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541.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
ADDITION: Of course the houses were rented out for the income.
542.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
The days when a house might cost one year or at most two years income are long gone. Back then a common scenario was buy a house, fix it up a bit, save, use first house's equity and the savings as down payments on a second house. Next
543.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
I assume "first" here means "highest order"? That's what the solution does. Assuming it's an unsigned shift, of course. If it's signed you will get the most significant bit replicated, and I doubt that&#
544.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
A number of companies have been nailed over OSS licenses, especially GPL. The losers probably thought the license terms were just some of Stallman's psychodrama and not actual enforceable obligations.
545.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Basically it's excluded because many theorems become cumbersome to state. Endlessly saying "primes other than 1" gets kind of tedious.
546.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
None is known. Can't be a polynomial.
547.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Donald Knuth once wrote a paper with some source code. He warned his readers about just copying the code, perhaps half jokingly. He said, approximately, "this code has been proven correct, but not tested."
548.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Only the first, Casino Royale, is close to realistic. Some of the short stories also seem realistic, as does The Spy Who Loved Me. The later books seem more fanciful.
549.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Contact your senior U.S. Senators office. They have contacts that will get things moving for you. Works much more often that you would expect.
550.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Also something you see in older cities, retail first floor, small apartments upper floors. Tended to be cheaper than all-residential buildings. There have been experiments with some buildings without any parking being put up but it's
551.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Either mystery or bad puns based on the science. Extra points if you can throw "Einstein" in the headline.
552.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Not an expert but I was surprised it lasted this long with the degree of independence it had until a few years ago. I had seriously expected maybe two or three years before the crackdown.
553.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Most emergency room bills can get 1/2 or more knocked off just by asking.
554.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
As always: https://xkcd.com/1597/
555.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Reads like the man page for "git rebase".
556.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Or else it's research that won a Fields Medal. There is no middle ground.
557.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
$142,000 currently.
558.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Removing income cap on Social contributions would be enough, or 1% more on the tax rates with current income cap.
559.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Also with touch: Arthritis, Carpal Tunnel and other RSI, tremors, using touch screen in bed or other awkward situations Vision: Color blindness And the list goes on.
560.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
> right after I really don't understand the point of that. It's not like breakfast cereal. I'm not going to buy another TV because I just bought one.
561.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
The Perl developers have actually done an excellent job of maintaining compatibility. Old Perl programs can often run without any changes.
562.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Quite correctly, I would assume.
563.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Fans - did some work on a 19 inch rack mountable system. Had four I think 12,000 RPM fans. The fans were about 1 inch on a side but between them they sounded like a fully loaded 747 spinning up.
564.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
One more thought, even if we don't consider Stranger and afterward as "late career" it does feel like a break with prior work, YA or adult.
565.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
> High school is often considered a definitive American experience Not always in a positive way, it should be emphasized.
566.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
You may be right. Though not all his pre-1960 work was YA.
567.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
His later books had the self-indulgent feel that I was referring too. Self-referential, wordy, very strange approach to life.
568.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
I think RAH went over the cliff into self-indulgence with SIASL, as many authors do later in their career. James Michener as an example in general fiction.
569.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
> if the speaker is good Some do good jobs. Others just read the bullet points. On the other hand, the bullet points require at least a bit of organization, unlike the stream of consciousness drivel that too many "planning documents
570.
by JJMcJ 5y ago
Yes, the USA is one of the few countries that do this. There are exclusions for foreign income tax paid, but I believe there is a cap (US$75,000?) on the amount of tax paid. That is, tax paid to another country can reduce your US liability

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