Pokepokalypse

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by Pokepokalypse 2y ago
In my study, (n=2), I can attest, indeed, that both of my dogs will willingly give up roaming outside in the wild for snacks, scritches, and belly-rubs.
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
I have long ago lost my enthusiasm for this stuff, and now I just do it because I need a paycheck.
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
Frankly, at least in the context of US Copyright Law, we need to go back to Article I of the Constitution that defines copyright. The very first sentence is "To promote the useful arts and sciences..." If congress passes a copyrig
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
back in the 1990s, they used to hold open house tours.
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
I've lost too many friends to mass-layoffs over the years. I just can't do that shit anymore.
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
Modern homes have much better insulation and energy efficiency (like LED bulbs), etc. But I think it's also true that a lot of builders can get away with cutting corners, and the materials that go into homebuilding are also often of le
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
"teaching is the highest form of mastery" -- (don't know who said this quote)
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
lol. that's me; only I start by writing out the problem as an email to ask someone for help. 90% of the time, I find that I didn't have a complete understanding of the problem to begin with, and I usually end up solving it before
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by Pokepokalypse 3y ago
Pretty amazing to think that since this life evolved here, a lot of it thrives on methane. Therefore: I think there's a high likelihood of similar life on Titan. (which has a mostly-methane atmosphere)
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
yes. Dr. Gerard O'Neil figured this out in like 1978. Then, OPEC decided to demonstrate just how temporarily infeasible they could make it, by manipulating global oil prices (far from the first time).
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
warmer atmosphere == higher capacity to hold water vapor.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
CO2 plus H2O (water vapor is also a highly potent greenhouse gas).
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
We sold my daughter's condo 2 years ago, and we're still getting email solititations to buy it. Apparently there's a company sitting behind about a half-dozen shell companies, and they're trying to buy up enough units th
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
It does cost a lot, but in most cases you're going to get more bang for your buck. (and you can also forgo features you don't like or need: like a homeowner's association; or pre-existing utility connections you don't wa
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
Here is exactly why: In America, this is basically the ONLY way "normal people" can make money (or at least used to be - those of us who didn't "get on the bus" in time have missed out). Unless you create valuable
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
tell that to the bitcoin bros.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
amateur
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
yeah - there's not going to be a shortage of aluminum any time soon.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
So how about that pressure-treated lumber that they make the playground equipment with? Filled with Arsenic.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
Ultimately, marketers market themselves. They may be good at it or bad at it, but at the end of the day, if they're dishonest about it, they can be successful also.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
I don't know. Let's keep burning oil for energy and find out!
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
It's a warning to turbulent priests everywhere.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
yah - our weekly 'all hands' seems to basically be: The Marketing Team marketing the marketing team to the rest of the company. It's frustrating; and worse, we've had our CEO several times send group messages to scold pe
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
but mostly not so much if the person has an MBA. Sure, it's a gross generalization, but after 25+ years in this industry, I stand by this bigotry.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
I tend to really like working startups. Massive corporations are usually very risk-averse, and you end up just mostly being a ticket-monkey. The problems you're tending to solve are mostly pretty boring - unless you're a rock-star
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
>And trust me, confidently believing in fiction is much much worse for effective planning Absolutely TRUE - and this becomes a political problem in some organizations, depending on whether you're around people who can handle hearing
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
Oh, yes, that book was great. The helicopter one is pretty unique, and there was another one that is VERY simple to make, and you end up making a flying-ring, and that plane actually performed beautifully. It flew straight and fast; wasn&#
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
The problem was; he also used very thick impasto-style brushstrokes. With Oil Paint, this often takes a long time to dry (and leaves a physical texture which will be visible if you overpaint that). Some of Van Gogh's paintings are so
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
As a former dub-head; that Yaris is a fun little go-kart. And almost as un-killable as the legendary Hilux. Really wish we could have gotten a decent GT version in the US. But Toyota is what Toyota is.
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by Pokepokalypse 4y ago
Somehow, I think 20 years from now, they'll discover that VW's EV's were programmed to cheat on emissions tests.

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