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25d ago
Funny enough I never left Firefox. It’s always been great.
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25d ago
I felt the same way as an adult exploring Africa for three years. One guy even said I was a lion that grew up in captivity, so not completely wild. “People in developed countries don’t know how to really live, they just die slowly” Note tha
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25d ago
There are a few towns around the world that ban phones and social media for kids. I really like this approach because it means nobody feels left out, and the parents are not the bad guys. Fingers crossed it comes to my mountain hippie town
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26d ago
I think the hardware quality and innovation is safe under the new CEO, and I hope he can push for software quality improvements.
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26d ago
For Americans, at lest, it will take that kind of personal tragedy. Those who are most loudly opposed to universal healthcare switch their story instantly when they or a loved one gets in a terrible accident or develops nasty cancer. The ju
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26d ago
Agree 100% One of the best books I’ve ever read, extremely enlightening.
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27d ago
> Guaranteed by temperature to contain no water whatsoever. Depends on where and when. Plenty of puddles form around the bases in summer.
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27d ago
> It would be wise for them [Canada] to stand with Europe, if they want to keep their own independence. NATO article 5 says they have to. And I have no doubt they would. There is only one country that is reneging on their commitments.
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28d ago
> I am not even sure the US would be able to completely dominate a conflict While everything you said may be correct (I’m not an expert), I doubt NATO countries want to get in an energetic war with the US. It’s simply so costly in live
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28d ago
> and membership in the fraying NATO military alliance That framing is.. strange. One member of NATO has lost the plot. For everyone else, it’s stronger than ever. If the US tries to attack a NATO member they’re going to find out just
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28d ago
And almost exactly half of all reactors under construction in the entire world.
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28d ago
Who said violence? We just need a ton of people to film his house and whereabouts 24x7 for a while so he gets a taste of his own medicine. It would be horrible if he didn’t like it. Note celebrities have to put up with the paparazzi. At thi
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28d ago
> You know what? There's really nothing good to watch on TV anyways In Australia TV is colloquially called “the idiot box” A foreign friend asked, “is that because there are only idiots on there, or because you turn into one if yo
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28d ago
Agree. They’re building a massive amount of nuclear. They’re building a monumental amount of solar+wind.
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29d ago
They have 36-38 reactors under construction today [1]. I think that’s a bit more than just keeping the wheels turning [1] https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=67746
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29d ago
You’re just not trying. There’s no reason at all that “generator” can’t be batteries rated for x hours, or a small generator that IS emissions certified. I.e. https://www.reddit.com/r/Generator/comments/1hydy6
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29d ago
> If we enforced strict regulations on all generators without any exceptions at all, your sewage lift station might not have a backup source anymore. No need for the FUD. It would just mean the backup generator connected to the sewage
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29d ago
> And nuclear still is the safest energy sort available. Surely solar is orders of magnitude safer.
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29d ago
I wish the article had more details on the cost to build these reactors, the cost to operate, refuel, dispose of fuel and then decommission. Details about how long they’re expected to operate, and how much power they will generate in their
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29d ago
If there are no consequences for filing a false DMCA takedown, what stops people or companies filing them all the time to take apps from Apple or Microsoft offline?
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29d ago
And the failure of basic services like water and power. Given it took FEMA ten days to get power restored to the super dome, how long will responses be when there are many simultaneous disasters of that size or bigger? With the current admi
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29d ago
The US military used to prescribe larium to members for malaria prevention . That’s the one that is infamous for nasty dreams. 10% of all people who were on it now have permanent psychosis. Oh yeah.
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Sorry I wasn’t more clear. I meant with no treatment it is often fatal. Almost certainly do for kids and elderly with no treatment.
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Cerebral malaria is fatal with no treatment in many cases. For kids and elderly it’s fatal even with. Likely this happened because they have no expertise and didn’t know what to do. Imagine if you showed up in a hospital in the us with a st
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I was there for years, you can’t take malarias that long.
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I got malaria twice in Africa. First time bad, second time REAL bad. I thought about death a little. There was a good story of a Dutchman living in Mali who got malaria a few times (everyone does). It’s manageable with the meds. Anyway he f
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1mo ago
So I should have said “remarkable”? Sure, I can do that.
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1mo ago
What issue do you have with copy/paste? Command+c command+v has worked every single timein every program since macOS 7.0 when I started.
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1mo ago
How would you describe the achievement? Personally I describe nuclear weapons as incredible (though also horrific).
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1mo ago
I intentionally get the slowest speed possible that has no data cap. Was 50, then it went up to 80 a year ago.
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