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by spanktheuser 9mo ago
Not to mention that a few centuries of building log cabins (and to be fair, ships) nearly completely denuded Europe of trees.
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by spanktheuser 1y ago
Well well… had no idea this was going on a few miles from me.
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by spanktheuser 1y ago
>>Can these 22% be identified based on some criteria? Usually the preferred approach in cases like this is to trial the medication and revert back to the prior treatment plan if symptoms worsen. Obviously, this is only viable if the w
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by spanktheuser 1y ago
I miss the sense of possibility, anarchy, and resistance of the early internet. RIP.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
Michael Moore did something very close to this in the mid-90s for his briefly-lived TV Nation. Parked a series of cars in front of the home of a car alarm company CEO and set them off.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
My priors include none of the agencies having expertise in epidemiology.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
What about food addicts? It’s well understood that drive negative health outcomes and costs and are under the control of anyone with a decent income. Want ozempic to treat your diabetes? Submit your grocery store purchase history for analys
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
>The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool. Given that parsing non-denial-denials is journalism 101, I wonder at 404’s studious incuriosity about the Secret Service statement. Here are some qu
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
I was one of those people. Or months at least along with a group of my high school friends. Most of the infocom games took between a few weeks to a few months of obsessive game play to get through & we played them all.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
I imagine you’d need circumstances similar to those that nearly resulted in the Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, which would have granted Roosevelt the ability to appoint 6 additional Supreme Court Justices. Namely: - National crisi
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
Long term, I wonder if this destroys the Supreme Court. I see no reason why a future liberal majority would feel bound by any conservative precedent in the future. Replace respect for precedent with whatever position wins a majority and the
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
Privately-owned ebikes are enormously popular in Chicago and surrounding suburbs fwiw.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
Damn Interesting feels like the last vestige of the golden age of the Internet. While simultaneously being the best podcast still going today.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
My dad used to know a marine fighter pilot who survived an ejection at mach 1.2. Each leg broke in four places and the soles of feet were pressed flat against his chest hard enough to break many of his ribs. But the seat worked and was cert
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
If anyone needs further convincing, remember that the journey from power user to experiencing disability is inevitable (age-related sensory & skeletal-muscular decline) and in some cases, abrupt (traffic accident, keyboard/mouse re
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
The solution to being priced out a market is impoverish the island until is homes are affordable again. A general strike should do the trick.
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
>This is a diabetes drug. It was developed as a drug that increases insulin response, but it also appears to have a substantial impact on CNS processes controlling food cravings and other types of desire. Given that, it’s possible we’ve
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by spanktheuser 2y ago
And it wasn’t even the most expensive. The Norden Bomb Sight cost slightly more than the Manhattan Project. B-29 development and production cost nearly 3x the cost of the fission bomb.
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
I’m curious whether this is really the issue in most US cities. In Chicago we achieve significant density with a two staircase requirement. If the goal is to unlock greater density in Manhattan I accept that single-stair multifamily may be
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
For those of you who argue that a device like this is useless I urge you to visit someone with Parkisons, essential tremors, ALS, rheumatoid arthritis, limb injuries etc as well as very low vision and observe the difficulty they have intera
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
I think its fair to say I misread the thrust of your argument. I still come down on the other side; I am comfortable enforcing a widespread deprivation of a convenience in order to further reduce the risk of a rare but catastrophic outcome
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
In this case, however, the impact is knowable: https://etsc.eu/increasing-the-survival-rate-in-aircraft-acc... Furthermore, distracted or unprepared passengers impact the evacuation of others trapped behind them. I’ve parti
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
Like foresight.
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
Possibly because there are circumstances in which speeding is necessary? I’ve been the driver and the passenger in a vehicle being driven to a distant emergency room. In both cases speed of arrival was of the essence.
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
You, sir, are the hero we didn’t know we needed.
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
I have taken a several hour hydrofoil ride in the Mediterranean in moderate swells. The ride is deeply nauseating as the foils are positioned towards the outside corners and (on this 200+ passenger craft) catch the swells independently. The
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
Every ad / design agency I’ve worked for engages in this practice. Futhermore, in the large corporate rebranding exercises I’ve witnessed approximately 75% of the engagement consists of make-work designed to justify the price. From a
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
This puzzle is really starting to fit together nicely but SO FRUSTRATING that I still can’t tell whether it’s an image of Skynet or Big Brother. Perhaps if I add one more piece…
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
Something to factor into any decision is that the 5 year survival rate is based on a cohort of individual diagnosed 5 years ago. During a period of rapid advances in treatment this data may be unduly pessimistic.
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by spanktheuser 3y ago
I still have my copy of Future Cities and a few more of that ilk. Perhaps it’s time to dig them out of the dusty reaches of my bookshelf.

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