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by gotorazor 4y ago
It doesn't. Sortition is more like random sampling of the overall population. The assumption is that those being sampled are already "qualified," since Athenian citizens only make up the top 10% of the population. And, anybod
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by gotorazor 4y ago
@loudmax wasn't totally clear, but I understood what he was pointing to: Perun made a video about how corruption can destroy military procurement. And, possibly, why the Russians are doing so poorly in Ukraine. It was a terrific powerp
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by gotorazor 4y ago
What did a tiny quant trading firm do to warrant such an approbation? https://www.hudsonrivertrading.com/
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by gotorazor 4y ago
249 days 20 hours since March 29, 2016
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by gotorazor 4y ago
It must have, if you have done an Amazon purchase and had it delivered to your home. And, if it really hasn't for you, it has for the many millions of people who have substituted getting things delivered to their house instead of drivi
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by gotorazor 4y ago
Canada? But TBH, healthcare is either regulated to a very affordable rate or government provided anywhere outside of USA.
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by gotorazor 4y ago
it's not as simple as that. Lloyd's is also a re-insurance market. Many individual insurance companies buy insurance from Lloyd's.
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by gotorazor 4y ago
Angband is a fork of Moria. https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/Angband_(game)
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by gotorazor 4y ago
Looks like the presentation is over ten years old. Here is the author’s URL for this presentation. https://www.lukew.com/presos/preso.asp?19#events He has place and dates for all the instances where he presented it. Ma
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by gotorazor 4y ago
> No calls, no voicemail, no email, no > apps, no touch. Rechargeable is a plus. I > envision something like 2-way pagers used > to work. Radio network or phone network > is not as much of a big deal to me. So what is this
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by gotorazor 4y ago
Caesar in his Bellum Gallicum -- the gauls had cities (that Caesar's army had to build siege engines to take) and kings. The regions had millions of people living there. In one tribe alone (Atuatici), Caesar, to punish them sold 53,000
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by gotorazor 4y ago
The reason these tribes usually resist isn't because the Roman lifestyle is bad, it's because the Romans ran the biggest slaving empire in the world. Those slaves that does everything in Rome, they get them from waging war. So st
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by gotorazor 4y ago
I use EF lenses with my mirrorless camera and I have never owned a Canon camera. Electronic adapters are (relative to the price of a camera) pretty cheap. You can keep your EF lenses and use it with almost any mirrorless camera and they wil
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by gotorazor 4y ago
so they are dumping the part of the company that people actually like, is unique, and distinct in the Canadian market, for the part of the company that probably lost a lot of money, nobody wants, and have tons of competitors/alternativ
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by gotorazor 4y ago
funny story and super relatable. Tho, just want to clarify: did you fire him (because you're his boss), you got him fired (by telling his boss), he quit, or you quit?
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by gotorazor 5y ago
I sometimes have to write things down in French. ascii is kind of clumsy for things like non breaking spaces. Anyone has a suggestion for this?
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by gotorazor 5y ago
Ten years is a really long time in tech. And you can pay Apple to replace the battery for you. "we will keep this next iPhone secure and working snappily for basic tasks, web/email/utility apps" --- No Android phone make
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by gotorazor 5y ago
So this is basically reciprocity. The American Department of Homeland Security has a similar program for Europeans. https://esta.cbp.dhs.gov
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by gotorazor 5y ago
Yes, so more like an Oregon Republican party staffer donating to the Ammon Bundy standoff in 2016. And then the Oregon Republican Party ask that person to resign.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
I think that's because it is more common for Canadians to have resistive electric stoves. Americans typically have gas stoves. Boiling water on resistive electric stoves vs electric kettles are kind of the same.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
My wife is against the instant pot too. It's actually really complicated to use -- especially if you have grown up cooking on the stove top. The instant pot is superior -- but it is also very very different. It has a long warm up perio
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by gotorazor 5y ago
I switched from a basic electric rice cooker to an Instant Pot for rice. The rice is as good as stovetop, but the electric rice cooker is still better. Plus, the electric rice cooker was easier. It has one button and requires less precision
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by gotorazor 5y ago
https://www.theverge.com/2021/12/13/22832731/apple-android-a... https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apple.trac... This one is first-party from Apple.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
It's really a mix. Usually they get mixed in as "utility" hardwood because those pieces don't make appearance grade. I have seen cords of walnut and cherry mixed in a bundle of utility hardwood before. They just didn&#x2
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by gotorazor 5y ago
It depends on the purpose and grade of the lumber. I have worked an "exotic" lumber dealer that can definitely offer different species and grades of wood from all over the world -- including CITES (endangered species list) lumber
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by gotorazor 5y ago
Not true. I used to work at a lumber company. If you're in North America, you can usually buy some kind of hardwood. For utility lumber, they probably can't tell you what kind of hardwood it is, but it will be hardwood.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
They are literally running out of petrol right now. Grocery store shelves empty. Still year one.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
In Canada, the doctrine of parliamentary supremacy is the rule. A written Constitution is a recent addition. In a minority parliament, the legislature can be a very effective check in reality. Executive (Crown powers) are also distributed b
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by gotorazor 5y ago
There isn't that much excess kilns to dry lumber. They have to be of a certain standard -- especially if they are graded.
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by gotorazor 5y ago
Did anyone here commenting actually read a copy of USA Today on paper before? The Nieman Lab article is not about paywalls per se, but paywalls in USA Today. People forget that pre-internet, USA Today was basically a news aggregator that ju

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