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Yes, I've seen some brand new ornate/decorative lighting, usually on pedestrian- and bicycle-focused construction projects with grant funding, as it's expensive. Without those gran…

So-called socially-responsible investing has been around at least since the 1970s, when anti-Apartheid mutual funds were launched. It seems like the main change with ESG is that la…

ACE (Altamont Corridor Express) appears to be missing as well?

I'd be interested to see the data re: "processing imported lumber mostly". Statewide back in 2016, California timber harvest was 1,572 MMBF; wood processing facilities received 1,4…

"no saw mills left in Northern California" - eh? This is just one company's sawmills (they are hiring): https://www.spi-ind.com/Operations/SawmillOperations

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The device for measuring particulate concentration is called an aethalometer: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethalometer

I heard a story of the vulnerability being exploited on several sites, a new backdoor created, and then the hax0r applied the drupal update to close the door behind them. So, don't…

note to self, check if site is on hacker news front page before purging stale caches!

In the US it's not uncommon for protesters to have a lawyer, in the form of organizations like the National Lawyers Guild which offer legal support at demonstrations. Protesters ty…

I'd be interested to see some benchmarks comparing Linux and FreeBSD power usage. Personally I've been impressed w/ power management on FreeBSD 10 using recent hardware - once I en…

We invite you to join Hackmeet, a hacktivism unconference Oct. 15th and 16th at Noisebridge. Many folks who've been involved with #occupysf and #occupyoakland will be participating…