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811.
by permo-w 3y ago
there are plenty of kids dying of starvation
812.
by permo-w 3y ago
what is an effective energy policy in his eyes?
813.
by permo-w 3y ago
there really are a lot of "yes big oil may be bad, but here's why they aren't as bad as you think:"-type comments in this thread. maybe it's just a prevailing wind on HN though perhaps this is just my bubble, but I
814.
by permo-w 3y ago
I'd never heard of the Haber process, it was interesting to read about according to wikipedia it cut the required farmland to feed a population in four. obviously it's hard to argue with more food for more people, but it clearly m
815.
by permo-w 3y ago
terracotta tiles is a different matter from marble
816.
by permo-w 3y ago
where were you working that had a marble floor?
817.
by permo-w 3y ago
ever seen a pregnant woman?
818.
by permo-w 3y ago
relatedly, the average number of brains in the human body is just over 1, so most people have below average brains
819.
by permo-w 3y ago
strange. I quite like it
820.
by permo-w 3y ago
>That gives us a space of about 11 million code points. About 170,000, or 15%, are currently defined. An additional 11% are reserved for private use. The rest, about 800,000 code points, are not allocated at the moment. They could become
821.
by permo-w 3y ago
look, if you take the two things in isolation, then you may have a point. the Venus is certainly a more beautiful artistic piece but you're trying to argue that an 11cm tall figurine with no facial features is a civilisational achievem
822.
by permo-w 3y ago
I suspect someone who rides a OneWheel is someone who is unduly concerned with seeming like they're unduly concerned with ethics
823.
by permo-w 3y ago
even if nothing is being sold, the fact that the author went to so much trouble to write umpteen paragraphs of dross, but didn't bother to transcribe the actual useful information. I may not be suspicious, but I am annoyed
824.
by permo-w 3y ago
why not just get some equivalent with two/four wheels then? I get the feeling the answer has something to do with aesthetics rather than practicality
825.
by permo-w 3y ago
you meaning fostering and nurturing that into more exploitative mega corporations? I can live with that
826.
by permo-w 3y ago
median is a type of average. the parent commenter means the mean
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Sayre's Law(en.wikipedia.org)
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828.
by permo-w 3y ago
chemistry follows the rules of physics
829.
by permo-w 3y ago
chemistry is harder than physics
830.
by permo-w 3y ago
it's not healthy, but only in the sense that it lowers the barrier to eating more food. other than that, heat is heat
831.
by permo-w 3y ago
reactive chemicals not normally found in nature probably aren't a good thing to introduce to your body
832.
by permo-w 3y ago
I mean we're talking about it here, and health hipsters have been talking about it for a long time, but are we actually at the point where enough people know/care that concerted society-wide effort is being made to fix it? besides
833.
by permo-w 3y ago
as long as you approach this kind of thing with knowledge of how Youtube works, I actually think there's a pretty high chance of success if you have a good mic and camera, show your face, speak clearly, consistently upload, and - most
834.
by permo-w 3y ago
what is the difference between that and what pigment does?
835.
by permo-w 3y ago
I stand corrected
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by permo-w 3y ago
if this was the main cause, the expected result would be lots of highly-upvoted bad answers, as opposed to lots of scarcely-upvoted bad answers that somehow rank highly in Google searches
837.
by permo-w 3y ago
who's to say they're not doing this? there are a lot of security companies and researchers in the world though or alternatively: as lovely as the hacker -> employee fairytale sounds, a certain % of the "I would never work
838.
by permo-w 3y ago
Quora has plenty of potential for making consistent profit without whoring itself out, but consistent profit isn't enough in the post-Freedman world that we live in
839.
by permo-w 3y ago
I wouldn't say that's the problem I've observed. around 2015 or so I remember consistent useful Quora answers from Quora. it was Yahoo answers but better because people could justify with qualifications. I actually had an acc
840.
by permo-w 3y ago
I have a strong memory that Quora used to be quite good, and then was suddenly horrendous. Is this just me?

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