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by bickfordb 4y ago
Hopefully this will spur action to do this for all other contracts of adhesion that consumers, workers often face.
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by bickfordb 4y ago
End all contracts of adhesion.
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by bickfordb 4y ago
It's crazy how we've rationalized the environmental clearance for a modern electric train dwarfs equivalent trips in lead based fueled jets.
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by bickfordb 5y ago
Anecdotally, I had a deviated septum correction and turbinate reduction (not complete removal.. I think they were cauterized down?) surgery last spring. It was mildly uncomfortable for a day or two after the surgery. Before the surgery I
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by bickfordb 5y ago
If only the US had some way to import a larger workforce
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by bickfordb 5y ago
I'm suspect about this gui project, but I setup LSP + neovim for a rust project last week and I think it is significantly better than any IDE I have seen, super productive
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by bickfordb 6y ago
Similarly, Lake Oswego OR restricts non-residents from a public lake through a combination of public and private partnerships. https://www.wweek.com/news/courts/2018/05/04/the-oregon-supr...
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by bickfordb 6y ago
AWS/AZURE/GCP aren't exactly beloved by their customers, product quality is sporadic, domiciling things with the US is more questionable than ever before, and their margins are high. This seems like a great time for solid in
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by bickfordb 6y ago
I'm also surprised by this claim. SawStop table saws cost 3x the equivalent from other manufacturers. It's unfortunate the technology wasn't licensed out. It's a critical safety feature on one of the most dangerous co
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by bickfordb 7y ago
Taxes on reallocating
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Cops can seize Oregon woman’s $354k home following meth dealing conviction(oregonlive.com)
27 points by bickfordb 7y ago|6 comments
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by bickfordb 7y ago
Exactly which incredible products are you attributing to Mr. Gates? Gorilla.BAS in 1991?
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Tesla’s Elon Musk knew SolarCity faced a ‘liquidity crisis’ at time of 2016 deal(cnbc.com)
7 points by bickfordb 7y ago|0 comments
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by bickfordb 7y ago
e.g. Symbols of driving tanks over students
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by bickfordb 7y ago
That is the convention for the US. These pillar footings are commonplace for decks. Which is what this structure essentially is: a deck platform with an expensive tent.
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by bickfordb 7y ago
No idea why they didn't have conrete pumped. Probably would have been cheaper
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by bickfordb 7y ago
Prices appear to have stalled/dropped in Portland
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by bickfordb 8y ago
What crimes would they be jailed for?
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by bickfordb 8y ago
Snapchat
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by bickfordb 8y ago
Landfills are actually pretty cheap, which I think is part of the problem. If I take debris directly to my local transfer station (Portland, OR) they charge a mere $30/ton.
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by bickfordb 8y ago
Fairbanks is a population of just ~30K, regularly has -50F temperatures during the winter, so it might not be directly comparable to a similar effort in KS or GA.
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by bickfordb 8y ago
There are certainly US apartments/condos with high quality sound insulation. The lack of it is cost saving measure. Every cent that goes into the building comes out of the pocket of the developer.
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by bickfordb 8y ago
I believe they're ~$20 on Aliexpress?
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by bickfordb 8y ago
Supply, meet demand
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by bickfordb 8y ago
In a case like this, would the public domain license be revocable if the copyrightable painting were transferred?
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by bickfordb 8y ago
I recently replaced the screen on my 2017 iPad 9" via parts from Aliexpress. I was surprised by how thin the display glass is. It appears to be designed to fail.
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Postmates Interviews Banks for IPO(wsj.com)
2 points by bickfordb 8y ago|0 comments
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by bickfordb 8y ago
And sue ad platforms who lie to you about metrics
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Elon Musk allegedly silences one of his shortselling critics by calling his boss(marketwatch.com)
5 points by bickfordb 8y ago|1 comments
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by bickfordb 8y ago
I would prefer to eat most weeds than glyphosate. Also, what do this imply politically? Testing for Round-Up in our food supply is now a states rights issue?

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