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fowkswe
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About fowkswe
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Comment #48845531
I grew up in Joplin, MO which is part of this mining area. The remnants of that industry have left this region highly polluted. Much of the soil in these towns is contaminated and …
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Comment #47003467
The track is Jib Kidder Windowdipper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwAYU4rlwmA
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Comment #46724405
> We have entirely focused our cities (especially Denver and RTD (Regional Transportation District)) around people commuting in for work. This isn’t Denver-specific at all. It’s ho…
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Comment #44126577
All those guys. Also, the daily visits to lnkedup.com k10k.net, designiskinky.com, newstoday.com were so influential and informative to me (wow, just did an archive.org lookup of s…
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Comment #41592278
+1 for linear.app. It's somewhat similar in feel to PT. It's very responsive and has vim style key bindings. We switched a year ago and haven't looked back.
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Comment #39907179
This is a great point and I think the crux of it is - is ML going to be like the last crypto 'boom'? I don't think it is. Investment is being made at an institutional level in a wa…
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Comment #39302845
Linkedup, Design is Kinky, News Today. I miss those days of the web.
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Comment #37346562
Not quite: https://www.calculateme.com/area/acres/to-square-miles/50000
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Comment #37135295
They are going for some serious coin on ebay!
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Comment #37129945
They used to deliver your groceries in these ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Webvan#/media/File:Webvan_tubs... ) tubs, leaving the tub with you. You were free to keep them if you w…
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Comment #36986190
Does this need a citation? The car is the thing that brings the pollution. You live in the burbs, you drive the car, you pollute. You live in the city, you walk/bike/transit, you p…
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Comment #36877602
There is a lot in this piece taken from Boom, but this article paints GoGo in a much worse light. It more or less says he's unscrupulous when it comes to the source of money (Russi…
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Comment #35847755
Thanks for this - what a great find this evening!
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Comment #35098079
I've owned and sold several homes that I've renovated and they always fetch a premium. Recently I sold an apartment in a complex with 1200 units - so comps are widely available. Th…
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Comment #35097233
Here in the US, luxury appliances are what sell houses. Usually the investment pays handsomly when you go to sell.
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Comment #34264686
I'll admit it has been 3 years since we considered moving there (we tried living for a month to get the feel of it), but I wonder how well suburban style development is going to sc…
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Comment #34261938
Bentonville's core is vastly different from the surrounding suburb/exurb/metro area which is mostly 0.5+ acre lots built in confined subdivisions connected via 4-8 lane arterial st…
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Comment #34261508
The market was rigged by oil and auto before cars were climate controlled.
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Comment #34261483
> * To overtake a slower vehicle, the Megane and i4 are better : simply push the left blinker, then the car switch lanes and accelerates BEFORE having entirely switched lane, like …
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Comment #34261240
The market is rigged by an industry(ies) (auto, oil) to develop society in its favor. Without a major 'refactor', the US doesn't have a chance at efficient urban design that would …
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Comment #33657200
Michael Pollan said it best: “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”
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Comment #30946813
> And now what? If you haven't already, I highly suggest making a child if you can. It seems to snap all of this into focus - it did for me anyway. I mean I still have a ton of exi…
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Comment #30879346
UserEvidence | Full stack Rails | Fulltime | Kansas City, Nashville, Jackson, WY and/or Remote https://www.userevidence.com/ is B2B SaaS in the martech / sales enablement space. Hi…
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Comment #30826409
$20 is the new five