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by pboutros 8y ago
immediately think of Fezzik (sp.?) in The Princess Bride https://i.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/022/158/Pea...
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by pboutros 8y ago
Also, @Wired: >Raham, like other operators, complains about repair costs; under-the-table operating fees—essentially, bribes—to the local municipalities in which they operate; the unpaid bills by some of the country's Syrian and Egy
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by pboutros 8y ago
I grew up in a village 20 minutes outside of Beirut. We had 3 different power sources: (1) the 'baladiye' (local municipality), (2) the 'dawle' (regional government), and (3) the diesel generator by our house. Between th
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by pboutros 8y ago
Totally agreed on your first point. The article actually explicitly addresses the last thing you said. >Dr. Sarnecka, the cognitive scientist, has an answer to this. Her study found that subjects were far less judgmental of fathers. When
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by pboutros 8y ago
Your response is presumably somewhere between: (1) what you'd do if your boss asked you to murder someone (2) what you'd do if your boss asked you to make them a coffee. (In all seriousness, you probably just go to their labor boa
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by pboutros 8y ago
I'd love to see some analysis of the comment section of articles like this. Would be interesting to quantify the #ProtectElon brigade a little bit.
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by pboutros 8y ago
"Repent, sinner!!!"
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by pboutros 8y ago
I think the answer is that it is not a pretty competitive market. The two biggest carriers have a 1-2% monthly churn rate. https://www.statista.com/statistics/283511/average-monthly-c...
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by pboutros 8y ago
There's a difference between "removing false/misleading videos that perpetuate a scam" and Fahrenheit 451
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by pboutros 8y ago
> hoping *knowing
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by pboutros 8y ago
It's important to look at everything with a critical lens, especially the stuff you support. Tesla is deeply flawed, and in order for it to succeed, it needs to overcome those flaws.
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by pboutros 9y ago
Or maybe this dude is just surprised at how much gun violence happens in the US.
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by pboutros 9y ago
Mandatory "Submarine" plug: www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html
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by pboutros 9y ago
Such a bummer -- the rest of the post was so good. It's really easy to say "I've never had an accident" and "don't worry about not wearing a helmet".
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by pboutros 9y ago
not sure why you're being downvoted. I agree, that is a LOT of orangutans. Too many, IMO. (disclaimer: am not an expert)
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by pboutros 9y ago
Blaming the executive here makes sense. But saying the "company deserves to fail" ignores the livelihoods of everyone below that person in the hierarchy, who gets fired because mgmt has different incentives than the workers.
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by pboutros 9y ago
Not to discuss this ad nauseum, but the headline really should be "Secret US Army Base people give away their location"
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by pboutros 9y ago
How is that depressing? - Researcher.
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by pboutros 9y ago
It's totally a marathon! Sure, the conditions are lab perfect -- but these are also some of the best runners in the world.
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by pboutros 9y ago
Once they bleed out!
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by pboutros 9y ago
I've been doing this for years - it's my favorite. www.cheeseand.beer
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by pboutros 9y ago
Saw on Twitter that someone called them the "Wahhabi Lobby". But actually, it seems ridiculous to me that this only warranted a $3m settlement. They've (almost certainly) been indirectly funding ISIS by robbing a country of i
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by pboutros 9y ago
I'm guessing the farm.
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by pboutros 9y ago
You forgot to add "Write their own OS" to your really good suggestions here.
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by pboutros 9y ago
down in Portland, Oregon
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by pboutros 9y ago
Cities and states have access to debt restructuring methods (per this article), which PR does not. http://www.cnbc.com/2015/12/01/crunch-time-for-puerto-rico-d...
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by pboutros 9y ago
Humidity might be a factor though!
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by pboutros 10y ago
Enterprise buyers still use the internet
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by pboutros 10y ago
Perhaps a practical answer to these critical comments: he could fund lawyers to fill out FOIA requests for that information. Presumably anything on govt computers and govt email is fair game. --Update-- He brings that up (kinda) here https
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by pboutros 10y ago
It isn't over till it's over. Many reps/senators would have voted in favor of SOPA/PIPA, but were dissuaded from doing so by the sheer volume of people calling about it. Public pressure is a real thing. Call your rep!

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