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by putsteadywere 9y ago
That was just France. Hawaii could make vaccines mandatory, but it wouldn't mean that a lawsuit in Rhode Island about vaccines couldn't go forward. [0]: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe&#x2F
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
I love my BMW i3. Am I the only one?
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
In the last 30 days, I've flown international on 4 airlines... United, Alaska, China Eastern, and Korean Air. United was easily the worst, Korean was easily the best. China Eastern wasn't great either - yet it still had better cus
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
Except ocean-front property. :) But mostly I agree with you.
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
I agree with everything you said, if you say "changes the purpose" rather than "destroys the purpose" - change/destruction being a value judgment, but a characterization I would make. I think the author would agree
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
That is a big problem but is orthogonal to the problem the author is discussing, which is "how do I get pages made for things that my community and I care about, but no-one else does?"
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
I'd like to know this as well.
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
It'd be better if the author was in this thread responding, but I don't know if they have any relationship to the poster. I think the argument is probably: 0.) some people have been historically advantaged over each other for non-
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
"Our main objective is to abolish the Notability Criteria, because this is the major root cause of the aforementioned exclusion and inequality." Woo! What a line to start on. I had a kneejerk 'heck no' response, but I bu
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
thank you!
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
The more I read this the stupider it sounds. "under almost no circumstances does is colonizing another planet the best way to adapt to a problem on earth... ...Even if an asteroid were to strike earth it would remain more habitable tha
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
Agreed. I read a lot of science fiction and I can't even think of a novel for adults where they would insinuate that something so stupid was possible.
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by putsteadywere 9y ago
TL;DR "...a discredited theory spread through the local Somali community, by meetings organized by anti-vaccine groups. The activists repeatedly invited Andrew Wakefield, the founder of the modern anti-vaccine movement... Anti-vaccine
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Anti-vaccine activists spark a state’s worst measles outbreak in decades(washingtonpost.com)
7 points by putsteadywere 9y ago|3 comments
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
"There are so many regulations it's safer per megawatt than even wind or solar." This surprised me! So I Googled it. Is this your source? It is Wikipedia's source. Who are the 440 people dying per trillion kWh of rooftop
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Gravity based energy storage is inexpensive to construct and reliable. It is wasteful - but we're capturing an incredibly tiny proportion of the energy available from wind and solar for electricity. [0]: http://www.powermag.
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
I'd take that to get out from under xfinity!
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Relevant XKCD Ponytail: We should go to the north beach. Someone said the south beach has a 20% higher risk of shark attacks. Cueball: Yeah, but statistically, taking three beach trips instead of two increases our odds of getting shot by a
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Latency: Average 888 ms Pass! [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Satellite_Internet_access
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Now I know what I'm naming my next procedure.
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Before I read this article, I was one of those people who was "hoping the greater spread of portable electronics will increase the ability of North Koreans to freely access information" This article does a great job of explaining
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A Closer Look at North Korea’s Ullim Tablet(38north.org)
1 points by putsteadywere 10y ago|1 comments
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
So, AI brings massive productivity, which drops cost of living... and then what happens to the industries whose costs were reduced as part of that? What if the impact of AI reducing costs looks like the impact of on textile industries in co
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Interesting idea! A hipster rococo renaissance.
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
This makes me a bit sadder about the fact that I averaged 55 hours a week last year.
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
This seems like it is exactly what a blockchain is for...
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
I'd use this tool. I would like to have the metrics exposed - I'd like to see my polarity, etc.
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
Trump: "Sorry, can't" Putin: "Yeah, Obama never would have done it either..." >.>.> CNN: US ground troops enter Syria today...
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
I wish people would think twice before wishing for millennials to get ass cancer...
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by putsteadywere 10y ago
"And for that, I'm thankful to have this clown in office." I wonder if anyone said the same thing about emperor Nero's role in raising the profile of fire safety.

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