adventureartist

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by adventureartist 7y ago
The true solution is Zoning Reform. Property owners would build many more units themselves, with their own capital, if allowed to build enough units to make it worthwhile. This doesn't happen because many current property owners (skewi
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by adventureartist 7y ago
It seems the big thing Airbnb should be verifying is the fake "hosts", where an LLC is renting out a dozen units or more in a city as a business, but then lying to the customer that they are renting "Jack and Judy's flat
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by adventureartist 9y ago
Find a corporate sponsor(s). It's about the money. Have them fund research through a contract including you, a university, and the corporation. With 10 million dollars, the university will create a position "Department Head of Cyb
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by adventureartist 10y ago
>Does he really believe he can sell formerly unsuccessful Yahoo services to Verizon subscribers?< This article misses the point: This is about selling Verizon subscribers through Yahoo/AOL services.
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by adventureartist 10y ago
For some perspective: LA county uses about ~50 Million cubic meters of water per year. The largest Israeli desalinization plant is ~225 Million cubic meters per year. The entire state of California uses ~50 Billion cubic meters of water per
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by adventureartist 10y ago
You are correct. The new plant in San Diego dumps out a ~20% brine IIRC that is supposed to be not as bad as the 50% brine that creates dead spots in the ocean. Not sure about the Israeli brine, but they did help develop the San Diego facil
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by adventureartist 11y ago
They are un-democratic single party capitalists. Like Singapore.
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by adventureartist 11y ago
Does anyone else think it's slightly shady to be advising drivers take on loans for vehicles in one hand, while working on making those vehicle loans a bad investment by investing in competing technology in the other?
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by adventureartist 12y ago
I'm interested in these refunds to advertisers. I've never received a refund, but if accounts are being banned constantly, some with tens of thousands of dollars, then it should have been noticed, especially since most of the time
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by adventureartist 12y ago
As a developer, I have had, and friends have had thier Adsense accounts banned right before payout for legitimate earnings. It hurts so bad to have that happen, and Google gives you little recourse. I cannot speak to the legitimacy of this
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by adventureartist 12y ago
Not being a native English speaker doesn't exactly eliminate the possibility of being a Google employee...
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by adventureartist 13y ago
There isn't a lot of reality to the idea that bitcoin is "hard". There is such lack of clear one page explanations to get started that people who don't feel like figuring it out are left in the dark thinking bitcoin is w
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by adventureartist 13y ago
aaaaand we're back
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by adventureartist 13y ago
I hope you realize there are more rats in more restaurants and food factories than you think, and that health departments nationally, while quick to cite, fine, and demand changes to your pest control, really understand that rodent problems
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by adventureartist 13y ago
I wouldn't be so fast to make that declaration. Elon Musk, Tesla, and SpaceX are pretty influential players right now, and I don't think anyone reading this white paper are anything less than wide eyed at the possibility that the
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by adventureartist 13y ago
My understanding is that putting the air power in the capsule is in part to make the tube simpler and cheaper to make and maintain.
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by adventureartist 13y ago
This. Is. Amazing.
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by adventureartist 13y ago
I'd like to know my action is leveraged, or helps provide leverage to others. I send emails to my elected officials (personalized like a boss) when I see an effort that starts to gain traction and I can see the power of numbers. If on