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by athenot 8y ago
This would have a side-effect of making all the short-sellers lose, which would be quite satisfactory to Musk. Until Tesla's economics become obvious to all in the market, this is probably the best decision; this allows them to be more
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by athenot 8y ago
> If you sleep for 8 hours and don't snack before bed, you would probably "fast" for 12 hours in a day incidentally Which is why that next meal is called "break fast".
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by athenot 8y ago
> Their Google, FB, and Twitter knockoffs don't count, they are all crap compared to Western versions. Tencent has $35b in revenue and Baidu has $12b revenue (USD). Meanwhile Twitter has $0.7b in revenue (for reference, FB is $40b).
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by athenot 8y ago
Did some digging... you are right (I thought there was a patent exclusion for "prix libre" drugs but I guess I was wrong). There's no reimbursement but still a patent. But in that system, no reimbursement kinda kills the mark
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by athenot 8y ago
I think that could be done today with mobile management device profiles. Of course that would require quite a bit of IT infrastructure, which means money, and that is a tight resource in schools so probaby not feasible.
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by athenot 8y ago
From the MSDS sheet: > 6.2 Environmental precautions > Seal leaks when possible without risk. Impound spoiled product as much as possible with inert materials. Do not allow substance to flow into water ways, sewerage systems, basem
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by athenot 8y ago
Same with TGV in France. The high-speed train logo, when rotated upside-down turned out to be… a snail. https://yannigroth.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/logo-tgv-esca...
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by athenot 8y ago
That's exactly what happened in Europe. The old ones were as dangerous as the ones currently in use in the US. They managed to make the transition in a way that was backward compatible. Here in the US we did change our plugs, by introd
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by athenot 8y ago
In France, they solve that for Drugs with downward pressure by the government. Basically a company that wants to put out a drug has 2 options: - 1. Sell a whatever price they want. But then they don't get a patent and anybody is free t
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by athenot 8y ago
But you can't safely guide the plug into the wall socket without looking at it. With European plugs[1], that's fine. The grounded version doesn't have that protection, but the female side has walls on the side and a protrudin
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by athenot 8y ago
I got married in the US but had the traditional French cake: the "Pièce Montée", a tower of cream puffs that are glued together with caramel. It satisfies both the flashy tower requirement, and is relatively easy to dish out since
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by athenot 8y ago
>> I think therefore that SQL database technologies have to adapt to the serverless paradigm rather than dismissing serverless > Empty statement that means nothing. SQL/RDBMS is backed by computer science and robust engineerin
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by athenot 8y ago
> Companies and institutions who need information from people that could be used for identity theft really need to reach people in a way that they won't confuse it for a scam. Yes! Occasionally I'll get a call from a company of
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by athenot 8y ago
That's similar to toilet paper rolls I've seen in Europe. The core is made of pressed short fibers (similar to the TP itself), and can be discarded in the toilet as it turns into mush within seconds when in contact with water.
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by athenot 8y ago
> The FB marketing execs must sit there thinking, how the fuck do we sell Facebook when everybody knows about Facebook, and most people know it's garbage? It's no different than Coca Cola or McDonalds. Everybody knows about the
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by athenot 8y ago
UTC is good but not enough; it may still bite you in the behind. What's the time difference between these 2 timestamps: 2016-12-31 23:59:50 UTC (unix time 1483232390) 2017-01-01 00:00:10 UTC (unix time 1483232410) Th
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by athenot 8y ago
Of course this is all due to a financial/tax incentive for movie studios. But it seems to have produced a volume of productions: in 2016 more feature films were produced in GA than in CA. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com&#x
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by athenot 8y ago
And there are other challenges, including: - Wind: variable speed & direction, can be high. - Ionosphere charges: the sapce elevator would essentially be a giant ground rod in the ionosphere… that might attract a few bolts of lightning.
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by athenot 8y ago
One thing I make sure to not buy organic is couscous. Every time I've gotten organic versions, there have been worms roaming around in it. I'm not sure I agree with the article's conclusions as I generally favor organic in
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by athenot 8y ago
That's a podcast, not a news article. It's designed to be more entertaining, not just dry facts. The link of the podcast you give, however, has 6 links to background information. Full disclaimer: I subscribe to the NYT. The paper+
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by athenot 8y ago
This workflow can already be done with good old Apple Mail. The ability to open multiple windows all showing a personalized view (both in the selection of emails and what you want to see about them) allows for this flexibility. As a bonus,
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by athenot 8y ago
> If someone drives for Uber for 1-ride per month should Uber pay $1000/mo for that driver's health insurance? It's no different than any other company. Most places have benefit levels tied to work levels. Working full tim
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by athenot 8y ago
I've been in open plan offices that worked great and others that were terrible. But I take issue with this part of the article: > Open plan offices have taken off because of a desire to increase interaction and collaboration among
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by athenot 8y ago
"Fake news" is often interpreted as "news I don't agree with". That is not the definition. News can be defined as genuine if it's truthful, in reporting facts, in reporting uncertainties & limits of current
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by athenot 8y ago
Yes. They are designed for that stuff. Here's the biggest accident (in France) from having a large object on the tracks: 80 ton oversized load. Only the engine car derailled. Trainset involved: 70 (Sud-Est) Service: train 73
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by athenot 8y ago
> 3) Phages are living things How is that any different from probiotics or yeast? Those are also "living" but my understanding is that they are dormant and inactive until reactivated. (Lots of good points raised in your comment
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by athenot 8y ago
Really? $10 won't buy you much in terms of steel. You'd probably need a lot more than just a crowbar. I'm not saying trains are invulnerable to debris on the tracks, just that they are designed to handle small stuff on the tr
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by athenot 8y ago
That was more of a musing on the part of P. Pius XII because he had been preoccupied with the philosophical side of showing God's existence, and saw some potential synergy. In his Un'Ora speech, where he was actively contemplating
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by athenot 8y ago
Thanks for clarifying that.
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by athenot 8y ago
NPs can already prescribe drugs (just not narcotics, iirc).

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