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Comment · 9 years ago
I think that everyone is curious, and the reasoning is likely not as complex as the author says it is. I'd wager that it's either an embarrassing use case, or that he wanted to avoid having people tell him how he should have done it - can't do that with any level of confidence if you don't know the circumstances.
Comment · 9 years ago
Which is a common knowledge substitution that the OP overlooked.
Comment · 9 years ago
I am seeking a dual SIM variant that supports all bands of AT&T and Sprint. This does not currently exist.
Comment · 9 years ago
I will say that, despite its many shortcomings and after I was able to overcome the netbook-induced Atom stigmas, I really do like the Atom for small-business NAS applications.
Comment · 9 years ago
Just delete "is" and add an "s" to "fight".
Comment · 9 years ago
Sounds like a disincentive for paving with impenetrable ground cover. Rainfall is not absorbed when the ground is paved. Instead, it collects and increases flash flood risk. To compensate for this, the rainfall collection and pumping infrastructure must be more robust. Perhaps this tax will be spent on such improvements?
Comment · 9 years ago
Or that a large portion of the solutions to said problems require R & D spend in the hundreds of millions, if not billions.
Comment · 9 years ago
These are very likely long exposures that captured groundings over time. It'd look much less impressive in person, and more in line with what you've seen reproduced.
Comment · 9 years ago
No joke. My mom is the first person to LIKE anything that I post -- and then make an inappropriate comment on it.

I have added all of my family to a family group. I'll see if I can post to friends/publically and exclude an entire group of contacts.

Comment · 9 years ago
Comment · 9 years ago
Thanks for this concise comparison. As others have noted, you also need to account for batteries, and battery churn. When the batteries need to be replaced, you have quite a bit of additional payload that needs to be delivered. I am sure that nuclear fuel rods (or pellets, or whatever fuel type they are using) will be dramatically lighter and easier to transport.

Dust will need to be cleaned off of the panels daily, which adds further expense associated with dedicated external missions to the array of panels.

Most of the ancillary considerations weigh in favor of the nuclear option.

Comment · 9 years ago
Ultimately, Uber did not want to establish a precedent for liability. What they should have done is settled for $4,000 and forced the victim to sign an NDA, ensuring that this little conflict remained private.

Instead, in usual Uber fashion, the legal and HR team worked their magic and created a lose-lose-lose situation for themselves:

1. They established precedent for liability;

2. They obstructed justice, which could be used as fodder in subsequent lawsuits; and

3. They did nothing to prevent this story from being broadcasted far and wide.

Comment · 9 years ago
I think that he is referring to the immediate weight loss effects associated with depleting the glycogen stores in your liver (400 grams) and muscles (100 grams). Each gram of glycogen is bound to 3 - 4 grams of water.

Thus, depletion of your glycogen stores results in the loss of 2.0 - 2.5 kilograms (4.4 - 5.5 pounds) of "water (and glycogen) weight" within the first week of a low-carb diet. Larger individuals often retain even more glycogen and water, which can result in immediate losses of 6 kilograms (13.2 pounds) or more.

His point is that some studies, particularly short term studies, do not account for this non-fat weight loss.

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