years, with the remainder locked in a trust account with my financial adviser, with additional safe-guards so
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by nekojima 14y ago
I was on a plane that had to make a very sudden emergency landing. There was no time for items to be anything but tucked into the back of the seat or beside you, before we had to duck our heads down. The main injuries sustained were from pe
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by nekojima 14y ago
If the pension funds invest in the CAB issues, that might help solve the pension funding shortfall. :-/
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by nekojima 14y ago
If they were one country, NZ'ers wouldn't be so offended (real or faked) that you called them Australians. :-D
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by nekojima 14y ago
At least in Canada cases of corruption and collusion can be publicly aired, criminal cases launched, and the most corrupt/dishonest politicians removed. There are at least two countries in the top 15 I know from first-hand experience where
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by nekojima 14y ago
When I saw the title of the posting, I initially thought it was related to checking photographs. :-/
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by nekojima 14y ago
I didn't realize cheques (checks) were still widely being used. I haven't written a cheque in almost ten years, either personal or business. We've received a few cheques from large companies, but very rarely.
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by nekojima 14y ago
What about those folks who bought from these sites in the preceding days and weeks before this action was taken? Shouldn't sites be taken down as found, instead of waiting for a "special" day, if they allegedly violate laws.
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by nekojima 14y ago
Would a long-term promotional deal for a $10-40 gift certificate to Indigo, Marks, BestBuy or somewhere else (or a debit card) of the customer's choice be a possibility to overcome this issue?
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by nekojima 14y ago
Not wearing an RFID badge later in life will severely restrict this student's employment prospects, as they are very prevalent in many workplaces now. Would be interesting to know if her parents have to wear RFID badges where they work.
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Did the Lomo camera save film photography?(bbc.co.uk)
2 points by nekojima 14y ago|0 comments
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by nekojima 14y ago
In the last two or three months I've found it increasingly difficult to find new postings under their titles on my Usenet provider. I wasn't sure initially if it was their search function that was broken/corrupted, but asking Helpdesk doesn
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by nekojima 14y ago
While my credit card company and bank allow me to purchase online without the intrusion and privacy violations that PayPal regularly insists on, I continue to see no reason to use PayPal.
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by nekojima 14y ago
Formlabs 'by promoting the Form 1 printer had caused "immediate and irreparable injury and damage to 3D Systems".' Conveniently both Formlabs and 3D Systems have a 3D printer that might be able to replace that damage.
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Judge orders women in sexual harassment case to hand over Facebook logins(nakedsecurity.sophos.com)
9 points by nekojima 14y ago|1 comments
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by nekojima 14y ago
It is because of this licensing arrangement with Steam that I have not purchased a single game from them where I did not get at least a 75% discount off the normal sales price. I don't care if I have to wait, like I did when I finally purch
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Are 'geek' and 'nerd' now positive terms?(bbc.co.uk)
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by nekojima 14y ago
This could be a helpful way for the IDF to track Hamas and other Palestinian users and to see what they are most interested in reading about. Either as a way to target them electronically, or by other means (covertly for exploitation or rec
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YouView faces legal challenge to the use of its brand from YourView(bbc.co.uk)
1 points by nekojima 14y ago|0 comments
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by nekojima 14y ago
There was a considerable increase in the number of dwellings in Japan with flush toilets from 45.9% in 1978 to 83.0% in 1998. This likely led to an increased acceptance of the new style of toilets because the North American & Western Eu
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by nekojima 14y ago
That would explain why I thought most of the early words were too common and not unique enough.
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by nekojima 14y ago
The top of the outerwear list gave, to me, quite horrible suggestions. Looking at the very bottom of the list though, provided much better suggestions such as AtlasPeakOuterwear or OpenPlanOuterwear (no limits with open plan).
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by nekojima 14y ago
Is this one of those Groupon deals you only buy once because either, you realize it wasn't worth it, or a few weeks later its on again even cheaper?
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Drew Linzer: The stats man who predicted Obama's win(bbc.co.uk)
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Teardown of the Nikon D700 and a Peek at Some of Its Interesting Guts(petapixel.com)
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by nekojima 14y ago
It has several names, including hong bao or red envelope. More often associated with Chinese/Lunar New Year celebrations. https://www.google.com/search?q=hong+bao&hl=en&tbo=u...

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