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by mmanfrin 10y ago
There are a lot of buildings going up, however many people (who are ironically most affected by the high prices) oppose new building because it displaces locals. It's a catch-22 of displacement: high prices are making the city unaffo
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
That's the intention. The title is being facetious about Musk's denigrators.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Using 'California' as a unit, and then selecting housing prices from the Bay Area to illustrate. Okay. Because houses in Stockton are $2mil? I don't dispute that there are some really stupid land-use regulations in certain c
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
I don't think you read the whole article.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Trump had 10% more votes than the next, but there has been a 9% jump in population since the last open election primary cycle. Using absolute numbers is pretty disingenuous. Additionally, the record number of competitors all split the vote
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
What? We passed a proposition last election cycle for $7.5 billion in water measures. https://ballotpedia.org/California_Proposition_1,_Water_Bond... The legislature also passed laws regarding the use of water and monitorin
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
There are, no exaggeration, probably thousands of alternatives. People are very subjective in what they want out of a task tracker, so I'd start by making a list of what you think you need and in what format, then go from there.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
This annoys me to no fucking end . Maybe one of the next 8 messaging apps will get it right.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Looks very similar to Zeit: https://zeit.co/
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
John Deere is attempting to make sales of their tractors 'leases' to enforce their ban on self repair: http://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Corporations now swapping land to fix enclaves, much like nations do: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enclave_and_exclave
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Star Wars is very valuable, but I think you overestimate -- $4bil does not factor in the cost of making new movies, which is in the hundreds of millions. Consider another way: had Disney not bought Star Wars, do you believe they could have
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
but detrimental to the interests of the shareholders How so?
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
A similar DIY approach to dealing with cats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=goZ2DqMnaGc
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
There are many branches of Indo-european languages. Backtracing to Proto-Indo-European thankfully has many branches -- the problem is in finding the right cognates.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
With enough children you can. It's an imperfect analogy since in genetics there are two parents, but if there are 4 or 5 children, then you can make inferences as to the probably hair color of a parent.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Pictographs are difficult, and I'm not sure how pronunciation is sussed out since even modern, living languages have diverging pronunciations in pictographic written languages. For morpheme based languages (i.e., where the letters make
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
You are splitting hairs and I think you know it. No, not really. I'm explaining how a fact can impart bias. Not sure why this is such a difficult concept to understand.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
It's still a fact used to frame the issue in a certain way and does affect a reader's understanding of the issue. If someone with a preexisting bias against Chinese security read this, they would form a more negative opinion of
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Consider the following: Man kills man. Man kills black man. White man kills black man. Assuming the facts are all the same, do you understand how the selective informing of facts frames the readers understanding or impression of the issue?
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Nope, there's a cottage industry of review-for-discount sites that give people discounts/free items in exchange for reviews, but wink wink don't feel obligated to give it 5 stars.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Because it frames the situation in a certain, coerced way.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
ESPN costs tv providers $8 per subscriber per month (might have changed recently though), the cordcutting movement has severely hurt them.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Pretty obvious move. Disney has been hurt hard by the switch away from cable (despite the massive profits they're making with Pixar, Marvel, and Star Wars). Buying MLB helps shore up their positions on sports, which have been eroding a
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
You could say the same thing for derivatives traders. At least with beating the casino, you're usually comped swanky rooms and perks (since you're wagering so much money).
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
I'm glad that rails has been looking at projects like Phoenix for inspiration Other way around. Phoenix was explicitly inspired by Rails and founded by Rails core members. Elixir was first created by a Rails core member.
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Please implement Fizz Buzz mise en abymely.
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Move Loot (YC W14) Shutting Down(blog.moveloot.com)
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Puff piece -- the idea of cooking pizzas in a truck is a good one, but the whole 'robotics' angle is a little trite. The only automated part seemed to be the sauce (which Costco does) and moving the pizza to the oven. I like the m
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by mmanfrin 10y ago
Are you expecting significant depth from a video series called 'Crash Course'? The point of the series is to give a broad overview of events, not to be scholastic courses on specific periods.

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