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by jogjayr 8y ago
I can't help but think that college admissions based solely on test scores (as done in India, Russia, maybe China?), and nothing else, might be the least unfair way to judge applicants. Every admission system is unfair in some way but
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Is safe storage of the radioactive waste from nuclear plants a solved problem? Even if the current fears about nuclear are overblown (and I'm not convinced that they are) what do you do about waste that remains dangerous for many human
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> to some extent you do know them and they know you If a juror actually knew you (or you knew them) wouldn't that be grounds for their dismissal from the jury due to a possibility of bias? Obviously if a public figure or celebrity i
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> Not holding that job suddenly puts him on the hook for that $90,000, or puts him at risk of not having health insurance and reliable transportation. He doesn't need a car that expensive and he can move back to Canada if health ins
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> Keep in mind MMM started with a sizable inheritance to kickstart his nest egg Please provide proof of this. He's never mentioned it anywhere on his blog. > currently works full time talking about living frugally. This he has ta
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Off the top of my head, Obamacare led to the founding of Zenefits and other companies in that industry. The EPA's exhaust regulations in the 1970s arguably birthed the catalytic converter industry. If the regulation is costly enough or
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Unless they're paying for NPM, my sympathy is limited. They should _really_ be putting Artifactory (or equivalent) between themselves and the public NPM registry. Or, at the very least, fallback package.jsons pointing to the source Git
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by jogjayr 8y ago
So that it disintegrates to microscopic fragments and contaminates the water over decades?
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by jogjayr 8y ago
It turns them into a commodity supplier to MoviePass. Who wants to be a commodity supplier?
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Modern libraries double up as community centers, tool libraries, and (sometimes) maker- or hacker-spaces. They're also hella egalitarian. Anyone can walk in and learn, or be entertained, for free.
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Finland's cities are havens for library lovers(theguardian.com)
199 points by jogjayr 8y ago|64 comments
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> It looks like a cooking show. In reality is a beautiful documentary series about how world-renown chef's made their way. I was actually hoping for a cooking show :-) I stopped watching after a couple of episodes.
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Copyright and the first-sale-doctrine also takes us into weird places like streaming someone a movie is somehow different from buying a DVD and renting it to them. Which is the whole reason Netflix began producing their own content.
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by jogjayr 8y ago
So we get to the actual root of the problem. Instead of dismissing climate change as an "elitist" concern and demonizing any measures to combat it as "anti-poor" and "anti-development" maybe we should talk abou
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> GEICO is owned by Birkshire Hathaway which is owned by Warren Buffett. Berkshire Hathaway is publicly traded. Warren Buffet owns 36.8% of it.[1] 1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berkshire_Hathaway
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by jogjayr 8y ago
The mandate doesn't apply to buildings taller than 3 stories. Maybe it'll have the effect of encouraging denser development? That would be a win for climate change, no?
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> ridiculous elitist objectives such as climate change You're saying the effects of climate change - drought, famine, rising sea levels etc. - are problems that elites only will have to face? I mean I'll give you beach properti
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by jogjayr 8y ago
It might be worth a small increase in CO2 emissions to reduce plastic pollution TBH. We have other ways to offset those extra CO2 emissions, plenty of waste to cut. But once plastic and particularly microplastic pollution is in water and th
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> We have recycling programs Not all cities in the US participate in recycling programs equally. The overall US plastic recycling rate is still only 31%. Many states (maybe most?) don't have a plastic bottle deposit program.
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by jogjayr 8y ago
You'll be surprised to know then it's not just the "West" that considers it a problem. Here's the Indian state of Maharashtra, of which Mumbai is the capital, introducing a plastic bag ban and deposit on PET bottles
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> I have no idea why people include Netflix and not Microsoft. Netflix pays outlandishly well - which is why engineers include it on their list of big companies. Leaving that aside Netflix is a giant: $150B market cap as of this writing.
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Univision has been in decline for years(specialprojectsdesk.com)
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Hair color is changeable. And society hasn't felt that ginger mistreatment has yet become an issue to tackle. There's no major organization lobbying for the rights of redheads (AFAIK). Maybe it's a problem but it sounds like
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> If so then how do you rationalize it? Live a lighter lifestyle otherwise - don't buy new stuff, prefer biking over driving, eat less meat, keep electric and gas bills down, live in a smaller dwelling. And buy carbon offsets.
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> In other words, why are some classes protected while others aren't? Protected classes tend to be things about themselves that people either can't change (race, nationality, gender, age, sexual orientation, family status, disa
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Err...30k is 5% of $600k which is the going rate for a townhome in Fremont. I'm sorry but when the sums are that astronomical it really is a rounding error - especially for a home improvement that saves the homeowner money in the long
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by jogjayr 8y ago
> But, it's clearly a NIMBY move to protect existing home owners financial asset. It doesn't apply to new construction over 3 stories. Especially for the Bay Area, building up seems like the only way out of the current morass,
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by jogjayr 8y ago
If it gains sufficient traction and was found to generate equal or more revenue for publishers I could see them willing to come to the table. The problem I see with bringing publishers to the table is: How do you distribute revenue? Pagevie
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by jogjayr 8y ago
Canada's done all right in terms of music exports. I don't even know Western popular music all that well and I can name Bryan Adams, Shania Twain, Celine Dion, Justin Bieber, and Drake - I'm sure there's many more. Holly
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by jogjayr 9y ago
With smaller landlords I used checks, larger ones have recurring transfer systems like the other reply mentioned. Insurance and utilities accept credit and debit cards for payments online. Wells Fargo also had (maybe still does) an online b

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