snewk

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by snewk 10y ago
how is news.google "social media" in any way?
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by snewk 10y ago
as with drugs, the illegality ends up driving more crime (in many cases violent crime) than straight legalization. would human trafficking be so prevalent if it were easy to sell your own body?
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by snewk 10y ago
or, hear me out, some kind of dynamic programmable bar just above the keyboard?
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by snewk 10y ago
i will take it over he current state because it makes walking, cycling, and bus transit safer. it will be interesting to find out by what magnitude.
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by snewk 10y ago
Andrew? I thought it was FLW.
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by snewk 10y ago
Chattanoogan here. Our fiber network has been a huge asset for the local economy. It helped give birth to our own little tech startup ecosystem. It made way for the build out of city wide wifi. It's run by our local power company, EPB,
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by snewk 10y ago
i dont think that necessarily makes him 'pro trump'
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by snewk 10y ago
At this point, I'd take ANY reason for decreased use of antibiotics. However, I would imagine having a 'heathy' cow and an abundance of milk would be more preferable to a dairy farmer than having a dead cow and just enough mi
39.
by snewk 10y ago
one bonus with Netflix et. al. is that I don't have to spend 1/3 of my time sitting through mindless commercials for junk I would never buy.
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by snewk 10y ago
economics, i would assume
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by snewk 10y ago
this will be perfect for when uber starts rolling out their autonomous vehicles in more cities
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by snewk 10y ago
I would use caution throwing around ultimatums. I'm sure pocket-sized digital supercomputers or a global near-instant communications network didn't seem likely within the lifetime of people born in the Great Depression, but here w
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by snewk 10y ago
> move to a remote area, and become self-sufficient this behavior may even be considered 'radical' enough to warrant more direct surveillance.
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by snewk 10y ago
this is purely anecdotal, but ive been doing the ketotis thing for a couple years. seems to me like when you consume calories from refined sugars, the 'hungry' signal never gets turned off. fat calories, on the other hand, are muc
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by snewk 10y ago
I think its clear that the US medical system is specifically not a free market. It has become (and is continuing to become) increasingly subjected to regulatory capture.
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by snewk 10y ago
this is hands down one of the best ideas ive heard all year
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by snewk 10y ago
> Their very limited and simple goals prevent them from even wanting to “take over” or “rule over us.” I dont think that's the main concern regarding AI (correct me if I'm wrong). What Hawking, Musk, and Gates fear is a weaponi
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by snewk 10y ago
and every dime saved in the actual purchase is lost when you factor in the price of replacement cartridges. Ultimately, the per-unit manufacturing cost reduction simply results in sub-par units that often break and need to be fully replaced
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by snewk 10y ago
you could live in a regular mansion
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by snewk 10y ago
> The simplest plans are to start a runaway green house effect, in order to warm the planet up. Hey, something we are already good at! To add some substance to this comment, why wouldnt we just try to terraform earth first?
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by snewk 10y ago
it sounds more like s/he is a disgruntled car-owning Parisian. clearly the old paradigm wont go gently into the night. his isn't even a difficult position to empathize with, considering the inconveniences caused by measures like t
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by snewk 10y ago
youre making the assumption that the software problems (not yet solved) have easier solutions than the manufacturing problems (solved multiple times).
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by snewk 10y ago
> Objecting to that doesn't seem particularly unreasonable; a government ISP has inherent anti-competitive properties Technically anti-competitive, yes. Although in the case of Chattanooga, residents now have the option to pay a pri
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by snewk 10y ago
that would be against the terms of use. from the article: You have the freedom to use the network for any purpose as long as you don’t harm the operation of the network itself, the rights of other users, or the principles of neutrality tha
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by snewk 10y ago
its simpler than you'd think
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by snewk 10y ago
arent plastic cards arguably more vulnerable to magnetic fields?
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by snewk 10y ago
in other words, the robots are coming to steal our jobs?
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by snewk 10y ago
i don't understand why your comment scores so low. It's pretty clear that our bodies will absorb 500 sugar/carbohydrate calories much more quickly than 500 protein/fat calories. You will get a much greater insulin respon
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by snewk 10y ago
don't eat olestra
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by snewk 10y ago
my fear is that we see more plastics replacing glass/cans due to to the logistical issues of delivering the last mile

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