throwawayboise

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by throwawayboise 4y ago
> On the Internet, we're all psychopaths. That might be the best one-line summary of the problems with social media I've ever seen.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
It's a bit of a balancing act. If you're too ban-happy you'll get an echo chamber (some would say that HN already is one) and if anything goes the trolls drive out serious participants. I think it's remarkable that the d
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Sounds like choosing the wrong environment for the application. A console terminal is for displaying console text. It needs 8, maybe 16 distinct colors. Some might argue it doesn't need colors at all.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Well, the one time I traveled to Europe with an infant, I brought enough formula along for the duration of the trip. Not so much because I didn't trust what would be available locally, but because I knew there were no issues with the f
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
I saw "Blown Away Guy" in the thread title and immediately that image came to mind. It was a very popular dorm room poster when I was in college.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
"Harsh truths" got us to the point where children don't have to work in mines and mills anymore.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
It's just a movie, and it was used as hyperbole to illustrate the point that to an overwhelming degree, what matters is what you do, not (only) how you feel about it. It wasn't an endorsement of bosses being assholes or toxic work
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
You're assuming that the goal is getting to zero CO2 emission? There is no reality where that is possible. Edit: I hadn't read the article. That indeed seems to be the goal. On that basis, yes the math appears wrong.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Yeah, while there's no "safe" level of lead ingestion, not only do we not use leaded gas in cars, commercial aviation (with very few exceptions) does not use it either, and the private/general aviation piston-engine plan
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Android is shipped with a number of apps that cannot be removed (or even disabled). Some are Google's, and some are added by the phone manufacturer (e.g. Samsung) and some are added by the carrier (e.g. AT&T) if you buy the phone f
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Yep. Midwest USA here. My thermostat is 78 in the summer AC season, 65 in the winter heating season. I don't bother programming in day/night temps, I tried that once and my utility bills were higher.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Of course EU producers who package food for export label it accordingly. However what Reason seems to be implying is that we just load up some cargo planes with pallets of surplus formula that are apparently not needed in Europe and bring i
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Yes, and there is a history of unscrupulous producers putting all kinds of garbage into infant formula. Who is going to complain? Not the babies. That's why it is one of the most regulated food products. It's almost like a pharmac
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Does "Europe" have an abundant surplus of infant formula that they are prepared to export? A lot more mothers breast-feed in Europe, formula feeding is rather uncommon so why would one expect that inventory is available to send so
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Would refusing to move be cause for termination? That's not a layoff, perhaps, at least in the eyes of the unemployment regulations?
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Some of these sound like they could be interview questions today.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
My Arrow of Light was a metal pin that was affixed to the uniform. I didn't continue into Boy Scouts however.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Interesting. I always thought outer space was at least beyond the lunar orbit.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
I don't think a 65 miles suborbital flight qualifies as "outer space" but still cool to see.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Yes, and death also enables reproduction without eventual overpopulation. Reproduction leads to mutation, which evolves the species.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Honestly, most companies will prefer the candidate who projects poise and confidence rather than anxiety, all else being equal. Sorry but that's life. Work on overcoming that.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
AWD motorcycles have been done. They are useful in extreme off-road scenarios. http://www.christini.com/awd-technology/about-the-tech
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Tuck a pair of nitrile gloves under the saddle or into your toolkit. No greasy fingers.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Trains do it because they need to apply a lot of torque at zero speed to get moving. The only way to do that with a mechanical connection to a combustion engine is with a clutch, which would burn up from friction before the train got going.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
You didn't see much response to COVID? We spent more on COVID relief and response than we spent on WWII. $40B is a rounding error in what we spent on COVID.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Using corn for ethanol fuel is bone-headed. That's among the first things we should quit doing. It's a convoluted subsidy for corn farmers, nothing more. As an energy supply it's net-negative.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Or maybe stop raising animals where they need their food artificially supplied and then growing that food in a desert? There are places where cattle can free-range and graze, and grass can be cut during the summer to feed them in the winter
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
Maybe the current generation. I recall the original Leaf looking very clown-car-ish but I guess that's subjective.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
The people coming in are fleeing the messes they made at home. You probably should get out, before they make the same messes there.
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by throwawayboise 4y ago
It's because the top side is closer to the sun.

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