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The natural state of an ecosystem is one in which my native trees aren’t dying back every year until they get killed by massive insect infestations because they can’t access enough…

Do you know the difference between civil law and criminal law? The police don’t care if they’re not violating a criminal statute. If you want to test how it works, build a brand ne…

Don’t overthink it. Burgum means “don’t disagree with me I’m always right” when he says it.

You don’t need this chip to do that. Computer vision has used machine learning for decades. The task you’re describing is pretty rudimentary and an off the shelf model with a contr…

Corporations have even less accountability to the public than public utility districts. If you don’t like what the organization is doing, vote in different commissioners and make t…

Next stop Phlosten Paradise.

Nobody should be a victim of the circumstances of their life.

No, democracy is just rule by the people. It says nothing about requiring proportional representation or about how disagreements are arbitrated. In ancient Athens you weren’t elect…

Have you ever asked them what it was like to financially support him like that? Do you actually want the world to work that way?

You’re missing the point of the article and of the post. Why do you assume that someone who reads and takes breaks is unproductive? Should we get a second job instead? I spend 8 ho…

Hey if anything we should keep protesting. You should read about what the British did to Indians protesting for independence. Protest in spite of consequences is a singular act of …

There will always be situations where you’ll be under the cut point of a low beam. If there’s a small incline then a flat intersection the drivers opposite the incline get the fill…

Maybe the point of high school readings is just to give you some books that will be relatable when you’re finally an adult.

I read somewhere that the first invertebrate animal ate and excreted through the same butthole-shaped oriface.

Also if you put a slab basement in a hillside in a rainy area. Water will percolate up through the slab unless you make good drains to divert the water around your foundation.

I think you should look at their catalog. Their dishwashers have some wacky innovations like zeolite dryers. Their windshield wipers are very high quality and easy to install. Thes…

None of these things guarantee death and if you fail they come with some awful complications. Overdosing on Morphine is probably the easiest, most humane way to die.

It depends. Hypernatremia refers specifically to sodium but doesn’t speak to potassium or calcium. You need all three in proper balance for your body. So you can sweat a bunch and …

I was parodying someone very famous who said the same thing about dolls last Christmas.

Or just call the theater. You can still call stores and ask them if they have something, rather than looking it up on Amazon.

December used to be the tenth month until Augustus and Julian added a couple of months in the middle of the year.

Or we could break up Unilever, which only requires anti trust enforcement.

He wasn’t actually giving a blanket directive. The article was suggesting that you think about whether 98% is actually good in your use case by doing the math and thinking.

I guess the rich people will have to cope with one less super-yacht this year.

Washington’s paid parental leave act has us put money into our Unemployment Insurance program in addition to the UI payments we already make. So the business owners don’t have to p…