powellc

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by powellc 5d ago
The current theocracy in Iran was more or less created by the careless diplomacy and ignorance of post WWII American government officials. So let's be real careful about saying who's evil now. It's entirely possible that true
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by powellc 16y ago
I like a man who spouts off about how great it is to use software builds that are (gasp!) an hour old! That's so 1337 dude! Welcome to the world of open source, douche bag. I appreciate that I probably shouldn't be nagging on the guy who bu
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by powellc 16y ago
What does this have to do with hnews? Go back to digg, or reddit, or boing...
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by powellc 16y ago
No, but I'll start now! That's a great link. Pigs are also nature's rototillers. Instead of a cover crop, my wife and I put the pigs on the garden and let them go to town. They turn over EVERY corner, pooping as they go. By next May, we're
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by powellc 16y ago
Fair enough, but your average t-shirt is also somewhere around SPF 10, leaving you almost completely exposed even when you feel fully clothed. It's like UV has some sort of x-ray goggle-like ability...
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by powellc 16y ago
Hmmm. Unless you are just ripping the lard off the animals back, last time I checked trichinosis was the result of undercooking meat. Also, I should hope that the farmer is using some form of dewormer. There are plenty of proven organic her
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by powellc 16y ago
I'm just going to go ahead and comment here and say how much I hate newspapers trying to publish scientific information. I began raising my own pigs last year, and one of the things I get back from the slaughter house is about 20 pounds per
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by powellc 16y ago
Exactly, and while they certainly don't have to do any of that, when you have commercial developers counting on you, you will lose your community over time with a mantra of "Fuck you." Also, while you could go digging through tickets to fig
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by powellc 16y ago
Amen. I would say this article goes a fair bit towards explaining our lack of creativity. Newsweek? Fuck it. Read Unte Reader. At least you'll get a breadth of writing styles and topics. Creativity measuring is part of the problem, just ask
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by powellc 16y ago
Am I the only one reading these comments that appreciates the need for some people to settle down given that our current "nomadic" lifestyle is heavily dependent on farms? Last time I checked, none of these people were hunting and gathering
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by powellc 16y ago
Haha. Touche, sir. Apple is certainly draconian, but Adobe is no saint I guess was my point. Flash and HTML5 are competing technologies, and one is an open format.
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by powellc 16y ago
While I don't appreciate much of what Apple is doing these days, surely one has to also appreciate the draconian, closed nature of Flash? At least HTML5 is some kind of standard. Now, if we could just get Apple on the Ogg train...