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by sosull 4y ago
There's an article in the Washington Post today: > "The root of the problem is an ongoing, 23-year drought, the worst stretch for the region in more than a millennium. Snowpack in the mountains that feed the 1,450-mile river ha
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by sosull 4y ago
A lot of the water in the west comes from snowpack. But there's not going to be much snow anymore, hence there'll be less water.
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by sosull 4y ago
“Oh, people can come up with statistics to prove anything, Kent. Forty percent of all people know that.”
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by sosull 4y ago
You’re right. The consensus on the dangers of sugar is widely accepted in endocrinology and biochemistry. But a lot of nutritionists argue that a calorie is a calorie regardless of the source – they seem to be startlingly/conveniently
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by sosull 4y ago
I think the idea runs into the problems experienced by newly-developed rural properties. Small, privately held parcels of land are absurdly expensive to service. Power, water, communications, sewage, food, waste etc. are easier to provide t
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by sosull 4y ago
They are oversensitive for sure. But the true mystery is why we, who know better, can’t toughen ourselves up and get over it.
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by sosull 4y ago
Slightly beside the point, but it is a problem that just doesn’t afflict Apple Music: those folks seem totally happy to make the kind of software that plays albums in sequence. The true surprise is that a century-old function has become a d
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by sosull 4y ago
I mean, the man was ambushed by cake.
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by sosull 4y ago
+1, it’s a great piece of software.
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by sosull 4y ago
I think Honda have returned to at least partial physical controls for heating, air, and music for the Honda e. But it still has a lot of screen.
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by sosull 4y ago
The US has 5% of the world’s people but 25% of its energy needs. It seems inconceivable that there would be something that money couldn’t buy.
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by sosull 4y ago
Aren't the Iowa Caucus' days numbered? They've been a complete disaster the last few cycles – it seems to take days/weeks to determine a winner. Their last competently-run caucus was in 2008.
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by sosull 4y ago
In fairness, writing is a specific skill. Most people aren't very good at it. It's one thing being able to draft an email or a blog post. Even if it has the quality of being clear and sounding empathetic, that doesn't magical
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by sosull 5y ago
Same sentiment here. Seeing the words 'Mark Fisher' at the top of HN is an utter shock. How is this possible? What else might be possible?
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by sosull 6y ago
This is really insightful. I appreciate you taking the time to write it.
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by sosull 8y ago
I'm sure it varies a lot between countries. When I did my masters in Ireland in 2011, the total fee was €5,000. Back then, there was a local government grant that covered the fee plus some living costs. Those grants are harder to get t
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by sosull 9y ago
There's only a small list of countries left to subjugate, so it was inevitable that Britain would turn its ambitions inwards.
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by sosull 10y ago
I don't know about that – now that she's lost every strategic decision can be made to look wrong. But the real problem was that people just weren't drawn to her as a candidate. The algorithm isn't to blame.
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by sosull 10y ago
It's good to hear that Germans are so happy. They would have been even happier to learn that TPP is a proposed trade deal between twelve Pacific Rim countries. It never included Germany.
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by sosull 10y ago
To whom should a country and its taxpayers be culpable in this situation? What would be the appropriate form of punishment?