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magic5227
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Comment #39220472
SEEKING VOLUNTEERS: Musopen.org - Non-profit providing free, public domain music resources. Looking for front and back end developers, as well as mobile developers to improve the s…
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Comment #31790558
Only when cities prioritize and are designed for pedestrians instead of cars will pedestrian safety improve. We need more spaces that are pedestrian and bicycle only.
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Comment #31327875
Omega 3 linked to a fib https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2021-10-13/...
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Comment #30167161
Musopen.org is designing a free, open-source app to learn how to read music and play an instrument. Think codecademy.com or duolingo.com but for music. We would love help bringing …
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Comment #28552669
“ There is no cure for tetanus, and no definitive proof that you will have lifelong immunity with childhood vaccinations alone. So for now, the CDC continues to recommend booster v…
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Comment #23954427
"Other glass coverings, such as fused silica and lead glasses, may reduce this efficiency loss to less than 1% per year." doesnt seem that bad actually. Perhaps the batteries would…
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Comment #23954391
Stupid question, but if it's only 10kw, why not use solar + batteries? Certainly should weigh and cost less "the reactor cannot weigh more than 7,700 pounds..."
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Comment #23804570
Agree, even then hopefully better home battery storage removes the need for any fossil fuel based engine at all.
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Comment #23134244
With record unemployment factory workers do not have such a luxury to just walk away if they dont like Tesla's plan. For most this is "lose your housing/food" or "risk getting Covi…
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Comment #23129963
"...men more into things that make a whirring noise." You are proving my argument. Nonsense like this has prevented women from feeling like equal participants (and equally capable)…
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Comment #23128082
https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2005-11115-001 Current research generally does not find evidence that variations in preferences, psychology, or personality stem from genetic or biol…
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Comment #23128054
"How is the statement in a general population inaccurate?" um, because there is no credible science behind his assumptions. Many of the researchers he cites dispute his conclusions…
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Comment #23128013
I didn't say "society exclusively determines our interests" my point was pretty simple. If society at large, in ways small and big, encourage women from joining a field, I think it…
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Comment #23127985
I don't think having a few programs or pr campaigns solves systemic bias. I guess to answer your question, ask women who are in tech or considered it if they experience bias. I hav…
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Comment #23122452
If a society tells a woman she's not likely as interested in something, guess what profession she is more likely to choose? Not the one she's being told she won't be happy with.
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Comment #23122437
The research the post cites strongly implies women would be better qualified for other roles. That suggestion was (and is) both inaccurate and inappropriate to send in a workplace.…
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Comment #23122426
There obviously ARE more productive ways, because most people aren't fired for having discussions at work.
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Comment #23122068
She's not wrong. He shared a manifesto about gender differences in the workplace. In it, he calls women neurotic. Whether people's read on the manifesto is reductive of his overall…
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Comment #22476571
It might be nice to show how many others have subscribed. This is one of those services where people may think, "i'll do this but i don't want to be the only one." Seeing the scale…