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It's especially interesting because prior to the time of the election, the administration approved food funding to states that GOP run states rejected.

This implies that the money saved by cutting research was fungible and not part of a still increasing deficit, that the government doesn't debt spend, and that there aren't positiv…

Glass is 30% cheaper to make from recycled glass. But transport and sorting (glass is hard and sharp) eat into that margin, so presort

> it takes as much energy if not more than just making new. It saves 30% of the energy inputs to reuse slightly contaminated glass, especially when done locally. That's ignoring th…

It's more hardware intense, but yes, add an rfid tag to each key, use a btle obd dongle, centralize computing in an arduino; phone home to a webserver the last logs. Then at the en…

This is definitely ¾ of what you pay a mechanic to do; 1 publisher writes a maintenance manual for a car; mechanics all around the globe can use that to work on that specific car. …

Your comparison reads to suggest that Japan doesn't have Onsen culture or that sauna does not exist in Norway. That's to say, many cultures from around the globe have developed sim…

40° internal body temperature is not the same as 40° weather. Yucatan is not the same as Dubai in Summer. Your body is under heat shock trying to keep up in a Sauna (that isn't con…

And if Sadam did, then by proxy the US did.

It's even worse when your goal is commercial viability of carrying a relatively flammable liquid. Tankers moving at a slow speed, across a narrow strait. They don't have to sink to…

You and the poster above disagree about the state of Twitter. Twitter had been a growth company, it was early/missed the market with Vine, but was showing ad growth. Now, as a priv…

> Did the maker movement end? I dont think so Bump. Because we had our first high profile murder using a 3d printed weapon just last year.

> But sure, let's not work on multiple paths. The article is about a sign of failure of one of the multiple paths that was pursued by Japan and Ca State subsidies that was attempte…

I think you just described American cable boxes... Except they charge us a monthly fee and an additional monthly fee for the box. Or any smart tv with free ip tv.

It's metric chasing; If the metric is everyone passes, then you either taught really well or lowered the standard.

In context of the thread, that's because AI fixes the key problem with comments, because it maintains them when the code is updated.

> engineer that submitted it This is a poor metric as soon as you reach a scale where you've hired an additional engineer, where 10% annual employee turnover reflects > 1 employee,…

To put this in perspective, there are huge issues recyling lead acid batteries exposed this year. I consider lead acid batteries relatively simple with all materials being large an…

> when it was about differences in fiscal policy and taxation. It was never only about that. But they weren't saying the quiet part out loud.

Keeping a 1-2 car's length stopping distance is likely over a 50% reduction in at fault damages.

Many companies provide a life insurance benefit equal to 50%-150% of annual salary. If your sport has any mortality or long term risk (concussions, cardiac events) then this could …

S launched in 2012. X launched in 2016. Both launched with slow rollouts. Meanwhile, the average car in use today is 13 years old and getting older. (I currently drive a 22 year ol…

Alt; typical western coverage. Has completely ignored other journalists publishing of the plight fitness bands have caused in doctors "am I getting a cold, my watch/ring says I'm g…

Because corn fed beef isn't as flavorful as grass fed beef. (Or healthy for the cattle)

Historically, this is called "fiber", and has already been regulated to be required in European breads