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kgran

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    Comment #32750413

    Electric cars are as zero-carbon as the cost-equivalent space of a freshly paved asphalt concrete highway or parking space. If not more than that due to the more special materials …

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    Comment #32750158

    Says zero-carbon, proceeds to show single-family detached homes in a suburban setting, mostly accessible by car only. P.S. The concrete foundations look far from zero-carbon.

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    Comment #32749915

    Let's monetize and scale all forms of humanity. For sure, this will not decrease trust between people in the vein of what happened to the "salesman smile".

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    Comment #32101039

    There are jokes this that go like this: - lawyer to defendant [in private]: tell me the truth. how much did you steal? - defendant: not much, just [enter small sum] - lawyer: then …

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    Comment #31781164

    Well, you could say the same about all dictatorships, whether organizations or countries: if you don't like it, leave it (unless you can't, e. g. North Korea). But I think this arg…

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    Comment #31744149

    Good luck finding US dollars for the official rates: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-05-17/in-ussr-f...

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    Comment #31445477

    Also: https://back-on-track.eu/

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    Comment #31215145

    Warriors of the OpenBSD tribe.

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    Comment #31192347

    I also find it horrifying that HN folks downvoted you for your well-founded opinion.

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    Comment #31098848

    I'm European and weigh around 70 kg but a bottle of wine is definitely not a light drink. To me, it's somewhere between medium and heavy drinking, depending on how fast I drink it …

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    Comment #30957828

    >I even own an EV I don't want to be that guy, but driving an EV (unless you drive some sort of electric bicycle or scooter) is not that environmentally friendly as the manufacture…

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    Comment #30597713

    Also, uneconomical use of urban land.

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    Comment #30440445

    http://ninjaflex.com/

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    Comment #30199199

    Now imagine you're hiking in the woods and, all of a sudden, you reach a fence with a sign "PRIVATE PROPERTY NO TRESPASSING". Years go by and even more rich people build such homes…

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    Comment #30142480

    Also causing the prices in some sectors, such as real estate, to raise abnormally.

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    Comment #30007121

    Now we need to adapt and tell fairy tales about big bad cars that gonna kill you once you step into their territory.

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    Comment #29912423

    I know a little about car-dependency in the US, but sheesh... I am always astounded how such things like driving being a basic skill or having a car being a necessity are unquestio…

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    Comment #29832679

    On point 5. There was this website that tried to promote RSS and Atom but, unfortunately, it doesn't work anymore. You could get some ideas for how to explain why RSS/Atom is impor…

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    Comment #29830618

    In Putin's mind, USSR and Russia might be one and the same. But I'm not sure Putin's words about the ideals and politics of a historical state which was originally built after a re…

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    Comment #29817592

    I agree. But still - I see no Marxism in Putin's Russia.

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    Comment #29816921

    >3. anything that gets invented after you’re 30 is against the natural order of things and the beginning of the end of civilisation as we know it until it’s been around for about t…

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    Comment #29816315

    >Russia trying to recreate the USSR, I can see. USSR? Nope. Russian Empire? Maybe. Any resemblance to USSR, IMHO, requires at least some kind of Marxism derivative and state-planne…

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    Comment #29813192

    Not just American homes. In Europe all the new flats and houses are designed with kitchens merged with the dining room. Even the old flats are often redesigned by owners or develop…

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    Comment #29691314

    Too bad I couldn't find the HEV suit voice from Half-Life. At least it has GLaDOS though.