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by mchannon 8y ago
$13k for 2.3% of the company is one thing, but how about $13k for 0.023% of the company? Your company could be headed for a "washout round". In the end it's a question of how dear that $13k is to you. If you've got milli
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Yes! The IOGear GUD3C03. Not thrilled about its shape (too box-shaped to put under the MacBook, but too large to put it anywhere else, and the fixed USBC cable on it is both too long and too short to comfortably connect it).
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After my MacBook Air 11 met an untimely end at the hands of a United flight attendant (they paid for its replacement), I moved up to a had-to-have-it-now 8GB MacBook. Even though it's not an Xcode complaint per se, the single USB-C por
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(1) You should check out https://wcroc.cfans.umn.edu/wcroc-news/ammonia-wind (the title specifically mentions "gaining momentum"). (Bear in mind this technology works by making H2 first from electrolysis). Th
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According to Dept. of Energy: US annual hydrogen production is approximately 10 million metric tons (1.0E+10 kg), 68% of which is used in petroleum processing. Given that worldwide production of hydrogen-derived ammonia is 140 million tons
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Consider the Pepsi challenge between a straight natural gas wellhead and using lawn. The natural gas tap requires no natural-gas derived fertilizer, no grid-derived irrigation, no fuel-based harvest or processing, and doesn't deplete s
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I get the desire to turn biomass into vehicle fuel. I don't get the desire to involve hydrogen. Biomass-derived syngas has to be substantially better in energy density and efficiency than any kind of hydrogen. The leading industrial us
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"The Other Half of 'Artists Ship'"[0] The best PG essays come from around this period. The notion that "every check has a cost" has made this essay one of the few I find myself quoting to others. Since I wouldn
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1. Threaten to leave: Don't bother. Won't change anything, and will put you in a position where he calls your bluff, and you end up in the same position but with a time factor, coming off as mercurial, melodramatic, and weak. 2. U
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Doesn't sound like you have standing, but the original academics who authored the original article do. They might could care less, or they may send a cease & desist, takedown, or more aggressive action. If you just reach out to the
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I'd be interested in learning how you plan on keeping up with corporate wi-fi networks kicking you off, changing passwords periodically, and/or having a weird login screen (the kind you see at airports, for instance). Also curious
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Careful with the whataboutism. Methane's largely been solved by food additives that discourage methanogenic bacteria. We're talking about urine and ammonia right now. Methane is more potent as a greenhouse gas, but it's short
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Thank you for making my first point: No two people agree. Unfortunately, you haven't offered a superior definition. Most people would agree a preexisting arrangement like an employment contract would make your example not fall under b
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The biggest problem with blackmail and extortion is no two people seem to agree on exactly what they are and are not. I use these definitions: To blackmail is to threaten to do something otherwise legal (usually divulge information) unless
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by mchannon 8y ago
It's simpler to buy-and-sell the appliances on craigslist. That way you don't have to worry about the borrower depreciating the value of the appliance or not returning it in a timely fashion. Also, maybe I'm not in love with
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As someone who's raised for a hardware firm, but not gone big, a few ideas to consider: •Investors invest in the team first, product second. If you're bright and clever, you'll have a lot harder time raising money than if you
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That's what I thought, but messing up one's sense of taste is a known (if not widely known) side effect of Toradol, and the nerve had had plenty of time to get unpinched. In the end it won't ever be certain. I'm just gla
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by mchannon 8y ago
I'm going to go contrarian and say no. There need to be more. Before I get ecoterrorists looking up my home address, let me state that the planet's gas balance and biodiversity are unequivocally getting thrown way out of whack by
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One bit of highly unusual anecdata here: I lost my sense of taste for starch after an auto accident last year, or more accurately, after 6 Toradol shots in the neck. Off like a light switch. It was like not being able to see red anymore, th
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I think you have the situation wrong. Federal bureau of prisons will not let you mail books on any subject to inmates unless directly from the publisher. Did you buy the books new from Amazon shipped direct? That’s pretty much the only way
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Phone spam. It interrupts employees' train of thought, but many people can't simply not answer their phones: a salesman who doesn't answer incoming phone calls isn't very effective at their job. Gone are the days where y
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A few reasons it's not like that: 1. The person interviewing you is often less experienced and skilled than they let on. They can't make sense of your code, not because it's not any good, but because they don't code at y
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Imagine you are talking about an Amazon SDE (software development engineer) or similar role, and not just the warehouse workers, the latter of which I would seriously hope could care less about your advanced education. My experience with Am
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"U.S. Vice President Mike Pence criticized it in October as 'an Orwellian system premised on controlling virtually every facet of human life.'" Americans forget we have our own "social credit" system, and I&#x2
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I can't help but wonder if there's not another side to this coin. Just as gangs run prisons to effects both bad and good, I wonder if the new norms these young cyborgs (can't live without the technology that's glued to t
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Federal judges aren't the sort that get voted out. They're appointed for life. The degree and direction of corruption within a judge bear a striking resemblance to the president who appoints them.
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"saying they don't work is bizarre"- that it doesn't work is pretty much exactly what the article says, and it's true, as long as "work" is defined as not turning your eyes red. Shock is useful for raising
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This article's full of problems. The first reason chloramine gets to be a problem is users don't shower before entering the pool. The amount of urine a swimmer can introduce into the water is small compared to the amount of urea c
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This landrush is different. Try putting a one-character .dev domain in your cart (0.dev is available as of now). It's not a lump sum plus $12/year. It's thousands every year after registration. In a way, I guess this is usefu
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For the record, oneononemeeting.com is still available, and probably only another $10.98 on namecheap. Forget SEO, try word of mouth. When 99% of people hear about your website and mistype it in, they'll fail to convert into paying cus

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