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by barsonme 7y ago
Did we win Afghanistan? Did we win Vietnam?
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by barsonme 7y ago
They do much more than just airlines. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook_Hotels_%26_Resorts
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by barsonme 7y ago
Does this mean Condor Airlines is shutting down as well? Their website[1] says they're continuing to fly, but I'm wondering if there any sort of precedent for what happens to child companies when the parent becomes insolvent. Havi
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by barsonme 7y ago
Really? $80? I haven't seen $80 for internet. In a suburban area outside of Tacoma ~300mbps was about $50, and now just outside of Seattle I pay $75 for 1 gbps . The non-gigabit plans were south of $50. I Googled a bit and most websit
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by barsonme 8y ago
I know some folks give it to charities. Others eat it. But a lot gets wasted. Ultimately they're pests, so wanton waste doesn't apply.
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by barsonme 8y ago
OTOH, somebody commuting via train doesn't want to rent a car every day.
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by barsonme 8y ago
There's much more that's not just not liking taxes. - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/12-millio... - https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/politics/like-t
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by barsonme 8y ago
I once made it through TSA with a set of screwdrivers and razor blades (painted houses for a while) in my backpack. Noticed those in the hotel after I landed and they most definitely went in my checked bag on the trip home.
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by barsonme 8y ago
I hope this doesn't make it in. I'd hate to see the inevitable check (check A(check B(check C( ... ))))
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50 Years Ago, This Was a Wasteland. He Changed Everything – Short Film Showcase(youtube.com)
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by barsonme 8y ago
Crazy. Sort of related, this sort of thing doesn't seem to be terribly uncommon in the middle east. There's plenty of footage on the internet of ISIS attaching mortars and grenades to drones and using them to bomb vehicles and bui
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by barsonme 8y ago
Apparently it's something like $0.21/word https://slator.com/deal-wins/usd-0-21-per-word-americas-tran... Another website said $0.11. 250 / $12.6 = $0.5/word which is roughly 1/2 to 1/4 th
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by barsonme 8y ago
No, that's just personal income tax. It doesn't affect B&O taxes.
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by barsonme 8y ago
Conversely, why would we presuppose it wasn't? It seems to me the onus should be on the government, since they're the ones taking our money. Once they've (1) proven they spend our money wisely, and (2) shown they have real
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by barsonme 8y ago
It does depend where you live and how much effort you put into it. - Location Where I come from (without getting specific, south of Seattle) a 10-year-old Corolla might run you $2,400. Where some of my family lives in Idaho, that same car w
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by barsonme 8y ago
> They're also on average the wealthiest age demographic in the US. That's true, but it's a bit misleading IMO. Older folks might have accrued more wealth than younger demographics, but they're not really adding to it
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by barsonme 8y ago
> This feels like a "registry cleaner" for GDPR Probably. It seems like a quick "let's make some money" scheme to milk the GDPR panic.
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by barsonme 8y ago
> and for their neighborhood to be too expensive for poor people Come on, this (specifically) is untrue. Your average NIMBY homeowner isn't trying to maliciously price poor folks out. The closest you can get to that would be wanti
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by barsonme 8y ago
Property taxes and home repairs on fixed incomes.
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by barsonme 8y ago
I just write homebrew "makefiles" with Go. The language kinda doubles as a scripting language almost, so I've found it much nicer than makefiles.
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by barsonme 8y ago
> There's nothing like the crazy stupid money that Californians are brining in to the housing market Hi, welcome to the Our House Prices (And Other Things) Got Jacked Up By Californians club! Sincerely, Washington, Oregon, Texas, .
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by barsonme 8y ago
There was plenty of sexist and racist garbage on reddit prior to the creation of T_D. It's probably more virulent now, but it's definitely not new. Good mods are the key to keeping bad content off good subreddits.
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by barsonme 8y ago
Honestly, I'm not sure how many rank and file employees signed one. I worked there from 2012-2015 and, as far as I recall, wasn't required to sign an NDA. I do think they required managers (who were sent off to the 1-2 week manage
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by barsonme 9y ago
> And its more likely that a family member is a danger to you child "X is worse than Y, therefore you shouldn't worry about Y" is a fallacy.
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by barsonme 9y ago
Depends on the state. For example, Illinois has Firearm Owners Identification (FOID) cards which are required for possessing firearms and ammunition. One criteria for obtaining a FOID card is not having committed a felony.
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by barsonme 9y ago
I used it for French. It was great to get a footing with the language, but ultimately it doesn’t allow you to learn more than superficially.
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by barsonme 9y ago
In a perfect world, sure. But unfortunately so many companies don't do security right, so if we want to be safe we have to take the initiative. I mean, it doesn't have to be an either/or thing, we can pressure companies t
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by barsonme 9y ago
Unfortunately, what a lot of people seem to miss is a lot of online political advertising is done through consultants or agencies. Disclosing that information not only hurts the politically independent agencies, but it also means there&#x27
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by barsonme 9y ago
We’re a huge country, of course you’re going to find lots of issues. The US is also really good at publicizing the bad stuff we do. But I guess American hate is all the rage these days.
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by barsonme 9y ago
Ehhhh... try it, you'll be surprised. I default to Amazon, but if I don't see what I want in my price range I try Walmart as well. This is probably playing into some stereotypes, but when I needed some thermals for going hunting t

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