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by ddeck 9y ago
No it's not, but keep in mind that the cars accelerate at an average of around 1.45g. If it weren't for the inability to transfer all of the power to motion (due to traction loss), they could accelerate from 0 to 100 kph (62 mph)
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by ddeck 9y ago
>the fund has a choice of being established in US or Cayman Islands. Not, Germany, Canada, UK. Why? As far as I can see, two people who are neither US citizens nor US residents are setting up a Cayman fund. What exactly does this have
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by ddeck 9y ago
>A tax on the fund transactions with citizens of each country would probably be a better way to pay for the SEC and other regulatory and legal services in each country This is effectively how things already work. Sale of investment pro
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by ddeck 9y ago
>Why should it be the employees getting taxed and not the corporation? I think you are confusing the fund with the mangement company. An asset manager is a company that manages assets for investors and charges fees. They have employees
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by ddeck 9y ago
The fund doesn't benefit from the US social structure. The fund is just a legal fence around a bunch of assets. The investors in the fund are obliged to pay taxes on their income/gains in their relevant taxation jurisdiction, whic
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Australian agency believes it can locate MH370 with 'unprecedented precision'(reuters.com)
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by ddeck 9y ago
Getting certified (at least for the association I use) requires that you are able to demonstrate rescuing an unconscious diver at the appropriate depth (after identifying their blackout). Well done helping that person. Rescuing a free divin
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by ddeck 9y ago
It sure can be, especially when your lungs feel like they're going to burst and the surface appears to be minutes away. I had to dive to 53 feet for my free diving certification and it's very dark down there (seemingly more so tha
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by ddeck 9y ago
This is correct, but they're are also predicting an equivalent improvement in fuel consumption: "Compared to the current lineup of SkyActiv-G engines, the SkyActiv-X line should use between 20 and 30 percent less fuel." ht
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Mazda to offer world-first compression injection gasoline engine(newatlas.com)
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by ddeck 9y ago
>You get in early enough, and you'll pretty much be always be up on your investment These sorts of statements explain a lot. You hear the same thing in every bull market, as investors conflate luck or the point in the cycle with i
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by ddeck 9y ago
>Yes, some people die, but they tend to be the old and weak, just like the flu Actually they tend to be children. Of the 438k estimated deaths from Malaria in 2015, 75% (306k) were under the age of 5. [1] But your comparison with influ
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by ddeck 9y ago
There's a 650 calorie/pint figure cited on many, many sites, but I can't find the original source for it. Some sites claim it comes from the Mayo Clinic, others list the source as the University of California San Diego, and s
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by ddeck 9y ago
>Surely the pilot would notice at least one of the planes he'd be inevitably crashing into well before he started to land In theory yes, but the risk is that the plane you crash into is not yet on the taxiway or that poor visibili
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by ddeck 9y ago
Attempts to take off from or land on taxiways are alarmingly common, including those by Harrison Ford: Harrison Ford won't face disciplinary action for landing on a taxiway at John Wayne Airport [1] Serious incident: Finnair A34
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by ddeck 9y ago
They also (potentially) get the ability to push notifications to you whenever they please, access your contacts, calls, sms, installed apps, show non-blockable ads etc. For many apps this is extremely valuable.
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by ddeck 9y ago
To clarify, the static apnea record breathing normal air beforehand is just under 12 minutes. The record you are referring to involves breathing pure oxygen beforehand, is 24 minutes, and is nonetheless amazing. https://en.wikipe
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by ddeck 10y ago
I'm not sure who Neverware are, but https://arnoldthebat.co.uk/ has daily x86 builds for the open source Chromium* project * https://www.chromium.org/chromium-os
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by ddeck 10y ago
That's not an advantage to having it underwater. In an above water version using a 700m mountain, the vessel to hold the water would use far less concrete. It's basically a swimming pool.
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by ddeck 10y ago
Sorry to nitpick, but the concept works just as well above water. It also has the benefit of not requiring the pressure vessel. Building a swimming pool of the same volume 700m up the side of a mountain, pumping water up and using it to dri
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by ddeck 10y ago
That's correct. Brocade closed sourced the main product in 2012 and left the community edition to die. It was forked in 2013 (renamed VyOS) and is under active development as a free open source project.
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by ddeck 10y ago
Cars aren't only required to pass emissions tests, they're required to have their emissions within the specified limits at all times. The purpose of the tests is to ensure compliance.
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by ddeck 10y ago
Be sure to check before traveling. All of the 26 European countries comprising the Schengen area require that U.S. passports are valid for at least 90 days beyond the traveler’s intended date of departure and many assume travellers will sta
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by ddeck 10y ago
The study was in Finland, where the sauna to population ratio is around 1:2. Also, the study claims to have adjusted for resting heart rate, which is a reasonable proxy for cardiovascular fitness: In analysis adjusted for age, alcohol con
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by ddeck 10y ago
Yep. From the article: It combines Google’s earlier efforts around Brillo (which was also Android-based, but never saw any major uptake from developers) with its Android developer tools like Android Studio, the Android SDK, Google Play Ser
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by ddeck 10y ago
I love the way they've rebranded spam as cold email. They even have a page defending it [1]: Since launching LeadFuze, the single most asked question has been: “What is cold email?”, followed by, “is it SPAM?” You won’t find the ter
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by ddeck 10y ago
While not quite $173MM, the 1985 Cray 2 cost $32 million in 2010 dollars[1], weighed 2500kg and consumed 150-200 kilowatts in power. Estimates put the processing power of an iPhone 5 at at around 2.7x times that of the Cray 2[2] [1] http:&
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by ddeck 10y ago
>The Chinese market isn't going to be as lucrative in a few months when they get labeled as a currency manipulator. I've heard the free market value of Yuan to USD is about 24.8:1, while the current official exchange rate is 6
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by ddeck 10y ago
Skyscanner is a fantastic service. I'm really hoping CTrip don't bring their dark patterns, spam, and generally scammy behavior to it. My experiences with Ctrip includes regular price revisions after booking (and after they ensure
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by ddeck 10y ago
>Maybe, but according to wikipedia/the internet there is no scientific consensus that sunscreen works either or that global warming exists. From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_opinion_on_climate_...

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