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by flubert 9y ago
>I read an 1 meter [high stack] of books about the subject. Sounds like a good hook for website. Instead of learn X in 21 days: http://www.1meterofbooks/programming
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by flubert 9y ago
Doesn't it seem likely though that if your landlord only has a $50/mo mortgage, it would be more likely that even really poor people could afford the rent. 1,333 sqft - $69/mo https://www.zillow.com/homes&#x2F
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by flubert 9y ago
I know nothing about the New York Times (i.e. I'm not a reader). But when someone tells me they are informed about world events, I ask them to name the largest armed conflict (by number of deaths) that occurred in their lifetime. Or
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by flubert 9y ago
Yes, I wouldn't be loaning out my Bergeon lathe, but maybe the 99% of people who aren't machinists might be willing to contemplate loaning out their $30 aluminum step ladder to their neighbor for an afternoon? Or maybe not, but I
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by flubert 9y ago
>random items (ladders, wasp spray, yard tools, etc) so that they be stored away and not shared. Are there any community sharing apps? So that I could loan out my ladder, etc.?
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by flubert 9y ago
>They only own what they can carry Aphids? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071009212548.h...
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by flubert 9y ago
Here's your "how cheap can you get a house for" thread for the afternoon: - 1,477 sqft, EST. MORTGAGE $147/mo https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/408-S-Logan-Ave-Terry-MT-... - 2,084 sqft, EST. MORTG
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by flubert 9y ago
Is there a name for the "law" that you can always find "credible" information supporting both sides of any issue? http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/09/considerations-on-cost-...
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by flubert 9y ago
What would be a good way to compare these types of numbers? http://www.jisha.or.jp/english/statistics/accidents2010.html... https://www.osha.gov/oshstats/commonstats.html
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by flubert 9y ago
>Now, drawings are more detailed and contractors are incredibly reluctant to make even the smallest decisions on their own. I also wonder about the effect of building codes, etc.. It might be interesting to plot construction costs and n
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by flubert 9y ago
'Zillow hears your ‘Zestimate’ complaints: it’s offering a $1 million prize for a better algorithm' http://www.marketwatch.com/story/homeowners-hate-zestimates-...
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by flubert 9y ago
Does anyone know of a place to discuss non-smart-phones? There's https://www.reddit.com/r/dumbphones/ but that seems deadish.
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by flubert 9y ago
>Like it or not there is a social stigma around NOT having a FB account. In fact I've thought on multiple occasions that someone is hiding something if they don't have one. Anyone have a source of "further reading" on
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by flubert 9y ago
I'd like to hear your thoughts on: http://migration.nyulaw.me/sites/default/files/ECM_PRO_06088... ...which talks about evolved common law without a central authority.
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by flubert 9y ago
>It is the cost of labor to do this Robots? Anyone know the state of automation when it comes to small scale gardening? Picking or zapping weeds and pests with a laser or whatever.
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by flubert 9y ago
Does anyone have a source of data for the variance of the home prices in the U.S.? Getting within 10% sounds spectacular, considering that I think you could get close to 10% price differences between different combinations of buyers and se
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by flubert 9y ago
>By low balling, they both gain more buyers and gain more sellers. Just looked up my house, and got a chuckle out of my wife when I told her the zestimate for our house was 61% higher than the price we paid two years ago. Needless to sa
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by flubert 9y ago
>There are an order of magnitude more people employed as tool and die makers in China Do you have a recommendation for a source for employment statistics like that for China? In English? A quick search hasn't turned up much, but t
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by flubert 9y ago
>> Cook told "60 Minutes” in 2015. “I mean, you can take every tool and die maker in the United States and probably put them in a room that we’re currently sitting in. In China, you would have to have multiple football fields.” T
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by flubert 9y ago
>I didn't see any item that said 6 weeks of delivery like Etsy has. I'm no Amazon Homemade expert, but there are plenty of items that say they take time to make: * Usually takes between 21 and 30 days to create https:/&#x
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by flubert 9y ago
>Amazon is not really an appropriate distribution platform for 6-week custom-made-to-order products. Maybe there's another well-known retail site that caters to that type of vendor but it certainly isn't Amazon (or Walmart). Bu
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by flubert 9y ago
It looks like he was fined for claiming to be an "engineer" when he is not a professional engineer. The whole "fined for questioning red light timing" seems like fake news. http://ij.org/wp-content/
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by flubert 9y ago
>6) I doubt you're going to find a 1500 sq ft. 3 bedroom town home for $1k per month (1/4 of what I pay 20 miles south of SF), and you're leaving out other costs, hidden costs, including commute and items related to the la
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by flubert 9y ago
Interesting that "In Bay Area, six-figure salaries are “low income”" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14194803 ...was posted 3 hours before this one.
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by flubert 9y ago
>Keith Ferrazzi's "Never Eat Alone" compares networks to gardens that must be actively maintained along with attendant and relevant gardening analogies (care/attention, pruning, growing, etc). I wonder how introversio
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by flubert 9y ago
Huh. Maybe google is showing different results for people in different locations or something similar? On my setup, after about the first five results, about half the articles are negative on McCain.
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by flubert 9y ago
Does anyone know of an online, public, shared mindmap type thing?
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by flubert 9y ago
How does HN pay the server bills, etc.? Is it essentially paid for as a marketing / recruiting aid out of ycombinator funds? Or is it a charity paid for by PG?
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by flubert 9y ago
>Community voting in general was popularized on Reddit (and Digg before that) and then the big guys started implementing it on their own networks in the late 2000's. Does anyone have a history of community voting / moderation?
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by flubert 9y ago
>I haven't heard any allegations of corruption or scandal around him either. https://www.google.com/#q=john+mccain+corruption

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