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by dessimus 3y ago
Porn has been influencing tech long before AI or the Internet. "I see your kineograph of a galloping horse and raise you this one of a burlesque dancer."
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by dessimus 3y ago
Haven't you read up on your NC-hard and NC-complete problems?
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One of the biggest ironies is how puritanical we Americans are regarding swearing and the naked body, but extreme violence such as showing people brutally murdered, that's fine.
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by dessimus 3y ago
>Amazing how capable tools can be, in industries that simply cannot get their work done without them and are willing to pay a healthy amount. The cost has to be that high, considering the annual market for hydraulic underwater chainsaws
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by dessimus 3y ago
But does that mean residential contractors charge a higher rate than distribution/transmission contractors for their linemen? Residential customers have more competition and stand to be much more cost sensitive.
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Additionally, Powerwall installation can be contracted out to multiple local residential electricians around the state, whereas high voltage line work requires more specialized, therefore, more expensive contractors.
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by dessimus 3y ago
It might not be if health insurance companies actually had to compete to consumers directly rather than only to CFO/CHROs, who in turn provide 2 or 3 "choices" from a single carrier.
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Not a lot of people are willing to work in the food service industry in general, nor at 2019 wages specifically, also rents, and real estate skyrocketed. Food costs are generally only about 1/3 of menu revenue, with wages and overhead
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by dessimus 3y ago
Needed to keep Elon from hijacking his handle, probably.
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> Corporate IT - especially back in those days - loved control and loved saying no. It has improved a bit, and the iPhone really helped (along with younger people coming in changing the culture). That's because when Dipshit McSalesf
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by dessimus 3y ago
Thank god for Transport Rules to just silently drop emails with matching subject for a few days.
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"That's a real nice satellite you got over there. It would be a real shame if something were to happen to it..."
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by dessimus 3y ago
Florida is also further west than most people realize, as Miami is longitudinally close to Cleveland, OH rather than New York City.
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by dessimus 3y ago
Wow! That was a heavy burden for those parents. Imagine knowing that a misstep in the naming of your child would cause the death of many people.
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> (Commercial fire sprinkler pipes seem to be mostly steel (!). I don’t know why. It always seems like a dubious idea to me.) Because steel can withstand much higher temperatures than CPVC, PVC, or Pex, by at least an order of magnitude,
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by dessimus 3y ago
Anyone else just learning about Université de Toulouse III? Did the first one sink into the swamp, followed by the second one burning down, falling over, then sinking into the swamp?
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by dessimus 3y ago
>I grew up in the age of the CD transition, and CDs were how I bought my first music. It was touted as cheaper (but got more expensive) and the quality of the music went down (1-2 good songs on an album). I more 'came of age' i
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by dessimus 3y ago
Probably no more than is used finding, drilling, extracting new petroleum wells. Especially as we seem to have already gotten to a lot of the 'easily' accessible crude oil, and are drilling in Arctic and Deep Sea environments.
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A company centered around accounting and taxes? They'll figure out a way to claim its 2000% of their earnings and on appeal claim that its too burdensome.
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And yet when you see the Big Schools, like an Alabama or Clemson, playing much lower Division schools, those schools are getting a massive payout for that game, while their students get whooped, and not getting anything for the abuse other
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by dessimus 3y ago
Honestly, what's even more bullshit, is the schools' excuse: We need the money from Football and Basketball to fund the other sports. So: "Sorry Johnny, I know you've been busting your ass scoring TDs, and 100,000's
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by dessimus 3y ago
more like RPM, if you will..
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I guess I'll take the bait... why would the scion of a "pure-blood" wizarding family be assigned to breed with someone whose parents are both Muggles? Seems antithetical to the Death Eaters' aims.
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by dessimus 3y ago
"Once you Entra, you can never extra..."
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Depends how close you are to the Hudson River.
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Grocery stores do not advertise with tax-inclusive prices, in fact the opposite. Heck, I live in a no-sales-tax state and even then, some items might still be taxed because they are considered "prepared foods" and fall under hospi
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by dessimus 3y ago
Since they are working for a percentage of the amount of salary they have negotiated for you, they have a diminishing return to spend time pushing too hard. Additionally, if they fight too hard, too often, the company is less likely to enga
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by dessimus 3y ago
Dammit! Every time I try putting together an Ikea bookshelf, this happens!
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That student might require a full-time 1-on-1 aide whose sole responsibility is working with that student, plus additional interventionists who only work with a handful of students. Those labor/benefit costs would be the majority of th
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by dessimus 3y ago
>On the other hand, Debian was popular enough to continue after Ian's passing, and continues to gain momentum. I don't believe these are parallel, as IIRC, Ian was not directly involved in Debian since the late 90's, at le

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