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by maratd 13y ago
> I didn't really know that China was even planning on landing probes on the Moon. There were rumblings for many years now, with various semi-official announcements. Nobody took them seriously, so they didn't get much play.
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by maratd 13y ago
Wasteland 2 is going to come out soon. By the same guy who made Fallout.
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by maratd 13y ago
I think you're confusing stupid idea with bad idea. Twitter was a bad idea. A stripped-down social networking site in a crowded marketplace ... unlikely to succeed. But succeed it did. Now it's a wonderful idea. But making a twitt
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by maratd 13y ago
> No one is forcing you to pay for ads on Google Shopping so you're free to do whatever Did I say otherwise? > why would you invest a ton of money into quality photography and then cover it up with a watermark? To make sure that
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by maratd 13y ago
> The maker/producer/distributor should provide advertising materials and they usually do. They usually don't. To be more specific, their photos always suck. When you're buying something online, photos do make the dif
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by maratd 13y ago
> I'm not sure that in all good conscience I can take on a project that is going to cost him a lot of money and not be successful. Mind your own business. Literally. Every startup is a bad idea until it makes money. Then, magically,
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by maratd 13y ago
> This is a sensible rule too--if everyone had watermarks the pages would be hideous. So as a merchant, I have to invest a ton of money into getting quality photography of my products ... only to have my competitors use those same images
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by maratd 13y ago
> Yes. I consider an annual deflation rate of 2-3% just as stable as an annual inflation rate of 2-3%. Please provide a single example of a viable currency that has deflated over a long period of time. Because bitcoin, by design, will
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by maratd 13y ago
So maybe they should rename themselves to the Consumer Protection Admini... oh wait, naming conflict. Oops.
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by maratd 13y ago
Why is the Food and Drug Administration sticking it's nose into what is essentially a novelty product? Are you kidding me? If only 23andme had a pair of balls ... this should really end up in court where we can clearly draw a line the
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by maratd 13y ago
When BTC prices do not deflate in any way and only experiences inflation of 2-3% on an annual basis, call me. While I'm on the topic, you realize that because the money supply can't be increased in any meaningful way once mining i
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by maratd 13y ago
While you don't need to drive in NYC, you'll find plenty of people have cars. In fact, most do. Contrary to popular opinion, Manhattan is not the only borough. I suspect the decline is largely related to the Internet and the inc
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by maratd 13y ago
> I'm guessing that a few years from now the bumps in rolling out Obamacare are going to be no more memorable than the bumps in rolling out Medicare ~50 years ago. Yes, of course. By that point, they would have gotten used to the in
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by maratd 13y ago
> How on earth can you think a free market solution is appropriate for emergency medical care? You could say the same thing about funeral services. Yet it is a free market. And it works well. Because people buy plots ahead of time and ne
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by maratd 13y ago
Nothing in your response excuses you throwing race into the mix. Race has nothing to do with it. Economic standing does . Yes, blacks and hispanics suffer disproportionately for the very reasons you cite, but they do not suffer because the
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by maratd 13y ago
> Manhattan is no picnic to dig a tunnel thru That's an understatement. It's solid bedrock. Great for skyscrapers. Really bad for tunnels.
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by maratd 13y ago
> As long as you aren't doing something egregious and make a good faith effort to work with them they'll often be pretty reasonable within the confines of the law. However if you ignore them, they'll come down on you like
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by maratd 13y ago
Yup. It's a Sisyphean task. You can't protect a person from themselves. The FDA should focus on requiring disclosure of relevant information and the accuracy of that information, rather than guaranteeing safety or making value jud
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by maratd 13y ago
> The people who get incorrect results and who then go and do things based on those results A person who makes life decisions based on tests conducted through the Internet is gullible . No amount of government intervention will keep thi
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by maratd 13y ago
> So this isn't really a case of the gov't stomping on the little guy Last time I checked, the US federal government had an annual funding rate of $3.45 trillion compared to "a hundred million in funding" total for
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by maratd 13y ago
> there's frankly no reason to get them to replace a CFL except for mercury Isn't that enough? I try to keep things that can kill me to a minimum.
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by maratd 13y ago
This is actually optimistic. There's an assumption of hope, a possible light at the end of the tunnel. I purchased a voucher for a Sushi restaurant in NYC on LivingSocial. Two days after purchase, I went to the place for dinner. I was
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by maratd 13y ago
> I'm probably more radical than most on energy issues, but I find this kind of FUD downright irresponsible. FUD? Seems like common sense to me. If something comes with a heat sink, it's to disperse heat. If you're dispers
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by maratd 13y ago
> because they're usually referring to woodworking tools Says the guy with the wooden name!
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by maratd 13y ago
> Folks, why are you upvoting this? Mostly, because it's funny. What's even funnier is how people take this sort of stuff personally . I use Node, I know its limitations. I also use PHP. And Ruby. And Python. I use everything.
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by maratd 13y ago
> You ordered online and that means you probably paid with a credit card. That means you always have recourse. No, you don't always have recourse. If you entered into an agreement with the merchant that the transaction is non-refund
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by maratd 13y ago
> Do you mind if I ask where you spent $250 online for prescription sunglasses? OpticsPlanet.com > Did that price include designer frames? Yes. Ray-ban. > unless you chose and value branded designer frames. Bingo.
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by maratd 13y ago
Ok, here's a slightly different story with an online vendor. I bought a pair of prescription sunglasses online. I paid extra to have a thin lens. $250 order from a reputable merchant. I received a pair of glasses with the lens half an
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by maratd 13y ago
You realize drives are made for specific markets, branded for specific markets, and warranty periods are specified on a per market basis? Not everyone lives in the EU. In fact, the majority of people don't. Outside your regulation happ
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by maratd 13y ago
It depends on the warranty period of the drive. Your hard drive manufacturer knows precisely how long the drive will last and sets their warranty period to expire right before your drive gives up the ghost.

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