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by floxy 3y ago
I guess the US is not engaged in a hot war with Iran. Sort of lukewarm though. https://www.npr.org/2024/01/10/1223906769/yemens-houthis-red...
902.
by floxy 3y ago
I don't think we are using the same meaning for the word "sanctions".
903.
by floxy 3y ago
Does the U.S. have sanctions against you? If so, then the answer is yes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_sanctions_agains...
904.
by floxy 3y ago
Seems pretty straight forward. A Greek company (Suez Rajan Ltd.) decided to register their ship in the Marshall Islands. They then tried to evade U.S. sanctions on Iran by shipping Iranian oil (using a ship-to-ship oil transfer), but they
905.
by floxy 3y ago
Let me assure you, mealy-mouthed or saccharine phrases are not required for English.
906.
by floxy 3y ago
>shouldn't be used in communications where you want to be taken seriously I'll have to retract that. There are political speeches where the exclamation point adds more than it detracts. For example, most transcripts of Martin
907.
by floxy 3y ago
And maybe the "Thanks Alice! For help with the orphanage..." still seems a little informal because of the exclamation point. So I got to thinking, when are they appropriate? Something like: "Boom! The sudden explosion rock
908.
by floxy 3y ago
I think it depends on the nature of the courtesy that was extended. "Thanks Alice! That loan of $1,000 you gave me got us over the hump so that the bank didn't foreclose on the orphanage." Seems more heartfelt and genuine th
909.
by floxy 3y ago
Taking it beyond the sexism angle, exclamation points are like the pumped up macho guy in a mafia movie, yelling and threatening with puffed up gestures and poses. But he has very limited power. The real authority lies with the withered 8
910.
by floxy 3y ago
Playing on that theme some more, exclamation points seem like a fake signal of importance. As in, I didn't bother to take the time to make my message interesting or useful, so I'll add this punctuation at the end to try to trick
911.
by floxy 3y ago
>There are very few situations in which I feel the need to be exclamation-free, and almost all of them involve a man who won’t take no for an answer. Interesting. I would have thought the opposite. Save the exclamation for emphasis, es
912.
by floxy 3y ago
>"Hand me that." An order, a directive, as one might issue to a servant. Do English speakers generally not use "please" and "thank you" with servants?
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by floxy 3y ago
So maybe it is just overly flowery language in general? How would you like to word that? - Tomorrow. - I'll give examples tomorrow. - I have good examples to give you tomorrow. ...Do you find the "extra" language is equally r
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by floxy 3y ago
Whatever happened to Hertz? There was fretting on HN and the like when financially unsophisticated people were talking about buying Hertz stock, after they had declared bankruptcy (in a GameStop-type play). Apparently Hertz didn't co
915.
by floxy 3y ago
I'd love an example (or two) of a single sentence using two or three of these "niceties".
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by floxy 3y ago
Not the OP, but seems like the typical used-car sales pitch, where they yell at you to pay attention. If what they had was so great, they wouldn't have to yell. But since these are used cars, not materially different from other used
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by floxy 3y ago
In this age-of-big-data, it seems like you should be able to find data on each traffic fatality for the past ten years. Things like time of day, ages/demographics of drivers, demographics of victims, street address/gps coordinat
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by floxy 3y ago
What moats do U.S. shipyards have that prevent disruption? Or why doesn't someone spin up the SpaceX for shipbuilding?
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by floxy 3y ago
Ah, so it is maybe graphically similar to the double-throw switch schematic symbol. https://wiringengineabt.z19.web.core.windows.net/double-pole...
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by floxy 3y ago
> I'm not aware of the proven reserves of economically viable Martian resources. Land? I suppose if you are the first on Mars, you can claim a pretty big chunk as your own.
921.
by floxy 3y ago
The Logitech K860 keyboard doesn't have the Windows logo on the Windows key. It has "opt" and "start" along with undecipherable half-a-stew-pot icon: https://www.imore.com/ergo-k860-split-ergonomic-
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by floxy 3y ago
_Matthew Walker's "Why We Sleep" Is Riddled with Scientific and Factual Errors_ https://guzey.com/books/why-we-sleep/
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by floxy 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ranga_P._Dias
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by floxy 3y ago
Second generation ceramic HTS is deposited in thin films on to flexible tapes: https://www.superpower-inc.com/Technology.aspx (scroll down for image of tape bending): https://www.fujikura.co.jp/eng/news
925.
by floxy 3y ago
Earthquake map showing events for the past month in the U.S.: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=21.24842...
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by floxy 3y ago
>The amount of time Americans spend watching TV is staggering, Anyone have the distribution curve for that? Is it like alcohol, where the top 20% of drinkers consume almost all of it? https://archive.is/j3lg3 >in my
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by floxy 3y ago
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/feral
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by floxy 3y ago
People buying things now, because they are afraid they won't be able to buy them next year because of inflation or they're out of a job? A last hurrah if you will?
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by floxy 3y ago
~1% of the population dies every year.
930.
by floxy 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mars_orbiters https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juno_(spacecraft) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Explorer

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