JacobDotVI

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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Would you not consider a power drill a "partial robotic system"? Is this a situation where once something is useful it switches from being a "robot" to just a "power tool" and so "robots" are a kind o
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Now do it for: * US DoD * Walmart * McDonalds * USPS
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
it looks like that's included in the 17M based on the linked article: >With all COIVD-era restrictions on office building occupancy rates having been eliminated last month, the effective office vacancy rate in San Francisco has tick
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
>This is one of many examples of our brains being much more powerful than our eyes. Too often we think of our eyes as perfect cameras. However, it is the brain that is able to accomodate [sic] for all of the optical shortcomings in order
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Interesting! Sounds like it's potentially come from the public policy / macro economic modeling side. I'll check it out.
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Thank you! I've added it to the list. I'm more interested in the business strategy side than the market trading side, but I find having perspectives from multiple disciplines can often be helpful.
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Complexity Economics I've been binging books on the topic as well as exchanging dialogs with a colleague over email. Books list: _Completed_ The Origin of Wealth: The Radical Remaking of Economics and What it Means for Business and So
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Mitt Romney did this as well (although only to the tune of $100M). It was discussed in 2012 in various news outlets: https://www.investopedia.com/managing-wealth/grow-ira-100-mi...
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
it might not be the fire itself, but the fire suppression system might uses gases fatal to humans and so they must wait for those gases to vent / dissipate.
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Anti Aging Science(bloomberg.com)
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by JacobDotVI 5y ago
Roost Laptop stand + bluetooth keyboard and trackpad Enormous impact on my posture when I'm using my laptop away from my desk. The stand collapses into a stick so it's easy to toss in my backpack. https://www.theroosts
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
And St. John’s Antigua
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
Purple Pig offers this nation-wide from their Chicago location: https://purplepigshop.squarespace.com/shop/purple-piggy-box I have ordered it before and it's incredible. At the time I had the thought of "I w
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
It isn’t but it should be. Being Mortal is a phenomenal book about end of life care that I would recommend to anyone and everyone old or young.
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
Can you say more about #1?
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
I think you need to look at it from monthly -> house price and not the other way around. If your budget / purchasing power is $1000 /m then your house budget is roughly as follows: $190,000 @ 5% interest $210,000 @ 4% in
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
The US Marines have been known to evacuate US citizens from foreign countries if war breaks out. Think of your taxes as an insurance premium for global personal safety.
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
There is an American baseball team that started their life as Florida Marlins. The thinking was that they would establish this tribe mentality for all of Florida. After years of not great results in that regard they changed their name to th
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
For those who are curious, Virginia Tech has had a test road for 20 years: https://www.vtti.vt.edu/facilities/virginia-smart-roads.html
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
>it would be cool if it was just in Apple Maps ready to go I have been to some Westfields (or perhaps it was a Simon property) where this is already available. I can attest that it is very helpful!
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
there is also ongoing research into making the boom less audible & turbulent over land, which would enable cross-country flights: >Graves explains that SonicBAT is an unusual test in that it uses a typical military aircraft with its
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
What happens if you're a victim of Vomit Fraud? https://thepointsguy.com/news/uber-vomit-fraud-scam/ And what if Uber is your government-provided method of transportation for health care? https://w
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
>In China each adult citizen is getting a government mandated "social credit score". This represents how well behaved they are, and is based on crime records, what they say on social media, what they buy, and even the scores of
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
@mstade - any updates? How's your friend's boat??
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
The 200k/yr also had a multi-year look back. So you weren’t accredited until year ~3 of making such a salary.
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
>And 50 nautical miles range is... not much This is plenty of range for day trips throughout the Spanish, US, and British Virgin Islands. You could do multi-day trips if you planned your overnights at the various marinas with power hook
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
Does anyone know what their current status is? Their FAQs haven't been updated in over a year: >How many boats have you delivered? >As of March 2019, we have delivered 10 boats to customers in Sweden, Finland, Austria, the US an
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
You might be interested in the restaurant Next in Chicago. From the Wikipedia: >Rather than stick with one type of cuisine, Next completely changes its style every few months, focusing on a different time period, parts of the world, or
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
There is also the G-SHOCK limited edition DW5600NASA20 with NASA styling https://www.gshock.com/watches/limited-edition/dw5600nasa20
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by JacobDotVI 6y ago
Sysco and US Foods already offer dishes for restaurants to white label. These establishments are just pulling those multi-restaurant offerings from the distributor to the retailer https://www.sysco.com/Products/Product

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