themartorana

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by themartorana 10y ago
Murder, torture, blanket domestic spying etc., are not (or have not recently been) considered crimes when the federal government is the actor. The line isn't so clear.
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by themartorana 10y ago
This is the dream of the internet making culture available to the masses. I've loved Google Art Project for a while, and news of more art coming online is fantastic. My wife is an art teacher and this kind of news makes her giddy.
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by themartorana 10y ago
I would definitely support someone outing and then fleeing Russia. In fact we do it all the time - it's called political asylum.
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by themartorana 10y ago
At least 160 children through 2011. It's been a lot more time since then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_US_dr...
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by themartorana 10y ago
Your respect and admiration absolve him of his responsibilities. This is something I'm seeing more and more - "Snowden is a hero, but should stand trial and face his responsibilities." It's an oxymoron as far as I can fi
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by themartorana 10y ago
It will. My theory is that it comes from solar energy. As soon as electricity generation comes to a near-zero cost, and a huge part of manufacturing cost is energy, (and the other largest cost, humans, is also displaced) we start to rapidly
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by themartorana 10y ago
I've always found those restrictions interesting. No satellite dishes, no antennas, etc. If these antennas get a pass, does the satellite TV industry immediately lobby for similar treatment?
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by themartorana 10y ago
It really does feel like at least half. I went to buy an iPhone 7 case and they all had 50+ 4.5 star reviews... before the iPhone 7 had shipped. I filtered one case with 40+ reviews to "Verified Purchases" only, and only a single
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by themartorana 10y ago
So what's stopping a setup like this becoming standard? It's obviously generally superior, at least for new construction that's well-insulated. Right?
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by themartorana 10y ago
Yeah I feel like science and some test strips would do the job. But eating blowfish to begin with is ridiculous, and based solely on tradition. Testing for toxins could be seen as disrespecting the tradition.
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by themartorana 10y ago
Two posts down from a missing apostrophe as I write this. Am I being trolled?
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by themartorana 10y ago
Grammar nerd, apologies, but "Google's" with an apostrophe (unless I'm totally missing something). There should maybe be a better way to report this kind of stuff without cluttering the comment stream.
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by themartorana 10y ago
A designated "wolf-free zone" is crazy, but the wolves should have read the signs.
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by themartorana 10y ago
Would you like to give some examples of the leadership in behavioral change you'd like to see? I personally doubt anything save huge taxes on gasoline are going to do anything to change behavior. You can decry driving by people still n
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by themartorana 10y ago
Scary, using laws to prohibit people doing math. It's the equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and humming loudly.
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by themartorana 10y ago
I don't understand how my comment above got down-voted. In a pure economic sense, holding property creates scarcity, and prices rise. It's wildly unbalanced value, but its value nonetheless.
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by themartorana 10y ago
How are government sponsored protectionist laws like this even legal? It's very frustrating. Edit: For further context, both towns wanted the service, which makes it even more frustrating. If Wilson made its service private there'
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by themartorana 10y ago
Since they're not technically a "plant" - just storage - is there any advantage to be had to build in many smaller (say per-neighborhood) battery plants? Seems like they could act not only as peak providers, but also battery
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by themartorana 10y ago
As an also-over-35, I don't think it's just the alcohol. (Feel free to slap me down with science.) A beer hangover is now more severe than an equivalent-amount-of-alcohol hangover from say, vodka.
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by themartorana 10y ago
Well, if you can afford that extra mortgage-sized payment while making minimum wage. We're not talking about studying online or at a community college or self-teaching, we're talking about a 4 year degree at a university.
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by themartorana 10y ago
Watching you - even bored, bearded, naked you - through your camera is the literal incarnation of 1984.
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by themartorana 10y ago
Holding onto vacant property creates huge monetary value.
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by themartorana 10y ago
It's the way my brain works for sure, but dense material is always harder for me to get through when it looks dense and is laid out densely. My brain instantly puts up a hurdle and makes assumptions about the material. That said, it se
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by themartorana 10y ago
Has Google made this information public? Or are they just indexing it?
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by themartorana 10y ago
"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Amen.
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by themartorana 10y ago
"But it is unclear if firms’ profits need be so high to sustain research." It's very clear, and they don't. Profits are enormous. Profits are also calculated after the cost of R&D. So no, profits don't need
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by themartorana 10y ago
Lots of crazy shit has been walked back over the years, and I assume it felt very doom-y at the time. That said, I don't see this being walked back. Snowden outed the US Government as ever conspiracy theorist's worst nightmare min
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by themartorana 10y ago
"...they didn't have any big attack..." "Big attacks" are vanishingly rare. But, just for the sake of argument, they haven't had an attack until they do. The point of this is the US is actually harvesting way
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by themartorana 10y ago
The down-votes are absurd.
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by themartorana 10y ago
It's a little worrying that I should be concerned about the morale of TLAs who have been illegally drag-netting the entire world without repercussions.

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