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by dkoubsky 7y ago
That's what I was thinking too. Lyn is super cool.
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by dkoubsky 7y ago
The London plane tree, a hybrid between the eastern sycamore and the american sycamore, could be an example of this. They were some of the only trees that could cope with the heavy pollution in London during the industrial revolution. Here&
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by dkoubsky 7y ago
An interesting and related story: European newspaper couriers used 6 wheeled Citroens to transport the paper across countries overnight at nearly 100 mph. [1] https://petrolicious.com/articles/vintage-friday-when-overni
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
Well certainly nobody feels its necessary to run illegal corn growing operations in national parks. But as long as legalized drugs have a significant price premium over black market drugs, then incentives for this behavior would still be in
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
I don't see why a CAD file would be any different than normal instructions for building firearms. For example, building a 12 gauge shotgun from 1" and 3/4" steel pipe is cheaper, easier, and probably safer/more effe
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
Click the "web" link just below the article's title. Most sites with a paywall let you read an article if you arrived at it via a google search page.
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
Related: Humans have twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. https://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/09/05/the-missing-...
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
These traits would make it a pretty good guard dog though.
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
While not quite from scratch, I have built guns. I might add that it is a very interesting and educational experience for anyone interested. Also, know that so long as you aren't a felon and the gun you build complies with federal and
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
I don't think you can relate toxic masculinity to stoicism or suppression of feelings. While there are toxic attitudes that are merely acting out some misunderstood idea of masculinity (Ex: Telling a boy with legitimate issues that he
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
I like this a lot. I also believe that taking complete responsibility for all of the issues in your life (some call it extreme ownership) is better than the inverse. If everything is your fault then at least you can try to change it, but if
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
I'm about to graduate high school and train become an electrician. I chose this route over college because I know I would be miserable at a normal desk job and going into the trades will allow me to work with my hands, which I enjoy do
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
At least they're all really cool cars.
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
I've heard Joe Rogan talk about this on his podcast. It sounds like there is an epidemic of cartoon styled videos with dark endings that wind up autoplaying after kids' videos.
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
The police have held a press conference. https://twitter.com/search?q=san%20bruno%20press%20conferenc... It looks like shooter was a female who is now deceased with 4 or 5 others injured.
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by dkoubsky 8y ago
It also might be helpful to do the opposite. Write out what your life will be like if you continue down the wrong path or just let yourself go entirely. I think we all have some idea of what our lives would be like if we regress, I know min
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
At my high school - a private prep school - we are required to have iPads. All of us were required to install a monitoring program that has access to most of what we do on the iPads (internet searches, messages, etc.). To my knowledge, it h
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
I gave up pop a while back. I never drank coffee so breaking the caffeine addiction wasn't too hard after the three day hump. Also, because I would normally drink pop in the evening I get better sleep and actually feel better/more
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
Jordan Peterson talked about this in his infamous Cathy Newman interview. I think it's worth a watch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
Or you could have a combination of both. I'm currently in high school. I live in a small town's school district but commute into a fairly large city to school (about a 35 minute drive). This gives me both access to nature (where I
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
The amount of civility on HN is almost unbelievable. The behavior of the users is one of the HN's biggest strengths.
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
I'm interested in hearing more.
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
Theres a lot of really intelligent people on here. To me, its often more interesting to read their insights and debates on an article than the article itself. HN always introduces me to new technologies and new ideas. I love it.
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
I've heard this phrased in another way. The question isn't why many women seek more balance, it's why some men are insane enough to want to work such intense hours.
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
This seems like it may be appropriate: http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
Not to mention the competitor will most likely have to do without the subsidies SpaceX received from the government.
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
Related: "Why is controversial professor Jordan Peterson so popular?" https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/2018/02/07/why-...
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by dkoubsky 9y ago
I have to agree. Peterson's lectures were the most interesting and beneficial things that I listened to this year.
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by dkoubsky 11y ago
I was thinking of doing something like this. What about a forum type site where older people could directly ask us questions?
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by dkoubsky 11y ago
That's a tough one. As you probably know, we all have phones (mostly iPhones) In terms of things that aren't electronic it gets tough. Shoes are a common place to spend money as is most other clothing. I would say apps and downloa

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