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by vharuck 5y ago
I just started a garden in the small dirt patch behind my condo. I'm trying to attract insects, so they attract larger predators, and end up with a garden that's fun to watch This site lists native wild flowers to each state: h
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by vharuck 5y ago
>twice less than pigs and broiler chickens I'm astounded that pigs and chickens are that efficient compared to crickets. I was thinking efficiency and body mass would have a close-to-linear negative correlation.
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by vharuck 5y ago
My primary job is aggregating and contextualizing health data. I don't think people know how many ways there are to get data from government sources. In my section, we'll work with anyone in any way. I've mailed printed re
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by vharuck 5y ago
Menu design is a great candidate for psychology experiments. It's easy to do A/B testing by giving different menus to different tables at the same time. The end goal is money spent or items sold, which is a simple number you&#x2
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by vharuck 5y ago
As evidence against the idea that people left to their own devices will not work to the benefit of society, I present all progress in human history. At no point was there something other than a human leading governments or industries. The
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by vharuck 5y ago
It's a good idea to test basement radon levels when buying a new house. In my state, it's a check box on the required paperwork, so every buyer can see it's an option. The tests are cheap and quick. Check with your state f
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by vharuck 5y ago
Here's one PDF report I've found from the US Department of Justice: < https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/pdf/fpcseo06.pdf > According to it, US federal attorneys dealt with 568 suspects of child se
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by vharuck 5y ago
I use nano when writing short Python or bash scripts in Termux for my Android phone. Is there a different editor I should try? Note that this isn't a common activity, so I'm likely to forget key bindings. I like how nano always
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by vharuck 5y ago
>We have seen historically massive upticks in child abuse material [1], caused by two inventions: the internet and smartphones with cameras, and there's a strong case made that it reflects an actual, large, increase in child sexual
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by vharuck 6y ago
"Decadence" actually has the same root as "decay." It just became synonymous with indulgence over time. Probably because a sign of social decay is when the elite have too much money and start splurging on ridiculous th
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by vharuck 6y ago
Especially when you include things like posters, billboards, furniture, fast food, and all the other things that could be art or masterfully crafted, but more often are just functional. Some games are made to evoke emotions or thoughts. S
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by vharuck 6y ago
>Would you be willing to patronise a shop that charges 50% more for coffee than the shop next to it because it pays its workers more? I'd bet not. I'm not a business owner, but from a customer's point of view, I regularly
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by vharuck 6y ago
I've only seen the anime, but the lesson I got from it was: "Society requires many people who are good at different things to work together, and your value should come from how much you improve the world." The villains decide
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by vharuck 6y ago
Mob Psycho was, IMO, pretty blatant in its moral lesson. Are you saying it didn't have one, or the reviewers blazed their own trails in defiance of the show's message?
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by vharuck 6y ago
>Most of what I have heard Republicans focusing on has been "anti-Conservative bias" in social media platform, but I don't understand how limiting Section 230 protections would address that. It's a meaningless flag to
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by vharuck 6y ago
I'm with you. I preferred the previous version of Firefox on Android. Since switching to the new version: - I've noticed it crashes much more. - It still doesn't support all the extensions I used to have, like uMatrix. -
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by vharuck 6y ago
>But I can't help thinking, what if my daughter wanted to go to this with say a black friend, she wouldn't be allowed. I don't think that's the case. Quoting from a description of one event hosted by Black Girls Code
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by vharuck 6y ago
I've been explicitly told not to do this, because it means my computer could be taken as evidence in a court case or (as a government employee) an open records request.
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by vharuck 6y ago
Search is the only time I use voice commands, and it's only because "typing" with the directional pad sucks. If my remote had a mini keyboard instead of buttons for rarely used features or specific channels, I'd never u
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by vharuck 6y ago
This is my thinking, too. On Instagram, we're seeing the best photos of the people who are on their one vacation of the year. Even if we ourselves post a vacation photo and it gets shared and liked, we won't think of it as one o
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by vharuck 6y ago
Government positions are even cushier. Things move slowly, they value consistency, and the hiring process is such a pain that you won't be fired for anything short of malicious or criminal behavior. And if you automate a government ta
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by vharuck 6y ago
>It is becoming apparent that the U.S. needs an independent agency focussed on transgressions by law enforcement / a civil rights enforcement bureau. YMMV, but: Many agencies have an Auditor General with a cadre of agents whose enti
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by vharuck 6y ago
When birthdate is tied to an account, I pick a random one and store it alongside the username and password in KeePass. Same as the "security questions"; I make up and store nonsensical answers. E.g. "Q: What was your mother
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by vharuck 6y ago
Some Americans, mostly older women, don't know their SSN because they never used it. Their husbands handled taxes, opened bank accounts, and collected Social Security. If you've ever dealt with medical data, SSN is not a reliabl
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by vharuck 6y ago
>I mean, it wasn't even a week ago where the media is running video with Biden's hand passing through reporter's microphones as he answered questions. Almost everything online and in the media is faked now. It was a large
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by vharuck 6y ago
Exactly. As long as people need land and die when shot, there will be militaries.
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by vharuck 6y ago
Why not ask people for this kind of stuff in an honest[1] way? If that doesn't work well because people rarely want to share that information, collecting without asking doesn't seem right. [1] By "honest", I mean like
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by vharuck 6y ago
In the case of Census.gov, they offer an API to get the data[0]. It's actually pretty nice. Stable, ton of data, fairly uniform data structure across the different products. Very high rate limits, considering most data only needs re
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by vharuck 6y ago
>And why does the free software movement need a legislative agenda? I've never seen legislation concerning software that wasn't horribly flawed. Legislation is the product of lobbying and the ignorance of legislators. That&#x27
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by vharuck 6y ago
"There is no single person that is so deserving of praise [that] their comments deprecating others should be allowed to slide. Particularly when those comments are excuses about rape, assault, and child sex trafficking.”

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