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by jayfuerstenberg 10y ago
This is nearly a year old. However it really is funny to consider that a country can tax such an abundant thing as the sun.
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The Truth About Solar(youtube.com)
2 points by jayfuerstenberg 10y ago|0 comments
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by jayfuerstenberg 10y ago
I'm not so lazy that I can't hold my phone and google for something. Pass.
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by jayfuerstenberg 10y ago
It's good to see Europe taking the opposite approach of America with regards to Glyphosate. Forget the studies and just let time show us who is right and who is wrong. All I do know is that humanity made it this far (15000+ years of a
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by jayfuerstenberg 11y ago
Neo-classical capitalism doesn't even acknowledge the laws of nature let alone follow them. Jeremy Rifkin has written a lot of about this topic and his arguments that economists should first learn the laws of thermodynamics before bein
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by jayfuerstenberg 11y ago
Agreed, there is no conspiracy here. Just a series of systemic flaws. What's scary is that there needs to be a discussion on this but few economists are brave enough to voice their concerns. David Harvey, Steve Keen, and others are
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by jayfuerstenberg 11y ago
Keep in mind also that the 10% reserve doesn't mean physical money (paper/coins). When a bank loans money, it can create $9 out of thin air for every real $1 it holds (be it in paper or in DB entry). When loans are being paid ba
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by jayfuerstenberg 11y ago
The documentary "Four Horsemen" (link below) goes into these topics at length, especially money creation. Most people's jaws drop when they learn that 97% of all money in the world isn't in paper/coin form but rath
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by jayfuerstenberg 11y ago
Land the rocket on some flame-proof air bags. It doesn't have to land vertically does it? Let it fall over gently if need be.
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Water crisis coming in 15 years unless the world acts now, UN report warns(theglobeandmail.com)
65 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|61 comments
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Nearly all fuel in Fukushima No. 1 reactor has melted, says TEPCO(japantoday.com)
2 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|0 comments
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Well the kanji uses "kei" too.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Herbivore men in Japanese is not "soshoku danshi", it's "soshoku KEI danshi". Just sayin'.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
It's an unrelated video somebody created subtitles for. The only thing funny about it is the guy's laugh, especially at the last second of the video.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Take your well-visited paths and drag them to the left (where Apps, Documents, etc… are). Then just click on those labels. It's even faster than typing the path in Window's location bar.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
You don't need to have the mouse on the left side. Either go with bluetooth or a cable longer than 20cm.
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The fall of capitalism and the Internet of things(futurism.co)
1 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|0 comments
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
This is already true.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
I wouldn't want to be a dumpster diver anymore than the next person but I applaud this person for actually having a view outside of rampant consumerism and following through on it.
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
'Harm' is such a vague word though. Could divesting of oil stocks be considered tantamount to terrorism going forward?
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Agreed. Let's take it one step further than let them use their fingernails. An honest day's work for all!
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Photo shows how fake app store rankings are made(businessinsider.com)
3 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|0 comments
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Who decides how your time is spent? - The Globe and Mail(theglobeandmail.com)
1 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|0 comments
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
Being in Canada, I wish amazon didn't require an American address and CC to use this.
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Achieving A Work Life Balance – Real Actionable Ideas(jayfuerstenberg.com)
1 points by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago|0 comments
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by jayfuerstenberg 12y ago
In every craft you get better with age, as long as your keep you mind and body active. Zuckerberg will learn this as he gets older.
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by jayfuerstenberg 13y ago
Boredom is a powerful motivator too. A couple months of laying around doing nothing will drive most people crazy and they'll begin asking themselves what they want their life to be about. And even if they don't contribute anything
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by jayfuerstenberg 13y ago
Cocoa offers the same undo implementation as described here with "NSUndoManager" where, for each action, you add the opposite action to an undo stack. As a pattern it is proven to work. It just consumes memory and servers might n
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by jayfuerstenberg 13y ago
In what way? Politics need to be open in order for a healthy democracy to thrive.
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by jayfuerstenberg 13y ago
Thank you for dragging the TPP treaty into the light Wikileaks! Humanity may very well owe you for this.

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