Xorakios

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by Xorakios 3y ago
Just for giggles, does anyone else remember when "subdomains" were called "machine names" because physical devices were limited to one service? www. ftp. mail. ... weren't theoretical or merely mnemonic. Felt like a
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Alas, sarcasm might be more like reality. Retail store rentals have long required a cut of monthly sales. Actors/writers in the US are currently striking over their residual cut of entertainment sales, essentially forever. Architects h
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Smart billboards available through Gannett (largest billboard company in US) and track license plate numbers. I used them in Florida until they were banned in 2020. Billboards that identify car types are still legal AFAIK. https:/&#x2
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by Xorakios 3y ago
There is a deficit of around 40 million units in the US. Desired household sizes keep decreasing due to ongoing drops in marriage and childbearing rates, which increases housing units out of historical proportions. This is compounded by the
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by Xorakios 3y ago
it's an awesome aphorism, and continues (there are lots of versions and alleged authors): Without men, there would be neither wars or skyscrapers; neither destruction or creation; neither hate nor love. We are not angels but we need no
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by Xorakios 3y ago
like enjoying beachfront holidays while Maui burns? or watching football while Iraq is invaded under fake WMD assertions to provide someone has a bigger swinging d*ck than his father? or flying to golfing holidays even though parabolic ante
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by Xorakios 3y ago
was Socrates an airbreather? ;)
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by Xorakios 3y ago
first world arrogance - global definition of extreme poverty is $1.90/day, around $700 per year, scratching the dirt for food and water rather than going to college and not having a car https://www.worldbank.org/en&#x2F
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by Xorakios 3y ago
IRS still vastly prefers paper vs electronic for receipts.
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by Xorakios 3y ago
not even just countries - my family from California visited NYC and kept getting frustrated when they said just wanted a "regular coffee," until someone finally realized they meant "black coffee" and it was racist to say
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by Xorakios 3y ago
73cents/kwh in Palm Springs, CA is very common for peak pricing
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Both of those, plus environmental reviews adding years, sometimes decades. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/03/signature-...
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by Xorakios 3y ago
I suspect it's just an issue of phrasing. Plastic bags were adopted in favor of paper largely because of cost, but companies also asserted moral superiority because they truly do use fewer resources, vastly less landfill. Especially wh
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by Xorakios 3y ago
The 50 mile rule is an IRS regulation that is being increasingly enforced. https://www.irs.gov/irm/part1/irm_01-032-001
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by Xorakios 3y ago
what's a cm? inquiring US minds want to know!
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Since it's illegal in the US for undocumented people to get federal guaranteed home loans, please supply a reference for that. The latest available US census data for rentals is here, and in many use cases rentals drive home sale price
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by Xorakios 3y ago
That is correct of course, but the US federal housing insurers are understandably shy about talking about their contribution to the problem. Especially after 2008 almost all house valuations in the US are based on square footage and number
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Can you imagine when I visited Boston for college interviews and said I was a fan of the <K>eltics? :)
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Surprised that COBOL isn't more discussed. Still the most important language in banking and insurance back end programming!
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by Xorakios 3y ago
I guess we have a nickname for it. Try this: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-sunspot-cycle...
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Sometimes spelled as Montezuma, or Aztec cycle. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-climate-cycles-which...
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by Xorakios 3y ago
I agree with the first sentence and disagree with the second, and the citations also disagree with the second sentence, because we are moving into a downturn phase. And I love the third sentence because I had to read it twice. :) There are
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by Xorakios 3y ago
https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/1... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_temperature_record#/med... ] This is a few years old, but: https://ste
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by Xorakios 3y ago
I thought YC/Hacker News is intended to help people build new and better companies. How does this fit?
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Hopefully you are joking and not intentionally committing a hate crime by using the "b**er" word to disparage against the chronologically challenged
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by Xorakios 3y ago
https://www.epa.gov/climate-indicators/climate-change-indica... Take a few grains of salt. Even 1980 was long before we had great satellite data so a lot is inferred from tidal measurements in European cities
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Next year will be worse, but after that should be much cooler. The 90 year "Moctezuma" cycle (think dust bowl 1930's - much warmer than this year, 1840's, 1750's and conquistador records from 1660's) is combine
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by Xorakios 3y ago
Agreed.
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by Xorakios 3y ago
It's largely forgotten and ignored, but in the US it is illegal to call something "free" if it requires an email signup. https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-16/chapter-I/subchapter-B...
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by Xorakios 3y ago
I. And still do.

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