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541.
by mint2 4y ago
Here are a couple links for those who don’t want to get news about San Francisco from conservative leaning New York newspapers. It’s only 2500 mi away. https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/sf-bay-bridge-li..
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by mint2 4y ago
It’s not head on, the jet is already turned to pull away but the pilot either misjudged distance a bit or intentionally did it. Because they’re pulling away the collision is at a low relative velocity
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by mint2 4y ago
In the prior threads some posters were speculating “how do we know the Russians hit it, couldn’t the fuel have done it…” I don’t know how one can watch the jet’s trajectory on both passes and doubt it hit on the second.
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by mint2 4y ago
Unfortunately while I won’t be persuaded by a list that is mostly useless, others will make decisions on it without realizing how misleading it is. That is why I object.
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by mint2 4y ago
In that case it’s apparent we agree that cities are not interchangeable commodities and factors beyond COL cannot be ignored for actual practical decision making.
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by mint2 4y ago
Exactly, cities can’t be treated like interchangeable commodities. The list that simply compares price and nothing. Why is anyone drinking Napa wine or craft coffee rather than gallon jug wine and Folgers? Would it make sense to create a li
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by mint2 4y ago
Yes, but the ones that do are clearly forgoing tens or of thousands to do it so unquestionably it has value. That’s actually one way the results of the study can be interpreted, despite paying a cost of living difference of about $40k to li
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by mint2 4y ago
One could argue the price differences show how much people are willing to pay. Think how much money I could save by moving out of SF. I am staying here. If Leaving out a crucial aspects just because they are hard to quantify then it is eas
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by mint2 4y ago
This is good and useful for some purposes but over simplifies and leaves out important trade offs. It’s like treating cities as interchangeable fungible commodities like low quality coffee beans or flour. For example, the premium some would
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by mint2 4y ago
For my medium size company, before wfh applying for a job was competing with people living in the sf Bay Area, now it’s competing with the entire US and the actually company throws out resumes from high cost of living areas including any fr
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by mint2 4y ago
Oh so like a Japanese index fund invested in 1990?
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by mint2 4y ago
Because of the many documented cases of him saying one thing in public and saying/doing the opposite in private. That applies to both of them. They are easily google-able.
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by mint2 4y ago
How is this type of legislation not government restrictions in free speech? While I disagree with citizens United, it’s currently defining the law and most likely supported by these groups. This seems like a similar disallowed restriction.
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by mint2 4y ago
LA times has been reporting on the problem deputy gangs for years. The new part in this article is how high up their members are but it’s also captain obvious reporting as the gang members have had decades to make it up there. Still good fo
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by mint2 4y ago
Okay but that’s what the government hopes will happen… They don’t object to TikTok the concept. They object to the PRC having influence or control either real or potential.
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by mint2 4y ago
Did you go into the profile and find where it lists signed in devices and log them all out? It’s buried in there somewhere but they don’t automatically do it when you do a password update because they’re afraid of causing any friction in th
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by mint2 4y ago
Chat gpt is identically helpful to most chat and phone support staff that are underpaid but still paid and have zero power to solve anything as they are required to follow narrow scripts and have zero ability to make exceptions. For example
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by mint2 4y ago
But Will they? Why would everyone choose to pay more just because large housing landlords wish it so?
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by mint2 4y ago
A teen plus an older guy is not funny.
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by mint2 4y ago
Wow I get they earn their money that way.. but it’s relying on clearly unethical tactics that are obviously undesired by society but not necessarily illegal yet. this really shows how regulations are required because otherwise people will d
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by mint2 4y ago
If it has a water repellent coating, probably. If it’s part of a gortex thing, yes.
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by mint2 4y ago
But do people actually have a good impression of it or do they just use it? There’s a ton of services that I use but have an unfavorable view of. Most are large corporations.
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by mint2 4y ago
They advertise “With the added trust of Microsoft”. That goes over like a lead balloon in some circles. Now pardon me while I run screaming in the opposite direction. Seriously though, do normal people like Microsoft?
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by mint2 4y ago
Indeed, sf has so many vacant and closing stores but the landlords are still raising rents. It’s strangling the city.
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by mint2 4y ago
Real estate in the Bay Area is so off kilter. Businesses and restaurants keep closing because corporate landlords keep raising rent by huge amounts. In this climate they keep raising rent. It’s absurd and a lot of the corporations have zero
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by mint2 4y ago
“ plausible enough to look real to someone who isn't a watch person” Most non-watch people aren’t looking or noticing one’s watch enough to form an impression of it. The only way I’d identify a watch as possibly being a Rolex is if som
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by mint2 4y ago
Keep in mind It’s just a sophisticated statistical algorithm to predict the next likely word over and over again
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by mint2 4y ago
A. Yes there’s a slight chance that it has future commercial value decades in the future, but it seems unlikely. B. Can you read Putin’s mind? Actually Invading Ukraine was a fantastically ill-thought endeavor, but that happened. Was Putin
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by mint2 4y ago
“Whoever could possibly try to "penalize" Russia for contract violation, is currently already pretty much engaged in a hot war with it” So they’re at war with their only potential customers. Sounds like the pipeline has zero comme
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by mint2 4y ago
Edit your edit, there’s 331.9 million Americans as of (2021)

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