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How Long Covid Keeps Us Sick(quantamagazine.org)
2 points by tejohnso 5y ago|0 comments
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The Fourth Frontier (2006)(4thfrontier.blogspot.com)
1 points by tejohnso 5y ago|0 comments
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Seems like the jury is still out. From the second link: "In all honesty, we suspect that the risks with both types of nonstick cookware are low, and you would probably benefit more from focusing on risks in your drinking water and food
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> And you'll have half the purchasing power for your salary. Great, so then there's an added advantage of less consumption / waste / pollution.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
I recall Neil deGrasse Tyson mentioning that the whole earth would be smoother than the smoothest billiards ball if scaled down. I found that surprising.
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by tejohnso 5y ago
The purpose of the report is not to conclude whether any of this unexplained behaviour is due to alien craft. The purpose is to get the information out, stop pretending it doesn't exist, and provide a platform to move forward without t
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Of these G7 nations, France, Italy, Canada, and Japan have all nationally declared a climate emergency .
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Hearing doom and gloom since the 80s is consistent with the scientific evidence. It was in 1988 that James Hansen spoke before a U.S. Senate committee about human caused global warming. And it's not as though things have been getting b
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by tejohnso 5y ago
Is it capitalism, or is it our current regime? I'm not sure that capitalism itself demands eternal growth, or that pollution not be taken into account. Capitalism doesn't force us to continue to burn fossil fuels. We could impose
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by tejohnso 5y ago
We're on track for a roughly 3C increase in global average temperature according to this chart from the IPCC[1] and this [2] from world data. And that IPCC projection doesn't take into account the dozens of reinforcing feedback lo
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> ...made it difficult for them to follow the same paths as commodified drugs like cacao or tobacco. This is the first I've heard of cacao being referred to as a drug. Is this the same cacao used in the production of chocolate?
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by tejohnso 5y ago
The Publius enigma (Pink Floyd) had me quite curious back in my BBS / Usenet days. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Publius_Enigma
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by tejohnso 5y ago
> I want to throw away everything and get my version to be the same as the branch on the server/another local branch. Isn't that `git reset --hard remote/branch` ?
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by tejohnso 6y ago
What makes you say that?
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by tejohnso 6y ago
Wow, Casey doesn't hold back. Clearly, without hesitating says that 100% of code written in RAII* style sucks. Interesting considering Stroustrup considers RAII to be "the basis of some of the most effective modern C++ design tech
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by tejohnso 6y ago
I see from their home page they do not charge for egress, but the FAQ clarifies this is only valid if your monthly egress total is less than or equal to your storage total, otherwise they suspend your service. Should be clarified on the hom
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by tejohnso 6y ago
Reminds me of this somewhat relevant post about the mysteries of Anesthesia https://medium.com/@lukehollomon/anesthesia-works-on-plants-...
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Supreme Court sides with Google in $8B copyright dispute with Oracle(cbsnews.com)
3 points by tejohnso 6y ago|0 comments
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by tejohnso 6y ago
> they bore the brunt of media attention for something that nearly every auto manufacturer was later found to be doing I find the same happens with performance enhancing drugs in sports. Everyone in the game knows that everyone is doing
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by tejohnso 6y ago
What kind of small gifts do you treat people to? I have trouble finding things that I don't consider to be positive for me (feels good giving) but negative for the recipient (more useless junk they'll pretend to appreciate, or unh
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by tejohnso 6y ago
> Why do people even tech people think that bitcoin is shadow money when it's traçable and designed to be so? As I understand it, it is designed to be easily verifiable by any participant. How is it designed to be traceable?
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by tejohnso 6y ago
Financially, it sounds pretty bad and unstable: > more than a third of Americans said they could not cover an unexpected $400 home repair or hospital bill without going into debt > a third of U.S. adults say they are having difficult
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Amazon changed traffic light timing during union drive, county officials say(theverge.com)
37 points by tejohnso 6y ago|2 comments
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by tejohnso 6y ago
> It is practically impossible to fire someone for the basic reason that you don't need this role any more or there is a better person I found this surprising. I thought this was primarily a problem in union / government positi
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Researchers Levitated a Small Tray Using Nothing but Light(wired.com)
8 points by tejohnso 6y ago|1 comments
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The Hard Lessons of Modeling the Coronavirus Pandemic(quantamagazine.org)
4 points by tejohnso 6y ago|1 comments
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by tejohnso 6y ago
Thank you.
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by tejohnso 6y ago
Your approach seems like it would reduce the likelihood of implementation-time surprises. It also seems like different sections would satisfy different audiences. Do you have any book recommendations?
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by tejohnso 6y ago
TSLA left the land of sound fundamental investments long ago. It is comfortably enjoying life in the land of exuberant speculation.
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by tejohnso 6y ago
We've been throwing our money at geoengineering our way into this for decades in the form of oil (and other) subsidies. We could start by eliminating those.

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