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by kec 5y ago
Alternatively the calculus could be that a smaller sized phone would not be profitable once you account for the fixed cost of setting up production lines and expected sales numbers.
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by kec 5y ago
copying the URL into a new tab usually seems to work.
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by kec 5y ago
Maybe not today, but the peak of the most recent wave in South Carolina was in September and saw about 2500 people hospitalized statewide.
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by kec 5y ago
I'm reasonably there doesn't exist a jurisdiction where you can pay your taxes in bitcoin.
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by kec 5y ago
If calorie restriction is causing those side effects, it is an indicator that the person is "doing it wrong" by either restricting their intake far more than is healthy or more likely their diet is very sub optimal (eg, 100% carbs
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by kec 5y ago
I would guess approximately none of them (or at least, none of them at time of diagnosis). Modern America has a very messed up view of what is and isn't a healthy weight.
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by kec 5y ago
The Phoebus cartel only worked because it was a cartel… and it only worked until it didn’t. Again, why would you think no one is putting money into this rather than it’s simply a hard or unsolvable problem? What material would you suggest t
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by kec 5y ago
Tires are a multibillion dollar industry, why would you think no one is putting money into R&D for it?
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by kec 5y ago
It doesn't matter if your house is made out of asbestos and concrete if the AQI is off the charts and ambient temperature is over 600 degrees due to fires surrounding it.
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by kec 5y ago
The autocorrect dictionary contains the name of every app on your device. It’ll learn Linux organically eventually, maybe Windows depending on how much home improvement you do….
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by kec 5y ago
Rather than a sliding scale, why not something like x% of the 12 month average asking rent? If x is high enough that should be a great incentive for landlords to find and stay at the market clearing price.
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by kec 5y ago
The swing from most to least expensive state is about 25%, not 75%. There’s a disparity between say California and Arkansas but it’s not that high.
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by kec 5y ago
California sold rights to pump water to farmers a century ago. The only way to legally undo that is to use eminent domain to purchase those rights back. Given how productive and valuable the farm land is and how scarce water is those rights
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by kec 5y ago
Senior/Principle/Staff/etc titles are typically less about raw competence or tenure and more about leadership. A senior will typically spend most of their time working on high level design and overall strategy for a project,
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by kec 5y ago
The natural ratio between male and female births averages around 51:49, the US is almost bang on this number. China is currently closer to 55:45... clearly there is some unnatural pressure going on.
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by kec 5y ago
There’s a preference to switch the search field from “the entire universe” to “this folder”.
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by kec 5y ago
This extends to any number of dialogs standing between the user and their goal. If a user wants to install an application they will not be deterred by warnings because they fundamentally don't care - they've already decided they w
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by kec 5y ago
It’s not really weird at all. When a dialog pops up while a user is trying to do something like install an app 90% of users will blindly click “ok” in order to get on with it.
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by kec 5y ago
Employers are only forced to extend healthcare etc benefits to employees, there's no law stating the employee has to accept them.
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by kec 5y ago
The median home price in California is rapidly approaching $1M, Wouldn't this just lock up the real estate market even more?
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by kec 5y ago
You're getting cause and effect backwards. New construction small homes don't exist because they aren't as profitable for developers to build not because there isn't demand for them. I can guarantee you there are effecti
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by kec 5y ago
How? Company should withhold just as they would any other pay. Even if you get dumped on and it bumps you up a bracket it likely won’t have a huge impact as you’ll likely not have a ton of pay in that bracket.
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by kec 5y ago
What you're describing is laundering, so now you're committing two crimes. I wouldn't bet against the government taking an interest once values being exchanged are large enough.
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by kec 5y ago
I'm speaking in the hypothetical where crypto is regulated or banned. If you can't legally use it to trade where you physically reside you either need to convert to fiat overseas or buy your physical goods or services overseas. In
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by kec 5y ago
At some point you need to convert your crypto gains back to fiat to actually use it, especially in the hypothetical case where crypto trade is banned locally. The IRS/FBI/etc are not going to arbitrarily constrain themselves when
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by kec 5y ago
you can't reliably opt-out of laws in the place where you physically reside, especially where money is involved.
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by kec 6y ago
Exercise is great for general fitness and can give you a slight edge in a calorie deficit but has little impact on weight loss in general. If you want to lose weight by far the easiest and most effective thing you can do is to get your diet
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by kec 6y ago
The machines are expensive but durable. Their main revenue streams outside of software are materials (which obviously have stiff 3rd party competition) and accessories (most of which are durable, even those that aren't have 3rd party s
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by kec 6y ago
A quick look and all the packages are MIT except for purrr which is gpl2.
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by kec 6y ago
The Glock 17 was introduced 39 years ago, not quite 50 years but still. It's also worth pointing out that while the manufacturing techniques used by Glock were new the actual design is essentially identical to the browning hi-power.

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