njarboe

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by njarboe 5y ago
Not if you build enough roads. This argument just does not hold up. There was less time wasted stuck in traffic in the past. Go with tunnels underground so as not the create the large problems with having surface roads. If your idea theory
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Most people prefer individual transport systems for many good reasons. "Induced demand" is just more people using new roads because they get to do what they need/want to do. If we build enough roads (maybe using tunnels under
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by njarboe 5y ago
Maybe converting over to a pure Georgian style land tax for all tax revenue. It would be a much better way to raise taxes in my opinion for many reasons. You will have a hard time hiding land.
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The Great Eastern has a cool history and was critical in ushering in the modern age. It was the only ship that existed that could carry a single cable of telegraph line the length of the Atlantic. Not having splices in the cable was quite i
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by njarboe 5y ago
The strike slip fault system in most of California can produce earthquakes up to about 8.0. Subduction zone earthquakes that occur in many places, like Northern California up to Alaska, Chile, Japan, etc, can produce 9+ earthquakes. 10 and
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by njarboe 5y ago
Maybe term limits for all government employees. 10 years and you are out. Of course then you would likely end up with tons of former government employees working as contractors to the government. Ban that next? This is a hard problem to sol
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by njarboe 5y ago
This idea is called Pascal's wager. What if what G*d really wants is for people not to believe in G*d and those that do are sent to hell? How do you know the mind of G*d?
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They probably make them in stainless steel too, if you don't mind the shiny aesthetic.
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What I find inspiring about the Boston massacre is that founding father, John Adams, defended the British soldiers involved in it and doing so did not prevent him from becoming president in the future. The values of the electorate were quit
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A similarly sized building, the Empire State Building, was built in 1930-1931 in 13 months. Of course it was the depression, so when it was ready for occupancy they had a hard time finding tenets.
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How long to they last if they are not underwater but moist all the time? I would think that if you are retaining soil, it will be always moist in many/most climates or where one is watering landscape above.
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by njarboe 5y ago
That's cool. Looks like quite a big international operation. Who are some of your customers and places where they are sequestering CO2? I had not heard it being done at commercial scale yet and don't see any examples on the websit
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by njarboe 5y ago
You know that a car that is on the road has a person in it. Calling a motorist a car is objectifying that person and not recognizing their needs and existence. I'm all for nice pedestrian areas of cities, but the power of cities is all
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It is really a shame that there is not a carbon dioxide tax and have it pay out for sequestering carbon dioxide (negative emissions). Sequestering CO2 in geologic formations would fit right in with oil and gas company's core competenci
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by njarboe 5y ago
The hot spot versus plate movement/stress debate has been going on for many decades. Some hot spots are likely mostly caused by tectonic stress differences, but others seem likely to be from plumes. Scientists get published for novelty
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Many will if the rest let them.
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I think it pretty cool how AlphaZero does not converge to a single best opening move and its variation of opening moves is higher than humans. Seeing people analyze AlphaZero games on YouTube, it plays a more open and aggressive game of che
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by njarboe 5y ago
In the US currently, the state can borrow, not print, as much as the Fed will purchase, which seems to be unlimited amounts at the moment. Not sure what happens if we get worse inflation and the Fed wants to combat it by raising interest ra
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by njarboe 5y ago
Tesla quietly went leather free some years ago.
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Money at rest is not taxed (yet, in the US) and money that flows is. The state is going to promote the flow of money because it means more money flows to them.
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by njarboe 5y ago
Every great power needs to know that their anti-satellite weapon system works. China, India, and the US have also shot down one satellite. Creates lots of space debris that are a pain in the ass, but a least countries aren't doing hu
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by njarboe 5y ago
Iceland certainly does not have many trees outside of settlement areas. But I noticed this island in the middle of a river that was growing a little forest[1]. I thought at the time that it must be all the grazing of the numerous sheep and
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New Cars Will Have to Detect Drunk Drivers as Early as 2026(thedrive.com)
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An uber drops you and your stuff off where you want to go?
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by njarboe 5y ago
I agree with your sentiment, but fear of asbestos is also another danger that has been highly exaggerated. Asbestos is only dangerous if it is particularized and inhaled in high quantities over a period of time. Men that changed breaks that
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Or why not both? The materials to make each doesn't overlap much so building on does not jack up the price of building the other.
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by njarboe 5y ago
Thanks for the info. I guess I remembered when companies stopped printing out social security numbers on everything (badges, informational letters, etc.) and using them generally due to, probably, this California law[1]. [1] https:/&#x
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Every one used to use your social security number instead to uniquely identify people but that was made illegal because of the many problems this caused. But company's want a unique identifier for people. Now that everyone has cell pho
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This notation is encouraged by the Long Now foundation which promotes long term thinking in various ways.
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Not sure if I would call ~$10 billion very small and making $6-7 billion per year is good chunk of money. But, yea, I'm sure that would get bigger if they thought they could keep their returns high.

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