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601.
by runnerup 4y ago
I would encourage you to google “ogallala depletion” and “water shortage in India”. Not enough rain falls for us to maintain our current level of agriculture so we “mine” reserves of water that were stored in the ground over thousands of ye
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by runnerup 4y ago
I mean, we are running out of fresh water for crops and meat uses a lot more than plants. This doesn’t change if you grow it industrially or pastorally. > Pork, chicken, eggs, and dairy were all pretty similar, but beef was a different s
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by runnerup 4y ago
I too am looking for extremely high CRI bulbs, preferably warm, 1600-2200K. Or adjust temperature. If anyone knows how to select these, please post. CRI didn’t end up being the common consumer metric I hoped it would be. I have to rely on s
604.
by runnerup 4y ago
I’m from Michigan and I developed the same coping mechanism. The benefits were profound, immediate, and lasted 12-48 hours. I found it to be significantly more beneficial than vitamin D supplements. I could replicate some degree of the bene
605.
by runnerup 4y ago
I moved from Michigan to Texas and my SAD nearly disappeared, through I still have some circadian issues when the sun rises too late for me to automatically wake up at an appropriate time for work/life. Or if it’s overcast for >3 da
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by runnerup 4y ago
> We’re all guilty and we all want to think we’re not. I’ve completely accepted my guilt. I don’t try to convince myself that these things are the right way to live life. I just accept that the only way for me to make a difference is to
607.
by runnerup 4y ago
I am so excited to follow along with the future walkthroughs and my Reolink RLC-811A cameras, which should be similar enough to copycat this but hopefully just a bit different enough to need an individual troubleshooting journey. Wow this i
608.
by runnerup 4y ago
Sadly, the environmental monitoring is woefully inadequate, even next to the western hemisphere's largest industrial complex (Freeport, TX ... though its a bit better of an example to use or include Deer Park / Houston Ship Channe
609.
by runnerup 4y ago
California: 1 new home per 354 citizens per year (confirmed using primary US government sources). Tokyo "city": 1 new home per 96 citizens per year (unconfirmed but reasonable). Tokyo "metro": 1 new home per 113 citizens
610.
by runnerup 4y ago
Any suggestions to help steel-man this?
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by runnerup 4y ago
> It is trivial to go to healthcare.gov and buy the same health insurance an employer subsidizes for employees. This is so shockingly false in most states that I don't understand how you feel you have enough personal experience to s
612.
by runnerup 4y ago
Transcript: >>> Welcome to Thoughts on the Market. I'm Matthew Hornbach, Morgan Stanley's Global Head of Macro Strategy. Along with my colleagues, bringing you a variety of perspectives, today I'll be talking about h
613.
by runnerup 4y ago
Statutory rape occurs when someone who has official power or authority over another has seemingly consensual sex with them. This is saying “well maybe the professor does hold power over that students academic career via their grades and oth
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by runnerup 4y ago
As a passive observer of the various manifestations of cancel culture, it seems generally more focused on throwing away art and honors rather than technology.
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by runnerup 4y ago
I just did some Google searching: https://nichegamer.com/attempts-to-cancel-factorio-dev-backf... There appear to be some sources linked within this to original material.
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by runnerup 4y ago
Personally I prefer it at the highway offramp intersections. Being in my car I don't have to do nearly as much threat analysis. In parking lots/gas stations I'm on foot and there's much more possibility for unwanted inte
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by runnerup 4y ago
AI-generated comments will soon ruin HN and everything else. https://xkcd.com/810/ I don't think this will be something to glorify when it arrives.
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by runnerup 4y ago
Even ten years ago there were much much higher quality versions of this same concept: https://youtu.be/QGxNyaXfJsA
619.
by runnerup 4y ago
I understand where this author is coming from, and I agree that sex should not be considered a "social construct". I think it's good to note two things: First, there seems to be other definitions of the word "sex"
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by runnerup 4y ago
Or constant flip-flopping. That said, I do feel like we have hugely eroded its protections. It's not worth quite as much when it's just blatantly ignored (Andrew Jackson) or absurdly interpreted (civil asset forfeiture[0]). 0: ht
621.
by runnerup 4y ago
Groningen field reduction (your last link) is equivalent to 0.5% of europe's natural gas consumption.
622.
by runnerup 4y ago
It's probably slightly less risk, yes. But Google has a specific policy about this and they are following it to the letter. This is pretty low-risk as far as things go. Apple has very, very different policies on this than Google. Googl
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by runnerup 4y ago
Less “affair” and more “long term partnership”. They both grew and developed a lot from it.
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by runnerup 4y ago
https://cactusconservation.org/2021/03/26/number-of-greenhou... (Napkin math for factory farming peyote)
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by runnerup 4y ago
Anyone with asthma doesn't qualify for propranolol. There are more "selective" beta blockers but it's not clear they're as effective for psychological use, or how much less they exacerbate asthma.
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by runnerup 4y ago
Because sometimes there's no war left to fight but the soldiers still can't return their minds to civilian life. They're disabled, unable to hold down a job reliably, unconfident in their ability to do normal tasks like go gr
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Jellyfin dev: Apple charged $100, then decided to ban me. Hadn't even logged in.(github.com)
36 points by runnerup 4y ago|4 comments
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by runnerup 4y ago
Because at the exact moment the bomb was detonated he wasn’t a threat at that moment. Maybe ten minutes before, perhaps ten minutes after. But perhaps they could have cordoned off a wide area until he got hungry or thirsty enough to come do
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by runnerup 4y ago
I had this same misgiving when Dallas PD used a robot to carry a bomb towards a hostile rooftop sniper. I think it will usually be justified as being in the imminent defense of others / the public. The sniper was actively threatening t
630.
by runnerup 4y ago
Interesting, anecdotally testosterone therapy (even unnaturally super high levels) tends to counteract my ADHD impulsiveness and the obsessive or prurient behaviors driven by dopamine reuptake inhibitors like amphetamine. Because of the des

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