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by pravda 6y ago
>the job pays $60.00 per hour That's probably the best strategy. It removes the problem the plumber has when quoting a price, which is "how much can I soak this guy for?"
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by pravda 6y ago
Who is paying a PR firm to pitch a story about the BASIC computer language? (as mentioned on linked page) https://twitter.com/CaseyNewton/status/1254875738425012224/p...
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by pravda 6y ago
Every dollar not transferred to the oil industry is a dollar that can be spent on other things. To put it another way, the number of people who benefit when oil prices go down far exceed the number of people who lose when oil prices go down
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by pravda 6y ago
>spend $40 on a fire extinguisher every few years Gosh, I hope they last longer then that! I have a (genuine) Halon fire extinguisher hanging on the wall. According to the internets, Halon was banned in 1994! The pressure dial on it is s
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by pravda 6y ago
New Coke was much better then old coke! I find Coca Cola "Classic" undrinkable. Too tart, for my taste.
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by pravda 6y ago
Swiss fighter planes also shot down German planes that overflew their territory. I'm not sure what this has to do with the linked story, though. Regarding the 20mm shells, German fighters had a 20mm cannon that fired through the propel
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by pravda 6y ago
That's not the same. The price to get into, for example, a Drake concert is determined not by Drake, but by how much people are willing to pay to see Drake. If the total cost, including all fees and taxes, is more then you want to pay
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by pravda 6y ago
You could not go to concerts. That is the alternative.
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by pravda 6y ago
The absolute narcissism of people like this amazes me. Other people must subside her lifestyle, because?
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by pravda 7y ago
> There are quite a few very good lead free alloys that are basically as good as any leaded alloy. You know what is 100% as good as leaded solder? Actual leaded solder! You remember that giant class-action against the Heathkit company f
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by pravda 7y ago
Whenever someone has difficulty soldering, and I find out they are using unleaded solder, I always give the same advice: USE LEADED SOLDER USE LEADED SOLDER USE LEADED SOLDER Lead-free solder is a disaster. Stay away from it.
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by pravda 7y ago
What? How could a cat pass anything on to a rat? You think rats go looking for cats to snuggle up with? Prey animals generally try to avoid their predictors.
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by pravda 7y ago
>The accepted wisdom is that IQ tests are inherently racist and favor white evaluees over black and brown ones. Huh? Where did you hear that? The reality is that Asians score the highest on IQ tests, whites score somewhat below, blacks s
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by pravda 7y ago
If you are going to shill comment with a two-hour old account you should make the comment a little bit less like the comment above it! Please, you can do better.
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by pravda 7y ago
To add some clarification here, I think he is referring to infection rates in the Hassidic community (Crown Heights has a large Hasidic population) in Brooklyn and in upstate New York Hasdic enclaves. https://www.nytimes.com&#x2F
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by pravda 7y ago
Or, upload your pictures, and misname them.
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by pravda 7y ago
Ok, I had to look that up. Business / $12 month "Unlimited cloud storage (or 1TB per user if fewer than 5 users)"
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by pravda 7y ago
I'd guess you would only have to spoof the REFERER. But I might be wrong.
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by pravda 7y ago
I think in that specific case it's more due to improved battery technology.
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by pravda 7y ago
>There's no need for a cheap imitation, because what they sell is already the cheap option. I just looked up their price for a queen-size foam mattress. SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS? SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS! WTF. It's just a hunk of foa
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by pravda 7y ago
Inkjets came after laser printers. Gary saved us from the rat-tat-tat-tat of the dot matrix printer. Very annoying sound.
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by pravda 7y ago
Would those three Duke University lacrosse team kids have to disclose that they were accused of rape if they wanted to invest in her company? How about the "Central Park Five"?
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by pravda 7y ago
>she'd find at least one guy who is an exec or VC making 7 figures per year, Does she have them audited? Because my "Tinder Salary" is an order of magnitude greater my actual salary.
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by pravda 7y ago
Ah OS/2! You could use the computer even while formatting a floppy. As I recall, IBM would send you OS/2 for free, on a bunch of the new-style 3.5" floppies. I think it was about two dozen floppies.
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by pravda 7y ago
Take democracy for granted? The United States isn't a democracy!
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by pravda 7y ago
If a public company can increase prices to increase its profits, it means it is not setting prices correctly! Prices should be set at the profit-maximizing price. Taxes have nothing to do with it. Employee compensation is decided by the mar
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by pravda 7y ago
Exactly! And since the "revenue and holdings" of a corporation are owned by the shareholders, it comes from shareholders.
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by pravda 7y ago
Um...no. So much no. When you tax a corporation it comes from shareholders.
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by pravda 7y ago
>You do not have a right to fly anything. AFAIK, you don't need a license or formal training, or anything, to fly an ultralight. Well, except for the ultralight.
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by pravda 7y ago
>Virtually all of the early, successful, mass-market personal computers were built around the 6502 Except for the TRS-80! And that's a big except. :-) Now that I think about it, the only mass-market PCs using the 6502 that I can t

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