thatcat

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901.
by thatcat 8y ago
Its not uncommon to leave stress strain sensors on bridges to know the state of the bridge even as it ages. Testing doesnt end when it goes into production for actual bridges. The best metric for measuring the bridges safety is strain under
902.
by thatcat 8y ago
Is GDP a good metric of the planets net worth? I'd say biodiversity is a better one. If you include the opportunity cost of losing all the value bound in the genes of organisms that will go extinct before we can use it, for example, th
903.
by thatcat 8y ago
>just a rectangle Haha, that makes sense though since it optimizes for maximum surface area resisting descent.
904.
by thatcat 8y ago
That isn't why ag is subsidized. Ya know how all your gas has 10% EtOH? That's from corn subsidy.
905.
by thatcat 8y ago
It's not really a clear sign of anything. Many other things could cause that, such as a desire to learn new things often or changing jobs to increase pay after gaining experience. Technical work can be interesting and exciting at first
906.
by thatcat 8y ago
It's a common HR tactic to identify people that might bring their employee retention time numbers down. Leaving off dates seems like a good idea, but may upset such people.
907.
by thatcat 8y ago
Why are you assuming that kickstarter projects would have any IP? It seems that a very low percentage of kickstarter projects would own IP on their devices considering the amount of time and cost involved in just applying for a patent. If
908.
by thatcat 8y ago
Yea, my desk lamp does that.
909.
by thatcat 8y ago
Can confirm, modafinil saved me just this week. It's great as long as you can flex your schedule to catch up on sleep relatively quickly after the crunch. Something I've noticed with it is that I can breath a lot easier when I tak
910.
by thatcat 8y ago
Have you considered that hydroponic vegetables will tend to have a much greater variance in quality than those produced in dirt due to the fact that so much control can be exerted by the grower? Given the history of agriculture and the tend
911.
by thatcat 8y ago
Insiders regularly upload new films to private torrent sites.
912.
by thatcat 8y ago
I assume DoH is dns over http, what is DoT?
913.
by thatcat 8y ago
>Suddenly rendering huge areas uninhabitable Coal has the that risk as well, it could actually be worse because of the lax regulation. See fly ash spills for reference.
914.
by thatcat 8y ago
That experience is purposeful, it creates a break between the narrative and meta-narrative voices. I didn't think it was too awful with 2 bookmarks - kinda reminded me of doing math hw, some of the one word ones like Sic., etc. did ge
915.
by thatcat 8y ago
Having it around is a prerequisite to reading it.
916.
by thatcat 8y ago
Speaking of broscience - that sure is a nice graphic they made, but the article they cited notes that they essentially defined brain aging themselves using their model and found it associated "alcohol use, cannabis use, anxiety, bipola
917.
by thatcat 8y ago
That's the point of copyright, so that the public eventually benefits from giving you protection for the term of the copyright. It's suppose to still be valid.
918.
by thatcat 8y ago
Current cigarettes have additives in the paper so that they go out easily themselves.
919.
by thatcat 8y ago
It would only be a lot of weight if you use steel. Remember the 90s saturns with plastic doors that would just pop back after being dented? The problem is that deformation properties in steel are used to absorb impact as a safety device dur
920.
by thatcat 8y ago
Poverty isn't caused by mental illness though it may be correlated with it. How many were mentally ill before becoming homeless? At what rate would wealthy people develop mental illness if you force them into the same situation?
921.
by thatcat 8y ago
YC and HN are symbiotic. Much easier to just make YCChina and news.ycchina considering it won't be in English. >They've barred far larger targets for far less than the discussions that go on here. Can you give any example of Ch
922.
by thatcat 8y ago
The effects on memory are related to the time since you smoked and are most noticeable after 1-3 hours. Basically, you get stimulated at first (during which time you may actually have increased creative problem solving) and eventually you
923.
by thatcat 8y ago
What do you mean by production environment in the context of academia / R&D?
924.
by thatcat 8y ago
I like it! You might consider reformatting the description to be more like /nick handle // sets handle because it's kind of confusing with the = for those that don't use irc much.
925.
by thatcat 8y ago
Not to mention the absurd margins that are nearly the width of the text itself.
926.
by thatcat 8y ago
There is a definite ultra conservative "culture fit" that is common in the business culture of the region. Newer companies don't seem to be effected.
927.
by thatcat 8y ago
The description is horrible on their github page, do you know if this integrates your browser history into recoll or what exactly?
928.
by thatcat 8y ago
It gets weird, obviously.
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by thatcat 8y ago
Oak Ridge, TN has a national lab campus with the fastest super computer in the world which is close to one of the only nuclear power plants planned to be constructed in the near future. There is relatively little VC funded tech compared to
930.
by thatcat 8y ago
Getting hit by a car is covered by the auto insurance of the person hitting you.

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