jgbmlg

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by jgbmlg 7d ago
Maybe this is a solution to the Fermi paradox?
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by jgbmlg 5mo ago
Know thyself. The first step in being your better self. This pithy piece of advice has been repeatedly given throughout history no doubt predating its being chiseled onto the Temple of Apollo around 2500 years ago. Humanity probably has no
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by jgbmlg 5mo ago
7 years, or rather, more time than you expected is correct. Generally, success happens slowly. To succeed, just don't fail. If you keep your job, muddle along with your side business, avoiding debt, keeping your fixed costs low, and mo
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by jgbmlg 9mo ago
2nd law of thermodynamics is what makes destructiveness so costly. It is much easier and cheaper to destroy than to build or rebuild. The Trump administration is devaluing the United States at an alarming rate.
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by jgbmlg 1y ago
I still use Google desktop on a dedicated computer to search our local network. Its been running since about 2008.
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by jgbmlg 1y ago
It's ironic that machine intelligence is advancing during an era when human intelligence is declining.
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Butter and Plant-Based Oils Intake and Mortality(jamanetwork.com)
1 points by jgbmlg 2y ago|0 comments
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Explore the Egyptian Tomb of Queen Meresankh III(my.matterport.com)
2 points by jgbmlg 2y ago|2 comments
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
Matterport, Inc., a spatial data company which digitizes things and parts of the world. Like Denver's Union Station https://matterport.com/discover/space/Jbp8eZ5kqg3 The inside of the Korea Train Express&#x27
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The Greatly Underestimated Climate Tipping Point from Global Warming [video](youtube.com)
6 points by jgbmlg 2y ago|1 comments
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation, AMOC. Keynote by Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf, Co-Head of Research Department on Earth System Analysis of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) and Professor of
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
I think a voice more like Harvey Keitel's would be better!
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
For reference, The Pomodoro Technique: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pomodoro_Technique
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
Just because an economist puts a name on an economic trend like "secondary post war depression" doesn't mean they understand it. The economy goes up, it goes down, it goes up, it goes down, it goes up, it goes down, economist
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
I hope FBI is backtracking the serial numbers on these components and finding the diversions to Russia. Serialization similar to what the FDA mandates for drugs should be implemented by treaty for all NATO nations, and sanctions imposed on
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
No. Works fine for me. You may be experiencing a local problem.
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by jgbmlg 2y ago
I guess I better stop using Bozos_Gismos
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by jgbmlg 3y ago
The Stephan Zweig quote, "And only delusion, not knowledge, brings happiness." is ringing in my mind.
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by jgbmlg 3y ago
Concise as someone like C.S.Lewis could write. Moral and ethical philosophy.
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Right and Wrong as a Clue to the Meaning of the Universe -C. S. Lewis [pdf](spot.colorado.edu)
3 points by jgbmlg 3y ago|1 comments
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by jgbmlg 3y ago
Rail isn't practical for some routes because the highways are maintained by the government but the tracks are maintained by the rail carriers.
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by jgbmlg 3y ago
It seems that the science of ecology developed 200 years too late.
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by jgbmlg 3y ago
Is an MR headset an improvement over a paper bag?
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
Before the 19th Century, black powder was so incompletely combustible that firearms, despite allowing a huge amount of windage (the difference between the diameters of the barrel and the ball), would become too fouled to load after as few a
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
Every time you throw one off a bridge.
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
I think there have always been a few aggressive, angry-looking cars. Case in point the 1950 Buick Super Eight https://imgur.com/a/OvwFNQa I wonder what is the oldest angry car.
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
I try to behave like the person I want to be, even though I know it's all a fraud. I try to see myself as I appear to others and try to exceed their expectations of me. I can't bury my ego, but I can hide it sometimes. Even from t
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An Increasingly Less-Brief Guide to Mastodon [pdf](github.com)
3 points by jgbmlg 4y ago|0 comments
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
Hence, the waiting lists are long for the Toyota plug-in hybrids while the Fords are available at $10K less... The consequences of bad decisions can reach far into the future.
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by jgbmlg 4y ago
That's only the problem you know about. The problem you don't know about is your TV is watching (and listening) to you. Put a cheap computer between your TV and the internet. Always buy the dumbest TV available. But dumb TVs now c

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