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901.
by tropo 10y ago
Urban trees in Israel made the news last week. They were having a huge affect on heat and fine particles due to an urban forest fire. Next time, try ice plant and jade plant, or just go with concrete.
902.
by tropo 10y ago
Cocoa butter gives a distinct mouthfeel because it has a sharply-defined melting point. If you want that mouthfeel, you need cocoa butter. Lindt might not want that mouthfeel. That is a legit choice, not just to be cheap. Other legit choice
903.
by tropo 10y ago
It's price differentiation. In some cases, low-end products ship with all the hardware but the features are disabled in software. Think of Tesla, which has shipped identical hardware at different prices, with the low-end model having l
904.
by tropo 10y ago
Right, but being conservative tends to get you into that situation. You'd want ownership, control, lack of crowds, privacy, gun rights, security, and space. This is unavailable in the big coastal cities, so you are effectively forced o
905.
by tropo 10y ago
Eliminating the electoral collage wouldn't change things at all. Obama got the popular vote, and roughly half the country saw an existential threat take power. An extra 2.2 million votes for Trump, giving him the popular vote, wouldn&#
906.
by tropo 10y ago
You'll love this one I'm sure: My neighbor was using a leaf blower just a few hours prior to the arrival of what was expected to be a direct strike by a category 4 hurricane. Winds were already gusting pretty well, with at least a
907.
by tropo 10y ago
Don't forget viruses. There are viruses that are unusually common in really huge people.
908.
by tropo 10y ago
Ride sharing means fewer vehicles existing, but many more vehicles on the road. Today my car goes with me to work, and then it goes home with me. If I accept ride sharing, then it has to also travel empty. Each time I use the car, the car m
909.
by tropo 10y ago
It means increased trade between Europe and East Asia, because container ships will be able to traverse the Arctic.
910.
by tropo 10y ago
Why not? The inaccuracy problems were merely poor-quality measurements and statistics. Prediction accuracy will continue to improve with technology.
911.
by tropo 10y ago
This reminds me of Muhammad Saeed al-Sahhaf, the Iraqi Information Minister, widely known as Baghdad Bob and Comical Ali.
912.
by tropo 10y ago
Maybe you should be thankful. The option to not wear glasses is way too convenient. My eyes are unprotected from UV and impact. I might remember when operating a chainsaw or pouring sulfuric acid, but that's about it. Operating a circu
913.
by tropo 10y ago
In those 30 years, many young liberals will turn into old conservatives. New liberals will be born to replace the ones who became conservatives. This divide isn't going anywhere.
914.
by tropo 10y ago
I know which fire truck I want if my place is burning. The bigger the better. I'll take a 20-foot wide truck please, with extra water. Little trucks are not the same.
915.
by tropo 10y ago
Those are de-jure numbers. Add 50% to get de-facto numbers. So yeah, 50 MPH is normal for residential. The highways marked 65 MPH are actually 100 MPH. Speed limits suffer from a NIMBY problem. Everybody wants to the limit to be 5 MPH aroun
916.
by tropo 10y ago
You should visit Boston or DC some time. It will be an eye-opener. Both are cities that were designed well before cars. Snowbanks make things even narrower. This should be urban planner paradise, given the much tighter roads. As for the muc
917.
by tropo 10y ago
They care about what you do for work. Do you use your phone to discuss proprietary information? Might that be of value to a Chinese competitor, supplier, or customer? Do you take your phone places where the camera or microphone might pick u
918.
by tropo 10y ago
Suppose he gets killed by Russia, making it look like the USA did it. Suppose the USA agrees to this in advance. I'm sure it can get even weirder.
919.
by tropo 10y ago
I've been wondering if one of those chips could fit a CPU. How do you estimate this sort of stuff? I can estimate software decently, but the penalty for being wrong is seldom so bad. With a hardware project, things actually don't
920.
by tropo 10y ago
not for the death cap The poison is a bicyclic polypeptide that shuts down ribosomes in your liver. Destroying or removing the poison is as difficult as destroying or removing all the protein. (like dealing with mad cow prions) It's ju
921.
by tropo 10y ago
It's looks. There is no protected class for looks, and it seems nobody gets a feel-good vibe by hiring those who don't look nice. It's not going to be any better for him in Serbia. The people there are human too.
922.
by tropo 10y ago
Project idea: The death cap mushroom is really tasty according to people who are now dead. Disable the poison.
923.
by tropo 10y ago
Both of these traits are predictable from political leanings.
924.
by tropo 10y ago
I last did that drive about 4 years ago, coming in just south of Lake Tahoe, and they did stop me. They were too cheap/polite to tear the car apart looking for stuff, as expected. Actually, they pretty much waved me through as soon as
925.
by tropo 10y ago
They can't hurt the rest of us while they rot in prison. That's really it. Rehabilitation and retribution are only minor factors, for the liberal and conservative voters respectively. The main factor is just stopping crime by ware
926.
by tropo 10y ago
The rest of the country normally feels that way about California. Because of this, there is some serious California hatred out here. It goes beyond regular politics too. We are constantly reminded of how everything is known to the state of
927.
by tropo 10y ago
California already has separate border controls. Drive from Nevada into California to see. California asks all sorts of questions about plants and pests.
928.
by tropo 10y ago
How about Sarah Palin for State? People laughed when she warned about Russia, Hillary supposedly hit the "reset button" on the relationship, and then... Russia invaded and annexed Crimea.
929.
by tropo 10y ago
Things aren't so simple. A tax (tariff in this case) negatively affects both sides of a transaction. The effect on our side is then mitigated because the money from that tax lets us reduce other taxes in our own country. So yes, in the
930.
by tropo 10y ago
Nothing was said about the security implications of outsourcing to people who are required to obey a different government. Are you going to open up your network to them? Are you going to expose your trade secrets to them? When you find a st

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