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by kalenx 6y ago
Their debt comes from their acquisition. I'm not sure I understand how this is even possible, but it seems that hedge funds are able to buy entities (like Cirque du Soleil) and transfer the cost of acquisition as a debt for the acquire
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by kalenx 6y ago
Maybe for small hydro plants, but definitely not the major ones. Quebec uses almost only hydro all year long (with the major dams being far in the north), and houses and buildings heating is mostly electrical.
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by kalenx 6y ago
One good example (for those who do not want to read the full article) is the async keyword. Introducing it as keyword broke a few libraries which were already using them as kwarg in some functions (e.g. pytorch).
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by kalenx 7y ago
Some Seasonic are probably among the best consumer power supplies you can find (e.g. https://www.anandtech.com/show/11252/the-seasonic-prime-tita... )
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by kalenx 7y ago
No, the point is to offer an incentive. Even the mother may not take any of her leave if she wants. But by providing an incentive, you do change how most men consider normal for raising the kids.
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by kalenx 7y ago
3*0.130 = 0.39 Wh Over 5000 years it would amount to about 8.9 nW (nanowatt), of course assuming the chemistry to be able to sustain such time span (which is not).
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by kalenx 7y ago
After pregancy and the very first months of life, I fail to see any "obvious biological reasons".
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by kalenx 7y ago
Because ultimately, arguments relying solely on economics are moot. Technically, a human life has an economic value. And yes such value is used every day to decide health policies and insurance coverage. Would this mean that SpaceX killing
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by kalenx 7y ago
Saying a language makes you "miserable" does not forcibly mean you literally want to kill yourself because of it. I can totally see myself having more or less fun executing the exact same programming job, depending on the language
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by kalenx 7y ago
> The rest of Canada bends over backwards to offer services in French which are seldom utilized. Citation needed. Federal government offers services in French almost everywhere, as it offers services in English even in areas where almost
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by kalenx 7y ago
Well, it depends. If you want a dispense to wear a hard hat of a construction site because of your turban then yes, this may come as a problem: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-court-of-appe...
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by kalenx 7y ago
Yes it is. The point is _not_ about driving Anglos (or whatever culture) away, but about being proud of being able to communicate in French. As a matter of fact, exactly the same thing English speakers ask to literally the rest of the world
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by kalenx 7y ago
Sure, so one should also be able to solely speak French everywhere in this BILINGUAL country? Give me a break.
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by kalenx 7y ago
That's just a plain lie. Sure, as for literally any other subject, you may find people with extreme views on the topic, but that's what they are: extreme. That doesn't make it the general consensus. Please stop spreading lies
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by kalenx 7y ago
Maybe it's just on my installation, but pip comes with versioned executables. That is, I can call "pip3.7" or "pip3.4". What's the benefits of using the -m approach in this case?
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by kalenx 7y ago
See? That's the precise problem with car advocates. How many times in your _life_ are you having a baby? How many times in your _life_ is your mother dying? Just take the car in these situations, that's not the problem. The proble
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by kalenx 7y ago
The relevant metric is the torque at low (or 0) RPM, not the (horse) power. I do agree that a good electric car may start faster than a cyclist, however.
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by kalenx 7y ago
Average does not have the same meaning in the context of this link and yours. We are not talking about physical measurements here.
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by kalenx 7y ago
They do not pay the whole cash back, but they do pay more for "premium" cards (that they cannot refuse, also). See for instance this https://www.cfib-fcei.ca/sites/default/files/pdf/5513.pdf (i
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by kalenx 7y ago
Probably roughly equivalent to the chip equipping your microwave, if it's not too recent. Except that your microwave chip is most probably faster and more reliable.
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by kalenx 7y ago
Well I do not think the issue is about following the unwritten rules. The issue is for a company to admit "yeah we're willingly programing/training our vehicles to break the law". Sure, it might be actually less dangerou
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by kalenx 7y ago
Then, by this reasoning, autonomous driving is not dangerous either.
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by kalenx 7y ago
If we are still at test stage, I agree with you. However, my understanding is that the Waymo technology has been tested. It's entirely different than the Uber case, where engineers were literally deactivating emergency brake system bec
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by kalenx 7y ago
Can they actually provide new SSN? I mean, these are government issued, and I'm not inclined to think that the government will suddenly allow 3M people (basically 10% of the country) to suddenly change SSN. I fail to see what the bank
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by kalenx 7y ago
Except in this case it is not a company but a credit union. Bankruptcy just means loosing everything for its _members_. Also, sure "here's one million $". Two weeks after this money is gone because someone stole your identity
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by kalenx 7y ago
Out of curiosity (not trying to be snarky here, I really want to know), what should be offered by Desjardins? I mean, no amount of money can prevent identity theft and I do not see hundreds of ways to reduce the risks -- especially ways tha
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by kalenx 7y ago
Christian symbols aren't allowed either.
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by kalenx 7y ago
Sure, it is not _literally_ impossible to kill a grizzly with a handgun. But, to quote yourself: > Handgun can work, but what if it doesn't? The point is not that it should be forbidden to bring guns when you hike in grizzly territo
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by kalenx 7y ago
Yes, I can also google "can you kill grizzly bears with a handgun" and look at the first result. And I can also google "pepper spray bear success", which tells me that: > "Red pepper spray stopped bears’ undesira
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by kalenx 7y ago
I don't know in which bear country you grew up, but good luck killing a grizzly attacking you by surprise with most guns. Not that this is fundamentally impossible (her husband did it, after all) but not with a handgun. These guys are

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