niij

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   by niij 4y ago

   There are around 4,000 homeless people in all of Japan. A country of 125 million. A number so small I doubt it has any impact on the policy whatsoever. https://tomorrow.city/a/homelessness-in-japan
2. 152.▲
   by niij 4y ago

   https://archive.is/Xle53
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   by niij 4y ago

   https://archive.vn/fKKc1
4. 154.▲
   by niij 4y ago

   Basis points (hundredths of a percent) 25 bps = 0.25%
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   by niij 4y ago

   https://archive.is/OpIOG
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   by niij 4y ago

   yes From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_domain : > Because those rights have expired, anyone can legally use or reference those works without permission.
7. 157.▲
   by niij 4y ago

   Hadn't heard about them. This Twitter saga isn't something I'd base my whole personality on.
8. 158.▲
   by niij 4y ago

   I was on the fence until this ElonJet & banned reporting on Elon thing. What an absolute hypocrite.
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   by niij 4y ago

   This is not to be celebrated. It's regulatory, capture plain and simple. Cash purchasers are subsidizing those with credit cards (and the pithy rewards they pay).
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    by niij 4y ago

    (2020) https://archive.vn/SNXSD
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    by niij 4y ago

    https://archive.ph/ojR5O
12. 162.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    Lets hope it's "transitory".
13. 163.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    "many" being gamblers or site operators ;)
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    by niij 4y ago

    Baker Creek Seed Co (rareseeds.com) is my favorite place to order seeds from. Nice family run business with an absolutely massive selection of seeds. Free shipping. Their free color catalog just came out last week: https://www.ra
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    by niij 4y ago

    There was indeed a calendar change just 4 years after the 1748 almanac you were reading. In 1752 the American colonies switched from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar. That leaped 11 days ahead. https://en.wikipedia.org/w
16. 166.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    Which of my points are you replying "no" to?
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    by niij 4y ago

    > There are Chinese companies, but those companies largely exist thanks to their state barring competition from the outside, and I don't see it being super likely that that is a real threat, especially because if Chinese companies r
18. 168.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    Their terms state you can also be a non-US Resident Citizen (expat). But generally yes that service is only for US Persons. I wasn't really making a point about privacy.com specifically my comment was more to imply there are services t
19. 169.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    privacy.com cards allow any billing address to be used
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    by niij 4y ago

    It'd take 133.33 minutes to transfer 1.2 Terabytes at 1.2 Gigabits/second. Double checked with Wolfram Alpha https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=how+long+does+it+take+t...
21. 171.▲
    by niij 4y ago

    Job tenure at each : ~12 months. This is blog spam and I flagged it as such.
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    by niij 4y ago

    Pardons can not apply to _future_ crimes. So it only affects those currently convicted. People can still be charged/convicted of the same crime moving forward.
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    by niij 4y ago

    The law does allow for adjustment of status to Permanent Residency (and subsequently citizenship) for Immediate Family members of US Citizens/PR. IANAL
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    by niij 4y ago

    I got double charged for a similar situation in summer of 2019. I had to swap out a car due to a mechanical issue half way through a trip at a different location than where I rented from. I got charged 2x. Called 3 times and never could get
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    by niij 4y ago

    https://archive.ph/3t1Zx
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    by niij 4y ago

    This should be resolved next year with FedNow: https://www.frbservices.org/financial-services/fednow/about....
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    by niij 4y ago

    The latest Firefox for Android (104.1.0) has a limited set of add-ons available. One of those is uBlock Origin. Works out of the box.
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    by niij 4y ago

    Are you using Wells Fargo as an example of a trustworthy company? They're one of the scummiest large companies I know of. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wells_Fargo_account_fraud_sc...
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    by niij 4y ago

    > Usury: the illegal action or practice of lending money at unreasonably high rates of interest. These are federal loans. The interest rate on these are currently mid-single digits (not accounting for 0% since March 2020). They've b
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    by niij 4y ago

    A 2 AM (CT US) notification is bound to have bothered a good amount of people that didn't have Do Not Disturb turned on.