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by blawson 9y ago
Counterpoint, I never want to run at 6:30 am so having someone or something add pressure to get out only helps keep that commitment. And 15 min in I'm always glad I got out of bed.
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by blawson 9y ago
I've done a few marathons, going to aim to do this next year!
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Sea level fears as Greenland darkens(bbc.com)
2 points by blawson 9y ago|0 comments
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by blawson 9y ago
Or selling avocados. People with guns who are used to power are not just going to go home because the lucrative product du-jour is legal. https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloody-struggle-erupts-over-avo...
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by blawson 9y ago
Which isn't necessarily a problem is employees share in ownership. Unfortunately, it seems this is generally an option only for those that already make a relatively good income.
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2 Montessori schools in NYC accept Bitcoin payments for tuition(bbc.com)
16 points by blawson 9y ago|1 comments
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by blawson 9y ago
The article specifically claims labour costs aren't that much more than in other locations, Japan in particular. Certainly not enough to explain the huge differences in project budgets.
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by blawson 9y ago
Not a libertarian, but Japan apparently has 16 private railway companies, most of which are profitable: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rail_transport_in_Japan#Major_...
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by blawson 9y ago
Agreed, now just need to figure out how to bypass all the other stuff on the way there!
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by blawson 9y ago
The book Dreamland covers this quite a bit, and is a good read on the subject: https://www.amazon.com/Dreamland-True-Americas-Opiate-Epidem... My takeaway was that opiates were incorrectly classified as a non-addictive way
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by blawson 9y ago
That sounds unbelievable. This Washington Post article pegs it at 11%: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/0...
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by blawson 9y ago
Isn't this why Sarbanes-Oxley was introduced to begin with? Auditors getting too cozy with the companies they are meant to be impartially auditing, because most of their revenue actually comes from consulting. The book The Number talks
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by blawson 9y ago
Interest is only deductible on the first $1m of a loan already.
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by blawson 9y ago
They work great. I cycled regularly with one in Amsterdam. It's like a sail - it stabilizes itself in the correct vertical position as you ride. Holding one gets pretty effortless.
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by blawson 9y ago
Work ethic can make a huge difference though. To one degree or another we all slowly figure out what to do with our lives. Doing it with a drive that's been drilled into you can be a blessing, and a lot of the lessons apply well throug
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Power Outages Coincide in LA, New York, and San Francisco(inverse.com)
91 points by blawson 9y ago|71 comments
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I moved to Miami(zedshaw.com)
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Drone company collects $38M, makes zero deliveries(nbcbayarea.com)
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by blawson 10y ago
Probably a number of options for continuing to learn more conversational English. Here's one: https://www.myenglishcoaches.com
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by blawson 10y ago
That's probably because there is a not-unreasonable expectation that the situations the police are called out for will involve deadly weapons. Obviously not the case here, but in general, when anyone could realistically be carrying a g
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by blawson 10y ago
How tragic. Does he work with a speech language pathologist? I understand they can help meaningfully improve communication abilities in stroke patients.
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by blawson 10y ago
https://techcrunch.com/2017/01/09/fords-chariot-ride-sharing...
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by blawson 10y ago
You probably got that idea from Steve Jobs, describing Dropbox to Drew Houston. Dropbox is doing pretty well though, if that's the comparison Snap might be in good shape! https://www.forbes.com/sites/victoriabarret
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by blawson 10y ago
You could say the same thing for just about any show. Granted maybe you get farther than season 1 (Game of Thrones up to season 3 for me, for example) but TV very much fits with "die a hero, or live long enough to become the villain.&q
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by blawson 10y ago
Do you have any thoughts on these other factors, on the drop in demand? Sounds interesting to me. I'm not a collector but do fall for the lustre of high-end watches. I see a few articles on the crackdown on corruption, strong franc, an
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Tesla Q4 2016 Results – Revenue $2.28B, EPS -$.69, Deliveries up 64% [pdf](files.shareholder.com)
11 points by blawson 10y ago|0 comments
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by blawson 10y ago
Sure, but what's the alternative, especially in a case like this? Your manager is engaging in harassment, HR is where you "should" raise this. Her following protocol also makes her case stronger I would argue. You gave your c
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by blawson 10y ago
Spark framework is pretty awesome, in a "all I know is Java but want to write a web application simply anyway" kind of way. http://sparkjava.com
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by blawson 10y ago
Same, sold my car through them, and recommended a friend to the same. Great experience all around. The fact they were willing to deal with cars older than 6 years was the only reason I looked at them over Beepi.
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by blawson 10y ago
IIRC, one of the central points of Innovator's Dilemma is precisely about why this is rarely as straightforward as it seems. All those existing companies are probably up to their collective ears in work satisfying and growing the lucra

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