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pitaj

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    Comment #49161225

    Wind has the same problem, because the actual generator is not spinning at line frequency. It has a rectifier plus inverter.

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    Comment #49131416

    Namespace every package, so you install "somebody/thing" instead of just "thing"

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    Comment #48703810

    From what I've seen it's mostly related to just losing weight in general (less weight -> less musculoskeletal stress -> weaker bones and muscles). Weightlifting can counteract it.

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    Comment #48691954

    Motherboards are actually stupid cheap right now, especially secondhand. I'd look into that some more.

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    Comment #48661784

    Or a hectometerstone, if you will

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    Comment #48544715

    Explain how it is relevant

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    Comment #48160708

    And yet, as the DEA and other agencies tighten distribution of opioids, deaths continue to increase.

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    Comment #48064231

    The US has done everything but defund public education lol.

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    Comment #48041955

    My hot take is that wealth inequality is the least bad problem we could have, if it is even a problem at all. What people are actually experiencing is not wealth inequality, but co…

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    Comment #48041912

    Wow this is nuts.

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    Comment #48041899

    History shows that the "fundamental change to power relations" is just a shift from moneyed interests to political/bureaucratic interests. Which is worse because while moneyed inte…

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    Comment #47868311

    this made my day

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    Comment #47812665

    Isn't mercury tidally locked? Day is always day, night is always night.

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    Comment #47697773

    Nuclear restrictions were instituted by beurocratic means, not democratic means.

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    Comment #47526570

    That's heat shrink tubing, but we're talking about one of these: [1]: https://www.holley.com/products/engine/engine_dress_up/hoses... [2]: https://www.oreillyauto.com/detail/c/dorm…

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    Comment #47191026

    Nobody has suggested using this for addition tasks in production. It's an academic exercise. What are you on about?

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    Comment #46728691

    You can pay bills from your savings account with ACH in the US.

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    Comment #46356801

    Electrician

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    Comment #46322842

    I'm not more "in the know" but it makes sense that new drivers could require it. New drivers, after all, are pretty much always written for newer platforms that Rust has support fo…

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    Comment #46309187

    I think code size is one notable reason

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    Comment #46278191

    While saying "it's an herbicide, not a pesticide" is categorically incorrect, I still think it would be better if the journalist used the more specific and less confusing term here…

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    Comment #46255415

    Off topic, but I'm curious. Why are you typing spaces before every period and comma?

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    Comment #46250202

    Similarity of the hardware is absolutely irrelevant when we're talking about emergent behavior like "thought".

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