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by phnofive 7y ago
Isn’t this what commercial paper is for? Surely we shouldn’t take the stimulus and send it aloft under the guise of charity? I’d rather just give that money to a small business owner than forestall the inevitable.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Five dollars? Yuck. If it’s a barrier to entry against creeps, it’s got to be higher. Maybe a deposit of some kind? Also - since you made the bizarre choice to directly reference it below the “50% off till Monday” tag - it’s coronavirus or
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by phnofive 7y ago
It’s ridesharing - and the independent contractors are the worker bees. Nothing condescending about that.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Not at all.
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by phnofive 7y ago
> “This analysis does not mean that dog and cat ownership should be curtailed for environmental reasons, but neither should we view it as an unalloyed good” Money well spent.
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by phnofive 7y ago
The whole example is just the fantasy version of the meeting as the author replays it in his mind while taking a shower.
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by phnofive 7y ago
> people I assume the lobstermen are hoping that this is what their government will pay them to do (i.e. subsidies). I would rather hope that we leave the poor sea bugs alone.
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by phnofive 7y ago
> I suspect that a lot of anxiety comes from too actively predicting future negative outcomes Is this not the definition of anxiety?
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by phnofive 7y ago
As of eight months ago, it was about $500-600: > https://www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/climeworks-carbon-ca...
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by phnofive 7y ago
Eskewellite Sequelliteh Squalitee Cirquerlanite Diet Seek-well
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by phnofive 7y ago
The success of The Run-up is the real story behind The Daily, but his radio voice has certainly changed - quite dramatically - and back episodes highlight this: https://rss.art19.com/episodes/80247b27-274e-4517-bdf2-428
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by phnofive 7y ago
Not seeing a list here; the site has a limited selection... https://scroll.com/sites
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by phnofive 7y ago
https://hackernewstitles.netlify.com/ The mod changed it to the subtitle, which is more descriptive, but it would be nice to see a comment when they do so.
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by phnofive 7y ago
This would ultimately be in the form of not further raising prices, and become a standard thing. Don’t have >15 Mbps up? No problem, extra $3 per month.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Probably not what you meant, but I’d think a licensing and technology arrangement that allowed VoD services to deliver content this way (like Skype when it was good) and use customers as a second line CDN would be awesome.
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by phnofive 7y ago
In context: > Accidental moderates end up in the middle, on average, because they make up their own minds about each question, and the far right and far left are roughly equally wrong. I disagree as well, but it could be revised to: >
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by phnofive 7y ago
Cute: https://i.imgur.com/4TbI3s7.png
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by phnofive 7y ago
Since the article never answers the headline question, I’ll take a stab: Not unlike the polygraph, SCAn allows LEO to use pseudoscience to intimidate those they already suspect with plausible deniability. The SCAn creator sells it cheap, to
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by phnofive 7y ago
This going to be true of most self help writing by survivors.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Defibrillation doesn’t jump start a stopped heart, either - article is light on accuracy...
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by phnofive 7y ago
This does seem like a rehashing, but I think the subtext is - from my perspective anyway - that there’s no clear end in sight to the 737 MAX issue.
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by phnofive 7y ago
See also: https://literature.stackexchange.com/questions/2747/symbolis... Winners do use cheats, I suppose.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Maybe a people mover or a monorail, since an elevator won’t be practical :)
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by phnofive 7y ago
A more terse mission statement from a linked job posting: “Culdesac's mission is to build cities for people, not cars. We're the first post-car real estate developer, and our goal is to build the first car-free city in the US. We&
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by phnofive 7y ago
How does one opt out of most of this without becoming a pariah? I like the donut channel since it’s voluntary and small scale, but I would be burnt to a crisp by day two of the unconference.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Our best guess? Melons smell like meat to the felid mind: https://feline-nutrition.org/the-blogs/cats-and-cantaloupe-a...
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by phnofive 7y ago
No, if for no other reason than the mechanism by which spin alignment increases the efficiency of electrolyzing water can’t be compared to the mechanism by which magnetism of certain components of blood would allow a magnet to improve blood
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by phnofive 7y ago
I’d not be at all surprised to learn D.A.R.E. went a long way to vilifying drug users.
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by phnofive 7y ago
Simple carbs?
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by phnofive 7y ago
NVC shouldn’t be practiced in uneven relationships (teacher - student, parent - child, employer - employee, customer - server) for the exact reason mentioned by GP. It’s simultaneously condescending and confusing to the party with less powe

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