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Renewable power is cheap because it also receives massive government handouts in the form of tax credits.

I would, and I have.

Going 100,000 miles is not the same thing as lasting "forever," which is around 250,000 miles in my opinion.

Is the author's implication that the developer took the project in a different direction because of the war? I don't understand what the connection is between "major geopolitical e…

Just because someone prefers it over being homeless or commuting 90 minutes each way doesn't mean they like it

The article states that 50% of hay grown in Southern California is exported to China, and another 10% is exported to Saudi Arabia. If American meat consumption decreases, the porti…

They mostly grow hay. A large portion of the hay is exported to other countries.

Just one of the twenty families using more water than the entirety of Southern Nevada, including Las Vegas, to grow mainly hay is absurd. At some point the fact that the irrigation…

Your comment made me nostalgic so I went to John Siracusa's last macOS review from 2014 (10.10 Yosemite)[1]. Copied and pasted into Microsoft Word, it is 84 pages long, almost 27,0…

Spending habits are mitigated by inflation though. For example, I buy significantly less beef than I did five years ago because it is now too expensive. Putting less weight on beef…

Can you change the password to something unrelated, but are unable to change it to the same? Seems like they might not be salting their passwords?

It stands for “The Former Guy.” Some people won’t say Trump’s name.

It stands for “The Former Guy.” Some people won’t say Trump’s name.

At least a few years ago, most of Instagram’s server side code was in Python. Python may be slower than C++, but it’s not about raw speed it’s about being “fast enough.”

The fact that it is more popular to have children over the age of 35 doesn't change the medical realities of it. Anecdotal, but I know more couples with fertility issues than coupl…

Community seasons 1-3 were effectively “trope driven development.”

Imagine paying to upvote content as a consumer. I can see this being popular with brands that are already paying for engagement, but that’s just going to result in the same media l…

The last paragraph of this article sums up a trend I keep seeing in this industry I don't like: > But while decarbonizing heavy industry is a good thing, the folks behind this proj…

The only coin mentioned by name is XRP.

The way I read it, the only reason Reddit didn't hand over the information on the other users was that the comments didn't specifically mention RCN. If all the users had mentioned …

Probably. I bet maintaining it is someone's personal hell.

> How common is it for a plane to fall 4,000 feet in seconds? It wasn't 4,000 feet, but last month a United Airlines flight leaving Hawaii dropped 1,425 feet shortly after takeoff:…

I wasn't aware this was part of a larger pattern of assaults on politicians in the US. Link?

Breaking into someone's house and assaulting them with a hammer is already illegal. This is also an isolated incident and not a pattern of behavior.

I do not think it is a bad example though. Breaking into someone's house and assaulting them with a hammer is already illegal.