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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
This leak looks like a trial balloon. I'm fascinated by the notion that requiring disclosure of people's physical location, as well as demanding that they prove their identity, would be conducive to an online culture of free and h
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
My understanding is that in 2009 Ford rejected the bailout the US automakers were offered (taking instead a loan which they are still repaying, through 2022). GM was effectively nationalized (at a reported cost of $11b) and the creditors lo
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Without a doubt, Homebrew https://brew.sh/
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
The Nexus 5X was released 3 years ago, on September 29, 2015. By contrast Apple's iOS 12 will run on the iPhone 5S, which was released 5 years ago, on September 20, 2013.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Is there a reason for them not upgrading Android on Nexus? Disappointing news since I bought mine a mere 2 years ago.
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Chicago already has some of the strictest anti-gun policies in the US. [edit] They had, in effect and for decades, a ban on the sale of guns (requiring registration but then not actually allowing it). Some of the restrictions have been di
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
Not clear whether the slight death-rate difference while in ER carries over to the 5-year survival rate, which favors men over women by a large factor.
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How Tech Billionaires Hack Their Taxes with a Philanthropic Loophole(nytimes.com)
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by ilove_banh_mi 8y ago
There definitely were Roman public libraries. Plinus reports that Pollio built the first public library in Rome around 30 BC. He was a patron of Virgil. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaius_Asinius_Pollio_(consul_4...