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by tejohnso 5y ago
People can reject nuclear without empty virtue signalling. They may believe that non-nuclear alternatives are perfectly viable. "The sun provides enough energy to power the world's needs 30,000 times over"...and all that. You
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> How else would you establish political pressure in a democracy? Non-violent civil disobedience?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I would like to see the best book ever written on how to practice at the guitar . Any suggestions?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Why would you need to bugout when core services are down? Wouldn't a well stocked pantry and / or cold cellar be more appropriate? You don't have to leave your home with a backpack just because the supermarket is empty.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
>According to the public prosecutor, it constituted “one of the most serious hacks in the Netherlands’ history”. Edwin’s work was “ingenious” and the “impact on KPN and thus on society at large, immense”. By KPN’s own reckoning, it cost
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by tejohnso 5y ago
How could it be our best bet? I hope not. It does nothing to reduce the consumption frenzy, and it does nothing to remove CO2 / CH4 from the atmosphere, and it does nothing to reduce insolation. Something like the MEER:ReflEction proje
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by tejohnso 5y ago
But that just further muddies the distinction between gambling and investing if you contrast with poker. Poker is highly skill/knowledge based. Winning tournaments consistently is very doable for a good player. In both cases "cons
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Custom OS, custom GUI, custom browser, custom libraries. All from scratch, c++. All working. Within a few years. Very humbling. I took a few minutes to look at the included snake game because I recently wrote a cross platform snake game usi
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Made me feel like I was reading something AI generated. " Though dollars keep squads afloat, dialing up the financial infrastructure too soon can kill the vibe. The squad economy primarily yields non-monetary forms of value. SQUAD WEAL
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Finney invented the concept of Reusable Proofs of Work which Bitcoin’s mining is based on. I had no idea someone else was involved in such a fundamental part of Bitcoin. Great article.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> Why don't more people bike? Because the entire biking community, culture, and market is built around making it hard and dangerous. I think it has more to do with the lack of biking infrastructure. Instead bikes are forced to share
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I didn't expect Starlink equipment to be very power hungry. That's unfortunate. Really damages my rural off-grid small home fantasy.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> if the terms hold if you choose to use it to host video Pretty damn disingenuous if the terms don't hold based on type of content. There's no such caveat mentioned.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I use Python Imaging Library + Seaborn to push out a bar chart bitmap representing some PiHole statistics to this: https://thepihut.com/products/inky-impression-7-colour-epape...
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Maybe the average person is just too well off to care? When you're barely getting by, or worse, have had family members die of starvation, it's more offensive, and you have less to lose, and so more likely that you'll take ou
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> athlete I've heard of strength training regimens that call for a middle of the night protein shake supplement. But given how crucial rest is, I've always been skeptical of that idea.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Many people snack right up until bedtime (sometimes even literally in bed) and then rush to feed again the second they wake up. So technically, there is a fast during sleep, but technically, there is a fast every second you don't hav
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Wouldn't the estate have to sell shares to cover the loan upon death? Or transfer shares directly, but pay the capital gains as though it were a sell + transfer transaction?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> "I have nothing to hide" is is gradeschool silliness to be treated with contempt every time it comes up. It needs to be ridiculed as anyone suggesting it is an idiot or just totally and knowingly dishonest. That might be an a
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by tejohnso 5y ago
This is a strange way to use the word revenge. You're lashing out against a society / culture that overworks by depriving yourself of the small opportunity for rest that you have?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
A decision that was made before Elon got seriously involved, when the plan was to focus on the electric drivetrain while farming out the full body / handling aspects. Seemed like a good strategy to me. Elon ended up calling it a stupid
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by tejohnso 5y ago
So we should judge the author's personal life and political leanings and history, rather than assessing the content on its own merit? Is that what you mean by contextualizing the domain and author? I think the article stands pretty wel
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> people will be clamoring for HELOCs as they won't be able to sell these $700k houses they're buying Why would you want a HELOC just because you can't sell your house for a profit?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> This doesn't really exist. What people want is the most they can get, and this will make them as happy as is possible in the market. Well I think it does exist. You can be happy with what you have regardless of what others have, c
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> there is no upper bound This is essentially saying that you're not happy unless you're being paid the maximum the company is willing to pay, now and in the future rather than choosing to be happy with an amount that fits your
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I think another option when naming your amount is to name an amount that would make you happy, not just one that you are willing to work for. So let's say you name an amount that would make you happy, and you get it. Someone else names
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I read it as the third in the series of "pounder" burgers, which just left me completely confused. I kept trying to recall what the first two "pounder" burgers were, which got in the way of thinking of it as a fraction.
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Carrington Event(en.wikipedia.org)
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> any semblance of incremental changes are, at this point, endangering the very lives of future and current generations Yes, appropriate emphasis on current . Another example: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> after 2030 Why is it always in the future? We have ALREADY, REPEATEDLY, delayed action and we are CURRENTLY experiencing challenges in both economic and societal feasibility. Just look at the previous commitments and how far off we are

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