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by thehappypm 20d ago
This isn’t exactly correct. Cancer is not (typically) caused by a single DNA mutation, but multiple accumulated errors.
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by thehappypm 29d ago
This may not be true in all jurisdictions
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
Perhaps during various east Asian famines as well..
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
Honestly, no. These weird states of matter have extremely different properties to ordinary matter. Weird properties is how we get things like superconductors, magnets, semiconductors, photovoltaics.. so strange state of matter with weird pr
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
Also net population loss of working age adults via deportation and self deportation.
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
The objectives are wildly different. Vietnam is more like asking the question, could the US Military occupy all of Iran? Which I think the answer is essentially No, just like Vietnam. The strait is one small objective , and the US had lots
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
It is public opinion that is keeping the US from using boots on the ground.
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
The reason the US can’t take the strait is that the war is unpopular and the American people don’t want it to happen. The US military could absolutely 100% invade and take the street, but it would be extremely unpopular and very expensive.
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
I don’t know, the US is the world‘s largest oil producer, and there’s a lot of people in America who are very happy about the high oil prices. Doesn’t exactly trickle down to the average American though. But there are many other industries
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by thehappypm 1mo ago
Nit-but Apple has fallen to Nvidia and Alphabet, which is a sign of the times.
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by thehappypm 2mo ago
The less snarky answer is that our current system does not have a functioning global government. There is no real “we”. Influencing how other countries operate can only be done by force or diplomacy, and because North Korea has nuclear weap
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by thehappypm 3mo ago
I went there once and someone had left a bouquet of flowers on a flavor
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by thehappypm 3mo ago
So true. This is an ice cream store dammit
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by thehappypm 3mo ago
How are rare earths used in batteries?
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by thehappypm 4mo ago
The simple explanation is just that lot of ways that numbers can multiply to produce the same product Like an odd number x times an even number y, x* y produces the same product as x* 2 and y/2 Same for a multiple of 3 c and and a non
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Jefferson's Republic(tkentlongrepublic.substack.com)
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by thehappypm 4mo ago
That isn’t cruelty. It’s immigration policy that the rest of the world already has
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by thehappypm 4mo ago
All cars require a workforce to maintain though.
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by thehappypm 5mo ago
Spirit seemed to enjoy making their customers hate them. everyone who liked Spirit had to explain themselves (like you did) because their reputation was awful. It was a trainwreck of a brand.
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by thehappypm 5mo ago
Link?
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by thehappypm 5mo ago
Exposing the wealthy is pretty standard journalism
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by thehappypm 6mo ago
Universities
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by thehappypm 8mo ago
A more accurate description of code is that it’s a depreciating asset, perhaps, or an asset that requires maintenance cost. Neither of which is a liability
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by thehappypm 9mo ago
“A golf game is 65-75 swings over ~5 hours.” What about the back nine though?
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by thehappypm 9mo ago
It’s also setting a precedent that IP usage requires a contract. Never mind that the contract is bonkers!
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by thehappypm 10mo ago
Energy is very cheap for data centers. have you ever looked up wholesale energy rates? It’s like a cent per kilowatt hour.
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by thehappypm 10mo ago
tl;dr: custom, naïve Concatenation formatting implementation can cause bugs
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by thehappypm 10mo ago
There’s nothing basic about billing.
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by thehappypm 10mo ago
The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. ... A really good pair of leather boots cost fifty dollars. But an affordable pair of boots, which were sort of OK
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by thehappypm 11mo ago
Kenya is an equatorial country so they basically have steady ~12 hours of sunlight every day year round. Pretty cool!

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