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   by volundr- 8y ago

   You say, "Facebook is really doing nothing technologically amazing to allow that communication," but you're kind of glossing over the immense complexity of building systems to support private and public communication (for fre
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   by volundr- 9y ago

   As a rare earth ore, most coal has very little value. From a practical standpoint, this is interesting but not particularly actionable, unless it is a process that is cheap and preserves the other industrial utility of coal.
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   by volundr- 9y ago

   That's not really what he's saying. As a developer, it is up to you to make things go. As a manager, your job is to support engineers and believe that they will make things go. That is indeed a leap, and a very different mindset.
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   by volundr- 9y ago

   From the article: "In place of 20 trees, it uses less than a ton of limestone, as well as 200 kilograms of polyolefin." 200 kilograms of polyolefin, a class of compounds produced by polymerization of alkenes, which are derived fro