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by thatcat 7y ago
Most urban areas want to minimize water running into their sewage system and wet soil is weaker than dry
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by thatcat 7y ago
How can you prove that it doesn't evaporate?
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by thatcat 7y ago
UT Knoxville did this on Cumberland ave and other roads around campus to push people into driving around the campus rather than through it.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Please don't use capitalization to emphisize your points in the future.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Joseph Albers' 'Interaction of Color' covers how perception of color differs based on context.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Here's an idea for a model: Use logarithmic decay of speed down to the rate limit, the first bit of browsing is a fast preview. As you continue browsing a pop up explains that you're being rate limited and that you can pay if you
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by thatcat 7y ago
You could say the same for dogs though right?
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by thatcat 7y ago
Those works were chosen for you to read because they are relevant to our underlying cultural preceptions. Other possibilities for perception exist.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Your political beliefs and culture are not inherent to human nature. Plenty of historical cultures have lived sustainably.
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by thatcat 7y ago
The people so egar to keep up these behaviors should solve that problem themselves. They aren't entitled to have other people carry the burden of supporting their wasteful lifestyle.
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by thatcat 7y ago
"Cost effective" is relative to peoples value set, green tech is kind of a hand wavy solution with out a comprehensive plan to deploy it as an integrated system.
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by thatcat 7y ago
I'm still waiting for the version of this that removes invasive crops from non farm land. So DOT could unleash it on any road side, removing kudzu etc and allowing natural plants to take back over. Or under power lines, only letting tr
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by thatcat 7y ago
Voter id is not required because by requiring it you shift voter demographics away from poor/minority/elderly people who don't have an id. The cost for an id should be zero if it is required to vote.
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by thatcat 7y ago
>Nearly 3/4 of people report being “happy” with their cellular service Since happiness with a product is about the comparison to other products that exist in their market, and all choices are virtually identical it is easy to be &q
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by thatcat 7y ago
Seems like in practice this would incentivize providers to lobby the politician considering legislation..
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by thatcat 7y ago
Your personal data often includes other peoples personal data though...
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by thatcat 7y ago
I like the light housing based design, pretty clever!
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by thatcat 7y ago
There was a Noise messaging app on copperhead os that connected to everyone though, I'm not sure how it worked.
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by thatcat 7y ago
I think its probably hard to feel bad gouging amazon on the price of camera equiptment when they do the same on a daily basis as a policy. By the time you consider their complex tax evasion schemes, you'll have already clicked buy. Tr
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by thatcat 7y ago
They probably use enzymes to breakdown some cellulose into fructose which is sweeter tasting than glucose or convert glucose to fructose, so they could add less sugar. FTA:"... finding a way to alter the structure of sugar to boost its
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by thatcat 7y ago
I'm an ag engineer working on soil amendment for increased moisture retention, what kind of tech do you want?
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by thatcat 7y ago
You don't actually have to till, you just make slightly more money in the short term by doing that.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Hm yea, so where does the water for the desert of CA come from? Isn't that what is being subsidized by USG?
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by thatcat 7y ago
The logical argument could be made for preservation of all species in the food web because they contain unique genetic material documenting robust metabolic pathways. These pathways also involve the manufacture of unique proteins and enzyme
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by thatcat 7y ago
No, compost is just organic material. Good top soil has <10%-20% organics by volume. Also, since the organics in compost will break down over time, they will need to be re-applied. Sand and clay are needed for structure and minerals.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Hey thanks for posting this, can you link that persons startup as well? It sounds interesting.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Advertising needs a luxury tax for wasting peoples attention, preventing them from being productive and encouraging unhealthy habits - like alcohol and cigarettes.
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by thatcat 7y ago
It's not semantics. Every judgment is not accurate, systems need to account for their own fallibility.
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by thatcat 7y ago
I've seen this with happen with students from the same us high school as well.
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by thatcat 7y ago
Couldn't you use the formula to create a correction algorithm?

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