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   by cascom 8y ago

   I live in the US where you essentially have no liability for fraudulent transactions (if you identify them in a reasonable amount of time) - so while it’s annoying to have to get a card reissued once every couple of years, it doesn’t seem l
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   by cascom 8y ago

   Sorry - wasn’t trying come off as persnickety - but have seen large public companies be rather defensive/litigious around their brand/trademarks etc.
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   by cascom 8y ago

   i think we are talking past each other - my point is that passenger wight vs total weight is not a very relevant metric - you need to think about in the context of payload [ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Takeof
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   by cascom 8y ago

   Have you run your name by the people at Olin Corp?
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   Open source cryptography takes a step forward with the release of OpenPGPjs 4.0(protonmail.com)

   18 points by cascom 8y ago|0 comments
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   by cascom 8y ago

   Except you’re forgetting about fuel. 350k kg max take off weight -170k Kg empty weight -145k kg max fuel = 35k kg usable weight @ max fuel 35k kg / 350 pax = 100kg/pax which means passenger weight is far from trivial
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   by cascom 8y ago

   A friend of a friend runs a pipeline construction company (think the people that would actually build Keystone XL or the likes) and he has a team of estimators that run all the numbers on a given project and come up with a budget. He then d
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   by cascom 8y ago

   I was planning on moving over to fast mail over Labor Day, not so sure now.
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   by cascom 8y ago

   I suggest you watch a couple of episodes of The First 48 to see the level of ineptitude of both criminals and the police
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    MALD-X Advanced Air Launched Decoy Test Is a Bigger Deal Than It Sounds(thedrive.com)

    27 points by cascom 8y ago|21 comments
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    by cascom 8y ago

    shocker - government program is poorly administered and a private contractor is poorly supervised.
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    by cascom 8y ago

    I believe this is the original news story that trump picked up on https://pjmedia.com/trending/google-search-results-show-perv...
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    by cascom 8y ago

    as an aside two player puzzle fighter was so addictive!
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    by cascom 8y ago

    Just a couple of thoughts: 1. Prosecutors are afraid of losing and protracted court battles with all avenues of appeals pursued - making all but the slam dunk cases unattractive to pursue 2. A great deal of the acts the the public would lik
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    by cascom 8y ago

    What does ring central use?
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    by cascom 8y ago

    cool computer - too bad its made by lenovo
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    by cascom 8y ago

    they are not trying to beat the spx... they are trying to produce positive, low volatility, uncorrelated returns...
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    by cascom 8y ago

    There are a number of relevant indices, I've put a link to one below [1]. the short version is that they would probably be categorized as a multi-strategy event-driven manager, and as such would be compared against other similar manage
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    by cascom 8y ago

    Except that essentially no one is paying $30k in any of the cases despite the “price tag”
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    by cascom 8y ago

    Do activist investors serve a valuable function to the market, and their investors? Yes Do activist investors sometimes pursue strategies that are less than scrupulous, and perhaps values a quick buck over the long term success of a company
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    by cascom 8y ago

    oh cool so now i can share my unencrypted chat history with both google and facebook at once!
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    by cascom 8y ago

    yes - i don't think your chat backups are encrypted, so now google and facebook can read them
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    by cascom 8y ago

    >"Spreadsheets are often used as a multipurpose tool for data entry, storage, analysis, and visualization. Most spreadsheet programs allow users to perform all of these tasks, however we believe that spreadsheets are best suited to
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    by cascom 8y ago

    It seems like these charts are for single family homes only? So a new apartment building wouldn’t be included? If so, that would seem to tell part of the story?
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    by cascom 8y ago

    It’s actually worse - a healthcare provider is typically paid 10%-40% of the cash pay rate for a Medicaid or Medicare patient so 60%-90% below the listed rate! I’m far from an expert as well, but my point is that a transparent everyone pays
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    by cascom 8y ago

    I don’t disagree with your sentiment, but a major problem is that the US healthcare system’s function (or lack thereof) is based on price discrimination e.g. the list price for a doctor visit might be $150, the doctor gets reimbursed $15 fo
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    by cascom 8y ago

    Both of your proposed solutions are appealing - but Medicaid and Medicare create a large problem, as both programs pay way below listed rates (~10% and ~40%. Respectively) so your proposal while eloquent would create massive upheaval (perha
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    by cascom 8y ago

    Absolutely - but they might still ask themselves why they are paying an insurance company to negotiate a rate above what they can obtain on their own. In vs out of network, deductibles, and co-insurance can also complicate the calculus
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    by cascom 8y ago

    I had this experience with imaging (MRI), cost 10% more with insurance than without. I asked a friend in the healthcare industry about this - they said that since insurance companies negotiate all the services at once - the insurance compan
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    by cascom 8y ago

    I think it’s less of an issue for local drivers, but if you are in an unfamiliar area - or more likely going on a trip, there is a ~30 min period during which you will NEED to get gas no matter what...