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PhD Scientist in Agriculture

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    Comment #46398554

    Fort Bragg Cartel (good/great) Abundance (great) Anxious generation (great) Ishmael (great) Who we are and how we got here (great)

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    Comment #44724983

    Big fan of the Notebooks. Hope the offline verison is hardened and available on windows soon enough. These data viz are great dashboard builders but need a local/offline solution f…

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    Comment #43529063

    A revolutionary product to disrupt sustainable agriculture.

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    Comment #42477159

    Thus my point. Cognitive dissonance at its finest (worst)

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    Comment #42474501

    Think most commenters are correct and that tech and screens have usurped more “medicinal” drugs. What I find interesting is the general lack of care among folks here at HN. There w…

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    Comment #42146735

    One of the best blogs on the internet right now!

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    Comment #42088385

    Wonder if Laundando and associates lurk HN. Surely they are comments about carbon robotics.

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    Comment #40840150

    Agree, but from a political standpoint it's cheap. The subsidies are overall not expensive and it's good to incentivize over production of crops from a nation security standpoint. …

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    Comment #40840124

    That’s an average calendar year most likely. A corn crops roughly needs 20 inches of water to be viable. Corn is usually only grown in 1/3 of the year. We just shouldn’t subsidize …

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    Comment #40839215

    We don't need western Kansas agriculture's production from a national supply perspective. All of those row crops can be grown in other rainfed places.

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    Comment #37331929

    260 acres is… nothing. Literally.

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    Comment #37288880

    I’ll drink to that!

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    Comment #36849757

    Come on, we are relying on 17/18/19 year olds to do a proper financial risk analysis on _debt that can never be bankrupted_? Adults have created this mess, don't put the blame on s…

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    Comment #36520907

    The population of the US is roughly ~330M

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    Comment #36460339

    No we are not immune. At all

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    Comment #36386615

    Correct. A lot but not all of these are likely legit drug seizures, but there should be absolutely no way LE has free reign like this. Physical cash/gold/asset possession should be…

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    Comment #36386600

    I think it's simply a matter of bad incentives. Cops get to keep 50% (or some number) of what they seize? A bunch of anonymous people driving through with no ties to the community?…

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    Comment #36386559

    They don't need funding. Seward county is virtually no/low crime. They likely could get by with a handful of officers, which the tax payers would likely gladly pay. No a lot of nee…

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    Comment #36386501

    All of the above. Id say >90% don't have a warrant and make up some weak PC (the mentioned air freshener in rear view mirror is popular).

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    Comment #36386421

    Nice wad of cash you got there, be a shame if you had to prove provenance...

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    Comment #36386378

    Drive through this county everyday. The tricks they got up their sleeve are impressive if you don’t have a local plate. RIP to Illinois and Cali plates. ETA: Yes, everyday you driv…