tropo

71 ms·

661.
by tropo 9y ago
For reliability, sure, but that doesn't matter when: 1. lives are relatively cheap 2. there is an ejection seat 3. most flights will complete without a failure You can fight a war even if every flight has a 1% chance of a random engine
662.
by tropo 9y ago
It is tempting to dismiss the possibility of a serious war. We did that after the Great War, the War to End all Wars, now known as World War I. It's been a while, over 70 years now, but you can be sure that there will be another seriou
663.
by tropo 9y ago
The OLPC XO-1 was very effective for extremely destructive uses. When the US military was trying to put Iraq and Afghanistan back together, someone there approached OLPC about supplying the XO-1 to the kids. A huge concern was that it could
664.
by tropo 9y ago
This would be a huge improvement for hearing aids, particularly for people who can't hear in stereo. It might need an eye tracker for aiming.
665.
by tropo 9y ago
I'd prefer a sky burial, as the Tibetians and Zoroastrians use. This involves birds of prey. In at least the Tibetian style, the bones are handled in a second pass by breaking them up and mixing them with some sort of flour. This seems
666.
by tropo 9y ago
The third option: an assertion of fact A language could reasonably use plain = to let the programmer state that two things are equal. In a debug build, this could be compiled into code that validates the condition. A debug build would abort
667.
by tropo 9y ago
I don't remember, but "they ran out of gas" tells me everything I need to know. Sure enough, go here... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1973_oil_crisis ...and search the page for "Price controls"
668.
by tropo 9y ago
"I think about how things might have been different if I had accepted that offer. It really calls into question the dominant Silicon Valley culture and narrative that we should join startups and change the world with new technologies.&
669.
by tropo 9y ago
If cat videos and shooting videos are on totally separate sites, where do we put the videos that are both? a. The cat has a gun. b. The cat is shot at. c. The cat is fired out of a cannon, as a circus performer. d. It's a hunting cat.
670.
by tropo 9y ago
"A well balanced breakfast being necessary to the start of a healthy day, the right of the people to keep and eat food shall not be infringed." Do the people get to keep and eat food, or does a breakfast get to keep and eat food?
671.
by tropo 9y ago
Just 9 days ago, the UK held Lauren Southern under schedule 7 (terrorism act) and then refused her passage through the tunnel into the UK. https://twitter.com/Lauren_Southern/status/97310042441993420... That is no
672.
by tropo 9y ago
The other choice is to be equally effective, but with less explosive power. It's an effort to be environmentally friendly.
673.
by tropo 9y ago
One of the reasons the government punishes criminals is so that private individuals are less likely to punish criminals. We're trying to prevent an endless cycle of revenge. The victim, or their family, needs to feel that the criminal
674.
by tropo 9y ago
On the parenting quality scale, there ought to be a huge gap between "good parenting" and "illegal parenting". Lots of crummy stuff should be in that gap.
675.
by tropo 9y ago
I've dealt with those agencies enough to know that they are horrible. I've even caught them in criminal acts, which of course won't be prosecuted. The typical harassment starts with a kid who gets a normal childhood injury or
676.
by tropo 9y ago
You can't be brave unless you perceive a threat. Being oblivious to a threat, or being in denial of a threat, is not bravery. Bravery requires well-considered acceptance of a recognized threat. It's a matter of being able to justi
677.
by tropo 9y ago
Why would a renter in the city care about your commute? The renter's upside to NIMBY behavior is that the neighborhood is more appealing. This is obviously an upside for the renter, as long as there is no way for the landlord to take a
678.
by tropo 9y ago
Prospective renters prefer low prices. Existing renters don't care, but they like the things that cause high prices. The rent will not change for the life of the lease. Under rent control, the renter won't be much affected ever.
679.
by tropo 9y ago
This is due to rent control. Renters become more like homeowners when there is rent control. They essentially have an investment to protect. Their immediate financial situation (rent being due, much like a mortgage payment or property tax)
680.
by tropo 9y ago
The developer wants to minimize risk. The homebuyers will choose what they prefer: a. Without an HOA, every home is well-kept like a postcard. (possibly most desired, but unlikely to happen) b. With an HOA, every home is well-kept like a po
681.
by tropo 9y ago
Physically, gamma died with the CRT, but every LCD recreates it for compatibility.
682.
by tropo 9y ago
I suspect the butter is the result of two substitutions. This has happened to many recipes. First, there was a money-saving switch from lard to commercial shortening or margarine. Either one was made of partially hydrogenated vegetable oil.
683.
by tropo 9y ago
Just shift the school schedule. Determine the optimal time for Wednesday, round to the nearest 10 minutes, and apply that to the entire week. Considering the student with the longest commute, they should leave their house an hour after ther
684.
by tropo 9y ago
Only some of the problem is California. Consider the areas just outside of Red Bluff, Oroville, and Anderson. Am I wrong to think the problem isn't so severe in those areas? If you all want to live on Russian Hill, well...
685.
by tropo 9y ago
Somewhat yes. Iron oxide is included, but considered a catalyst. The rubbery plastic binder is a fuel. The Aluminum is a high-energy fuel. The "ammonium" part of ammonium perchlorate is a fuel, and the "perchlorate" part
686.
by tropo 9y ago
Copper is a required micronutrient. You need copper. Copper sulfate used to be used to induce vomiting. It turned out to be more toxic then we'd like in that usage... but that usage was feeding people spoonfuls of it!
687.
by tropo 9y ago
log(100,000,000) is 8 log(10,000) is 4 That doesn't seem to be 4 times as happy.
688.
by tropo 9y ago
If you don't lock criminals away in miserable conditions, victims and their family members turn toward private punishment. People will get revenge. It can be official, with a proper trial and all, or it can be unofficial, with the vict
689.
by tropo 9y ago
Adjusting that to match what I know: If people have never met someone who has LOST A CHILD TO MURDER, then to them it's an abstract concept. They can't imagine the pain or suffering. I've met a couple of people who've LO
690.
by tropo 9y ago
You are right that "they are using equally ideologically driven people from other countries". France is effectively censored by the norms and values of Algeria, which is evidently the low-cost place to find people who understand F

More ›