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by lev99 8y ago
Source?
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by lev99 8y ago
The Republic of China was in control of Taiwan when they lost the Chinese Civil War to The Communist Party of China. When the Republic of China retreated to Taiwan they did not have to file for asylum or apply for a Visa. Taiwan was part o
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by lev99 8y ago
> But the routine was actually better for me. Though I hate commuting, having a regular sleep/work schedule, responsibilities, and stability seems to have made me a better human being. I work remotely and have a regular sleep/w
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by lev99 8y ago
Increasing home prices in Seattle, where the median rent is $2,400 [0]. By bringing in people from out of state with high salaries Amazon is making the housing market in Seattle much more expensive as more people compete for a mostly stati
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by lev99 8y ago
If they are I'm sure they are quiet about it. They wouldn't have distribution rights. Bandwidth costs would be high.
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by lev99 8y ago
Surely game scores are posted in a highschool bulletin, or a team could have a twitter/facebook/Instagram account to announce scores/highlights.
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by lev99 8y ago
Your EV numbers are high. If the EV was really significantly above 1.0 (say 1.5) then everyone would buy a lot of lotto tickets. It would be simple arbitrage. In reality all of those people buying extra tickets (because of the high perceive
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by lev99 8y ago
Most bottom performing companies will have problems, especially on industry downsides.
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by lev99 8y ago
While that sounds really cool, it would also be a very expensive vehicle. Paying two strong men and renting a uhaul is usually how I handle moving big heavy things for the occasional time I need to.
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by lev99 8y ago
What would you do with one?
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by lev99 8y ago
> The big question is, given a particular student, will they do better with a college education? Maybe, it's really hard to measure. I suspect a good not great college is a very good way to improve a particular person's life,
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> They won't be replaced by a disruptor, they will just no longer be able to crank out mediocre educational product to people who now realize that a Bachelor of Something Or Other from Podunk U isn't actually a ticket to the mi
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by lev99 8y ago
The Trump Administration has taken one of the most liberal positions on cannabis of any Republican president ever. His stated positions on supporting states with medical laws, and his complete absence of federal raids on people following st
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by lev99 8y ago
The article describes the desire for a media campaign against cannabis more than a war. It's okay if the goverment makes statements about cannabis in a negative light. DOT talks about the dangers of driving. CDC talks about the danger
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by lev99 8y ago
I was agreeing with you.
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by lev99 8y ago
Right, I was thinking about the wrong relationship.
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by lev99 8y ago
Being in a 30% doesn't make you an oddball, maverick, or outsider. (Words used to describe 'nightowls' in this article)
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by lev99 8y ago
> Employers already have most of the power in this relationship I feel like it's the exact opposite. I once was at a team where a coworker left. He was one of two developers working on a subsystem. The subsystem was highly valued
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by lev99 8y ago
I'd like to see the same technology be used to deliver alcohol to the least drunk person at a party.
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by lev99 8y ago
If the dart is filled with caffeine I don't think it's called a 'tranq dart'.
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by lev99 8y ago
Not everything, but North American cities need a lot more skyscrapers. Instead most North American cities sprawl. Density increases innovation. Density decreases travel carbon emissions.
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by lev99 8y ago
I think it's probably better to train yourself to accurately estimate the calories in food than it is to assign food to clicks for two reasons. One, it's easier to measure calories in vs calories out if you use the same units for
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by lev99 8y ago
I did not feel like shit when cold turkey stopping a 4 year daily habit of MJ. I know it's highly anecdotal, but I'm very thankful I spent those four years smoking cannabis instead of drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, or takin
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by lev99 8y ago
Dune and A Song of Ice & Fire use very different narrative techniques. In Dune most of the narration follows a protagonist that navigates the world. In A Song of Ice & Fire there is not a single protagonist. There are multiple cha
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by lev99 8y ago
My reading habits suspended during college for skim culture, and rebounded every break from school and fully recovered after graduation.
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by lev99 8y ago
It's a Brave New World (by Aldous Huxley) reference. It's worth reading if you haven't. EDIT: In the book Huxley imagines a new society. One of the hallmarks of the society is there is no pain or suffering. This is accomp
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by lev99 8y ago
> Caffeine pills & powder are far more dangerous. It is very easy to overdose on them, and death is not out of the question. It still isn't common. Caffeine pills usually come in 200mg. Caffeine has an LD50 of about 200mg/
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by lev99 8y ago
Maybe, it really would require a lot of research to determine if one of the two purposed situations are correct. I wrote my comment to inspire people to look at jobs they normally wouldn't, because I believe applying for a wide range o
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by lev99 8y ago
Hiring and firing come at a nonzero cost, just like whiteboard interviews. If ten people apply for a position and their resumes all look good the company needs some way to determine who to hire.
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by lev99 8y ago
If you get every job you ask for maybe you are aiming too low.

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