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by wooster 17y ago
Cattle rancher here. The amount of energy it takes to run a cattle ranch is dwarfed by the amount of energy it takes to, say, air condition a moderately large office building. In this case, you'd probably be air conditioning a huge factory.
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"e.g., contra the green movement, CF bulbs do not save energy during heating season, so are net polluters" Not so much: """It's true that incandescent bulbs give off heat that can help to keep your home warm. But, Rubinstein[0] points out t
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"The latest version of iTunes is almost entirely WebKit based." Much of the store frontend is, but I think you underestimate the staggering amount of code that goes into a desktop app like iTunes.
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The sticking point with this, as with most geo APIs which depend on non-free data, is the terms of use: "The data in the API is our intellectual property or that of our partners who provided it to us. It is not yours and we are not granting
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Not only that, a commit -by- Ken Thompson.
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'Ken Thompson was once asked what he would do differently if he were redesigning the UNIX system. His reply: "I'd spell creat with an e."' http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kenneth_Thompson#Attributed
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Opinions, sure. Libel and threats, not so much. "misogyny, bigotry, and casual discrimination" "I'll go Communications major on your ass"
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I'd shoot for about 80% of the starting salary you'd pay if they were a new full time employee just getting out of college.
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Well, he did say he admired Mark's aggressiveness. ;)
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Things I would miss if I moved from OS X to Linux: * Shark * Instruments * dtrace * leaks * TextMate * Spin Control
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I'm pretty sure it was a copy-paste error on my part. That said, anyone who wants to link to, say, a help page on tinyurl from Twitter will automatically have their link blocked as malware. That seems a bit anticompetitive, no? They also bl
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Bit.ly + tinyurl.com = FAIL(blog.planetaryscale.com)
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Neat. Here's my iPhone app sales revenue charted using this: http://blog.planetaryscale.com/2009/11/04/iphone-app-sales-h...
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Speaking tours, artistic performances, etc are generally exempted from this. You shouldn't need a work visa to, for example, speak at a conference for which you are being paid.
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Most governments other than the US charge enormous amounts of money for map data, with very tight restrictions on licensing. Many consider it a state secret, and won't sell the data at all.
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Hacker Dojo http://hackerdojo.com
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Also, within walking distance of YCombinator (2 blocks), so drop by if you're in the area. :-)
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The Lincoln Highway was built to coincide with the Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco in 1915, and was the inspiration for the Interstate Highway System. Modern, riveted, blue jeans were invented in California. Altavis
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3. LICENSE RESTRICTIONS – You agree that you will not, and will not assist or enable others to: a) cache, record, pre-fetch, or otherwise store any portion of the Company Content or attempt or provide a means to execute any "bulk download"
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4 kids: "He spends that time caring for the two youngest children, Shayne and Jackson, 16 months, while his wife takes the two oldest, Zachary, 7, and Kelley, 10, with her to the elementary school where she teaches and they are enrolled as
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I'm looking forward to it.
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I listen to repetitive, energetic music. Metal, techno, acid jazz, etc. That, and caffeine.
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confused look "What's 'free time'?"
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This is the same guy who thinks online education will replace traditional colleges: http://www.educationsector.org/analysis/analysis_show.htm?do... Here's his ideal fantasy university -- funded by Bill Gates, with unlimited online enrollm
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As an aside, these are my favorite admissions essays: http://sepwww.stanford.edu/sep/jon/family/jos/college/index.... Jos was a friend of some of my coworkers at Tellme (ex-WebTV folks). Also, if you faint during workouts, EVER, you shoul
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> Raising cattle uses an enormous amount of fossil fuel. s/Raising cattle/Raising cattle on corn/
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Pointing to a piracy site on a site chock-full of entrepreneurs? Really? And you got upmodded. WTF.
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http://tweeteorites.com/ It tracks your friends' favorites on Twitter, and suggests interesting people for you to follow based on favorites and your social network structure.
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Rancher/farmer here, from the Salinas Valley surrounds. There are some factual errors in the article, like this gem: "The deadly bug first appeared in hamburger meat in the early 1980s" E. coli has been around approximately forever, so I do
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Neat! I hadn't seen that method before. Time to get reading. :)

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