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by nvahalik 9y ago
So, if I'm a dad who wants to buy his daughter and her friend tickets to go see TS... and I'm OK with overpaying, is there a way I can cut through the BS? Because this looks like a lot of BS...
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by nvahalik 9y ago
I wonder how many people will simply be unable to get insurance after this. From SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR TARGETED REPETITIVE LOSS PROPERTIES[1], there are some reasons why a house that could be completely ineligible for flood coverage: >
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by nvahalik 9y ago
> only 20% of homeowners have flood insurance There are a number of reasons this might be the case... it is expensive but I'm more curious to know of those people that flooded, how many are actually eligible for insurance. Just be
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Most people will likely qualify for Disaster Assistance[1]. The issue is that flooding is a hard thing to cover because it's an expensive risk to ensure. Plus unlike things like tornadoes, hail storms, or theft, floods always affect
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Of interest in the article is this: > flooded fire ants deliver higher doses of venom because they have 165 percent as much venom inside them as normal fire ants Growing up in rural Texas I can assure you that fire ants were never to be
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by nvahalik 9y ago
NACHA cha cha cha!!
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by nvahalik 9y ago
What model is this pulling from?
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Nope. In fact just a couple of months ago I walked into Target and said "I want a dumb TV." After a funny look we found the last Dumb TV: a 50" Element... it ended up costing less than $200. It was the last Dumb TV they had a
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by nvahalik 9y ago
I think thus far the only thing I'm really concerned about is our trust/dependence on it. Articles like this one ( https://www.autoblog.com/2017/08/04/self-driving-car-sign-ha... ) show just how fragi
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Ask HN: Are you concerned about AI?
13 points by nvahalik 9y ago|32 comments
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by nvahalik 9y ago
> this would mean you would either have to spoof the MAC on the second router But isn't this what CARP[1] and HSRP[2] essentially do anyway? Seems like they already found a way around that. [1]: https://www.freebsd.org&#x
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Honest question... for those of you on board with this: how do you reconcile the complaints about the objectification of women as sex objects (and how that harms women) with this?
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by nvahalik 9y ago
"Mexico garbage barge" sounds like it be a great band name.
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by nvahalik 9y ago
> I'll happily read a conservative news story that understands facts but many ignore/lie about them to drive their political agenda. The same can be said about the other side. All too often our ideology drives what we believe r
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Looks like the cabins don't have sound barriers... better hope you don't get a snorer on the trip!
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Can someone explain the natural resonance of walls of talked about with regards to 5Ghz?
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by nvahalik 9y ago
ARRL The Doctor is in - http://www.arrl.org/doctor No Agenda - http://www.noagendashow.com/ The Dividing Line - http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/webcast/ The Adam Morgan Show - https:
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by nvahalik 9y ago
> There are ways to enjoy life, or take "risks", that do not involve mortal danger. Depends on how you look at it. We are fragile creatures and the world is a fairly dangerous place. People die every day driving cars, riding bi
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by nvahalik 9y ago
X.com was owned by PayPal/eBay for a while and originally hosted a site about X.commerce... their failed enterprise application bus (at least I think that's what it was). They threw one heck of a party and then promptly disappeare
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by nvahalik 9y ago
I don't get this whole thing. Whatever happened to talking to your superiors about this kinda stuff? I've taken plenty of "sick" (of this job) days over the years and often times would proactively tell people to stay hom
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by nvahalik 9y ago
It's always interesting to hear about stories like these. Some of the speculations are interesting, but I tend to always leave with the idea that the truth is probably a lot less boring than we expect: i.e. someone fell out and the oth
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by nvahalik 9y ago
You may all go to hell... I'll be here in Texas.
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by nvahalik 9y ago
I met my wife at my job! Been married 8+ years now.
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by nvahalik 9y ago
Just tried this and... wow!
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Winn-Dixie ordered to update website for the blind(legalnewsline.com)
66 points by nvahalik 9y ago|116 comments
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by nvahalik 9y ago
> people who make software for perpetuating domestic abuse That's a bit like saying the authors of Wordpress perpetuate fake news. I've used similar products to monitor usages on teenager's devices and I can attest to thei
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by nvahalik 10y ago
A few years ago I found the original letter from (was it Seth?) about my LOTRD registration... Ah, violet...
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by nvahalik 10y ago
That was my first thought—hmmm... memmaker.exe ought to take care of this.
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by nvahalik 10y ago
The article makes the claim ("In the Pearl River Delta, breakneck development is colliding with the effects of climate change.") that climate change is having a major impact, but all of the items they listed (outside of a sea rise
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by nvahalik 10y ago
Lack of intellectual honesty? I'm sorry, was there anything I said that was false? Instead of responding to my list of illustrations all you can do is say that I'm trolling?

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