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by shirro 10y ago
Great, more clip art. /s
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by shirro 10y ago
It is neither and both. The problem is overconsumption. People eat too much and the food they eat has far too much energy for their daily demands. People just need to eat smaller portions, less energy dense refined foods and eat less often.
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by shirro 10y ago
At least some companies offer services aimed at families. In an industry that seems to be driven by immature 20 something graduates, family oriented accounts and services are rare. I have dropped use of several very promising services becau
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by shirro 10y ago
Before Buran, Energia launched Polyus. The ominous looking black Russian deathstar satellite. Polyus was rushed and the failure to reach orbit was not due to Energia. I called my laptop polyus. The Russian economy might have collapsed and k
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by shirro 10y ago
Hate DRM. But love what Netflix has done to disrupt delivery of video in a country that has suffered with high prices, bundling and delayed releases. I am going with the pragmatic view on this one.
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by shirro 10y ago
I use the approach from https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11071754 I keep my dotfiles repo on a vps where I manage the repos with gitosis.
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by shirro 10y ago
NASA have operated within their charter and the space act to support commercial human space flight. NASA made SpaceX possible. How can NASA be frustrated by their success in fulfilling their statutory obligations?
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by shirro 10y ago
Why would anyone want to pay $35 per month to access tired old ad supported programming when they can get subscriptions from 3 streaming services for that price.
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by shirro 10y ago
I wish people who are underemployed and such exceedingly talented teachers that they are better able to teach their kids than their local school would enter the teaching profession so others could benefit from their teaching.
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by shirro 10y ago
It would be so cool to interact with a car with a grammar instead of pointing and grunting. Drive two blocks to the roundabout, take the third exit, drive 2 km. It is a strange inversion that so many people sit in cars being given vi-like m
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by shirro 10y ago
I keep thinking of ways to get my kids involved with computers in a more intellectual way. The oldest likes the gamified programming with blocks but has no real desire to explore further. He has been interacting with iPod touches or iPads s
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by shirro 10y ago
I find Thunderbird unusable unless I turn off indexing. Once I do that I find it compares well to alternatives. I have standardised on a 13" screen and I remove as much of the Thunderbird interface as I can. I can conceive of a UX rede
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by shirro 10y ago
So how do they prepare them to be hikikomori?
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The systems binaries are only writable by the root user to prevent malicious changes. The unixy parts of OSX are the same as they are based on systems designed to safely accommodate multiple users. Unlike Linux, OSX has been considerably up
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by shirro 10y ago
I think it would be similar in lots of countries. Living in Australia, our household priority is to pay down debt. I don't understand the value of holding lots of cash while you have a mortgage. If cash is needed we can redraw. Ofcours
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by shirro 10y ago
Also not from a physicist but another random loon with a theory of everything trying to sell pseudo science bullshit to the uncritical masses with the help of an uncritical and uneducated media.
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by shirro 10y ago
Psuedoscience.
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by shirro 10y ago
I wish I knew for sure. It is just something I read. Rockets need to maintain the pressure in the tanks as fuel is depleted. Most fuels will not vaporize fast enough as they are used. Helium seems to be the best option but hard to obtain on
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by shirro 10y ago
Methane can be generated on Mars using the Sabatier reaction to refuel for the trip home. Methane should help re-usability as there will be less soot on the engines. Methane can self-pressurize and SpaceX has lost two rockets in 14 months d
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by shirro 10y ago
Ha! Some countries don't even have universal healthcare.
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by shirro 10y ago
I find it fascinating that the US could change colour to color which seems a completely useless and trivial change but still hasn't managed to adopt the international system of units. I suspect both the spelling change and resistance t
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by shirro 10y ago
Put at least $500,000 together and wait for SpaceX to develop the MCT. You have practically zero chance of being an astronaut with NASA because the cost of launch with something like SLS will make sending more than a handful of the best of
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by shirro 10y ago
Microsoft Bob VR. This will be the biggest thing since 3d televisions.
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by shirro 10y ago
I had been running mail servers for a few years but didn't bother with my own until about 12 years ago. Back then all I needed was an old box in a cupboard, static IP, mx record and not have an open relay. As you have discovered things
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by shirro 10y ago
I am deeply opposed to cat ownership on ecological grounds. They cause massive damage when introduced to a country like Australia. Most cat owners are very irresponsible and allow their animals to roam but strenuously resist any moves to re
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by shirro 10y ago
Surely the first rule of building large buildings in earthquake zones has to be solid foundations. Isn't liquefaction a concern?
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by shirro 10y ago
Everyone in Australia pays with the wave of their visa card. You only bother with a pin for transactions over $100. I always have my card handy and it doesn't need to be charged. Every trader accepts visa paywave. I have no idea why an
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by shirro 10y ago
Turn the indexing off in Thunderbird and it is still quite a usable email client for me and I have recently done a bit of a tour of the alternatives. It hits the sweet spot for me. Mutt is awesome but I have to deal with too much html email
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by shirro 10y ago
I can't believe someone thought that was posting to HN. Can't even work out if there is a point to it. V-necked sweaters, men owned by women? WTF? Is this guy seriously insecure in his masculinity or what? I think this was some so
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What is the key to get out of insert mode and into normal mode?

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