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811.
by rfrey 7y ago
That idea does not seem to be taboo in academia.
812.
by rfrey 7y ago
More like "The plastic surgeon's children go without fashion-driven body augmentations".
813.
by rfrey 7y ago
This might be outdated on some platforms, but the last time I had time to indulge in some online courses, you had to enrol in the course just to see the syllabus . My completion rate was not stellar.
814.
by rfrey 7y ago
Isn’t that solved by specifying “junior developer” or “intermediate developer”? Or by including the salary range?
815.
by rfrey 7y ago
A lot of concern here about the 150 cycle lifetime. But if they could be made cheap enough on a per-MWh basis, they might solve the (IMO) thorniest bit of 100% renewable strategies... seasonal supply balancing.
816.
by rfrey 7y ago
twoquestions seems more concerned about impoverishing everyone they love.
817.
by rfrey 7y ago
Absolutely. But I read the comment as complaining about efficiencies of automobile engines, not modern military jet engines. The combustion temperature of gasoline is 553K. https://hypertextbook.com/facts/2003/Shan
818.
by rfrey 7y ago
"Less law" in the sense of fewer areas of life covered, not the number of words written.
819.
by rfrey 7y ago
That's probably OK I think. Legislators probably have a particular device in mind, with particular functions and usage patterns, when they write a law. Requiring a specific update to the law in order to encompass new devices - which pr
820.
by rfrey 7y ago
>Can you just give the poster the benefit of the doubt Perhaps you should do the same for barrkel? I read your parent as a simple explanation to solveit why their comment may have been misconstrued by bsder -- a question solveit directly
821.
by rfrey 7y ago
Efficiencies might seem bad, but thermodynamics limits the efficiency of any heat engine (of which an ICE is one) according to the absolute temperature of the hot and cold side of an engine. This is called the "Carnot efficiency"
822.
by rfrey 7y ago
No, the statistics would not be different, because that sort of accusation — “your attitude varied by race” — is impossible to prove or disprove.
823.
by rfrey 7y ago
What specifically has changed?
824.
by rfrey 7y ago
As a previously frequent tourist to the US, I assure you politics is an important consideration for me and my family. Many people of my acquaintance have also taken politics into account when making vacation plans. I’m not aware of any stud
825.
by rfrey 7y ago
>unchangeable orange theme “Topcolor” setting on your profile page
826.
by rfrey 7y ago
Of course it will be true on its face that "bad speech" will be disliked by the people claiming it is bad. This phrase suggests that ALL speech that non-absolutists dislike will be categorized as harmful enough to society to be di
827.
by rfrey 7y ago
No it doesn't. Husband is from Norse hús, meaning House, and bóndi, meaning farmer or tiller of the soil, combining to the Norse húsbóndi meaning the male manager of a household.
828.
by rfrey 7y ago
I believe you are being downvoted because this seems more like a 12 year old’s attempt to be clever than it does a genuine attempt to contribute to the conversation. If you are in fact twelve... well, stop it anyway.
829.
by rfrey 7y ago
Yeah, that's totally on point. Discussions about Torvalds show the opposite of what I claimed. I wonder what he's like in person.
830.
by rfrey 7y ago
In 25 years of working in the software industry, I have never witnessed somebody's assholity defended by their performance. I have also never encountered... NEVER encountered... an asshole who was also a top performer. In contrast, the
831.
by rfrey 7y ago
It seems like satire because the story isn't, even on the surface, about the need for signs in subway stations. It's about a dedicated employee who, performing what many would consider a menial job, displayed care and dedication t
832.
by rfrey 7y ago
If there are 100 shares of a company worth $1000 each - the company has a value of $1000/share * 100 shares = $100,000. The company has $10000 in after-tax profit that it would like to distribute, and you own 1 share. Since the money w
833.
by rfrey 7y ago
Maybe enough that you’d have to mow your own damn lawn. Sign me up.
834.
by rfrey 7y ago
“Tinder tax?” If I buy a TV, am I paying a Sony tax?
835.
by rfrey 7y ago
The squirming would be from everyone else in the room, embarrassed on your behalf.
836.
by rfrey 7y ago
I don't think amluto said the clean-up costs were more important than deaths/kwh. The point is that these improvements are necessary and welcome even though nuclear is already safer than the options, for reasons other than safety.
837.
by rfrey 7y ago
There is only one nation in the world where a large number of people believe America defeated the nazis.
838.
by rfrey 7y ago
You could use those hours currently spent lobbying for a rewrite to, you know, learn clojure.
839.
by rfrey 7y ago
More likely downvoted for a sweeping, conversation ending dismissal of anyone who disagrees with you, without bothering to add any substance. There are plenty of comments in this thread that agree with you, that are doing fine. It’s not you
840.
by rfrey 7y ago
This made me go back and re-read, and I could find no place where your parent made even a half-hearted defense of the CIA, never mind a full-throated one. I believe your passion for this topic might be leading you to misinterpret people. Th

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