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by restalis 9y ago
You just trampled over "doesn't sacrifice performance for thinness". And using on my lap in a plane or whatever, like maybe I would when laying on my couch, was never even considered. Are you sure it's a practical measur
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by restalis 9y ago
So, the said people, who were given apartments for free, are now complaining of their new apartments, given for free as well, most likely in much better conditions compared to the time of initial free housing received from the state? They c
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by restalis 10y ago
This may sound like a joke now, but as impersonal this guy got with his wedding, I wouldn't be surprised if he'll use his strengths in this way to manage his life further.
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by restalis 10y ago
Petrodollar players doubling-down?
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by restalis 10y ago
"You're not recycling the reactor rubble, the contaminated water or soil." I wonder why is that, why can't all of it be molten and run through enriching turbines. Is it because of too low of a radioactive mass proporti
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by restalis 10y ago
"The exact reason why we should avoid nuclear in the medium term is that the events that caused, are causing and will keep cause those accidents are all unpredictable. The cost in consequences for our planet is still too high and will
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by restalis 10y ago
I remember my first impression after getting acquainted with silkworm history being that Chinese people actually discover things but aren't that much into sharing!
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by restalis 10y ago
It seems that the state affairs have the means to be more agile nowadays. It's a good thing that switches can happen more than once in a generation.
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by restalis 10y ago
It happened to me quite a lot to introduce foreign clients to local acquaintances that haven't traveled abroad and don't have much knowledge (or interest) about outside world. Yeah, they heard of Washington (DC), alright, but have
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by restalis 10y ago
«Personally, when traveling abroad, if asked where I'm from, I generally say "Washington DC", not "the US".» Yeah, I've met people like you. The problem is, this asks from your interlocutor of awareness for i
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by restalis 10y ago
"I thought I would, of course, have a hippie friend, a nerd friend, a gothic friend, whatever, but over the years I learnt that the people I like talking to and the people whose company and conversations I enjoyed were almost exclusiv
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by restalis 10y ago
If the demand is so high, how about farming? Or are there restrictions on the kind of animals may be breed in farms? Also, poaching can (and should, if you ask me) be addressed in a more serious manner. How about starting at the buyer'
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by restalis 10y ago
Interesting, I've never heard of that Mr. Clarke's quote before. I don't understand though, if we'd be alone in the universe, why would that be terrifying?
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by restalis 10y ago
"Plants die at these temperatures and we don't have technology to counter that." Actually, we do. Much of that heat is generated because of barren land. The barren land is so because of the regulations that aim to preserve
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by restalis 10y ago
Now it's expected of you to be impressed and to make a generous offer, of course! (Any further delay with any sorts of interviews is simply ludicrous, you see.)
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by restalis 10y ago
"You just started collaborating with [insert your open-source choice] engineers on some piece of technology that they were working on in the open, then when it was clear that you were making a valuable contribution and were a great pe
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by restalis 10y ago
"Sacrifice implies you lose something with nothing gained." Not true. That is just pure loss. According to its definition¹, "sacrifice" means either "to surrender or give up, or permit injury or disadvantage to, f
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by restalis 10y ago
If for some reason the goal is to stretch the term of "programming" then yes, there is plenty of room. I even remember a joke about programming being regarded as (plain) writing and the need for people that write faster. One could
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by restalis 10y ago
Yes, but... The native Americans colonized an empty territory and very important here - they didn't had anything to do with it being empty and available for colonization. And also, to be honest, reading the Beringia theory, I think t
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by restalis 10y ago
«"switching' is not an life commitment; if it sucks for you, switch back;» Switching back and forth assumes investment of time and effort, which are tradable things. We trade our time and effort for money, we are willing to pay
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by restalis 10y ago
Divide & Conquer is an old trick, no ingenuity there.
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by restalis 10y ago
And many more, just not in America it seems! Here: https://opencores.org/projects
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by restalis 10y ago
"Is Mars really the best target? Sure it's close but there are moons around Saturn that are interesting as well. Titan for example." First, for what is worth, I share your Mars questioning. But then I can't just let yo
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Snow in Sahara(telegraph.co.uk)
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by restalis 10y ago
Those two types of organisms you talk about actually have names: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidifugous and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidicolous
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by restalis 10y ago
He might got an idea after the fact, but that arrest should have never happened. Like someone around here mentioned, the bank wanting the money back is a civil matter and the bank should have tried to approach him amiably. Everything about
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by restalis 10y ago
"why would I view the standard that way?" That is closer to the core human nature for a lot of people. Many people want to live and enjoy life (more than enjoying the good perks of being honest). Playing by the rules is just a m
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by restalis 10y ago
"both parties were in the wrong in different ways, and the blame, and thus legal action, should lay distributed between the two" Between these two only the bank, as institution or licensed financial entity, has an obligation to
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by restalis 10y ago
"this guy was smart enough to actually represent himself" This was my shock in all this. I've created a personal profile for this guy on story's beginning and ended up with a whole new profile at the end. What a charac
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by restalis 10y ago
INAL, but I assume that the bank had to have an explicit agreement for that credit in order to have now a solid legal position. Considering that and that to get these money back they now have to build a case against a lawyer, it's safe

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