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by pasttense01 2y ago
Think about going off-roading in your new $100,000 vehicle [although something I wouldn't do if I had such a vehicle]. Suppose there is a big boulder or you want to cross some water: you need the height!
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by pasttense01 2y ago
People need medical care more than once in their life. A great many medical care providers won't continue to treat patients who don't pay their bills [ER visits are an exception--but that is very high priced care and patients shou
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by pasttense01 2y ago
A better solution would be a secure mailbox for parcels.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
This sounds weird. The obvious solution is to simply cancel contracts.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Free version at: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/how-on-earth-did-nas...
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Another question is how are kids supposed to get around in that environment? Particularly crossing stroads to visit their friends.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
No: "as at a counter service place where you pay as you get the food. They would be in their rights to refuse to hand over the food and ask you to leave." This is exactly the same situation as at Target: you bring a bunch of goods
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by pasttense01 2y ago
"a new material made from modified starch that can completely decompose in nature – and do so within only two months." Lots of stuff is kept by the retailer or consumer longer than two months; no one wants the container to decompo
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by pasttense01 2y ago
The author should read HN. Then he would learn that AI is going to eliminate massive numbers of jobs.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Look up the prices on eBay sold listings [do a search for the computer and there is a checkbox on the left side to show the sold listings].
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by pasttense01 2y ago
China's South-to-North Water Diversion Project https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South%E2%80%93North_Water_Tran...
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by pasttense01 2y ago
The title actually says: "FedEx explores divestment of Freight business"--in other words no decision has been made yet.
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"the effective tax rate can climb to as high as 34% when factoring in state sales tax and local taxes. That’s made California’s legal pot extremely expensive compared with other West Coast states — and made the illicit products, which
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by pasttense01 2y ago
A lot of us think he should leave both Tesla and SpaceX.
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The question is what percent is this of the total number of fast food jobs in California? It looks like it is about 500,000--so this is a 2% decline--which is pretty small.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
The headline is misleading. They aren't buying simply because they don't have the money to pay the incredibly high prices.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
He could park it on a street or move.
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A big problem is that most states also have an income tax--and most of us want a solution which will calculate both federal and state taxes.
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It's only going to be a real business when they approach profitability--now they have massive losses.
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This is in the Chinese language.
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How many co-founders are there? Is the CEO a co-founder?
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by pasttense01 2y ago
An interesting question is how many distinct voices are there? I think there is a good possibility there may be thousands of people who sound like this.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
@dang, this was published in 2020.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Jan Leike just quit: OpenAI Dissolves High-Profile Safety Team After Chief Scientist Sutskever’s Exit https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-05-17/openai-di...
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by pasttense01 2y ago
I don't see how going to a fast food place saves you time: it takes significant time going to the fast food place, waiting in line, driving home. And at home you can multi-task--while waiting for the food to cook you can put the laundr
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by pasttense01 2y ago
A very important issue is how much this costs: there are a massive number of ways to rescue stuff from landfills--but only a very few are economically viable.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Garbage trucks average 130 miles a day and are not used at night.Thus an EV should be adequate--so I don't see the value of a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Virtually all drugs harm some people. But for all approved drugs they help substantially more people than they harm.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Virtually everyone makes ignorant comments from time to time--even the most brilliant people. The issue is vicious comments--and the solution is to terminate their ability to post after the first vicious comment.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Nonsense. Only the Democrats have any interest in dealing with climate change. As to "the game", the fossil fuel industry is vastly bigger and makes vastly more political contributions--so the Republicans are going to do what the

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