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Harvey-Specter
8y ago
NES games are the classical music of gaming. Sure, some people enjoy them, but I would bet that the vast majority would rather play 2019 AAA titles.
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Are you suggesting some law preventing individuals from commenting on products and services unless they're being paid to do so? Or only if the company providing those goods/services doesn't like what is being said, or who is
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> Fun fact: another Buran sat in an abandoned lot in an Inner Sydney (Australia) suburb for many years. That wasn't an actual Buran, it was a test vehicle used to test the handling of the aircraft for gliding and landing. https:&#
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8y ago
It's probably meant to alleviate fear of retribution.
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> Production is also largely illegal in Canada Production is only illegal in the same way that tobacco production is illegal - you have to be licences to produce and sell cannabis products.
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The Canadian government started publishing the production and export numbers for licences medical producers at the end of 2017 [0]. Looks like the total amount exported is a few hundred kilograms of dried canabis and a few dozen liters of c
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8y ago
We have summary and indictable offences. A summary offence is more or less a misdemeanor, an indictable offence is basically a felony.
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That does happen, but I think it's only done with fixed platform structures[0], rather than the mobile platforms like in the article. Apparently 532 rigs have been turned into reefs in the Gulf of Mexico[1]. [0] https://en.w
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8y ago
Cruise Automation presumably, which is owned by GM.
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Who cares if public ashtrays are "pillaged"?
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> Isn’t a pass going backward about avoiding a defender they can’t get past? Yes, that's basically what I'm saying is bad about the statement that backwards passes don't help you score goals. > Useful backward passes fa
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That was a really interesting read, thanks for sharing it. > Impect disregards all passes that go backwards or don’t beat any defender. It’s a correct assessment, a pass that doesn’t travel forwards, doesn’t help you score. Can’t argue w
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8y ago
> Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among workers. Open-plan offices have taken off because of a desire to decrease real-estate costs and stuff more employees into the same spa
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DJI's Macic Pro Platinum uses a different rotor design and rotor frequency to make it much quieter than previous models. Apparently it sounds more like a desk fan than a hive of angry bees.[0] [0] https://www.theverge.com&#x
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8y ago
I think the person you're replying to was asking how to Model 3 in general is allowed to be sold and driven without crash test results available, not how the specific vehicle in the article is allowed to be re-sold after an accident.
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8y ago
That doesn't make any sense, and would be a really strange way to think about actual vs reported GDP. The actual (real, factual) number just is what it is. The only number that can be inflated/suppressed/fudged/faked is
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8y ago
A country might want to inflate their reported GDP to make the country look more attractive to foreign investment.
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8y ago
> China's GDP is probably 10% of what they reported. > other way around ... likely to be inflated, not suppressed. If their GDP is actually 10% of what they report, then the reports are inflated.
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Adult bears definitely can climb trees. [0] So can adult humans, obviously. [0] http://www.bearsmart.com/about-bears/dispelling-myths/
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8y ago
Visibility is basically zero, a remote operator wouldn't be able to see anything.
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8y ago
A lot of people are better at a lot of things than the current administration, that shouldn't be a benchmark. And this argument is garbage. Individuals accumulating massive amounts of wealth doesn't do any good for society.
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8y ago
Wasn't Google famous for giving devs 20% play time to work on whatever passion project they wanted?
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> The theory being that a sniper or drone operator cannot use the "live TV" footage to know their exact position. How is this helpful in either of these cases? A sniper needs eyes on, a drone operator probably has live video fr
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8y ago
We don't even need a cure for cancer, we'll just not re-materialize the tumors. Brilliant!
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You're totally misunderstanding the situation.There are three hypothetical people involved here. An employee, who works below a manager, who works below a VP. The manager wants to promote the employee, but she needs permission from the
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You seriously don't understand that sometimes people are promoted for being good at their job, and sometimes people are fired for being bad at their job?
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> The US nuclear triad is way out of date and potentially vulnerable to a first strike. How are nuclear submarines vulnerable to a first strike?
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Most people want a car that they can actually buy. How long until I can walk into a Tesla dealership and have a Model 3 within the week?
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That's not relevant to the discussion of whether or not GitLab is open source.
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> Anything that could cause harm is bad. Unless the thing is guns, then it doesn't matter how many children are killed.
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