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by danjayh 10y ago
The actual plubusses were batteries, and the actual data was mAh/$. I have found that the relative mAh/$ for various brands stays fairly stable over time even as the price changes, so the data is valid. I've a plumbus change
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by danjayh 10y ago
A lot of the bazaar style stuff is handled by Amazon through the Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) program. For instance, this rather nice ratcheting wrench set: https://smile.amazon.com/GearWrench-Metric-Flex-Head-Combina... is
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by danjayh 10y ago
Amazon is a cluster all-around. They can't keep counterfeits off (I just recently got a 'samsung' battery that would only charge to 80%), and they can't police legit products correctly either. I've seen tons of horr
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by danjayh 10y ago
I find it odd that the corporate research lab is popularly acknowledged to be dead when so many large companies maintain corporate research labs: http://www.geglobalresearch.com/ http://research.ibm.com/ h
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by danjayh 10y ago
I'd like to propose a different option, one that would actually solve a lot of the current problems in the USA ... before posting a response, please read the 'why' section below. - The government stops guaranteeing student de
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by danjayh 10y ago
I work for your friendly Aviation megacorp producing avionics-related widgets. We are currently transitioning to DO-178C. Fun anecdote: I took a training class on Peach Fuzzer last year & got to hear people from MS, Mozilla, etc. talk a
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by danjayh 10y ago
It's unfortunate that liberal people from California are moving to Texas, Arizona, and North Carolina. It may permanently alter the character of previously desirable areas. ... it's all a matter of perspective ...
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by danjayh 10y ago
Unsure which candidate you're talking about (both?)? They're both equally awful in different ways.
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by danjayh 10y ago
The article also conflates the tax increase with the cost of the plan, which are two entirely separate things. Whether the government immediately raises taxes enough to cover the whole tab or does it at some later point doesn't really
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by danjayh 10y ago
For those who have given up on Engadget (I can't be the only one): http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/06/bluetooth-5-spec-comi...
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by danjayh 10y ago
The original is better. Can't stand websites that take up 1/3 of my monitor. If I wanted it that narrow, I'd resize my browser.
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by danjayh 10y ago
link?
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by danjayh 10y ago
Had no idea about FATCA. Absolutely insane government overstep. To impose such a costly burden on financial institutions worldwide, to make Americans a liability to those host countries, and all for such little gain ... it boggles the mind.
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by danjayh 10y ago
I own a saturn Aura (same platform as the Malibu and G6), and I find that the parts are cheap, readily available in aftermarket form, and easy to replace. Yes, I did have to do the wheel bearing ... but it took me an hour and a half, end-to
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by danjayh 10y ago
What finally made me drop them was when they posted a cartoon of a dude with his pants around his ankles using a fleshlight (or similar) to their front page. IT pros might (legitimately) be reading Engadget at work, and they basically put a
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by danjayh 10y ago
Non-engadget link for those who have given up on them (I can't possibly be the only one): http://bgr.com/2016/06/09/lenovo-phab2-pro-release-date-pric...
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by danjayh 10y ago
Key takeaway: "Open standards are always going to be inferior to closed ones." This is totally true, but as the author notes, open standards still have their place. Also, I realize he's mad, but he really needs to expand his
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by danjayh 10y ago
Fixed: Canada seems to be in so much trouble - I am wondering how things are there. # Massive flooring of the Canadian dollar. # Continued job losses months on end - Unemployment rate of 7.1% ! # Most expensive Natural Disaster in Canadian
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by danjayh 10y ago
Chrome has made some pretty major, breaking changes due to auto-updates. I opened Chrome one day to find that my VPN to work would no longer function due to sweeping changes in extension permissions. I would agree with the parent that Chrom
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by danjayh 10y ago
My employer offers a few options for health insurance. At the time I was a young and healthy 29 year old (or so I thought) so I was enrolled in the low cost high deductible option. It costs less than $200/month between both the employe
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by danjayh 10y ago
(copied from another comment that I posted this in originally by accident) You consider NHS to be an example of a well run nationalized system, and yet the NHS deals with chronic rationing [0] [1], has queues for many things (and actually l
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by danjayh 10y ago
EDIT: Disregard 'you consider the NHS...' - got your comment mixed up with somebody elses. The actual point is that nationalization tends to have mismanagement and shortages as an outcome, and private markets do not (at least not
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by danjayh 10y ago
Politicians are motivated by power, not by your needs. We have had repeated examples of just how bad states truly are at providing for people's basic needs. Every time it's been tried, it's resulted in chronic shortages, of
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by danjayh 10y ago
Three words for interesting (relevant) google food: toilet paper USSR. State production does not guarantee a steady supply of essentials.
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by danjayh 10y ago
Having been in A-fib several times in my life, if you ever feel like your heart rate isn't steady and isn't changing in the usual way as a result of exertion, GO TO A DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. Lesson learned. If anyone ever releases a w
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by danjayh 10y ago
Disagree. I had a valve replaced, and researched extensively what my experience was like vs. that in other countries. I received an unquestionably higher standard of care. I had my choice of valve, doctor, hospital, I had nearly zero wait (
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by danjayh 10y ago
Even the world's crappiest healthcare plan protects against the worst case. I know - I had a major health event at age 29, and I had absolutely garbage insurance. $350,000 in hospital bills later, with approximately only $7k out of poc
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by danjayh 10y ago
Friend, you are more than likely in the top 1% of the world population. That only takes about $32k/year[0]. [0] http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/050615...
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by danjayh 10y ago
My own megacorp (which is mentioned in the article) when to a warm & fuzzy review system some months ago, I don't really like it. They used to do stack ranking behind closed doors (although they vehemently denied it) ... which only
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by danjayh 10y ago
I had untreated strep when I was a kid, because the strep screen came back negative. Turns out it was group C, which didn't show up on the strep screen, but also didn't resolve itself. Some months later it got much worse. Somebody

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