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In my study, (n=2), I can attest, indeed, that both of my dogs will willingly give up roaming outside in the wild for snacks, scritches, and belly-rubs.

I have long ago lost my enthusiasm for this stuff, and now I just do it because I need a paycheck.

Frankly, at least in the context of US Copyright Law, we need to go back to Article I of the Constitution that defines copyright. The very first sentence is "To promote the useful …

back in the 1990s, they used to hold open house tours.

I've lost too many friends to mass-layoffs over the years. I just can't do that shit anymore.

Modern homes have much better insulation and energy efficiency (like LED bulbs), etc. But I think it's also true that a lot of builders can get away with cutting corners, and the m…

"teaching is the highest form of mastery" -- (don't know who said this quote)

lol. that's me; only I start by writing out the problem as an email to ask someone for help. 90% of the time, I find that I didn't have a complete understanding of the problem to b…

Pretty amazing to think that since this life evolved here, a lot of it thrives on methane. Therefore: I think there's a high likelihood of similar life on Titan. (which has a mostl…

yes. Dr. Gerard O'Neil figured this out in like 1978. Then, OPEC decided to demonstrate just how temporarily infeasible they could make it, by manipulating global oil prices (far f…

warmer atmosphere == higher capacity to hold water vapor.

CO2 plus H2O (water vapor is also a highly potent greenhouse gas).

We sold my daughter's condo 2 years ago, and we're still getting email solititations to buy it. Apparently there's a company sitting behind about a half-dozen shell companies, and …

It does cost a lot, but in most cases you're going to get more bang for your buck. (and you can also forgo features you don't like or need: like a homeowner's association; or pre-e…

Here is exactly why: In America, this is basically the ONLY way "normal people" can make money (or at least used to be - those of us who didn't "get on the bus" in time have missed…

tell that to the bitcoin bros.

amateur

yeah - there's not going to be a shortage of aluminum any time soon.

So how about that pressure-treated lumber that they make the playground equipment with? Filled with Arsenic.

Ultimately, marketers market themselves. They may be good at it or bad at it, but at the end of the day, if they're dishonest about it, they can be successful also.

I don't know. Let's keep burning oil for energy and find out!

It's a warning to turbulent priests everywhere.

yah - our weekly 'all hands' seems to basically be: The Marketing Team marketing the marketing team to the rest of the company. It's frustrating; and worse, we've had our CEO sever…

but mostly not so much if the person has an MBA. Sure, it's a gross generalization, but after 25+ years in this industry, I stand by this bigotry.

I tend to really like working startups. Massive corporations are usually very risk-averse, and you end up just mostly being a ticket-monkey. The problems you're tending to solve ar…