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by LanceH 4y ago
> With such a majority surely they can override a veto? Not necessarily. You have to look at votes a bit more cynically. There are generally no surprise votes in the house and senate. A 51-49 vote that passes may actually have a lot m
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by LanceH 4y ago
They used to spend more money on the intro so they could shorten the actual show. Now I suspect they just run more ads. There is a great interview out there somewhere about the money they were willing to spend on the Hawaii 5-0 intro/
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by LanceH 4y ago
> surprise escalation surprise escalation into an unknown, unverified situation where the only basis for the use of deadly force is whether the police feel there is danger. Of course they are in fear for their lives because they are lea
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by LanceH 4y ago
Can't wait for the next government drawn food pyramid.
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by LanceH 4y ago
To be clear, I stayed at home longer than most. I wore masks and still have some at home and in my car if needed. I got vaccinated as early as possible according to the rules, etc... I'm not a conspiracy theorist about these things.
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by LanceH 4y ago
> Smoking cover up? Goodness. Let’s assume you’re right and smoking prevents Covid. The answer would be to get everyone to start smoking? The answer isn't to lie to people for their own good, and there was a lot of that going on wit
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by LanceH 4y ago
The last 3 years I've had occasion to use Budget on an "I need a rental now" basis. I've had a good experience because they just don't seem to care. That is, the employees working there just check in/out, sign
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by LanceH 4y ago
As a cyclist and a driver, I've never had a cyclist throw something at my car just for existing . My brother has been shot at with a pellet gun. I've had cars swerve at me to run me off the road. There are a lot of psychos out
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by LanceH 4y ago
> Oh, top nostalgia from the 1990s/2000s online. A nice blend of nostalgia and triggering, "Get RealPlayer Now!".
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by LanceH 4y ago
The point is that if a player needs a 6, they will always pick a 6. It's hard enough for people to come up with something random, but even harder if they know what number they need. Put two people opposed picking a number like this and
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by LanceH 4y ago
In a game like dnd, you can't trust the player to pick a random number. So two sides who don't trust each other can generate a random number together.
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by LanceH 4y ago
Two people pick 1-6, add them, mod 6, add 1. This should get you even chances of a number 1-6.
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by LanceH 4y ago
It's a lot harder if you listen to the people that say it is impossible and you can't hope to do it because it is addiction. On the other side are people that say, "eat less, exercise more". Lots of people have chosen ei
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by LanceH 4y ago
I don't get why this one is the meme. Just because it's recursion? Because it's (nearly) pointless? There are so many other algorithms I find more difficult/more tedious.
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by LanceH 4y ago
Before I had much of a network, and I was going through recruiters to find jobs, I would give them feedback on the interviews they sent me out on. A lot of times, they only had a vague idea of what they were filling, and this would help th
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by LanceH 4y ago
Backstabbing in Risk or Catan is generally pretty obvious, though. It's more like, "Sorry, I need Australia." It's generally clear from the state of the game that it is headed there. In Diplomacy, it's a matter of
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by LanceH 4y ago
> work 80 hour weeks Hasn't really been my experience. There can be the odd extra evenings or even weekends, but nothing drastic. The big difference in hours is probably how effective those 40 hours a week need to be compared to a
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by LanceH 4y ago
In Risk, you're just fighting over limited resources. You largely wage these battles on your own. There is no real negotiation between players, other than an implicit, passing agreement when you don't provoke someone by attackin
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by LanceH 4y ago
As ever, I propose that laws abridging freedoms first be applied to the politicians enacting them. Any misinformation from the political class should be punished equally. This law makes it not just illegal to be wrong, but illegal to be in
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by LanceH 4y ago
Resizing the image of the guitar to fill the space was "correct" over showing the whole image. In the context of someone selling something, seeing the whole image before clicking through would be important, versus potentially hav
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by LanceH 4y ago
The biggest bloat I've found in big companies is duplicate teams. You have one problem needing to be solved and a couple VP's running a program trying to make it happen under their domain. I generally see this play out as, one te
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by LanceH 4y ago
If he just pulls out the verb and puts it on the end, he can mingle with the Germans.
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by LanceH 4y ago
90mph is 50% faster than 60mph. 17/time is 70% faster than 10/time. You're describing "in 70% less time", not "70% faster".
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by LanceH 4y ago
The whole thing seemed elaborately overly-formally-described and that just lessened the value of the cool graph.
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by LanceH 4y ago
At least get the numbers right. This would be losing $90 to make $12. Using Abbot Labs as an example, a $2 option for 10% over current price would expire roughly 4 months out. So you could make $6/year, and only risk losing the gains
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by LanceH 4y ago
They were one of the contenders in the early days of the web as everyone was trying to get bigger web servers, rather than numerous commodity web servers that we have today. They built single big machines and gave away the best swag. The l
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by LanceH 4y ago
I'll sell options on underlying boring securities. I may cap my short term gains to 15% or so, but I'll get an immediate couple of % points several times a year. it turns a boring blue chip into a less boring blue chip, but goin
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by LanceH 4y ago
I both do and don't want it to include the use of chat.
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by LanceH 4y ago
Like someone was in a rush to be lead plaintiff, or the representing law firm.
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by LanceH 4y ago
> And then many many smaller platforms spring up and they are successful by interoperating, until one becomes more popular than the others and turns proprietary. (I just want to get my prediction in also)

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