ChrisBland

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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Couldn't agree with you more, and I think the only part of my post that hit a nerve with you was related to fines for running red lights, which I should have been clearer about. (in Chicago we don't have those fancy stop light sen
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
A million times this! I live in Chicago and am an avid biker (been doored by a cab, right of passage i guess?) I am one of the few who stops at stop signs and slows down or stops at cross walks to watch for pedestrians. I attend my local al
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
ETOPS is the min distance / flying time you can be away from a suitable airport with only one engine operational. In the past you couldn't take a two engine jet over the ocean or had to fly a far north arc to ensure you were close
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Awe man, I'll really miss the 747 as I grew up overseas so flying these 6-8x a year was a joy. I remember being a little kid and getting to go up the stairs to the top level to see the cockpit and being in awe of the size. It helped sp
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
I donate to my university, I do it to fund scholarships and programs that I benefited from when attending. I don't donate to the 'general fund'. Although the bulk of my donations to my alma mater go to cancer treatment center
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Exactly, so do we expect that Google / Spotify will remove Chief Keef's "Bang Bang"? Lyrics for example: https://genius.com/Chief-keef-bang-bang-lyrics -- If we don't remove that for "music tha
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
This! They have just committed mail fraud and since they thought they were hidden behind amazon, all it takes is one postal inspector to request the banking details of the payout and now there is a person on the hook. You've already do
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Agree that they were not the most prudent financial managers, my point was as soon as they changed the tax code; there was a 10 year window to sunset it and almost all of the companies left which really decimated the economy where jobs just
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Do they really believe that our memories are that short? One of the main reasons for the most recent financial crisis in PR was due to section 936 of the US Tax code. Take a read of the most recent crisis: https://taxfoundation.o
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Glorified article meant to inflate the stock price.
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Not really -- if you are in control of Oil wealth you are most likely part of a family that runs a country. Your fortune is dependent on staying in power and in favor of the patriarch. If there were to be a cultural revolution, uprising or
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
This is aviation work, you always always always check the work you are doing with the manual. One mistake could be someone's life. The entire aviation industry is checklist and procedure driven.
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
You could argue that one race votes for one party over another, but the VRA goal was to ensure minority representation, regardless of the party affiliation. Full Stop.
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
Some of the ugliest looking district ducklings are beautiful swans in the eyes of the courts. For example, the Illinois 4th Congressional District drawn in the 2000's decade is often called the "earmuff" district for obvious
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
I'm seeing a move to eastern Europe from India for support level work. The time zone and language barriers are much easier there than India as well as the cost structures are inline generally.
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
As bad as some private insurance is; having friends and family who must seek care at the VA makes me want to run far far away from single payer. We have failed our members of the armed services, what makes you think we would do better for J
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by ChrisBland 9y ago
I really try to avoid political discussions on HN, as I dislike both of the major parties. I would suggest you read a book called 'Operation Troy', what Obama did IMO is much worse than revoking a visa, he extrajudicially killed a
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Wow, that is one of the most simple, effective ideas I've ever heard -- kudos. Not joking or sarcasm, I would love for that to be the rule, it would make life so much simpler.
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Problem 2 gets tricky IMO. So you don't like the smell of someone who was smoking and would ask for a refund over it. What if you don't like their BO, what if they wear a ton of perfume and it smells? You can prevent smoking on th
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Hi there - seems like you're getting some downvotes and as someone else who cares about the environment, I'd love to convince you golf can actually be a good thing for land use. Some of the courses I grew up playing on were old la
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Avid golfer here, while I agree with your premise on the threat to Titleist that KSIGS present. I went out and played 4-5 rounds with the Kirkland Signature and it couldn't hold a candle to the tournament balls I normally play. For a c
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
You should count yourself as lucky for not having to work in either public sector, higher ed or just plain old companies. ActiveDirectory + Windows servers disappearing overnight would pretty much send us back to the 1980s with how prevalen
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
No questions, simply saying Thanks! I've been trying to show people RN and this will make it super easy to introduce it to them. Know a lot of work in the OS community is under-appreciated, so great work & thanks!
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
What a fun time to be alive, I've been hoping for this step for a long time now, reusable rockets will greatly improve our access and exploration of space and should allow some great leaps in our species progression. It makes me wonder
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Best news I've heard today, if I had that much $ I too would want to do something that only a handful of humans have ever experienced. If Elon reads this I will give you everything in my bank account and everything I will earn in the n
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
I'm not sure I understand the outrage from India. If you look at their standards to receive a visa to work there: The applicant should be a highly skilled and/or qualified professional being engaged or appointed by a company or or
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
So RocketInternet but with products instead of websites?
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
I too try to ruin this business model by keeping them on the phone and wasting as much of their time as possible. One time I may or may not have been able to convince one of them to download a remote toolkit under the guise of sending him m
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Logo -- it helped me learn when I was younger. The best part is as it is visual, kids can see how what they type changes what happens on the screen. It gives them instant feedback in to learning how to give machines instructions. This softw
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by ChrisBland 10y ago
Ascii 7 bit encoding - 52.1821, 20.9965

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