MrFoof

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by MrFoof 13y ago
>type I diabetics with the best control are actually more likely to die from severe low blood sugars. I'm very much in this crowd. Type 1, AIC of 6.3, LDL cholesterol around 100, BP of 110/72-75. This is with completely manua
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Winter tires. Period. Too many people think that their all-season tires can do everything. They can do everything, but they don't have the dry grip that summer tires do in warm weather, and they don't have the aggressive sipin
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by MrFoof 13y ago
The attack seemed to be malicious software on the POS systems themselves. So the data was likely stored out-of-band and sent to remote destinations owned by the attackers. http://www.nbcnews.com/technology/massive-targ
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I was you 12 years ago. The odds are still against you. You will lose opportunities due to credentialism. The best bet is to become better than your peers and be in the top 5% of the talent pool. When you work with someone who really knows
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Comcast had real incentive to push IPv6 hard in some markets -- their address plane was out of addresses to satisfy DHCP leases in some markets. When you get support calls in a market, and the reason is because they can't be given an
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by MrFoof 13y ago
The reason why F1 now has so many rules governing it is because it was impossible for new teams to be founded, and many teams were pulling out, because the costs were insane. The budgets of F1 teams, in USD, was approaching astronomical lev
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Revenue at point of sale does not directly translate into revenue at the studio. There are many other companies involved in the distribution to the end-user, all of which get their cut.
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by MrFoof 13y ago
So here in Massachusetts we have the Health Connector. This is "RomneyCare", of which "ObamaCare" is a superset. Plans recently were just adjusted to be in-line with how they'll be priced when ACA comes into play,
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by MrFoof 13y ago
People buy Porsches for fun or track duty. Some for both, in which I'm in the latter crowd. I autocross my cars, and do DEs -- my current MX-5 has been on at least 13 different race courses in the country, including some of the very
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by MrFoof 13y ago
>All other things the same, a dual clutch is not much faster than a properly-operated manually-clutched gearbox Formula One drivers in the early 90s were the only ones really able to come close, with shift times between 150 and 200ms. T
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I did this exercise about 2 years ago. The price difference between a decked out mid-2011 iMac (with a DIY RAM upgrade) and a custom-built machine via NewEgg was ~$200 ... the difference largely being that with ordering from NewEgg I wouldn
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Yes, but as a result, extra attention was probably given to the entire front of the vehicle, which is also usually the case for mid-engine supercars. The big reason why the small overlap test is being focused on (aside from cars doing so we
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I almost don't think grocery store tomatoes have a taste anymore. It's like a generic, pulpy piece of fruit. There's no yellow mottling where there'd be concentrations of sugar, however now they're bred to be just
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by MrFoof 13y ago
"It's not that I mind people living out of their cars, but just not in my backyard."
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Massachusetts already has much of what PPACA provides as "RomneyCare", a.k.a. the Massachusetts Health Connector and MassHealth. It's exactly what allowed me (as a Type II diabetic) to strike out on my own without much conce
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by MrFoof 13y ago
At this point, it'd be diminishing returns. If it cut another $3-4/mo off the electric bill, time to recoup would likely be in excess of a decade. Next, it would ruin the gorgeous view I have (I very deliberately chose having a
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by MrFoof 13y ago
This is what I was trying to get across. The Nest isn't magic. Instead it provided information I could use to adjust my habits, and provide the data to show that my changes were resulting in a net benefit.
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I've been a Nest user since nearly Day 1, and about 19 months now overall. At this point I've probably recouped about 80% of the price of the thermostat, with my electric bill reduced by about $10-11/month ($55-65/mo to
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by MrFoof 13y ago
The odds are beyond terrible, but they are exactly zero if you don't play. My minimum required jackpot for me to play is a $320,000,000 jackpot. I increase the minimum every year. Keeps my maximum spending to about $4 or $6 a year, w
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I wear boat shots, a nice pair of Levis and a nice polo. Same as I always wear. Audi and BMW have specifically treated me like a piece of crap every time I've stepped into their showroom (maybe three times each) for the past 15 years.
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by MrFoof 13y ago
I hate to say it, but this kind of service is what drove me from mainstream brands altogether. * Wanted to buy a Ford Boss 302 Mustang. $43,000 MSRP car advertised as track-ready. Dealer said he wanted to mark up the car $25,000, and requ
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Well, the reason is because auto manufacturers are notorious for chasing volume, and still are. For example, although they're not a luxury marque, VW specifically (not the VW group) decontented their cars in what is referred to as the
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by MrFoof 13y ago
> We commonly say that hackers should save up 3-6 months of floating money It's not hackers, it's adults. This is called an "emergency fund". 3 to 6 months cash that's easy to access in the event of a genuine
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Would the aluminum + carbon fiber be a weave of aluminum mixed in with the carbon weave (similar to Pagani's carbotanium for the Huayra's body panels), or an aluminum galvanization process on the surface of the carbon fiber (simil
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Yahoo, this is porn we're talking about. Porn on the internet. Yahoo, porn finds a way. This is like buying Starbucks and then getting the "brilliant idea" to stop selling coffee and to instead focus on selling coffee cakes
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by MrFoof 13y ago
> OK, terrorists get a missile, and drivers get a ticket, but do people want an army of drones monitoring them for motoring offences, and more? Depends... Could the hybrid drivers cruising 20mph under the speed limit in the left-most la
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by MrFoof 13y ago
>Um, wouldn't 50-100 USD per hour correspond more or less to an average annual salary divided by 1000 ? Why would I take on all this extra responsibility and risk to make exactly what I did before (or worse, just the median) when I
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by MrFoof 13y ago
> The lesson here isn't that there's something intangible or magic about free sodas or coffee. It's that when you used to give out free sodas and coffee, and then you stop, you're telling everyone in the company that business isn't as g
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by MrFoof 13y ago
>Electrics. Ahhhh, never a good thing on Astons!! Nonsense, and it's also why this hire makes so much sense. In addition to the engine, underneath the hood is an incredibly powerful electromagnet that's an extraordinary example of thei
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by MrFoof 13y ago
Actually, Porsche has been #2 in reliability (J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Survey) for two years running (behind Toyota's Lexus brand), #4 in 2011, and was the leader in 2010. However, to be perfectly fair, your average Porsche sees far

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