diet_mtn_dew

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by diet_mtn_dew 11mo ago
>There are hundreds of thousands (millions?) of people in America who do not have electricity I cannot find a citation for a number that large of people who do not have access to electricity in the USA, would you happen to have one?
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by diet_mtn_dew 1y ago
Here is an sharing version of that link, it should work for non-subscribers: https://www.wsj.com/finance/investing/gold-screams-debasemen...
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by diet_mtn_dew 1y ago
Youtube premium includes Youtube Music, which is alphabet's streaming service, and I assume that they are paying the same fees as everyone else.
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by diet_mtn_dew 1y ago
According to the WSJ [1], she "was Blackstone’s global head of Core+ real estate, heading up less risky, lower-returning investments across Blackstone’s $325 billion property business". [1] https://www.wsj.com/real
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by diet_mtn_dew 2y ago
A network redirector interface (for 'redirecting' local resource access over a network) was added at least by DOS 3.1 in 1985, possibly earlier in 3.0 (1984) [1] https://www.os2museum.com/wp/redirectors-and-do
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by diet_mtn_dew 6y ago
Perhaps it is this one? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westray_to_Papa_Westray_flight
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
As the meta key, i.e., hitting ESC then x for M-x.
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
You can either contact them through the privatized email in their whois info, or use a domain name broker who will attempt to purchase it on your behalf. I have never used one myself, but have had them email me about buying my domains.
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
J&R was a brick-and-mortar store in Lower Manhattan just south of City Hall Park. It closed down a few years back.
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
There is a Java version of Tcl called Jacl. I have no idea if it would work for your purposes. https://wiki.tcl-lang.org/page/Java+and+Tcl
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
I read today that Fortress Investments purchased over 100,000 affordable units from the Japanese government for 60bn JPY in 2017 and plans to spend about as much on renovation. [1] Apparently firms like this usually expect an 18% return on
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
Newspapers and magazines were profitable for centuries. Like many other industries, they've struggled to adapt to the new norms the Internet brought about.
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by diet_mtn_dew 7y ago
It's probably that people who read HN are more likely to be interested in entrepreneurial pursuits.
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by diet_mtn_dew 9y ago
It's called Goodhart's law: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodhart%27s_law
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by diet_mtn_dew 9y ago
Those special files date back to MS-DOS 1.0, which did not have directories. There's some explanation in the blog post below. https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20031022-00/?p=...
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by diet_mtn_dew 9y ago
There are also accidental deaths, in which a person is killed, but it is not ruled unlawful.
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by diet_mtn_dew 10y ago
From the name, it is more likely to refer to a local newsgroup. I would assume it is/was also for students, not just staff.
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by diet_mtn_dew 10y ago
They have something similar in cities in the US (at least NYC anyway), they're called dollar vans.