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by Sukotto 9y ago
Interesting, but just a review of the book so not so actionable. I liked this guide by the Financial Samurai [1] who advocates his readers avoid living a conspicuously rich lifestyle. It's been a few years since I read it, but a quick
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by Sukotto 9y ago
It's amazing the immediate, viscerally angry , reaction I have the moment I see "TSA" in an article headline. I can't think of any other organization that evokes that near-rage quite as fast or as strong. Even Immigrati
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by Sukotto 9y ago
If you're from the old school and prefer something commandlineish, Ward Cunningham has a neat little AWK script to calculate everybody's share of a group expense: http://c2.com/doc/expense/
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Thank you for your suggestion tsuyoshi.
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Hi Peter I'm late to the party. Posting on the off chance that you are still around. Any reply appreciated, even a couple of words. Question: How should I think about entering the US and gaining permission to work? Background: Canadian
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by Sukotto 9y ago
This is a topic I find really interesting, so I caught myself writing a whole essay about it. But I have to get back to work. So let me just say that yes, you are right that gasoline prices better match price and demand.
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Change the price of electricity from moment to moment This already happens. It is called the "Spot" price of electricity. It's not just supply though, the demand, ability of the infrastructure to carry the power, the
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What does grammar do?(fluent-forever.com)
3 points by Sukotto 9y ago|1 comments
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by Sukotto 9y ago
As per the quote from Goering which I'm sure you already know, but I will paste here for today's lucky 10,000. ----- We got around to the subject of war again and I said that, contrary to his attitude, I did not think that the com
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Yes. Modeling the load on the grid and anticipating supply/demand is basically what energy commodities traders do. If you can provide superior guesses about prices, then you'd have traders lining up to buy your service.
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Ad networks can track you without cookies. Cookies are just an easy first step. Any time any user hits any page with your javascript[1] in it: record ip address, referer (sic), locale preferences, available fonts, what's in their cache
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by Sukotto 9y ago
I used Backblaze for several years before closing out my account in 2012. Initial backup took a long time. There was no easy way to prioritize, for example, my photos over system files. I ended up manually prioritizing by disallowing pretty
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by Sukotto 9y ago
As a rule of thumb, I have learned that Onyomi is usually when a kanji is part of a compound word and Kunyomi is usually when the kanji is by itself. Yes, I typoed that and it's too late to fix it. り is "ri", not "ru&quo
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by Sukotto 9y ago
>Surely Japanese characters should not be treated the same as Mandarin ones No. In Japanese, how you read/pronounce a character depends on context. Sometimes they are the same as Chinese, sometimes not. Take mountain (山) for example
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Here in Japan your neighbour can build pretty much anything they want (within zoning constraints) and there is little you can do about it. The zoning here is pretty different than in the US though. The government created a national, unified
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by Sukotto 9y ago
Neat coincidence to see this on the front page today. On the train this morning I was re-reading David Brin's "The Deadly Thing at 2.4 Kiloparsecs". His 1984 article examining Earth's fairly regular mass extinctions and
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by Sukotto 9y ago
If you want a 1K ~ 2DK [1] for 1 ~ 3 people I think you are right. For larger families? I dunno. We're a family of 5 (1 in jr high, 2 in elementary) and really struggling to find a place to move up into from our current 2LDK. :( I admi
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by Sukotto 9y ago
I read your comment as strongly sarcastic. Do you mean it that way? Because it looks to me like they are very up-front about how iffy some of this stuff is. So what's the problem? The trouble with self-help advice is that it’s ofte
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by Sukotto 9y ago
the "best doctors" in my eyes are the ones with the best outcomes, lowest utilization, highest efficiency and highest patient satisfaction. As a lay-person, how can I tell which institutions or doctors have the best
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by Sukotto 10y ago
You don't have public contact info in your profile so I'll post here :) I don't want to spit on you (ew), but am interested in meeting some of my fellow Canadians living here in Japan. If you (or any other Canadians reading t
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by Sukotto 10y ago
> just want basic security against your average smash and grab criminals If this is the attack vector that concerns you, then you should probably start by installing secure doors and windows. IMO, cameras don't get you much beyond g
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by Sukotto 10y ago
you could go into the dungeons out of order, even with a wooden sword Or without one if you want. You can play almost the whole game without a sword (You just need it to beat Gannon): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v
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by Sukotto 10y ago
It's a very friendly, engaging event and well worth your time. Jay and Paul are great hosts, and there's usually a nice mix of new people and regulars. A few tips: - You'll probably want to eat dinner before you go. (Drinks a
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by Sukotto 10y ago
# You want a human # Humans quickly get a reputation among the interplanetary alliance and the reputation is this: when going somewhere dangerous, take a human. Humans are tough. Humans can last days without food. Humans heal so fast they p
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by Sukotto 10y ago
This is a report by the "Children's Commissioner" in Britain. I don't know what bias they bring to their report. Also have no idea if they are a legit governmental agency, or some kind of partisan "think tank"
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Instagram's Terms and Conditions, re-written for children (page 10 of pdf)(childrenscommissioner.gov.uk)
2 points by Sukotto 10y ago|1 comments
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by Sukotto 10y ago
I'm late to the party on this discussion, but did want to say this brings to mind the similar troubles popular authors can have with their readers. ... and which prompted this wonderful essay/rant from Neil Gaiman "Entitlemen
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by Sukotto 10y ago
Trading or Physical? Where are you based? I was once a Front office dev (Microsoft Stack) for commodity trading house. If you are in USA, Canada, or Japan, I'm interested in learning more about your business.
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by Sukotto 10y ago
[rot13 spoiler]Gur ebobg qvfpbiref gung vg unf ab frys. Vg vf whfg gur pheerag fgngr bs gur pbzcyrk, culfvpny fgngr znpuvar vafvqr vg'f urnq.[rot13] ... which is not precisely an argument against free will. Imho it's a close cousi
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by Sukotto 10y ago
I recently started reading through his work. And although I've enjoyed his stories in general, they have all been solidly in the "depressing" category for me. So far I have read "Story of your life", "Exhalatio

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