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by gkop 6y ago
Flagstaff is a decent sized mountain town. Decent sized mountain towns have pretty good food and bars, including unique establishments. Of course they won’t please a true snob looking for a new home, but they plenty suit low key snobs like
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Virginia voter registration down on last day to register before election(wusa9.com)
61 points by gkop 6y ago|81 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
Example: you have one or more larger pets and live in an earthquake zone. Owning a car leaves you with a chance to safely evacuate in time.
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by gkop 6y ago
> I suspect the Bay Area is extremely nondiverse and homogeneous Yes it's fair to say that about Bay Area tech companies . The geographic region that is the Bay Area however features extraordinarily diverse demographics: https:&#x
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306M Freely Downloadable Pwned Passwords (2017)(troyhunt.com)
1 points by gkop 6y ago|0 comments
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The Bounty Hunter of Wall Street (2017)(nytimes.com)
1 points by gkop 6y ago|0 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
Long flags aren’t just for readability, they also add entropy which contributes defensiveness against typos.
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by gkop 6y ago
Not under all circumstances, no. I was in no way blocked from playing it on a brand new PS4 that was never connected to internet. However I pretty reliably experienced, after leaving the PS4 to sleep for longer than 1-2 days, a severe inp
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by gkop 6y ago
Does anyone know of a convenient index of rural gigabit ISPs?
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by gkop 6y ago
Linux: just use Gnome out of the box, the basic tiling is totally usable. It's extremely simplistic, but helpful enough to get you hyped on tiling. macOS: try Magnet app, it’s fantastic. Great out of the box config, fairly powerful (c
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by gkop 6y ago
Gnome has [very] basic tiling built in.
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by gkop 6y ago
Beg to differ that macOS is more stable and polished. macOS makes “arbitrary” UI changes over the major versions, including what I experience as regressions, while Gnome 3 keeps what works. And I experience more UI latency with macOS and a
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by gkop 6y ago
To any curious readers like me: the charge is negligent homicide (the indictment itself is linked at bottom of article)
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by gkop 6y ago
Earplugs! Good call.
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by gkop 6y ago
Yes, apartment too large and poorly sealed. > Typically it is harder for a filter to clean the air in your apartment when you are bringing in extra outside air That was my point. Bringing in outside air would be a luxury. Btw just ordere
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by gkop 6y ago
Would you say more about the double points idea? Our Coway is struggling to filter our small apartment just recirculating air. It would be amazing to be able to bring in filtered cool outside air, but I haven’t found any HEPA purifiers on
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by gkop 6y ago
Yes, grandfather comment is overly dramatic. What you’re describing is the status quo termination agreement that companies require you sign in exchange for a severance payout. When people don’t have first-hand knowledge of unethical and dra
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Use the index, Luke A guide to database performance for developers(use-the-index-luke.com)
19 points by gkop 6y ago|1 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
That's just how markets work, always have. Nothing special about tech companies, the same phenomenon is seen with anything bought and sold in a free market. Eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_mania
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by gkop 6y ago
https://outline.com/p7La5C For any reader of Edward Abbey, this essay is delightfully pretentious and soft. I actually assumed it was semi-ironic until I looked up the author. If you found it interesting, and prefer a bit m
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by gkop 6y ago
Would you share examples of what you’re describing? Many private companies are funded by selling equity, which means a buyer was willing to pay a certain price for a portion of the company. FMV of such companies nearly always corresponds to
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by gkop 6y ago
Fair market value is a term of the tax code, the IRS does intervene when it’s too “fantastic”.
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Thoughts Pertaining to Youth, Hot Rodders, and Chevrolet (1953) [pdf](corvetteactioncenter.com)
36 points by gkop 6y ago|21 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
This podcast did a good deep dive on raccoon craftiness and mitigating it with engineering: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/raccoon-resistance/
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by gkop 6y ago
We slipped down that slope long ago; stacking stones even as trail markers (“cairns”) is frequently prohibited in designated wilderness areas. Eg. > Do not build rock cairns or other trail markers https://www.nps.gov/se
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The most controversial meme in history was born in an SF thrift shop(sfgate.com)
1 points by gkop 6y ago|0 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
A little book called The Monkey Wrench Gang suggests this trend began 50+ years ago.
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Uber Is Hurting Drivers Like Me in Its Legal Fight in California(nytimes.com)
43 points by gkop 6y ago|66 comments
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by gkop 6y ago
Can you write off just the exercise price or the fair market value at time of exercise?
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People desperate for more space fuel a pandemic real estate boom(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by gkop 6y ago|0 comments

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