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by wcarron 7y ago
No, not talking about pitons. That was what climbing was. When climbers like Yvon realized the damage it was causing, new forms of protection were invented, like spring-loaded camming devices and metal chocks that could be removed and cause
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by wcarron 7y ago
In some, ways, it seems like Yvon's trying to undo the damage Patagonia did in its earlier days. Like... some sort of good act to absolve it and him of his "environmental sins". But, this is too shallow, and too pessimistic,
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by wcarron 7y ago
> that sole superpower being seemingly incapable of winning wars for the last 20 Is it not obvious, at this point, that "winning" the wars are not the goal? That the wars are used as pretense for endless military presence to s
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by wcarron 7y ago
Are you really being serious right now? Please, inform all of us how space travel was possible in 1776. At best, one could make the argument that the invention of the V2 rocket was the first time space travel was possible. But, 194X to 1961
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by wcarron 7y ago
I disagree. Wages have stagnated for decades. Regulation too lax, especially with regard to predatory financial practices and environmental damage. Protests, too few. The US is the most business friendly developed nation ever to exist. It i
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by wcarron 7y ago
Well, they said "very flat", not "entirely flat". I'm willing to bet that his/her company does have some supervisory or managerial roles, but very few, with most employees on the same "level", per se.
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by wcarron 7y ago
I prefer "Ride like everyone will try to kill you"
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by wcarron 7y ago
That's complete BS. The roads have always been there, fulfilling their designated purpose; which is to handle the small amount of traffic the neighborhood residents generate in a safe manner. They were never meant to handle massive amo
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by wcarron 7y ago
> The article mentions the 'LA Complete Streets Official Guide' listing which streets the planners designated as arterial vs non-arterial - guess what, if there's a mismatch between the plan and how people can reach their
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by wcarron 7y ago
I'll wait for the official timing validated by the Ring. Until now, this is just vaporware. This is nearly baseless speculation passed off as an article. For what it's worth, I'm better the Porsche will be faster.
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by wcarron 7y ago
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28318902 From this study: > Current flavored (including menthol) tobacco product use was highest in youth (80%, aged 12-17 years); and young adult tobacco users (73%, aged 18-24 y
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by wcarron 7y ago
I proposed to my fiancee with a Moissanite stone. One is hardly able to tell the difference. It looks like I paid many thousands of dollars more than I did for it, and no one is ever the wiser. Go for it.
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by wcarron 7y ago
Sorry, won't happen again.
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by wcarron 7y ago
I personally smear my own feces on the armrests, having come prepared with plastic arm sleeves so that it doesn't get on me.
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by wcarron 7y ago
Thank you for clarifying. I was using the standard unit, since that is how I've always used it in, for example, conversations about cycling.
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by wcarron 7y ago
1 HP actually equals 746 watts / second
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by wcarron 7y ago
> Not a fair comparison. You're talking about motorcycles. Well, I did say, "as a motorcycle rider... it's mundane". But fine. There's the C7 Corvette ZR1 with a 2.9-3.1s 0-60, depending on driver. Top speed of 2
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by wcarron 7y ago
Any time, and thank you for yours.
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by wcarron 7y ago
> While not quick as fast as the P100DL's 2.4 second 0-60 time, it still does it in 3.2 seconds Not impressive. My $10,500 KTM 790 Duke does 3.1s 0-60mph. Nowhere close to the fastest bike, at only 100ish horsepower. Literbikes wit
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by wcarron 7y ago
> Nobody says car buyers of the future have to buy an EV. With increasingly stringnent emissions controls, it is only a matter of time until ICEs will not be manufactured. > From a technical perspective, nothing about EV design forbid
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by wcarron 7y ago
Great and all, but I'll never purchase an EV if I can help it. They are garbage, in my opinion. They feel like cheap toys, like go karts. I've driven and ridden in Teslas and, aside from the acceleration, there's nothing spec
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by wcarron 7y ago
Don't forget to take into account that fuel economy standards get more and more lax as GVW increases in a step-wise fashion (at least in the US). If you look at historical data, cars and trucks have been increasing in size and GVW at a
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by wcarron 7y ago
ID requirements more onerous? Not sure what you mean. You simply need to show a State ID verifying you are 21 or older. I've sure noticed many more dispensaries requiring ID instead of just..."forgetting to check", but that&#
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by wcarron 7y ago
Using GMail while advocating breaking up some anti-competitive/monopolistic practices/companies isn't hypocrisy. It's using a singular product to do what that singular product doe; which is fine. I can advocate Johnson a
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by wcarron 7y ago
> Her proposal also includes a plan to pass legislation that would prohibit platform owners with more than $25 billion in revenue to participate on their platforms as well. This policy would largely affect companies like Amazon that both
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by wcarron 7y ago
Is this supposed to be an indictment of her character or something? Perhaps you're suggesting she's a hypocrite? In any case, care to elaborate?
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by wcarron 7y ago
TNF makes serious mountaineering gear. I mean gear for people trekking Lhotse or Annapurna or Aconcagua. I've had one of their sleeping bags too. Not exactly a Western Mountaineering bag but it was quite respectable to a relatively ser
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by wcarron 7y ago
Dunno about that. It's been debated endlessly; but Schumacher, I would say, is the best ever. Statistically, MS trounces AS, but statistics aren't everything, of course. Senna's tragic death stole a real comparison between th
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by wcarron 7y ago
> Do you think these places were less impressive/worse 10K years ago when they had forests and lakes? And why must we preserve them in current desolate state instead of restoring to the older state when they could sustain more life?
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by wcarron 7y ago
Because it's beautiful. Because we can and should preserve Earth's natural monuments. Because fragile and vulnerable species live there and nowhere else. Have you ever been to Death Valley National Park? I was never interested in

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