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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
and https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health-topics/hemochromatosis which affects an estimated 30% of americans
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
doubly so: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bre-X
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
Even Softbank wasn't okay, they did one round, but they then reduced their most recent round from 14b to 2b source: https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/07/for-softbank-no-majority-s...
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
Maybe where you're from but: [1] chicken breast 5.86/lb [2] rice $.94/lb [3] tomato sauce $.63/lb [4] carrots $.99/lb [5] bread $1.38/20oz [6] butter $2.95/lb [7] cheese $3.05/8oz Which shows
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
$11 per day for meals is low, most people who live alone will spend roughly $15 a day (a single meal from McDonald's for instance is $10.95). The cheapest 'eat out' option is roughly $6 for a single meal at Costco/Ikea.
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
Unless you're the NSA / CSIS / Etc.
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
I'm not above being corrected on acronyms, I bow to you being the king of the hill.
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
It is literally called Civil Anti-Spam Law, so it's an accurate title.
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
The price is negligible in that the point is most people will work with Java, PHP, JS, etc at their workplaces yet indulge in the newest concepts/technologies on HN.
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by ToFundorNot 7y ago
Currently? at least Vancouver, and possibly Toronto. I don't know about other markets. It's roughly 4.3% of Vancouver's housing stock[1] Toronto has roughly 23% [2] of its for sale stock vacant, unfortunately there have been
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
Which is funny because I've had an instance go down. I don't have ridiculously high volume, or distributed: -One instance -No changes to the config -I'm the only person with access -No major outages at the time It went down,
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
I skimmed the report, they break down the % of people still running. They took x-rays and measured the space between the joints amongst other tests to see how much wear/damage occurred in the 18 year period. In both the control, and th
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
If you have a forced vacation period, your employer is auditing your emails/drives/devices. It's perfectly understandable that they search your work assets regularly (and randomly) as espionage happens. They probably mentione
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
I feel like you're missing the circular logic of your argument. The laws are crazy because banks will not self regulate. They openly allow illicit funds, so rules need to be applied to stem the source. None is blaming them for acceptin
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
This study is missing one important factor, a baseline. The author should have provided an androgynous named account to see how that fared.
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
If they have a purchase minimum, it's because they generally have low ticket values, sub $25 average receipt value. They exchange a low percent (as low as 1.00% on average vs ~%1.75) for a per transaction flat rate (say $.25-$.50 per t
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
Incidentally, debit cards ('check cards') in the US are more expensive than credit cards as a ratio of processing costs to fees (they charge %~.75 . These fees are more in line with costs in Canada (~$.03 a transaction). https:&
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
While paperwork is easier with a cc, and the ~1.75% charge that processor's apply is valuable, there are additional risks that follow cc processing. Fraud. While you may have an individual pay for $10-$500 in goods with counterfeit cur
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
Can't forget the susanalbumparty: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/article/cbd0fd47-3f92-494e-81...
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
The reason for Whatsapp's success is because of the lack of borders in communication. It's not only free in the US, it's free worldwide.
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
It didn't help that the US shifted from being a third-world, low cost labour center, to a first world economy. US farmers - ~$9.50 USD a month ~1850's Euro labourer -~$652.44 USD a month ~1850's Silver value in USD: https:&#
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
Slight tangent, but Frank Stronach of Magna International, started his business smelting parts in their modified kitchen oven.
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by ToFundorNot 8y ago
>I've gotten enough negative reactions in those 20 months, and enough rejected job applications and negative conversations with recruiters regarding my employment gap, that I really start to question (even if only subconsciously) th
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
I remember that one. He said he was learning to program (maybe it was angular JS, but are you sure it wasn't a book on mongodb?). I know that if someone were to question how I spend my time, it would strike a chord. Anyone who prides t
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
We had an instance crash (first time), once we were bestowed the honor of submitting a ticket after an hours of downtime (to which the clock only started an hour after the instance went offline, we were able to solve the issue ourselves, an
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
The camera on the G5 Plus is terrible, fyi.
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
There are women/men that are flattered/aroused when kissed without consent. This is the crux of the problem, some of these people have done the exact action many times before with positive outcomes. Those complainants may be outli
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
To be fair, the Quebec government made their bed in this deal. The original terms were terrible (over valued, highly favorable to Bombardier in both failure and success). The deal the caisse made with Bombardier, was more aligned with reali
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
Very little of the physical (the lithium). However all of the precious materials ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_recycling#Lithium_ion_... ). It's not worth it to extract the lithium, monetarily speaking.
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by ToFundorNot 9y ago
I'm still running the original Surface Pro, unfortunately the magnetized grid for the pen died about two years ago leaving only touch or touch pad. Besides that, it's going strong four years later.

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