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by whyenot 8y ago
Pentagramma is also a genus of ferns. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagramma
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by whyenot 8y ago
That's a good point -- why aren't mining companies buying PAPRs for their workers? PAPRs are designed for difficult conditions like hot and damp, and at least in my experience, the constant flow of air over your face cools you dow
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by whyenot 8y ago
Someone somehow managed to abandon one on the roof (7th floor) of my work building. Getting the damn thing down to the ground floor and out of the building was not a lot of fun. Moving it locked up the wheels and triggered the alarm. It eve
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by whyenot 8y ago
> All probably caused by overuse of insecticides. I am not aware of any scientific publication showing a causal link. Let's be a little careful about this. By increasing crop yields and reducing deaths from insect borne diseases, in
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by whyenot 8y ago
The TI-99/4A didn't ship with a compiler. Neither did the Atari 400 or 800, the Commodore VIC-20 & 64, or for that matter, the Apple II. Sure, the Apple came with a BASIC interpreter, as did several of the others, but not a co
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by whyenot 8y ago
Please include a source, so others can evaluate the accuracy of what you are claiming.
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by whyenot 8y ago
You can actually buy Brighamia insignis from Logees (a specialty nursery) https://www.logees.com/cabbage-on-a-stick-plant-brighamia-in... It is grow-able as a houseplant, but you need to be careful not to overwater it.
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by whyenot 8y ago
Lexus launched in 1989, a year after Reagan left office. The line was developed in response to voluntary export restraints initiated by the Japanese government, not US restrictions.
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by whyenot 8y ago
That's strange, considering that a digital subscription for a whole month is $3.99. ...or are you exaggerating in an attempt to make a point.
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by whyenot 8y ago
If the giver was in the US, wouldn't there be some gift tax or other legal problems with doing this?
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by whyenot 8y ago
$3.05 in 1974, for example, would be about $15.59 today, after adjusting for inflation. What is so mind-blowing about it?
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by whyenot 8y ago
You can mail checks much larger than $10k in. That is what I usually do, as it’s less of a hassle than getting to a branch during business hours. Schwab even provides post paid enevelopes for you to use.
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by whyenot 8y ago
Nonsense. I publish all of my photos on Flickr using a CC license. My picture of California’s Martins Beach has been used in several publications, my pictures from state parks have also shown up in quite a few places. I don’t need to moneti
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by whyenot 8y ago
The color is named after the genus of plants which is in turn named after the German botanist Leonhart Fuchs.
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by whyenot 9y ago
from the article: salary, bonuses, and stock grants.
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by whyenot 9y ago
The median salary package at FB is $240,430[1]. Now I understand how that is possible. 1. http://www.businessinsider.com/facebook-median-pay-240000-20... edit: salary package (salary, bonuses, and stock grants), not salar
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by whyenot 9y ago
In San Jose, people are completely irresponsible with these scooters. Since they can park them anywhere, they show up in front of stairs, in the middle of sidewalks, in front of doors, and other locations where they impede pedestrian traffi
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by whyenot 9y ago
The biggest advantage is being able to image things that aren't flat. It would be extremely useful for digitizing natural history collections (like the beetle in the article). Unfortunately, natural history museums, at least the smalle
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by whyenot 9y ago
not to mention Philip K. Dick
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by whyenot 9y ago
I already deleted my FB account once, maybe 6-7 years ago (not suspended, deleted). It was a mistake. I lost contact with a lot of people, including my relatives in Europe and old friends from grad school. Once I rejoined FB, it took a long
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by whyenot 9y ago
San Benito Mountain in central California has naturally occurring asbestos levels that are so high that no public access was allowed for years (historically, it was a popular off-roading area). More recently, public access is allowed, but y
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by whyenot 9y ago
Getting a SEM would be the easy part. The hard part would be sample preparation and interpreting the results.
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by whyenot 9y ago
There are many different species of milkweed. Please, only plant the species that are native to where you live. If you are unsure what species are native to your area, contact a local plant society, for example the California Native Plant S
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by whyenot 9y ago
This is not a new finding. The title needs a (2013) in it.
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Where China Built Its Bomb, Dark Memories Haunt the Ruins(nytimes.com)
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by whyenot 9y ago
It was pinned at the top of /r/bitcoin for a brief time during the crash in January 2014. I was there. I saw it, although I realize that wouldn't necessarily be convincing evidence to someone else. While it's easy to mak
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by whyenot 9y ago
For the "they" side you elided natural selection, lateral gene transfer, and generation times measured in hours.
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by whyenot 9y ago
The woman at the beginning of the article made $202 a week doing this work. Based on the danger, the potential impact on human health and the US food system, the limited job pool, it sure feels like this is the type of job that should pay m
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by whyenot 9y ago
Gridcoin dates back to 2013, and is one of a large number of "altcoins" that was released during Bitcoin's last price surge and bubble of media attention. It uses proof of stake, which greatly decreases the computing power ne
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by whyenot 9y ago
CP/M source code (at least for 2.2 and earlier) was always pretty readily available because you often needed to make changes to it and the BIOS when adding new hardware. I remember when my Dad got a printer and serial card for his S100

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