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by jmccaf 6y ago
There is the story of the clove tree, which was monopolized by Dutch East India company, until 1 tree was stolen and seeded elsewhere
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by jmccaf 6y ago
For Uber 'transit' drivers, anecdotally people bought cars just for uber. My neighbor bought a Toyota Corolla as a 2nd car for Uber, and drove that car for uber and ride-sharing exclusively for 200K+ miles in Bay Area, 200+ mile
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by jmccaf 6y ago
Yeah, it's worth building these tanks safely. There was tank fire last year in Bay Area after a quake: https://www.youtube.com/watch?reload=9&v=KMZjfWRXgTs Even if there is different level of risk and safety conc
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by jmccaf 6y ago
This info adds interest to song "The Kids Aren't Alright" , if he is doubly-accomplished but his childhood friends all burned out. Apparently Dexter did inspire/write the song: http://www.mtv.com/news&#x
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by jmccaf 7y ago
Thank for you for the response. I apologize for asking the obvious question, you must get that alot. If it helps, my lovely godmother decked out her living room and kitchen in Mackenzie-Childs (teapots, tables, napkins), so I have positiv
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by jmccaf 7y ago
I am interested in the story of how is personal name or brand is same as MacKenzie-Childs, a home decor brand popular in my hometown Upstate NY. Their items often have a white-black checkers : https://www.mackenzie-childs.com&#x
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by jmccaf 7y ago
I use Slack very often, and I also get annoyed that Drafts features often tugs a frequently-used channel to a different spot in sidebar. "Where did that channel go?"
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by jmccaf 7y ago
As coping mechanism, the Portland Trailblazers from the NW who travel the most miles of NBA teams, have tuned pre-game coffee routine : https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/25667397/the-game-day-ca...
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by jmccaf 7y ago
The second paragraph beginning "The real magic, though, is flexibility: " describes practical benefits that are not just due to accounting.
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by jmccaf 7y ago
I find "virtue signaling" is a useful concept; It's the idea of doing public things that signal how virtuous you are, but don't have the impact they suggest. Example might be front-yard cactus gardens to save water comp
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by jmccaf 7y ago
Agree, my impression is their plug-in hybrids are very capable, but late-to-the-game
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by jmccaf 7y ago
Huh, I have a different experience, I hit a paywall (or a free article limit like NYT or Bloomberg) on most news stories I follow
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by jmccaf 7y ago
_Alot_ of those in the list are known for "offshore" financial shenanigans where a company might be domiciled there, only for legal/tax purposes.
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by jmccaf 7y ago
Twitter Takes Down Accounts of China Dissidents Ahead of Tiananmen Anniversary https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/01/business/twitter-china-ti... """ In a statement, Twitter said that as a pa
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by jmccaf 7y ago
Especially arriving, and also departing, I think Uber with "door-to-door" service may be a better answer. Luggage above carry-on would be hard to take on multiple-stop public transportation with a walk, and especially arriving in
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by jmccaf 8y ago
I vote for black-bar
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by jmccaf 8y ago
Buying individual stocks in proportion to the market-cap index is possible today as a service, and advertised by Wealthfront as "direct indexing" or stock-level tax-loss harvesting The small tax advantage is that you can sell indi
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by jmccaf 8y ago
Provincial tax collectors were corrupt and despised in antiquity, I prefer a faceless centralized IRS.
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by jmccaf 8y ago
I wonder if the weird storefronts like Stevens Books, Leez Dept. Store are to sell returned merchandise (that was drop-shipped)
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by jmccaf 8y ago
That is a concern. I am a happy driver of a Chevy Volt, and in daily commuting only ever use battery. The practices I use to preserve gas in the tank for long-term storage are: * Keep the tank full of gas: air space is prone to condensati
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by jmccaf 8y ago
I know a young Bay Area engineer who left a large tech company recently to teach Brazilian Jiu Jitsu full-time. He felt that BJJ was the activity that was the most age-senstive to accomplish, not SW.
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by jmccaf 9y ago
NVIDIA | Senior Graphics Performance Engineer | Santa Clara, CA | ONSITE http://nvidia.com My team is interviewing for a Senior Graphics Performance Engineer position. We are seeking candidates with experience in 3D graphics pro
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by jmccaf 9y ago
The 2 posts do seem serendipitous .
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by jmccaf 9y ago
http://lostinjapan.groth.hm/archives/2010/04/sitting-at-the-... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/17/business/global/layoffs-il... Legend has it that Japanese companies,
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by jmccaf 10y ago
Growth of economic activity and population is a collective choice we are making . We may eventually have less of economic activity, population, or both .
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by jmccaf 11y ago
This may be a 'No true Scotsman'
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by jmccaf 11y ago
Additionally, above the bullet points it states that only companies 100% owned (and operated) in china can publish . This self-centered North American still reads al-jazeera, Guardian , and Der Spiegel .
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by jmccaf 13y ago
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