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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
>Reputable factories will test 100% of every product shipped. Frankly, this just isn't true. It depends on your expected defect rate, how your defect rate drifts over time, the cost of doing 100% inspection, and effects of product f
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Was Fugazi the only band doing this at the time? When I was tuned in to the local music scene in the greater Boston area (say 15 years later), it seemed like most shows were at 'non-traditonal venues' like VFW halls, churches, and
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
The differences in addictivity between alcohol and nicotine seem like a pretty significant difference
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
What does it mean that some of their shares are valued at $0? Is this typical? I'm not too familiar with the details of acquisition accounting
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Still, it's a game that should be stopped. The federal government should stop things like this from happening, as it extracts value from local governments and gives it to corporations
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Very interesting--I had never heard of this before. It seems the higher interest rate is predicated on finding investors who want to take loans at higher-than-market-clearing rates. Does anyone have any insight into why non-Muslims are gett
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
The article says that Muslim financing tradition prevents banks from paying interest, and they must instead share their profits. In recent years this has been higher than the meager interest offered by banks' traditional savings accoun
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Considering that we aren't sure that the mathematical equations that govern fluid dynamics can be fully solved in 3 dimensions, I don't buy your statement that weather forecasts would be solved easily if we could just figure out i
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
But if the unions weren't as big then they wouldn't need as many administrators, would they?
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Isn't a subsidy just a negative tax on what's seen as a positive externality? I get the argument for trying to find a 'market-based solution', but at some point a relatively small group of people (government representati
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
It's 38 minutes to the 128 station, which is hardly Boston proper. It's an hour between Providence and Boston (South station), and the cost difference between the commuter rail or even Amtrak regional with the Acela is crazy. $12
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
As another example of equipment that is banned because its technological advancements are deemed to give an unfair advantage, take a look at golf. Equipment manufacturers need to get their products tested & approved by the USGA in order
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
I would disagree. System failure modes can be quite complex. Yes you may have a good approximation of a material's Ultimate Tensile Strength through lab testing (although it isn't a single number and can be affected by a lot of va
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Different companies have different levels of risk tolerance. I've worked at companies whose tolerance for risk is so low that they don't even touch anything that might be covered by a competitor's patent--even if that patent
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by my_username_is_ 8y ago
Expanding on this a bit, see the idea of an 'Efficiency wage' (above market-clearing salary): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efficiency_wage
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
The issue is that people have differing opinions as to what those essential apps should be... I'd imagine that it's hard to get consensus around what you need. For what it's worth I've been trying to have a more "du
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
This begs the question--where are you from? I think your experience is likely fairly atypical.
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
Not that it makes it right, but Russia essentially did just attack Ukraine one day in order to annex Crimea
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
It's not as much of a 'rip off' as a commentary on it. It specifically mentions the AskReddit thread in the article.
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
They still haven't issued guidance on how to treat forks like BTC/BCH, have they?
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
That seems like a reasonable step in the right direction. You wouldn't be forcing companies to abandon products (and preventing consumers from buying things that they potentially do actually want), but you do help the consumer make inf
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
I think there's an implication in your thought process that the 'bitcoin original' value, which you bought into, goes to $0. This would constitute a capital loss, and you would have gains up from $0 on the secondary blockchai
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
>Does one really ask a Mechanical Engineer or a Civil Engineer about their side projects? Yes, sometimes. I'm a mechanical engineer, and frequently interviewers would ask what sorts of projects or engineering related hobbies I have.
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
I do. Why would I replace a phone for an increasingly more expensive one if it's not broken?
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by my_username_is_ 9y ago
As someone who recently moved to a new city without any network, I've found myself wishing for a similar type of app too. In related news, if anyone reading this is in central Oregon and wants to meet up, feel free to shoot me an email
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by my_username_is_ 10y ago
REI has actually begun a fairly substantial investment in improving the quality of their private brand in recent years, actually building an engineering team to take a critical look at everything that they're putting out instead of jus
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by my_username_is_ 10y ago
The problem with relying on "security through obscurity" for developing your initial CAD models is that you won't be able to patent these designs. You're making a public disclosure about your concept before you file, so
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by my_username_is_ 10y ago
The gelatin covering the board does serve a purpose--it helps with vibration, among other things. It's called a potting compound, and you'll find it around electronic components in other high-vibration applications (automotive, po
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by my_username_is_ 10y ago
Exactly, it wasn't until I got to the 7th paragraph--which mentioned Santa Monica--that I realized that the article was in the LA Times and was not talking about Italy. I'll admit I was confused by a Rastafarian storefront owner b
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by my_username_is_ 10y ago
One of the largest takeaways that I had from most history classes that I took is that events rarely have a single cause--and complex events such as the Arab Spring and Syrian civil war typically have many, many layers of causes (even if the

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