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901.
by DrScump 8y ago
It's possible people got this Utah case confused with the Florida case of a couple of days ago.
902.
by DrScump 8y ago
Clickbait title: "...police say it’s unknown if the Autopilot feature was engaged."
903.
by DrScump 8y ago
Several Aleutian Islanda were taken over by the Japanese, as were Wake, Guam, and the Philippines.
904.
'I was paid £27 for the saxophone performance on Gerry Rafferty's “Baker St.”(telegraph.co.uk)
8 points by DrScump 8y ago|6 comments
905.
by DrScump 8y ago
Raphael Ravenscroft, who played the famous saxophone parts on Gerry Rafferty's "Baker Street.", was paid only 27 pounds... and that cheque allegedly bounced. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music&#x2F
906.
by DrScump 8y ago
Years ago, on "L.A. Law", a story arc had one of the lawyers stopped for weaving. His partner advised him, "breath or unine -- not blood! ". This was in CA, which gives the driver his/her choice of the three method
907.
S.F. Central Subway contractor laid down 3.2 miles of the wrong kind of track(sfexaminer.com)
1 points by DrScump 8y ago|0 comments
908.
by DrScump 8y ago
Its a sunny 70 degrees year round No, it isn't. In fact, it's May and it hasn't been over 61 in over 2 days. And it's not usually sunny except September-November.
909.
by DrScump 8y ago
Tokyo presumably would not have allowed the Millennium Tower to be built without sinking pilings into bedrock.
910.
by DrScump 8y ago
I hope you've obtained earthquake insurance. Mission Bay is on extremely low-quality fill. Also, be prepared for your neighborhood to be overrun on event nights at the new Warriors building and 83+ Giants home games each year. April an
911.
by DrScump 8y ago
Manhattan has ~1 gas station per 42,000 residents Don't city buses and the major cab fleets have their own private fuel distribution? They represent a huge percentage of passenger-miles.
912.
by DrScump 8y ago
Cupertino and Mountain View welcome taxes from Apple or Google, but do not do much to house Business/Industrial is where the tax base is. Apple/Google/Facebook themselves could have funded and developed lots of housi
913.
by DrScump 8y ago
Electronic only, or printed? Do you control the venue(s)?
914.
by DrScump 8y ago
Did Molokai farming end because of soil depletion, or ...?
915.
by DrScump 8y ago
They won't tell you who the participating merchants are, or how much the return, until after you give them your credit card info.
916.
by DrScump 8y ago
There's a very low barrier to entry with taxi services In New York, it's extremely high to have a legitimate taxicab, as a medallion is required. They went for over $1 million 5 years ago and are still 6 figures.
917.
by DrScump 8y ago
instead give them a city/state-run uber-for-wheelchairs service The San Jose area has that: "Paratransit". It was supposed to serve mobility-impaired people who have difficulty using buses (although all buses have li
918.
by DrScump 8y ago
On Chrome, signing up for the referral link leaves the screen overlay in place with no clear way to proceed.
919.
by DrScump 8y ago
Crap. #1 on the hit parade, Fremont Older, I used to hike most Mondays.
920.
by DrScump 8y ago
in my experience, 9 out of 10 times the mobile web experience is flaming garbage In my experience, 9 out of 10 times the app experience is both flaming garbage and an additional privacy suck.
921.
by DrScump 8y ago
Should Tesla employees be sanctioned for driving a Honda to work?
922.
‘I saved them because I’m a superhero’ 4YO donates bone marrow to baby brothers(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by DrScump 8y ago|0 comments
923.
by DrScump 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17014113 70+ comments
924.
by DrScump 8y ago
For dogs, at least, there is a Lyme vaccine.
925.
by DrScump 8y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16992058 140+ comments
926.
by DrScump 8y ago
Nice! Suggestion: allow larger line widths to be specified (for fewer, longer lines in large paragraphs).
927.
by DrScump 8y ago
One unconfirmed anecdote does not a trend make.
928.
by DrScump 8y ago
the northernmost large snow-free area You can go a long way north of SF before you hit an area that has snow in any meaningful amount, excluding a few mountains/volcanoes.
929.
by DrScump 8y ago
Well, assuming you don't have the defective Takata airbags.
930.
by DrScump 8y ago
I got LibreOffice.

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