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961.
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thatcat
9y ago
If that leakage only brings the probability of failure back to previous rates, then you've still lowered the failure rate overall.
962.
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thatcat
9y ago
Anarchy means without leaders [0]. There are many types of anarchism that have a flat hierarchic structure and could still be considered organizations. What parent was suggesting is closer to nihilism, which is a common misunderstanding bec
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thatcat
9y ago
Rejecting one form of organization doesn't preclude all future organization.
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thatcat
9y ago
To be libelous it would need to be proven false. Some Applebees location has likely at least partially microwaved chicken/steak to ensure that it meets the minimum safe temperature during busy periods before.
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thatcat
9y ago
>when the government invests in public goods, they don't then get to claim everything that is built on top of the public good. If they used the right liscensing for the information that they created then they might.
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thatcat
9y ago
Air travel and eating food at a resteraunt is an opt-in action. To avoid this risk, you would have to opt-out of using the public road system that you are required to use.
967.
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thatcat
9y ago
It's probably due to border disputes with China.
968.
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thatcat
9y ago
I think it's far too late in this case, they've already invested in building out the infrastructure in CA.
969.
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thatcat
9y ago
>Sharing what Sesame Credit refers to as "positive energy" online, nice messages about the government or how well the country's economy is doing, will make your score go up. Sounds like a propaganda botnet that uses gamifi
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thatcat
9y ago
>the low level hard science The science is pretty basic. CaCO3 powder made into a paste form provides a source of calcium and alkalinity - protecting the teeth from acid created by bacteria. The rest is marketing. The effective way to de
971.
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thatcat
9y ago
There are unfortunately plenty of other ways to learn that lesson. On the up side it may encourage people to participate in distributed systems that are more resilient against arbitrary censorship.
972.
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thatcat
9y ago
I'm curious about this topic as it seems more likely to offer effective treatments, what is the name of the book you reference?
973.
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thatcat
9y ago
Language has inherent limits, it is an objective subset of subjective concepts that allows us to communicate. Thinking somthing is beautiful and having others think similarly doesn't inherently mean that the beauty can be communicated
974.
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thatcat
9y ago
Exactly, the English equivalent would be 'ineffable', as in ineffible beauty; which describes a quality of an aestetic that is beyond words and relates to how the sum of techniques used together is greater than the individual t
975.
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thatcat
9y ago
I agree, the article did a poor job of elucidating leafy greens role in enhancing memory. Allow me to suggest a more plausible mechanism of action for this effect: Leafy greens contain more magnesium than other sources due to its presens in
976.
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thatcat
9y ago
There are no links or threads related to axial compression. I guess your original post ment that it is compressed during use rather than constrution.
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thatcat
9y ago
After a bit of searching, the only descriptions of cutting board compression techniques I've been able to find are compressed perpendicular to your description. Do you have a good source for more info on axially compressed end grain fl
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thatcat
9y ago
You're making a false comparision between none and many when it seems like a few would be a much nicer place to live after accounting for civil offenses and the points made by parent. This technology puts a human face to technological
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thatcat
9y ago
The thesis seems to be that represenative democracy doesn't scale past a certain ratio. 10E7 : 1 is an extremely centralized system. Potential amounts for corrupt pay offs increases with the number of people you represent and ease of
980.
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thatcat
9y ago
You might want to look at Qubes OS. It uses Xen as a hypervisor to manage your vms with an easily customizable networking flow (see the whonix implementation) and has techniques for secure data transfer between vms.
981.
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thatcat
9y ago
Finding a good shark tank pitch is not the purpose of academic research.
982.
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thatcat
9y ago
Why not phones?
983.
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thatcat
9y ago
Converting energy from chemical to electric then mechanical is only beneficial if you need a high torque at low rpm, like to start moving a train. Otherwise its more efficent to directly convert from chemical to mechanical.
984.
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thatcat
9y ago
Nicotine can act as an antidepressant/antipsychotic; cigarettes are a cheap, widely available form that requires no additional equiptment except a lighter.
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thatcat
9y ago
To show that it is a fallacy you would need to compare the final drug costs after rebate with an average of foriegn govs that do negotiate rather than private insurers.
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thatcat
9y ago
The problem is anti-competitave behavior though, right? The pharmacutical market is highly consolidated. Trying to rely on some startup to successfully compete in a highly consolidated market that requires a lot of capital and specialized l
987.
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thatcat
9y ago
This is common, the US is alone in its legislation against negotiating as a group for prescription prices.
988.
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thatcat
9y ago
Unchecked by market forces, since the market has been consolidated and lacks competition.
989.
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thatcat
9y ago
What is this?
990.
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thatcat
9y ago
Power users disable telemetry.
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