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Comment Blasting to make more icebergs (Score 1) 412

Even if this works, and they start running out of large icebergs, the next step will be to create more or larger bergs, by blasting them apart from the ice shelf with out waiting for them to break off naturally. They would have more success with additional desalination and possible treatment of waste water.

Comment Handicap Placards (Score 1) 370

Another thing I forgot to mention, but saw it again at lunch time, was the convenience of being an Uber/Lyft driver with handicap plates or a placard. Premium "parking" spot while you wait for someone or drop someone off. I don't think those spots should be used as an advantage for your business. I could see it if the passenger is handicap and there is no way to get closer to the entrance, but that's not what I've observed.

Comment Re:Parking/waiting issues (Score 1) 370

This is the same thing I've noticed in the San Diego area. They stop, and sometimes wait, in no stopping zones and other places where they block the normal flow of cars, as if the rules do not apply to them. Often I can't tell if they are waiting for someone or just looking at their phone for the next pick up.

I walk a lot, and nearly every day I get a car pulling up to the curb asking if I am "Kevin" or "Bob" or whoever they are looking for. I'm wondering what will happen if I say, "yes" and get in, to see where they take me.

Comment Re:Asus or AlienWare (Score 1) 287

Asus, yes. My last two laptops have been ASUS and both have done very well. Prior to these two I had an HP, which was okay, except for the battery, and prior to the HP I had a Dell, which was less liked than the HP. If I bought another one today it would be an ASUS.

Comment Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the (Score 1) 312

Caesar's Last Breath: Decoding the Secrets of the Air Around Us by Sam Kean.
He has some other good science/history books:
The Disappearing Spoon: And Other True Tales of Madness, Love, and the History of the World from the Periodic Table of the Elements
The Violinist's Thumb: And Other Lost Tales of Love, War, and Genius, as Written by Our Genetic Code
The Tale of the Dueling Neurosurgeons: The History of the Human Brain as Revealed by True Stories of Trauma, Madness, and Recovery

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