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by hcknwscommenter 2y ago
It's not a perfect system at all but the Cesar Chavez movement and subsequent actions have greatly strengthened these workers' protections. These workers take these jobs willingly. This is not slavery, and your attempt to derail
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by hcknwscommenter 2y ago
Seriously? Cops really can't do anything unless all the evidence is gathered by citizens and then handed to them?
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by hcknwscommenter 2y ago
Given that 99% of the crimes are committed by repeat offenders, a simple dusting for fingerprints (costs pennies) could likely identify the culprit. But they don't bother. And they act like we've seen too many movies/tv show
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by hcknwscommenter 2y ago
Agree. I don't think there is any signal from the "academic side" of this discussion. All of the detailed relevant information is very proprietary. I know multiple large players in the industry that share huge amounts of da
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
I'm generally very skeptical of brand/store loyalty type arguments, but lately I've found that in the US, Macy's furniture is still good value for good quality. I've had to completely furnish a few rooms over the l
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Yes blame Airbnb (and copycats). There is not enough supply. So it's not good to reduce supply for housing by converting homes to short-term rentals. Also, it destroys community.
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
the words "some" and "somewhat" are doing an impractical degree of heavy lifting. Pre-activation material is just not very radioactive and is thus not a terrorist risk. Post-activation material is basically impossible f
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
"And it should always have better binding." This is a very strong statement. There are (at least theoretically) a myriad of ways to redesign the binding pocket to preferentially bind the larger labeled nucleotide. Consider man
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Your naive solution just creates an even more gigantic stagnant stinky mess of a Salton "sea". The entire point is to reengineer the salton sea as a beautiful ecosystem and lake by diluting all the salt with 5MAF of RO desalinate
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
There's also a weird consolidation going on in what are traditionally mom-and-pop style "trade" industries. E.g., a significant portion of the individual contractor Co. vans you see driving around could be owned (or at least
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
The link in the YC headline is to a press release. However, the press release links to the actual paper, which provides a wealth of tehcnical detail. This is a rechargeable zinc air battery. Not a primary battery. Although, this is earl
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Thanks for any response! I talked to my citi private bank rep. He was quoting ~8% rates on asset backed loans. Seemed a bad deal to me. I find that citi is a bit negotiable, so if you are getting quoted significantly better rates let me
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
He makes something like that with acetone dissolved acrylic. It would be interesting to see what happens if you dispersed the microsphere material in a commercial paint. I think it would work?
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Sure one can use credit cards, but the *below market*, and *fixed* rate on *unsecured* debt is fairly unique. In fact, I don't think there is anything even remotely like it available today. But do let me know. I too gorged on that F
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
I replied to similar comment above. I certainly did not take great pains to accurately measure hydration status. But I did eye ball my urine output and it seems that seltzer really ups it, a lot more than tap water or even a "normal&q
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
So, typically I drink sparkling with some sort of flavorant, usually a no-sugar lemon lime etc. Maybe it's the flavor/acidity? I don't know, but it seems to be a pretty effective diuretic to me. Purely anecdotal but, I hav
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Sparkling water dehydrates the heck out of me. Seltzers and mineral waters etc. are worse in that regard than even something like Coca Cola, I think because they tend to be more carbonated.
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
Unfortunately, your intuition is largely correct. The First Republic product was unique, and basically a marketing tool (as the article does explain). Typical unsecured rates for loans to individuals are floating, calculated as (libor&#x2
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by hcknwscommenter 3y ago
I disagree. With a physical button, you know you pushed it because you feel it give and then stop giving. After the first couple of uses you can get used to any response time. With a touchscreen, there is no tactile feedback difference b
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
It's really difficult to understand what is going on with this politician's heat pump though because we are lacking a lot of basic information. A high quality minisplit system should top out at a COP of over 3.5 and be above 2 do
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
And what happens when you text to 59925? Did you read the whole thing? Would a busy person, who lives in an area likely to have hours long lines to vote be relieved to text that number and receive a reply that says "Thanks for Voting
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
So you would only call it a crime if it was successful? Mackey clearly tried to trick folks into thinking they had voted by text. He sent thousands of these scam messages. He set up an infrastructure for doing this and sending it to folks
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
Oh you can get a lot more creative than that. You can hedge out "catastrophic" interest rate rises while taking your chances on smaller increases. In this case, catastrophic can easily be estimated by taking the duration of the
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
Your take does not seem to reflect reality to me. SVB did not offer particularly attractive interest rates to depositors. No one banked with SVB because of some extra APR on their savings/checking accounts. SVB mismatched interest r
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
Your comment raises two main straw-men. Neither of which seem to be supported by facts. What stay-in-the-arms gospel are you talking about? What reason do you have, besides Campbell's baseless assertion, that such large-scale studies o
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
That can't be right? Canned foods last a long time. MREs do as well. Pasta/Rice?
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
What works for me in the northeast with an old house is a high velocity small duct air handler/distribution system (unico) coupled with a Bosch cold climate heat pump, with an oil furnace backup. This is forced air, so not exactly wha
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
My $0.02 are that any competent and honest HVAC company will be able to walk you through the concepts of your home's heating/cooling load etc. and what size heat pump can meet that need, what it costs to run annually, and what inc
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
This makes zero sense to me. There are thousands of lakes in the Sierras that are on "state" or "county" or "federal" land. None of those are subject to the bizarre rules you posit. There must be something d
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by hcknwscommenter 4y ago
>The majority of the naturally occurring chemical elements, i.e. about three quarters of them, are non-radioactive. Huh? Care to name 5 non-radioactive elements according to your definition?

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