spondylosaurus

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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   Hey, at least people who buy drugs with bitcoin are actually getting tangible goods. Despite everything, TSR might have been the most "legitimate" use of cryptocurrency to date.
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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   Doesn't the Internet Archive do the exact same thing, scanning a physical book that they actually own? Per the article linked above: > Although creating its own unsanctioned e-books triggered the lawsuit, Gratz argued that IA’s digi
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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   > If I had to guess it would probably be some type of animal feed that is wasting all that water. Alfalfa is the culprit you're looking for. Thirsty crop, grown in the desert, and almost exclusively for nonhuman consumption.
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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   Water usage in the Southwest has wildly different impacts by area. Las Vegas, for instance, is hardcore about treating wastewater and returning it back to Lake Mead (delicious, right?)—which means that a lot of outdoor water use is still lo
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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   Lesswrongers, eh?
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   by spondylosaurus 4y ago

   > but then disabled people won't be automatically considered everyday heroes. Fine by me! I don't know a single disabled person who likes that kind of thing—it's patronizing at best and downright infantilizing at worst. Ra