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by firebat45 3y ago
>Unfortunately it seems like fiscal success in 2023 mostly means jumping on the hype train of the day and beating the drum for all it's worth, and being ready to pivot to the next thing quickly. Rather than maximizing actual value i
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by firebat45 3y ago
Nowadays with all the browsers being nearly the same (tabbed, extensions, etc) and nearly all of them being chrome-based, browser choice really doesn't matter that much. It's really more about personal preference more than qualit
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by firebat45 3y ago
I mean, a "thousandth" of an inch is also a decimalised USC unit. Don't try to logic how Americans measure things.
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by firebat45 3y ago
>For example, you can make a shaft that fits in a hole like a spring because it can slide freely but air can't get out and you can shave a few microns off and it will sink into the hole at a controlled rate. This is all easily achie
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by firebat45 3y ago
>So only the rich can drive and park? FWIW, my city charges £6.70/hour for parking and it's still impossible to find a spot. Are you arguing that cars (along with all associated costs like fuel, insurance, maintenance, etc) be
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by firebat45 3y ago
This is a WW2 topic so I feel okay with invoking Godwin's Law: This is the same excuse many Germans that took part in the concentration camps used. Turns out, still doesn't make genocide okay.
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by firebat45 3y ago
>with seniors and extremists overrepresented in those electorates. Which is exactly why we end up with senior and/or extremist candidates. This isn't rocket science, people.
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by firebat45 3y ago
Meanwhile Youtube is running strong at approving somewhere around 100%-150% of takedown notices.
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by firebat45 3y ago
The way that the wealthiest Americans cheat on their taxes is by utilizing loopholes, not by breaking the law. You don't fix that with enforcement.
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by firebat45 3y ago
"We cannot afford to give our water away frankly to anyone, let alone the Saudis, for free," If you can't afford to give your water away, then why does it matter who it's being given to? I'm no fan of Saudi Arabia b
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by firebat45 3y ago
Ah, some good ol' IPoIP
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by firebat45 3y ago
One would think Microsoft wouldn't be stupid enough to provide endless amounts of one time codes for a single account. I would guess they provide 5-10 codes before escalating the login.
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by firebat45 3y ago
It's really no different than using a single email account as the recovery address for all your other accounts.
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by firebat45 3y ago
Just because you are good at tennis does not mean that you have a functional grasp of how other things in life work. Novak Djokovic is a perfect example of this. He is an extremely talented moron who believes ridiculous conspiracies about
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by firebat45 3y ago
While true, this hasn't changed the fact that you can still weld plastic gas tanks.
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by firebat45 3y ago
It's like flammable and inflammable. They mean the same thing and nobody knows why we have different words for it. At least, this is my head-canon.
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by firebat45 3y ago
There are tons of people that start off rich and do nothing with it. There are tons of people who start poor and go nowhere with that, or start poor and become rich, and still do nothing with it. Yes, he was fortunate to be born above an a
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by firebat45 3y ago
If his current whereabouts are unknown, he very well might be in Russia. Which would be a shame, because that does not bode well for him.
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by firebat45 3y ago
Cars built with Lucas electrics typically have 3 modes of operation. Off, Dim, and Flicker. Which two of the three end up on your switch is entirely random.