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by tspike 4y ago
Thanks for the reminder.. I vote to stop reading bland, boring tech blogs for today.
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by tspike 4y ago
A simple way to think of Fahrenheit is: 0 degrees is just about the coldest a person can stand, and 100 is the hottest.
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by tspike 4y ago
I wonder what the impact on astronomy will be from attempts to increase capacity.
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by tspike 4y ago
Garbage article. The only sources mentioned were authored by Susan J Crawford, who has conducted no primary research and whose means of sustaining herself appears to be misinterpreting other researchers' work and blogging about it. Her
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by tspike 4y ago
Facebook used to be thefacebook.com. It only changed after they were already successful.
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by tspike 5y ago
There would have to be a lot of people leaving simultaneously for it to be anything but obvious who it came from.
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by tspike 5y ago
The most immediate use case that comes to mind is breaking encryption.
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by tspike 5y ago
In all likelihood, you won't be dead. You'll be faced with a stark, deeply unpleasant new reality and your survival instincts will kick in. You will look back on this fatalism as sad naivety.
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by tspike 5y ago
This is a common misconception. I highly recommend having a read through the book "Nuclear War Survival Skills" by Kearny. It's an older book more focused on the Cold War, but still highly relevant today. It systematically di
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by tspike 5y ago
I finally caved and picked up a couple of Pro controllers. No looking back.
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by tspike 5y ago
Your actual return is only the interest portion of the payment, so that's an odd way to calculate it
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by tspike 5y ago
*assuming conditions over the next 150 years mirror those during the sudden rise of a single global superpower with control over the world's reserve currency and a continent full of unexploited natural resources at its disposal
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by tspike 5y ago
The lack of replies accusing you of immorality, theft, sloth, etc is somewhat surprising given the reactions in the rest of the thread.
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by tspike 5y ago
Would you expect megaphone manufacturers to give souped up models capable of drowning out other megaphones to only the most controversial, destructive people?
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by tspike 5y ago
I make both free builds and sets. I view sets as lessons on building techniques.
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by tspike 5y ago
This article is due for a refresh, but it's still relevant on this topic: http://www.realityprose.com/what-happened-with-lego/
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by tspike 5y ago
That you're unable to find uses for those pieces speaks to a lack of creativity, ironically :) Check this out: https://www.newelementary.com/2017/10/pdc-parts-festival-day...
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by tspike 5y ago
There is an excellent and extensive range of Creator 3-in-1 sets, as well as the entire Classic line which encourages specifically this. For the themed sets, they stopped including ideas on the back of the box because people would complain
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by tspike 5y ago
If you measure ecological degradation as an output in those terms, then progress is proceeding swimmingly.
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by tspike 5y ago
That’s part of sustainability. You have to balance hundreds of competing factors to do it correctly.
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by tspike 5y ago
I'm a small-scale farmer. Yield is a secondary goal. Primary goals for me are the health of my land, the quality of life for my animals, and the ability to provide for my family.
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by tspike 5y ago
Most agricultural land was short grass or long grass prairie prior to being plowed over. Prairie is the most endangered ecosystem on the planet. Perhaps instead of "reforestation" we can look at restoring native prairie.
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by tspike 5y ago
"Progress" needs to be defined. What is the goal here? Neither diversity nor soil was mentioned once in TFA. Is yield the only relevant metric? What about quantity/impact of pesticides? Amount of fertilizer required? Sustaina
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by tspike 5y ago
Is there DOM access?
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by tspike 5y ago
> My personal gripe is just the explosion of special purpose pieces that Lego vends today. Less is more Lego. I've personally been amazed at the possibilities that seemingly single-purpose parts open up in the hands of a skilled bui
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by tspike 5y ago
It's also not biodegradable; it's chemically identical to the polyethylene used before. It's only the process and materials sourcing that changed.
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by tspike 5y ago
True, although it'll eventually happen on its own, and it likely won't be on our terms.
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by tspike 5y ago
It's worth pointing out the difference between frozen produce (which, as you say, is nutritionally sound) and frozen TV dinners, which often contain multiple times the daily recommended intake of sodium and typically have miniscule por
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by tspike 5y ago
That quote is referring to the history of Europeans, not humanity.
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by tspike 5y ago
I'd love to get a mini split, but it seems like all the contractors around here are booked out a minimum of 3 months.

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