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by JJMcJ 7d ago
Often the headline is not created by the author of the article. Also newspaper headlines used to give a quick summary of the story, online articles as you say, clickbait.
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by JJMcJ 4mo ago
In some parts of the USA like the interior of Alaska, hunting is a big part of actually getting food to eat, not just for sport.
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by JJMcJ 4mo ago
If they look like regular cars, then the owners don't get the special feeling when people see their car.
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by JJMcJ 4mo ago
Agree with you on DDG.
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by JJMcJ 4mo ago
> The switching cost for search is essentially zero. Those of us who remember when Google first appeared and revolutionized search can testify to that. I tried Google and that was it, Yahoo, Alta Vista, etc, where just little dots in the
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by JJMcJ 6mo ago
There was fitness tracker that posted locations without user names. Well, wouldn't you know, in Iraq there were all these square paths on the map. Yes, it was Americans jogging just inside the perimeter of small bases. Just like with
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by JJMcJ 7mo ago
Some universities, especially in Latin America, use the term "autonomous". Is that the same thing is "free" in this context?
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by JJMcJ 7mo ago
RMS calls it Linux, not GNU/Linux in the second quote.
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
Consider what it costs to lift material to orbit. How can it possibly make sense except as a science fair project?
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
I know where my confusion comes from. I studied from a first edition of volume one before there was a volume two, so it wasn't marked as Vol I. Friend dug it up from his old books, since I seemed to be quick learner.
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
It's like remodeling. The drywall comes down. Do you just put up a new sheet or do you need to reframe one wall of the house?
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
I think those restrictions apply only to retail sellers in those countries, not to purchasers or used stores.
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
Thanks for the info on cheaper editions, not important to me but to others in USA it might be a big help.
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
Anyway you've already got Apostol - if it's just calculus as such get an older edition. Modern ones have extra goodies like linear algebra but have modern text book pricing (cries softly in $150/volume).
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by JJMcJ 10mo ago
Also if it oscillates does it oscillate at the frequency you want?
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
The ten dollar bill has a somewhat different color than the other currency, somewhat yellowish.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
The last time a coin was dropped was the half penny in the late 1850s, when I think it was worth about 25 cents today, so there is a precedent for what you are suggesting.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
I'm thinking of his successor.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
Can't edit so I'll reply: This is in the United States.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
He was very much an outlier, and a difficult personality.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
The student-elected body is often called the Student Council. Sometimes each grade level will have a class president. Varies from school to school for the details.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
Similar to the Apple CEO who said who needs a degree. Meantime he has an MBA from Duke, and BS in Industrial Engineering from Auburn, not an absolute top school but a very good one.
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
I don't know if I agree. Don't you need a 4.0 from MIT to change the button color from Aqua to Electric Blue? /s <- just in case
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by JJMcJ 11mo ago
Tetraethyl Lead was an octane raiser - an anti-knocking compound.
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
Indeed. People 12000 years ago were literally just like people today.
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
It's like a driver's license/state ID in the USA, not mandatory but life is a lot harder without it.
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
Since when did BBC become subscription only in the USA?
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
Germany is rather like that. Never try to keep up with a German granny going up a hillside.
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
Did a major house cleaning a few years ago, got me out of the chair and the couch for a couple of weeks. Probably not as intense as your experience but I definitely felt better and was more flexible for about a month afterwards.
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by JJMcJ 1y ago
100K out of 123 million is about 1 in 1200, not so absurd. Certainly life span is long in Japan even if some of the centenarians aren't really that old.

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