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by gaadd33 9y ago
Do people solve really hard problems with COBAL? I thought it was primarily a business language that replaces a lot of manual work. What sort of things has it found a niche for? Similar to how FORTRAN is used a lot in big data/physics?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Why do you think our rail infrastructure is pathetic? It's the largest freight rail networks in the world. It sucks for passengers but that's not relevant to this discussion.
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Why does [2] have anything to do with this conversation? Maybe google translate missed how it was related to the doctor missing something or the healthcare system not paying for treatment? Can you explain more?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
> 5% of patients are half of all costs in the US healthcare system; 1% of patients are 22% of the cost. Is that including the entire population or just those on Medicare?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Your father's town's hospital only has 1 doctor? HN is pretty American-centric but I'm curious if that's in what is considered a developed nation?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Why should it have cost $5k max? Did you price out the labor/facilities/equipment to do it yourself?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Is that true even in places with high water tables? Like much of Florida for example?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
In 5 years when the market share has changed are the carriers okay with subsidizing someone else's access while they haven't recouped their sunk costs? If I start a new cell company in Oslo do I automatically get access for free s
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by gaadd33 9y ago
The stations in Moscow seem amazing, but they have half as many as in NYC. Plus I don't believe they run 24/7 do they? I believe Moscow has traditionally had way more support from the overall country as opposed to just being funde
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by gaadd33 9y ago
The top 5 in the S&P 500 are 4 tech companies and JP Morgan Chase. The top 5 by market cap are all tech companies.
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by gaadd33 9y ago
https://mxtoolbox.com/blacklists.aspx takes a few seconds? Then to follow up is a few more minutes
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by gaadd33 9y ago
What do you call the person running the company of 10 people? I guess "team lead" would be a non inflated title, or just "manager"? It would be pretty strange to have to explain that title to anyone outside of the compan
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Are they actually non transferable or are they required to give the right of first refusal to the company? If they are non transferable at all, what limitations are there? Can you transfer them in bankruptcy or divorce?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Does that include international coverage?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Is this the Private Suite at LAX?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
FedEx wasn't based on a PhD thesis
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by gaadd33 9y ago
You do know that INTC is up compared to 1 month ago? If it didn't drop that much on the initial announcement, why would it plummet in the coming months?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Is aspirin not a drug or medicine when sold at a gas station?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
How many companies keep striving at things outside their actual core competency rather than issue dividends? For example, Facebook could have issued dividends rather than purchase Oculus Rift and I'm not sure that the company or the sh
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Wouldn't be the first time, assuming you mean exchanges in general: http://www.nytimes.com/1989/01/30/business/fbi-commodities-s...
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Oh interesting, reading the wikipedia page made it seem like a person was a second class citizen similar to being black in South Africa under apartheid; with no right to vote or buy property. It's surprising and interesting to learn th
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by gaadd33 9y ago
> and served under a president that spent every day at work (the first president in history). ...That's a negative? Also I didn't think that Obama spent every day at work, at least not from what the news reported.
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Did China get rid of the hukou system? Otherwise wouldn't people still need documents to go and stay in their capital? You should update the wikipedia page if it's been repealed everywhere, the current page just says that small ci
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Only a few were legalized that way, once the Show and Display act was passed, they could be imported without going through that process.
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by gaadd33 9y ago
400 charges would be a little bit more than 1 year for most people. Do you have any links that show most cell phone batteries only last that long?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Why do recent macs throttle based on battery? I don't think my iMac has a battery to replace?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
What's the difficulty in starting a private small business in the US? Most states permit incorporation/LLC formation online pretty quickly and you can always do business as a Sole Prop. What's easier in the UK?
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Does Europe tax diesel the same way no matter where it's used? I know in the US diesel for generators is exempt from a lot of taxes resulting in it being significantly cheaper in some states.
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by gaadd33 9y ago
There's a few places that specialize in that sort of thing: https://www.fastcompany.com/3064075/hold-the-storefront-how-...
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by gaadd33 9y ago
Most of the casinos are publicly traded, so for them to be involved someone would have to be lying on the financial statements submitted to the SEC. SOX would make that illegal at best and I believe reward anyone who blew the whistle on it

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