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Comment · 4 years ago
The environmental conditions that are good for the formation of fossils are not the sort of conditions that are good for living a long and peaceful life. Outcast males are the ones more likely to be wandering around in those sorts of places.
Comment · 6 years ago
Every star has the force of gravity that is pressing all the gas to collapse, and heat from fusion that is pushing all the gas apart. These forces are balanced in a stable star: fusion reaction provides the energy that prevents the gas from collapsing. In comparison to our sun, a larger star like Betelgeuse needs to sustain a higher level of fusion to fight off the effects of the higher gravitational force. Larger stars have shorter lifespans because they burn through their fuel faster.
Comment · 7 years ago
Is there any resource from the other side that provides reasons why restrictions should be placed on community broadband? The explanation "Evil Monopoly wants all the money" seems too simple for the complex nuanced world we live in.
Comment · 8 years ago
Takedown notices on Youtube are not handled under DCMA. DCMA has protections against false accusations.
Comment · 9 years ago
This isn't a puff piece. This is an advertisement for the calendar.
Comment · 10 years ago
They crunch the numbers here: http://physics.ucsd.edu/do-the-math/2011/11/pump-up-the-stor...

The energy in one gallon of gasoline is equivalent to the potential energy stored in 13 tons of water one kilometer up

Comment · 10 years ago
No heroin addict thought they might become addicted. That is one of the main dangers of heroin specifically.
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Comment · 12 years ago
Opera did something similar back in 2010 in v11 with the opera:config#UserPrefs|HideURLParameter configuration variable. I found I was wanting the URL information often enough that I turned the feature off. I wonder the old Opera team had any metrics they gathered.
Comment · 13 years ago
I can't say what is is about your comment or the article, but something about the combination gives off the vibe that this is an astroturfing effort to promote Google Comsumer Surveys.
Comment · 13 years ago
I couldn't agree more. Writing my own interpreter https://github.com/cninja/pEigthP provided many challenges but I think it was one of the most enjoyable "toy projects" that I have done. Also seeing the look on someones face when I say I wrote something to allow me to embed lisp into PHP is priceless.

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