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by groos 5y ago
There is tremendous value in knowing the orbits and when they pass over as India demonstrated in 1998 by using awareness of US spy satellite overpasses to keep their preparations secret. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Po
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by groos 5y ago
s/bequethed/bequeathed :-)
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by groos 5y ago
I've always done my own (US) taxes but have been mulling hiring an accountant this year. But "doing" the taxes is the easy part with software. It's collecting all the needed information that is painful. Will I just be pa
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by groos 5y ago
Eastside. Close to the water, you should have fared much better. The fir trees aren't dying but their branches on topsides are heavily browned. They'll probably recover fine IF this is not a regular event. Otherwise, tree cover ch
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by groos 5y ago
Seattle-area resident here. Fir trees are browned on the top-sides of their branches and native shrubs and bushes have taken a bad beating from the heat. A large fraction of deciduous trees look like they would in fall. Anything near asphal
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by groos 6y ago
Ahmed Chebli's biggest error seems to have been to agree to meet FBI without having his lawyer present. CAIR ( https://www.cair.com/know_your_rights/your-rights-with-law-e... ) has long been warning people in the Mu
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Pandemic enforced WFH – will a hybrid model save innovation?(microsoft.com)
1 points by groos 6y ago|0 comments
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by groos 6y ago
People have friends but nations have interests. Looks like the EU is rediscovering this the hard way.
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by groos 6y ago
Re. buying/selling with BTC, one other problem is stability of value. Without stability, usability as a currency becomes hard. How does one even list items' cost in BTC when the value of BTC is constantly fluctuating?
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by groos 6y ago
Haha, the first thing I noticed.
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by groos 6y ago
Fans are rated by CFM (cubic feet/min) but one interesting aspect for builds like this is static pressure because of the need to push air through filters. I'm not sure you would be able to find a static pressure number for commerc
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by groos 6y ago
What makes you think it’s not enough? Do you have mental or physiological symptoms?
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by groos 6y ago
From the responses, it seems like everyone here is 17 and can use unlimited sleep. In my late 40s, I can't sleep more than 6 hours and if I do, I end up groggy with an aching head. Sleep habits are very diverse and if you're lacki
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by groos 6y ago
It's also been clear to me for a while that Whatsapp is scanning message content & meta-data for use in FB ads. Talk about something in a Whatsapp chat and pretty soon an ad in FB about the thing shows up.
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by groos 6y ago
Wrong dimensions. Supposed to be 1:4:9. Wrong color as well.
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by groos 6y ago
I have suffered migraines for 40+ years, starting as a young child and I really suffered through the years when I didn't get any medication for it. For the last 15+ years I have treated it episodically using Sumatriptan and it still wo
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by groos 6y ago
Herb Sutter, C++ ISO committee chair works for Microsoft, so while not the language inventor, someone pretty important in the community.
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by groos 6y ago
With a known quantity like Guido, you just try to convince them how fun it would be work at Microsoft.