ikerrin1

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Bird Course – a short memoir of physics(kennerg.substack.com)
2 points by ikerrin1 4mo ago|0 comments
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by ikerrin1 4mo ago
It’s good to be a Canadian.
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by ikerrin1 9mo ago
You can criticize it for many things but it seems to have comedic timing nailed.
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by ikerrin1 1y ago
That is just such a Harvard thing to do. Harvard: Sorry we can’t give you a discount in our outrageous tuition; yes I know how big our endowment is. Also Harvard: Will you take $27 for this priceless artifact?
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by ikerrin1 1y ago
Canadian here. I recall in 1991 being woken by Swiss border guards in a train carriage full of Germans and Italians. After inspecting their passports they shined the light in my face. They saw my maple leaf on my bag and asked “Est-tu Canad
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by ikerrin1 2y ago
It becomes an issue when you think of the electricity source of your power generation. Clearly storing and listening to MP3s in green electricity jurisdictions like Ontario and Quebec is better than using plastic because computers are power
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by ikerrin1 2y ago
I’m of the opinion that you should have a cassette deck for music that never made it to CD or if they did didn’t make it to streaming. Some bands only released on cassette. True I digitize those sometimes. Also, since cassettes are two buck
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by ikerrin1 2y ago
I agree with the general thrust of this article. You should be able to use a computer you buy until it physically stops working, not just until the hardware isn’t supported by the new OS. But I can’t agree at all that Linux is only useful a
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by ikerrin1 3y ago
Could the boss asking for photos be passive aggressively asking for proof to show why the people aren’t at work?
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by ikerrin1 3y ago
I can’t speak to SF, but there have been so many construction towers in Canadian cities. They are densifying rapidly, but a lot of it have been condos and apartments.
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by ikerrin1 3y ago
It may have something to do with urban design and zoning in the two countries. Candace has far fewer exurbs and higher suburban density. You can’t just add new housing stock by moving beyond a city’s boundaries.
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by ikerrin1 4y ago
Canadian Geese regiments were one of the principal tactics British and Colonial forces used to protect Upper Canada in the War of 1812. Sadly, the geese never were able to adjust to civilian life and now are just real jerks.