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by gist 8y ago
Federal law also says you can't sell marijuana. However the government has pretty much decided to not prosecute that for some time. In general it's hard to believe that any law such as that would not defacto allow an exception fo
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by gist 8y ago
What an absolutely moronic way to make a point by taking a dig right off the top at the President by saying "Finally, something worse than Donald Trump".
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It's not the employee's desk. It is Microsoft's desk (and Bill is defacto Microsoft) He wasn't in the employee's house. He is using the desk that Microsoft provided for him. He is not 'another guy doing tech su
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by gist 8y ago
In a certain context it can also be considered patronizing. Let's imagine someone is doing heavy labor and digging ditches. More appropriate to just say 'let me do that for you'. Rather than 'mind if I do that for you&#x
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by gist 8y ago
Bill could be all nice, calm, and helpful because he is not sitting there every day taking calls from end users having to actually work according to some metrics and deal with aggravation.
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by gist 8y ago
I get a kick out of stories like that but I would wonder about this: >Bill Gates is being taken on a guided tour of the product support department's new office building, and during his visit, he asks one of the people manning the ph
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by gist 8y ago
I wonder though how much of that has to do with the wealth and ease of information that is available now vs. 30 years ago? Not that I am saying that you feel smart because you have read more. But the fact that there is so much information
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by gist 8y ago
> the excessive profits are a major source of frustration Excessive profits and 'the win' is what drives a great deal of how business operates. You have to take the good and (what you think) is 'the bad'. What makes a
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by gist 8y ago
Exactly. And this idea that everyone should get a vote on every issues also assumes that people casting a vote are smart enough and will take the time to fully consider all possible nuances to 'vote' in the right way. Not to ment
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by gist 8y ago
Yes they freak out because it's not money going into their pocket but someone elses. And they don't think it's fair. You get a similar outrage for a different reason against the last mile and cable companies. Why should they
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> made around 40% profits year-over-year. Those margins are on the high end for luxury brands like Apple. However, when we're publicly funding science, we're not funding it as a luxury product - quite the opposite, in fact: we
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by gist 8y ago
That is called capitalism. By the way there are plenty of people that are making money off of what the government funded which of course was the arpanet and the internet.
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> The prices of scientific journals now are so high that not a single university in the U.S. — not the University of California, not Harvard, no institution — can afford to subscribe to them all,” said Jeffrey MacKie-Mason, university li
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by gist 8y ago
> I knew about every trade during the run up to today's 3pm NHL trade deadline many minutes and sometimes hours before the stories appeared on nhl.com or sportsnet, etc. Is that just for entertainment or did you use that information
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I remember that. That is a technique that is often used to impose frugality and get savings [1] out of the rest of the execs by setting an example. If he flies coach well then so do a hundred others. [1] I knew a guy who owned a small compa
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by gist 8y ago
Publicist sure, no. But this has been totally sanitized by Bill when he makes as one example statements like this: [1] > 'The other thing is that I sometimes use a private jet. It does help me do my foundation work but again it is a
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by gist 8y ago
> Feynman knew this and claims to be I don't get this type of thinking. Unless he thought it would be worse to wear the googles what is to be gained by doing something like wearing goggles (in that situation) just in case you were
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by gist 8y ago
> why? why wouldn't it be a preferable situation that an option is presented that will avoid the resignations? Where do you draw the line with that type of thinking? If you want to control things to your liking and you have the reso
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by gist 8y ago
Although ICANN has dns sec implemented correctly on icann.org they don't have it done correctly on icann.com which redirects to icann.org Also most FAANG companies do not have dns sec implemented at all (or correction). There are vario
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by gist 8y ago
> it's high market value of good businesses High market value is based on what companies (or with goods people) are willing to pay. If there is more money floating around and there are more buyers then the price you pay will increas
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by gist 8y ago
What you need to know about Berkshire (going forward) is that Buffet just said that there is no more low hanging fruit for him to pick as a result of private equity getting more into the game and throwing around money. It's in the lett
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Once Hailed as Unhackable, Blockchains Are Now Getting Hacked(technologyreview.com)
3 points by gist 8y ago|0 comments
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There are two things going on here. One is whether someone can make an argument and rope a dope out a lesser party so they win. In that case in theory a good set of lawyers might be able to argue what you are saying at least enough to get
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by gist 8y ago
> As a part of Google’s TLD launch program, we were lucky enough to obtain workers.dev This is not 'luck'. You pay the $11,500 fee and with a domain like this you would most likely get it. Many domains are available at the high
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by gist 8y ago
Sued for what damages? They can simply remove the offending titles and carry on. What is the cause of action and harm? "You made the same mistake twice and we lost (how much???) dollars!" [1] Maybe some kind of class action but th
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by gist 8y ago
From this article news summary: "middle-aged men who can do more than 40 push-ups at a time have a 96 percent reduced risk of heart attack, stroke and heart disease." https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2019/
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Assoc Between Push-Up Capacity and Future Cardio Events Among Active Adult Men(jamanetwork.com)
1 points by gist 8y ago|1 comments
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> I'm always amazed by how open they are. Its great to see people like this succeed. You don't have to be amazed. Watch and learn. They do it because it's good marketing and results in business. The catchy headline got me
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by gist 8y ago
The vast majority of robo calls are done for someone either in the US (a company) to make money or uses the US banks to collect money in some way. What they may want to consider is a team of people to actually take the calls and trace them
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by gist 8y ago
Agree. Not even sure in any way how it matters to FB what anyone who writes about FB thinks about how Zuckerberg communicates or why he says what he does. 'Your Uncle' and 'Your Sister' who use facebook don't care o

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