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by pge 5y ago
Note that both American and British usage put a question mark outside the quotation marks. Only periods and commas are placed within the quotation marks in American style.
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by pge 5y ago
The 3.3m number is not the amount invested in angel investment, it is the person’s total liquid investment portfolio, of which 15% ($500k) is allocated to angel investing.
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by pge 5y ago
I'm a big fan of outlook as well, but it should be noted that it doesn't have write access to google calendars which can be frustrating. As a mail client, it is great.
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by pge 5y ago
The first Gotlands were launched in 1995, and I'm fairly certain that German-made diesel subs (Type 209s) were being retrofitted with Stirling engines well before the Gotlands begin construction in 1992.
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by pge 5y ago
and worst of all, anything that involves vendor-specific keywords…
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by pge 5y ago
In the case of colorblindness, the incidence rate is about 1 in 10 men (x chromosome gene so it affects far more men than women), so it’s reasonably likely you could find a tester among your peers if you ask around.
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by pge 5y ago
ctrl-shift will switch back and forth between selected keyboards in windows, so you can keep the keyboard in ENG US most of the time (allowing you to use the ' shortcut in Firefox), and use ctrl-shift to switch to ENG INTL when needed.
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by pge 5y ago
wider also means more frontal surface area. Just like a car going through air, less frontal surface area means more aerodynamic (or hydrodynamic), ie lower coefficient of drag. Olympic rowing shells and flatwater kayaks provide good visuals
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by pge 5y ago
Subscribing to their twitter feed is dangerous - a constant supply of interesting book recommendations that causes your "books I want to read" list to grow faster than you can read them:)
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by pge 5y ago
This is exactly why I gave up and use word for all work documents (but not for any personal files). Colleague asked for the original word file of a PDF I sent them. Explaining that it was compiled to PDF from a LaTeX source was not worth it
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by pge 5y ago
That was the progression when I took (the now well-known) CS50 at Harvard. Learn C first, then Lisp, then write a Lisp compiler in C. That was a lot of years ago, so one could argue that is an outdated approach now, but I think it still pro
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by pge 5y ago
Fortune's Formula by William Poundstone is a fun read on the origin of the Kelly criterion, as well as the role of gangsters and bookies in the funding of the early communications infrastructure in the US.
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by pge 5y ago
I agree that comparing low head dams to dam failures is a weird comparison, so here’s a different one - on average about 10% of fatalities on moving water (ie rivers) are caused by low head dams (source: American Whitewater). That’s a lot.
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by pge 5y ago
There’s a very dangerous low head dam in DC area just upstream of chain bridge. It is used to divert water for drinking. Fortunately clear warning signs on the water have prevented any recent fatalities, but there were a number in the past.
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by pge 5y ago
Additional reading if you are interested in the topic of polynesian navigation- We, The Navigators by David Lewis. Highly recommended.
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by pge 5y ago
I hear you, but I think it still worked. I was in elementery school in the 80s and learned logo (and had it at home on an Apple ][+). My teachers fit your description - they were most excited by the pictures we were able to make. None of th
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by pge 5y ago
You touch on what I think is an important consideration. A lot of people want to get into diving but just don't have the time to do it consistently enough to be fully on top of it. They have a few days vacation and go do a nice destina
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by pge 6y ago
This is probably naive (and feel free to tell me why it is), but why have corporate tax at all? Why not only tax individual income? It seems much easier for corporations to dodge taxes by moving their domicile and such things. Much harder (
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by pge 6y ago
Compounding is also a huge factor in cases like this. If you make (or inherit) money early in life, even if you don’t add much principal, 70 years of compounding does wonders for wealth creation.
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by pge 6y ago
or mutt + offlineimap
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by pge 6y ago
To add another nuance here - the other issue to consider is the power-law nature of VC returns (meaning a small number of investments disproportionately contribute to returns). Given that dynamic, funds are eager not to miss out on those bi
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by pge 6y ago
Here’s how to get them out - https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/66844/exportin...
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by pge 6y ago
I worked briefly in this field. The key concept is the “sonar equation,” but it needs to be modified to include the factors of the specific area of ocean (depth, cylindrical/spherical propagation characteristics, temp, shipping traffic
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by pge 6y ago
The cylindrical hull that makes submarines efficient under water makes them roll a lot when on the surface. That would make it very difficult to handle planes (whether taking off or landing).
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by pge 6y ago
For those not familiar with Harvard’s Extension School, it provides classes to the general public (you have to register and pay but they are open to anyone) https://www.extension.harvard.edu/registration-admissions
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by pge 6y ago
You can’t send from a post.harvard.edu email address - it is just a forwarding address for receiving mail.
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by pge 6y ago
I think Calibre can convert from pdf to kindle format
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by pge 6y ago
If I remember correctly, the ban against marriage came after the monasteries were well established. The monasteries were some of the largest estates in medieval Europe, and there was a fear that they would become dynasties that challenged t
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Rediscovering the Command Line(tomtunguz.com)
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by pge 6y ago
The Sherman act does not require harm to the end consumer. That standard was instituted relatively recently (Reagan administration, if I remember correctly). Interpretation before that (which the Trump admin has leaned toward) would encompa

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