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by cpwright 12y ago
Gambling addiction seems to be fairly common or recognized. It does not seem that it would be too far of a logical step for the same to happen with a mobile device. You can play on the thing for hours, in fact many games encourage you to
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by cpwright 12y ago
If I were NASA, I would actually pick Boeing for exactly the reasons you would disqualify them. They have a fairly proven, safe solution that could get astronauts into orbit and back. It would be expensive per launch, but since it is all
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by cpwright 12y ago
Mr. or Mrs. Brady Bunch didn't hide the fact that they had previous children or relationships. Its very possible that the father lied to the mother about having the prior relationship. Its also possible that his previous behavior had
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by cpwright 12y ago
But don't forget about it in your pocket and then do the laundry ... Losing or having a credit card compromised is pretty low on my list of real hassles.
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by cpwright 12y ago
In general, I agree that it is hard to justify economically. I think cabinetry is one huge exception. I built a bowfront vanity for about $1100 instead of the $2200 it was in the store). There are certain tools and things you are just not
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by cpwright 12y ago
A.H. requires no explanation for those not in the know, A16Z does.
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by cpwright 12y ago
But of course, the MTA isn't actually part of the state government ... because nothing in NYS can actually be open and transparent.
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by cpwright 12y ago
For most intents and purposes, the MTA is the government. NYS sets up lots of various quasi-governmental authorities, because the authorities can issue debt without having votes, whereas the state government needs to have voters approve bo
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by cpwright 12y ago
It isn't reasonable for the fares to be the same. They are determined by different transit agencies, and have different costs. The select bus service is a much different experience than the subway, and as such is priced much higher.
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by cpwright 12y ago
The unlimited doesn't make sense if you only use the subway twice a day (to and from work). You can roll the balance of a nearly expired card onto a new card, but I don't know if there is a way to recapture your $1 card fee.
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by cpwright 12y ago
GM, Ford, Chrysler, Toyota, Honda, Nissan, et. al. have already accepted an up-front fee in exchange for franchise agreements; so the franchise laws in that case protect the initial investment of a franchisee. There actually was some debate
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by cpwright 12y ago
As long as there is also not a personal property tax on top of the sales tax, the sales tax on the used car makes sense to me, being from New York. The atrocious part, is that the dealer is able to charge only a 4% rate instead of the 6+%
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by cpwright 12y ago
> The government doesn't help; it hinders, by subsidies, protective tariffs, and other distortions of the market. These policies help certain politically connected groups (mainly large agribusinesses), but they hurt consumers overal
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by cpwright 12y ago
I would say that for some of the jobs mentioned, I can perfectly understand that an autistic could function at a high level (developer, tech writer, etc.). However, for an HR or PR job; I have a hard time believing that proper accommodation
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by cpwright 12y ago
For demolition it shouldn't matter if it is a rental or not. If it would be habitable by an owner; then it shouldn't be demolished. The tenant may be evicted or he could be fined or something; which is fine, but he should still b
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by cpwright 12y ago
I guess I find that demolishing the house should take more than a few months or planning committee meetings. I think that an independent judge should have to be involved in anything that deprives someone of their property. I actually think
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by cpwright 12y ago
He still paid the $500. If he was keeping current on his taxes, and the house was not an attractive nuisiance, there is no reason they should be demolished. If they were condemned, he should have been compensated for them. There is no rea
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by cpwright 12y ago
Or you take their phone away when they don't call you back; or ground them. It seems to me that having an enforced version of that won't actually promote responsible behavior as much as more traditional punishments.
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by cpwright 12y ago
I am pretty sure part of the whole patent trolling business model is the asymmetric costs. The plantiff's costs are amortized over a number of suits; the the defendant's costs are not.
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by cpwright 12y ago
Well if you assume one charge per day (say in your garage over night), you get 265 miles/day * (365 days * 8 years + 2 leap days) = 774,330 miles total.
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by cpwright 12y ago
I think it is important to point out that although it is billed as an Infinite Mile Warranty, that is only for the 85 KWh version of the car, the 60 MWh version has a limit of 125,000 miles. That is still a lot of miles, and I think quite
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by cpwright 12y ago
But it would create a financial upside. They are a fund after all, and you'll find plenty of institutions investing in LMT, NOC, and friends. You might lose some of the halo effect for one audience, but gain it from another. Not ever
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by cpwright 12y ago
It depends, I think there are probably a reasonable number of automated processes that could be messed up by something like this. For example, reminders that you need to do some sort of training or HR process could get black holed; creatin
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by cpwright 12y ago
> if Poitras really lawyered up when asked, chances are that there's something else as well). Or it is in her (and Snowden's) interest to not say exactly what came from where. If there is a second leaker, confirming it could c
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by cpwright 12y ago
His statement presumes it would be in the agencies interest to publicly minimize what he took rather than publicly maximize it.
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by cpwright 12y ago
I think that if you introduced a tax like this, food producers would be more adept at reading the rules and determining what is "added". They could also simple start substituting in artificial sweeteners or the like to maintain s
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by cpwright 12y ago
How do you define added. If you have pure apple juice, it has 35g in an 8 fl. oz. serving (using the Martinelli's in my pantry as an example). There is no sugar added, but it clearly has plenty of sugar. What happens if instead of a
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by cpwright 12y ago
The "local" drivers don't certainly all live in the Hamptons either. I worked at an ISP doing tech support while I was in high school, and one of the other guys also drove a cab in the Hamptons. This was 30-50 miles west of
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by cpwright 12y ago
You should seriously consider consulting an attorney. There are clear contradictions in your statement, "Further, the code is in the public domain under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 3"; code that is under the public dom
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by cpwright 12y ago
In the Millionaire next Door (or maybe it was the Millionaire Mind), it was pointed out that a common way of becoming a high net worth individual isn't to make an obscenely huge amount of money; but rather to be careful about how you s

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