istjohn

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by istjohn 6d ago
If your country's defense department is conducting itself ethically, and the contracts are for equipment or technology that is not inherently ethically fraught (like autonymous weapon systems), then one might consider that acceptable i
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by istjohn 10d ago
Reality encompasses more than the physical universe. Abstract mathematics describe an aspect of reality, too.
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by istjohn 19d ago
If I recall correctly solar panels are already so cheap that to halve the installed cost again will require most of the efficiencies to be found in other costs like manufacture of associated hardware and equipment and installation. I don&#x
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by istjohn 19d ago
It is if the nuclear industry pays for it to be. See the disclaimer at the bottom of the article.
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by istjohn 22d ago
I believe there's a controversy filter that down ranks items if the ratio of comments to item upvotes is too high.
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by istjohn 27d ago
One of his YouTube videos[1] has a couple freeze frames showing him carving a three-dimensional shape to form a shoe upper. 1: https://youtu.be/M8YMUMmFbFs?t=9
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by istjohn 27d ago
I would imagine wheat or rice paste. Edit: He has a lot of footage of him cutting out and placing letters and wires on his YouTube channel, but it doesn't show him applying any adhesive. Now I really want to know how he does it.
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by istjohn 1mo ago
I recently perused Marketplace, and it appears to be so thoroughly infested with barely disguised scams, bogus prices and other garbage as to be usable by only the most intrepid and determined shoppers.
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by istjohn 1mo ago
According to physicist Sean Carroll, "hypothesis" and "theory" are interchangeable as the words are used by practicing scientists.
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by istjohn 2mo ago
First, the inability to coordinate with the candidate on marketing doesn't strike me as much of an obstacle to SuperPAC effectiveness. Second, the Supreme Court ruled this summer that political parties cannot be prevented from coordina
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by istjohn 2mo ago
Perhaps a way to avoid this would be to have the duress pin trigger not a device wipe, but a device encryption with a long, pre-set key that you would store in a safe place when setting up the duress pin. Then you haven't destroyed the
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by istjohn 2mo ago
Bowline isn't great for safety-critical applications, especially when not under constant load.
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by istjohn 3mo ago
"The car is designed for urban settings and has a top speed of 50 kilometers (31 miles) per hour."
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by istjohn 3mo ago
I found the writing engaging and enjoyable to read.
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by istjohn 3mo ago
It's the saying, "It's easier to ask forgiveness than get permission." https://quoteinvestigator.com/2018/06/19/forgive/
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by istjohn 3mo ago
Fringy parts like the POTUS?
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by istjohn 3mo ago
Edit: The prominently displayed title of the blog is "A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry." It's precisely what it says on the tin. He's a military historian writing for a popular audience who naturally get much of thei
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by istjohn 5mo ago
They did better drinking a placebo than swishing and spitting a beverage with real sugar, so no.
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by istjohn 5mo ago
I'm absent minded enough to accidentally do this on a bad day. I haven't yet, to my knowledge.
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by istjohn 5mo ago
From another comment: https://pepakura.tamasoft.co.jp/pepakura_designer/
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by istjohn 6mo ago
...in the air
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by istjohn 6mo ago
I notice you are using the phrase "constitutional law" now, where as the original question was whether the UK can be said to have "a constitution." The oddities of this "duck" go far beyond its lack of entrench
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by istjohn 6mo ago
From your link: "This enables the constitution to be easily changed as no provisions are formally entrenched." It doesn't look like a duck, it doesn't quack like a duck, yet you insist that this goose-shaped creature is
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by istjohn 6mo ago
What exactly will improve if men are more blunt and non-apologetic?
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by istjohn 6mo ago
It would be journalistic malpractice to avoid reporting on anything that the government does that the government isn't willing to admit publically to doing. It's possible to ascertain facts, even of the actions of the US governmen
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by istjohn 6mo ago
The Dem leadership is almost as pro-Israel as the Republicans. Schumer will go through the motions of condemning the war, but inside, he's tickled pink. Remember, it was a Dem president who supplied bombs for the Israel genocide in Gaz
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by istjohn 6mo ago
If Trump truly cared about nukes, he wouldn't have torn up the treaty in his first term. This war's about catering to Israel and distracting from the Epstein files.
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by istjohn 6mo ago
Total addressable market
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by istjohn 7mo ago
Is that such a bad thing? Plenty of people will take medications for the rest of their life -- statins, antipsychotics, antidepressants, ADHD meds, antiretrovirals. The stigma of chronic medicine use needs to go away.
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by istjohn 7mo ago
The entire idea of post-scarcity doesn't withstand the slightest scrutiny. Even if unlimited energy and matter could be summoned by magic, one would be limited by space and the speed of light, and by the threat of black hole formation

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