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destitude

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    Comment #47530373

    Let alone the wind erosion from having exposed soil over winter.

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    Comment #47454305

    I also and have gone to -46F and for me a thick wool sweater and wool felt coat makes huge difference. I can not even wear my wool sweater until it gets to -20F otherwise I will bu…

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    Comment #46541514

    You must not be involved in the medical field to realize how bad it is especially when it come to diagnosis.

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    Comment #45713729

    Did you read the report? Doesn't sound like it was safe for him.

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    Comment #45663520

    Now we know why Isaacman was removed from nomination because he wouldn't have put up with this BS.

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    Comment #45656083

    Considering nobody in the world can compete with SpaceX currently this seems purely political in nature. The EU is struggling to even come up with an answer to reusable rockets. Ch…

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    Comment #45656027

    They could have delivered today if they weren't concerned about reusability.

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    Comment #45655960

    Catching of a booster which everyone else thought was the stupidest craziest thing ever and they did it on first try.

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    Comment #45249705

    Even on cloudy days you can generate power. Unless it is very thick clouds I generate enough for my base loads even in complete overcast skies because I have an "excess" of PV pane…

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    Comment #45249518

    In case you didn't realize he is looking to store ALL of the summer generation into a battery and generate zero power in winter.. so rely entirely off of a battery during winter.. …

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    Comment #45249466

    And the price of the egg?

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    Comment #45249415

    Nobody seems to think twice about storing gasoline, heating oil, diesel, and/or propane around their place.

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    Comment #45249390

    For some reason in the USA there is only a single state that has approved that (Utah).

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    Comment #45249370

    You forgot to mention anybody who has a yard that gets full sun can mount panels there as well. As far as fires you can say same thing about all the fires that currently occur beca…

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    Comment #45249309

    I'm fully off grid today with no issues, even had power company remove power poles. I do heat with wood however. AC in the summer is no issue since that is when I get the most sun …

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    Comment #45175849

    And yet we still have no place to put that "clean" energy when it is depleted.

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    Comment #45121871

    Highly likely the next major Xcode update will break it.

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    Comment #45079336

    The title is wrong, this is about using a completely different scale system.

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    Comment #44638209

    > But put them anywhere with snow, rain, fog, or even just grey skies and they struggle heavily I have winter basically 5 months of the year where I am and have no issues being ful…

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    Comment #44638013

    Not sure why you say this. I'm on solar + batteries 24/7 365 days a year. Use no fossil fuels. Even had utility company remove power poles from my place.

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    Comment #44509931

    I'm fully off grid (even had utility power but had them remove it). Cook on electric, have electric water heater, using AC and have enough panels and batteries to not even need a b…

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    Comment #44413838

    Ive wanted to get rid of all the ports on everything! Thank goodness he's gone and we now have MagSafe, HDMI, and SD card readers back on portables.

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    Comment #44393440

    I think the average reader will understand exactly what they are trying to say.

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    Comment #43474013

    Yeah but they aren't making this clear and see people misinterpreting this not realizing that it is in temperate forests only. I don't see how any tree roots can be formed when fro…

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    Comment #43473993

    This is still in temperate forests. It still isn't clear to me if this is true where frost lines are feet below the surface. How can the roots grow in frozen soil?