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by thehappypm 11mo ago
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK
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by thehappypm 11mo ago
Kenya is an equatorial country so they basically have steady ~12 hours of sunlight every day year round. Pretty cool!
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by thehappypm 1y ago
They should just put one on a windmill and make it to brrrr
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Wikipedia was never a primary source to begin with
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by thehappypm 1y ago
If America saves Argentina, and Argentina becomes a powerful country again, that is a powerful ally we could have for a century.
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Is it possible that this was a bullet? A 50 cal bullet is estimated to reach 15,000 feet if fired straight up. But this is Colorado: in the most extreme scenario, standing atop Mount Elbert, you’re already at ~15,000 feet. Combine these two
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by thehappypm 1y ago
There actually is some coal in New England, and if there was (for some reason) a desire for New England to be energy independent, coal might be part of the mix as a result. This article discusses some less-successful attempts to get into th
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Is insider trading even illegal with bitcoin?
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by thehappypm 1y ago
making emergency vehicles unable to access a street, very cool!
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by thehappypm 1y ago
AirBnB is far more likely to help
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by thehappypm 1y ago
While there is validity to this logic, the slightly lower labor cost does not offset the need to house more people, particularly when the cost of land and materials is so astronomical
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by thehappypm 1y ago
The hypothesis is true for housing at least. Immigrants need to live somewhere, and that puts upward pressure on rents (which are part of CPI).
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Jockey Hollow in New Jersey is a nice place as well, part of Morristown NHP. It’s ostensibly a historical park but 99% of the use is just a wonderful place to hike the small mountains and walk in the woods. Given the insane amount of NHPs i
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Harvard sees a potential link, hell it’s the name of the paper: “Using acetaminophen during pregnancy may increase children’s autism and ADHD risk ”. I think that it might be a real thing is because nobody really knows how acetaminophen eve
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by thehappypm 1y ago
And don’t forget to stretch the aspect ratio while you’re at it
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by thehappypm 1y ago
My dad used to have a term for this.. “Saint Never’s Day”
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by thehappypm 1y ago
No, it’s more like a billboard saying, “looking for a Honda? ᶠᵒʳᵈˢ ᵃʳᵉ ᵇᵉᵗᵗᵉʳ ᵃⁿᵈ ʸᵒᵘ ᶜᵃⁿ ᵍᵉᵗ ᵗʰᵉᵐ here!
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by thehappypm 1y ago
This farm isn’t anywhere near the UN, though—35 miles away. Which could put it in westchester, connecticut, new jersey, long island..
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Does anyone have a good recommendation for a video to watch of their magic? Preferably something that’s a longer form, like something on Netflix or prime video
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by thehappypm 1y ago
The rich kids — 90th and 75th percentiles — are flat, with a inconsequential (1%) drop over the decade.
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by thehappypm 1y ago
I was training an LLM to do my NIMBYism for me!
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by thehappypm 1y ago
False. ICE is about to have a ginormous work force They’ll snatch whoever
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by thehappypm 1y ago
5 years is an eternity in this biz though
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by thehappypm 1y ago
“All media” is a huge stretch.. legacy hyper regulated media maybe
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by thehappypm 1y ago
I was in Zermatt last month and was unable to take the Gornegray Railway due to mechanical issues. Even Swiss trains have problems
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by thehappypm 1y ago
If you look back through history this has been the case since at least the Cold War, though. All the proxy hot wars in the Cold War, for example, back when the world was bi-polar. Now it’s multipolar with similar proxy wars.
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Yeah, definitely; they basically took all the best ideas and put them into sheets, so that regular users could just use them
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by thehappypm 1y ago
It would be an incredible thing if you could build a device that emitted tiny black holes over and over and over again, just strip out horizontal lines of matter
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by thehappypm 1y ago
tides are spaghettification , like what is theorized as you fall into a black hole. You’re stretched into an oblong shape by the fact that the stronger gravity at your feet accelerates faster than your head. With water and surface tension t
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by thehappypm 1y ago
Very, very, very few consumers even know what sideloading is

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