gameshot911

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by gameshot911 3y ago
I'm not sure the payload doors successfully opened and closed. Anyone have more details?
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by gameshot911 3y ago
FYI, clicking the "Try the Demo" button doesn't do anything for me in Chrome or Firefox.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Gift link: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/11/dining/drinks/mexican-whi...
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Mexico system is crazy complex and confusing. An archaic, windows-only Java app to generate pairs of password-protected keys, which then have to be fed back into the system to declare your tax status. And they expire every so often, so you
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I recently sought out the results of all the scam accounts I had reported (even though FB says they'll let you know the outcome, they don't) and every single one was resolved as "doesn't break out community guidelines&
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Paper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00841
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Singularities don't exist, claims black hole pioneer Roy Kerr(bigthink.com)
4 points by gameshot911 3y ago|3 comments
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I am (at a minimum an aspect of) the universe and I have feelings, ergo the universe has feelings.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
You may have heard the expression "to bury the lede"
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Charles Schwab. Not only do their (at least checking) products have great benefits (like no ATM fees and free international transactions), but every time I've called they've been extremely helpful. I once had my debit card cancel
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I did a year of travel worldwide in over a dozen countries, and I had the most problems using my credit and debit cards in India. Particularly online, even at large, legitimate businesses like major airlines. It becomes a tense situation w
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Computer and phone screens are just "photons flashing around", and yet the information they represent is indisputably useful.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I meant more so get paid in full whatever you're owed at that point in time. But you're right, sure you may get full payment on the 1/20th of a debt you're owed today, but if that puts the rest of the repayments at risk
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Only if they file for bankruptcy. I'm saying get paid in full via court order before they file for larger bankruptcy. If wework owes you $100M that you demand repayment on, and they owe $1B in total, they may not want to declare ful
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Can someone explain why any one given lender wouldn't just say "fuck you, pay me"? In the broad sense I understand - if paying would cause a going concern for the lendee, the le der would rather get something tether than no
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by gameshot911 3y ago
> Similarly, an inductor made out of a superconductor, that is looped back on itself, can hold a magnetic field indefinitely, with 0% loss. Energy storage. Could this be used to make a bomb? If the new material really is as easy to manuf
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by gameshot911 3y ago
If there's one complaint I have about PE's content, it's that he often give ambiguous answers to the central question. Sometimes it's strung throughout the 10 minute video, but I really wish he'd end all his conten
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Did you provide a backup email / phone number on your account? If you do, I wonder if Yahoo will contact you ahead of time warning about the coming inactivity actions.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Here's an above board gift link instead: https://www.nytimes.com/live/2023/06/24/world/russia-ukraine...
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I'd call it a bicycle.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
But taking water in the Rockies will have comparatively little effect on rainfall in the oceans vs immediate surrounding geographies.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Wine is fermented grapes?
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by gameshot911 3y ago
I'd also add the regret of not buying something you later realize was a unique opportunity, and wish you would've jumped on in the moment! I've learned that there are so few things that I genuinely feel an itch to buy, that
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Not to overshadow all your other excellent points, but re: Google Fi, the few times I've had an issue I was able to quickly contact a helpful (if seemingly disempowered - they had to escalate to their manager for any approvals) online
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Aren't the pre-1940 stamps just "pieces of paper, and free money for the post office if they were never used (which is desirable if you're looking for mint specimens)"? I agree with your initial point, but don't fol
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Is this thread being sunk by HN, or is it a natural product of the default algorithm? Because it had far, far more upvotes than any thread above it (currently ranked #20), even those they were submitted earlier than this one.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Despite any shortcomings, Google Translate is still a technological marvel. Modern translation apps and GPS are godsends that make travel a million times easier. And they're free! It blows my mind. Traveling would be so much more inc
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by gameshot911 3y ago
FYI just in case you didn't know, it's "quote unquote", signifying the starting and ending quotation marks.
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by gameshot911 3y ago
Are you arguing that the tax assessment is incorrect in some way, or just generally upset that the IRS stands before other creditors in the US?
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by gameshot911 3y ago
> I don't want to, but I'm always forced to by shitty policy. "forced" You say that as if your hands are bound. Creators have an intrinsic right to distribute their work as they see fit. You do not have an intrinsic r

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