soperj

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   by soperj 3y ago

   > Because it makes iPhone and Mac users their (digital) life better? They have never cared about this.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   > Voting in booths generally works better to affect change in systems like these with externalities, but voting with action and wallets also works. I find that voting in booths doesn't tend to actually do anything, and voting with w
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   by soperj 3y ago

   Gotta wonder what the other 56 components do, and if we're using them for anything?
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   by soperj 3y ago

   Organic farms still use pesticides and herbicides, they're just organic ones, like Nicotine.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   Global variables to start.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   Cost the rest of us a lot more.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   I don't see it in the top 200 on Android.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   Does anyone actually use threads? Everyone seemed to go check it out, but I don't know anyone actively using it.
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   by soperj 3y ago

   We do 30 minutes of screen time on the weekends + a Saturday night family movie. That's it. We don't get asked to play on an ipad because of the rules that are in place. We don't bring an ipad with us. We do let up on that o
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    NASA's 3D-Printed Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine Test a Success(nasa.gov)

    1 points by soperj 3y ago|0 comments
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > Why contort or correct the designs to make them work? Because the end goal is something functional. If Leonardo was actually building it, he would have done the same.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    Apple makes tons of money off of open source. Their operating system kernels are all derivatives of Mach -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mach_(kernel) -- I don't think anyone is celebrating it.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    When I'm repeating something in a non-vim environment, it feels incredibly tedious to actually have to do the steps repeatedly instead of just pressing . I don't care about the productivity, I do care about not doing tedious thing
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > Did you know that albatrosses have a higher heart rate while resting on the beach than while flying? Even if flying takes very little effort as described, why would the resting heart rate be higher?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    "Proudly inspired by Apple's original iPad, this pocket-sized music playback device is fully open and hackable — and crowdfunding soon." I think they meant iPod. iPad was a MadTV gag in the early 2000s.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    I guess spiders use it for getting around as well, and birds use it as well. I guess I was more thinking like photosynthesis.
17. 617.▲
    by soperj 3y ago

    I don't really see anything harvesting the wind aside from us?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    We have laws now. Are they problematic?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > which has contracted the available housing hard, which has led to some immigrants not being able to find affordable housing. From what I've seen, more housing is available now than was available 12 months ago. Amazing what happens
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    by soperj 3y ago

    Tell us more. Do you notice a difference?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    Aspergillis is a whole host of different molds. They can be all different colours. See here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspergillus#/media/File:Four_3...
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > (Aspergillus, the Penicillin mold) the Penicillin mold would be Penicillium, Aspergillus is used to make Soya Sauce and Sake.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    You have 6 comments from your account and one of them is this: > I'm one of the engineers behind Dropbase. So I hope this isn't the first time you've seen this.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > This way the people who don't use the hardware don't pay for it OP was saying they pay to cart it around the country.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    My original comment stands then, not science masquerading as science. Since the actual study still needs to be performed in this instance.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    What is the review study's place? Showing which things could actually use a scientific study?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    Not actual science then being passed as science.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    > Then came the War of 1812, US vs Britain, which the US won Never realized how bad the American education system really was. In what way did you win this war that you started?
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    by soperj 3y ago

    Just build a sunroof at that point, since it will only work during the day.
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    by soperj 3y ago

    #1 cause in the decline of Google maybe. https://search.marginalia.nu/ seems to manage though, so maybe Google just doesn't care.