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I read this twice and don’t think I misread it: > The tiniest of pieces of plastic, nanoplastics are defined by the researchers as having a diameter of less than one micrometre (on…

I’d start with reading the article; it lists several.

Who?

I had the same reaction, but then some cursory searching led me to this discussion on the "Talk" page for Wikiquote's entry on Mussolini which casts some doubt on the accuracy of t…

> the various social programs the military has now been implementing Social programs? You mean the policy of not discriminating based on gender or sexual preference? > they started…

> whatever half baked thing (lights, sirens, computer vision, AI, barriers) it is OP is envisioning Do you think OP should have produced a formal proposal with input from industry …

Death Valley NP is pretty remote, no? “Run a bag down to the bank” is probably a significant errand.

On a trip from Kristiansand to Oslo in 2011, I noted to the driver of the vehicle in which I was traveling how unusual it seemed to me that no one on the highway was being impatien…

They also only work with frames that have been specially designed to allow fitting a belt, as I understand it. Chains can be easily broken and joined in the shop (or even on the ro…

"(We will take a 30% cut of every every meta-thing transaction.)"

> compared to driving to e.g. SoulCycle or a spin class Radical idea: rather than choosing between a $2,000 stationary bike for your living room or burning a bunch of fossil fuels …

Just because an anecdote involving Lance Armstrong was illustrative of this tactical cooperation doesn’t mean that it’s only for Lance and other loathsome cheats and bullies. As th…

> And sure, maybe (maybe) the legal system will penalize the driver, but is it going to change anything? No, because our society has decided that cars are more important and we're …

Also don't dress too provocatively, or you'll be asking for it. ... Oh, wait, we're victim blaming about something else this time?

Same in rural (or “exurban,” really, especially by the time I finished high school in 2005) Minnesota.

I can relate to this phenomenon (the “hey this $10 gadget I didn’t know existed but for an ad I saw has actually ended up being super useful to me!” thing), but the problem is that…

I have slightly more than zero knowledge of networking and would like to remedy this. You seem convinced it’s not black magic, so recommend a book/mooc/resource that’ll prove it. :…

“Person” is way more inclusive and way less clunky.

Let's suppose, for the sake of argument, two things: 1) that your assertion that environmentalists and public figures in media, politics, and (what we'll call, with marginal disres…

Isn't skepticism a wholly appropriate response?

Not exactly. Being hyper-focused on one thing is actually symptomatic of ADHD, and amphetamines like Adderall and Ritalin may exacerbate or mitigate this tendency (as I understand …

I second this. I've got one at home and one at my office; it's a solid display all-around and excellent for dev work. The value for the price is outstanding, especially if you get …