a_gnostic

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by a_gnostic 2y ago
My pi won't phone home, Echo constantly does.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Not to forget https://www.kerbalspaceprogram.com
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
That one's good! For an alternate perspective, check episodes 0028 and 0027 of The Dangerous History Podcast (1) 1. https://profcj.org/
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
I'd love to watch a truck put on its' own chains, or deal with any number of situations our truckers deal with on a regular basis. Truth is, self-driving vehicles will only be feasible for the last mile, backing, parking, or fair
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Did you know, antimatter is just time-reversed matter? So where did all our antimatter go… ? Yes, this ties into this.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Hence, "c".
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
The universe is not split, though. You just perceive it that way. Think of it as a wave function, where some of the time, some waves cancel each other out, and are not observed, and some of the time they are amplified and easily observable.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Brother has been pretty good with ink. Even allows 3rd party.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
The cloud is just someone else's computer.
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The Future of Electric Vehicles at the Zero Emissions Fleet Event [video](youtube.com)
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
CanEV Might-E Truck https://canev.com/pages/might-e-truck Peterbilt 579EV 0-Emission Truck https://www.peterbilt.com/trucks/electric/579EV Mean Green Electric Mowers https://meangr
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Plus Mars' atmosphere has tons of CO2. Think of the carbon credits!
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
> Why do people want to go to Mars? Because cool giant robots and flying cars are more feasible under lower gravity.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Unions "represent" employees, and represent the union itself.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Same. Used to be able to tell old people to go ask a kid to troubleshoot their e-mail software, but it seems to stop at my generation.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
A gotcha was not intended. I commented in your support, with mild humor implied.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Posted previously https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39785815
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Even that is physics.
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Communism is the very definition of failure. Return, refit, and redeploy to purge the stain of this failure with the peroxide of victory!
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Inkjets need a gas cartridge. https://www.spacepen.com/our-story
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
I grew up trilingual, and have noticed that I understand mechanical concepts better in one language, industrial concepts in another… but have mostly defaulted to English nowadays. I find learning new concepts easier by playing translation g
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
Oftentimes I find myself understanding complex concepts before I can describe them, even internally . I am sure everyone has this, as I often read comments praising others' submissions for formulating their thoughts efficiently. So
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
The state has ruled time and again; It has no duty to protect you and your property. Warren v. District of Columbia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_v._District_of_Columbia Castle Rock v. Gonzales http://
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by a_gnostic 2y ago
What eternal wealth would a guy in a hut in the middle of a land-locked forest have, with no infrastructure, and no community? Why is he forced to provide anything beyond self-sustainability? > pay up regularly or let someone else who wi
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
Bank branches can be replaced with technology. Maybe the problem of car washes has a similar solution, or maybe it ain't a problem.
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
> Humans do not fit the model of "rational self-interested agent > Any rational group would pool resources and have a single org do the research and share it with everyone. Oops we've reinvented a government. The firse quote
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
> another instance of how low property taxes and the absence of land value taxes massively benefits low-value businesses. How are other businesses excluded from low property taxes? This is clearly unfair, and could be easier addressed by
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
The first US asphalt roads were built by cycling clubs (1). 1) https://www.vox.com/2015/3/19/8253035/roads-cyclists-cars-hi...
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
Isn't this one of the reasons kissing evolved; To develop resistance to each others' microbiome, and not allergies?
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by a_gnostic 3y ago
Milankovitch cycles describe the collective effects of changes in the Earth's movements on its climate over thousands of years. The term was coined and named after the Serbian geophysicist and astronomer Milutin Milanković. In the 1920

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