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by oasisbob 4y ago
If there's anything in the literature describing the increase in "common sense" among Homo sapiens due to evolutionary pressures, I'd love to read it.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
The complexities in land "ownership" are widely acknowledged and commonly taught: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundle_of_rights
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by oasisbob 4y ago
The low-dopamine hypothesis for ADHD is a legitimate idea still being actively studied.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> It's like saying I haven't been robbed until I discover that my stuff is missing. Well, robbery is theft under threat of force, so it would be very hard to be robbed and remain unaware of it.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
My point is that exactly. The "Darwin Award" variety IS a facetious form of social Darwinism. It's not related to the science of evolution, it's using the principles of natural selection for social commentary.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
People who celebrate the deaths of others due to their lack of perceived intelligence is absolutely an example of natural selection being applied to an inappropriate, scientifically devoid situation. I agree that self-harm isn't social
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by oasisbob 4y ago
If you're implying social Darwinism being an expected natural consequence, you may want to research the history and abuses of the idea before accepting it and throwing it around so glibly.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
It's even more interesting, there really is a tiny DAC embedded in the Lightning connector: https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Apple+Lightning+to+Headphone...
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Regardless of what layer ICMP works at, its traffic is still transmitted using datagrams, and the call to do so is socket(), yes? Are you just trying to point out the misnomer?
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Must be regional. Over here I picture electricians with an insulated #1 square welded to one hand and a power driver to the other. Slotted stands out because it's a wallplate-only screw.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> 100th parallel/the Mississippi. Small point, but longitudinal lines aren't typically called parallels because they're not parallel to each other.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
It doesn't matter if historical per-capita water usage is down if the lower basin states are continuing to overdraw their water allocations from the Colorado river system. If and when the Colorado River Compact implodes, it's goin
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Among other problems, Botulism takes all the fun out of traditional pickling recipes.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Shoes are frustrating. Sanuk is a west-coast US sandals brand which had been around for decades and used to make some of the best most-comfortable flip flops. These are not the sandals that fall apart in the middle of a vacation or give you
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Lest people be misled, the full recipe as listed: > 3 parts banana flavor, 3 parts pineapple flavor, 2 parts wintergreen, 1 part cinnamon and 1 part clove.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Portions of 802.11h like DFS are widely supported by pretty much all manufacturers. Without DFS, many of the 5GHz channels are unavailable for use, so there are strong incentives for manufacturers to implement support. Other WiFi features w
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> While we (PairGain) also made point-to-point private links, it was clear then, and even moreso now that most DSL involves a service provider managing the network - with specialized skills, practices and setup. Mmm. This brings back mem
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by oasisbob 4y ago
It's really hard to get to a workable particle size distribution when starting with silt or clay, for sure. This is why "add sand to improve drainage" is often such terrible advice. People picture sandy soil that drains well,
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by oasisbob 4y ago
Perhaps the marketing team at Logitech believes there is a difference between adopting a master/slave metaphor as opposed to referring to the concept of mastery in some ad copy.
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by oasisbob 4y ago
In 1997, a chemical oxygen generator failed aboard the Mir space station, and caused a pretty nasty fire: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vika_oxygen_generator https://www.nasa.gov/pdf/602090main_4
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> You don't have to solve the problem in a single year. Yes, you do. Or nearly so. This is not a problem that has decades to go. If Lake Powell drops below the minimum power pool (as early as 2024), the results could easily be drama
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> I wonder how feasible it would be to have the federal government get California to relinquish some of its rights to the Colorado River in exchange to help fund desalination plants. California and the lower basin states already overcons
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by oasisbob 4y ago
From an ops point of view, the unforeseen technical difficulties in dealing with this problem are pretty stunning. eg, there is "plenty" of water in a bunch of upstream reservoirs which can't be released - either because it&#
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by oasisbob 4y ago
> There are a few places with strange soil compositions that are actually lacking in particular minerals. pH and temperature are pretty easy and common ways for soil to keep essential minerals away from the plant life which could utilize
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by oasisbob 5y ago
The internet accelerated and amplifies many other things as well, including the free exchange of ideas and information. I would argue this may dominate over the effect you assume and drive the same simply because if one wants to become outr
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by oasisbob 5y ago
According to the message headers, this announcement occurred in February 2020.
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by oasisbob 5y ago
Don't neglect twilight. Here in Seattle, sunrise is as early as 5:10am or so in the middle of June. However, with civil twilight included, you're looking at a pretty bright sky from 4:30am to 10pm. We're not even that far nor
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by oasisbob 5y ago
I'll believe the US is using metric when you can buy rice by the kilo, gas by the liter, paper in ISO sizes, and construction sheet goods in increments other than 8x4 feet. Non-metric preferred sizes are embedded everywhere.
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by oasisbob 5y ago
Interesting, see 3.4.2 Data Inputs. NRSC-5 In-band/on-channel Digital Radio Broadcasting Standard: https://www.nrscstandards.org/standards-and-guidelines/docum...
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by oasisbob 5y ago
Wow. Not many automakers can claim to have an infotainment system notorious enough to get coverage on local public radio and a design-oriented podcast. Weird intersection.

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