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Especially when they die after 2 years. Bought 3 G4 Pros direct from Ubiquiti and two are dead. Apparently it's just the POE daughterboard but my RMA requests were rejected due to …

The xkcd chart starts at 20,000 BC, not 2,000. Well before permanent settlements, agriculture, trade, etc. that our current civilization relies upon.

the longer we wait, the more power these entities will have.

Trains are more dangerous? One predictable, well mainted vehicle operated by a professional versus many cars?

Do you have a source for those numbers? They don't agree with the Fed's statistics: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/ALTSALES

(assuming our model of the universe is correct and complete)

you can build the largest reservoir in the world, but if water consumption and evaporation exceed precipitation in the watershed you're on borrowed time.

clearly we need a social credit system where citizens are scored based on their financial history, trustworthiness, charitable efforts, and praising the government on social media.…

I agree with you regarding lax enforcement, especially in the last few years. But this is also cultural. We have the technology to enforce traffic laws via sensors but even then th…

While this driver appears to be facing homicide by vehicle charges in addition to fleeing the scene, it is very common in the US for a driver to kill a pedestrian and face no crimi…

reduced social interaction in a suburban setting could simultaneously explain both the psychological harm to young men and the elevated 'way worse' things in cities.

then let's play into this and charge for oversized parking spots

Human's ability to concentrate is just one of many, many problems associated with increasing atmospheric CO2. We can't ventilate the troposphere.

Would these groups still choose to share a kitchen, bathrooms, etc if they could find co-located, individual units at a similar, affordable price? I doubt it.

Likely related to their satellite ground station as-a-service: https://aws.amazon.com/ground-station/

If you're already overweight you should combine control of calorie intake with exercise. The only way fat leaves the body (besides surgery) is by exhaling it as CO2

Sadly the active radar sensor on the pictured SMAP satellite failed shortly after launch [0]. I've been looking for news on NASA's NIAC Phase 2 R-MXAS studies which, while it looks…

A lack of machine readable tax code.

Do you keep the 75% in cash under your mattress? Or do you electronically transfer it to investment accounts?

I find it curious that the 'climate change industry' is a powerful, unwavering monolith in your mind and yet you don't mention the petroleum industry's deep pockets and incentives …

I'd enjoy the tailgate/house party before the game but I'd just stay home at kickoff. We were close enough that we had to make sure the windows were closed otherwise the cheers of …

Towards the end of my time as a student at the University of Michigan I stopped buying tickets to the games. Between the crowds, security, drunk strangers, the sun in September or …

These are clearly driven individuals who will excel anywhere. In fact when you consider grade inflation, they'd be better of going taking a scholarship from a flagship state univer…