el_don_almighty

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by el_don_almighty 1y ago
I, for one, look forward to our new RUST overlords...
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by el_don_almighty 1y ago
I have been looking for something that would ingest a decade of old Word and PowerPoint documents and convert them into a standardized format where the individual elements could be repurposed for other formats. This seems like a critical b
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by el_don_almighty 1y ago
This is what makes Hacker News such an astounding resource for thought provoking insight. I take the American perspective on free speech as nearly a theological imperative despite the problematic side effects. The alternatives strike me a
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
The kimberlite source of these phytoliths and their age makes me question our confidence in their origination from the arctic surface. Is it at all possible this material was cycled through plate tectonics which subducted it from a souther
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
Real sailors arrive using the "colada" effect but lately there's been a growing reliance on the "chelada" effect since Modelo introduced those tasty red cans! They go down fast and make a day of sailing go even fas
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
This problem has already been solved by the MRI machines at your local airport. Cost and performance are not the issues. For $25 your luggage gets an MRI that automatically differentiates between organic molecules in seconds. How easily
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
"put down the release and step away"
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
love this
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
so put your big boy pants on and compete!! Don't run under grampa Biden's rocking chair and hope he doesn't glide over your tail.
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
Ooops, it was ppp pp p pp Porky PP p pp PP P PIg
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
I saw Bugs Bunny take a train to Rancho Cucamonga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWHYRjYYLqY
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
Every night is the end of the world as you know it
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by el_don_almighty 2y ago
Burning oil is what? CO2 time travel from the past?
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
hmmm.... u.s. government and 'mental health' you say?
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
<inside head> do not say covid do not say covid do not say co... </inside head>
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
You mean "2,000 picometers" Because, I stayed in a Holiday Inn last night and now I am a Marketing professional
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
/. Effect?
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
Providing up to 6 MW of electricity to a battery-electric mining truck while traveling Existing options are based on 100-year-old overhead trolley lines which work ok, but come with dramatic downsides in capital costs and operational limita
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
Vehicle design or operator usage? Do new cars appear to be safer because new car owners drive more defensively? Perhaps bad drivers can only afford old cars and smash them up? Data is a slippery fish
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
PORN will drive answers to all your technology market questions What will the PORN industry decide? Does this new platform drive new, exclusive revenue sources for immersive PORN? If the answer is yes, then the technology and commercial inf
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Ask HN: How much is the ISS worth in parts, on Earth?
1 points by el_don_almighty 3y ago|0 comments
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
Is there any evidence of human advancement without nicotine? What if civilization depends on nicotine and without it, we devolve back to the stone age?
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
What did you say? Increase volume when you lose money on every unit? This isn't software... especially when you better accrue a giant pot of warranty money for the inevitable battery and system recalls over the early infant years. I a
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
By the power vested in me as a random comment from the internet, behold, I now declare you, "SANE!" Go forth, and insane no more.
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
timesuck by Dan Cummins The absolute best for long format (2.5 hrs) breakdown of mystery, murder, history, comedy, and other amazing stories told by a wickedly intelligent host with a strong sense of comedic irony. Every episode gets me th
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
No matter how much hot porridge went into my pants... Natalie Portman never stopped in for a visit My only /. regret c'est dommage Natalie, the loss was yours I am sure
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
Investors don't pay taxes on real estate They pass these costs directly to the renter The occupants pay real estate taxes
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
Ironically: US EPA Cafe standards drive the increasing vehicle size. https://www.meche.engineering.cmu.edu/_files/images/research... The cheapest way to meet the EPA MPG requirements is to INCREASE the vehicle whe
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
The wisest thing I've read all day. Thank you my friend
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by el_don_almighty 3y ago
He was an oddball, but he was my kind of odd and I will miss him. The world seems strangely less friendly without him TO this day, my kids don't pass a truck without checking for Large Marge!

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