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by pwned1 5y ago
Haha, wow. It might as well be the ridiculousness channel.
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by pwned1 5y ago
I really don't understand the argument for high speed rail in the US (outside of the NE corridor). There's nothing magical that's going to make it cheaper (see, e.g., California). The US is huge. High speed rail is absurdly e
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by pwned1 5y ago
Check out the writings on Harry Browne's Permanent Portfolio. He formulated his simple recommendation based on his experience with inflation in the 70s/80s.
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by pwned1 5y ago
As a ham radio enthusiast I find this sort of article fascinating, from the actual frequencies detected to the fact that even Voyager suffers from RFI. :)
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by pwned1 5y ago
Because we've now become accustomed to Facebook/Google/Twitter doing the bidding of the political establishment.
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by pwned1 5y ago
But that reflects an ignorance of how cost accounting works. Sure, it might include $400 of parts, but a hell of a lot of R&D, equipment, labor, and overhead are amortized into that phone. A very cursory look at Apple's latest inco
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by pwned1 5y ago
I've always wondered what type of person it takes to create a presentation like that. Do they actually believe in the things they are putting on the slides, or do they know this is all BS but they're willing to do such soulless wo
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The Mystery of the Vanishing DDT in the Ocean Near Los Angeles (2013)(scientificamerican.com)
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by pwned1 5y ago
Then how would you describe the justice system of communist countries?
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by pwned1 5y ago
As much crap as Robinhood gets for their activities around GME, their app is the easiest to use in the space. It's simply fantastic.
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by pwned1 5y ago
The most successful crypto you haven't heard of is Tether. It has a daily volume of 3-4x of bitcoin. I'm not even sure what so much volume is being used for.
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by pwned1 6y ago
Hunter Biden admitted it was his.
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by pwned1 6y ago
There are rules under federal law: https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/fact-sheets/71-flsa-interns... Basically an internship has to benefit the intern and not the employer. It's akin to taking a class. Any
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by pwned1 6y ago
Minimum wage makes it illegal to bring you on for zero pay just to get experience.
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by pwned1 6y ago
The latest data is that the vaccines are about 90% effective after the appropriate waiting periods.
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by pwned1 6y ago
When you travel outside the US and are coming back you either need to have a Covid test within three days of return or show proof that you already had it. So yes, you can get documentation from your doctor that you already had it.
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Dr. Sanjay Gupta Gives Weight to Theory That Covid Leaked from Wuhan Lab(mediaite.com)
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by pwned1 6y ago
They do, it's called a use tax. So if you buy paper for your business and don't pay sales tax, you'll generally have to pay the same amount in use tax.
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by pwned1 6y ago
I thought the canal's own pilot was at the helm when this happened. It's hard to get facts on what really occurred.
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by pwned1 6y ago
Sales taxes are generally applicable to the final retail sale of a good for ultimate use, not for transfer of intellectual property rights.
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by pwned1 6y ago
Delaware is generally no different than any other state. The state where you do your business activity is where you pay taxes, not necessarily the state where you formed your business entity.
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by pwned1 6y ago
We spend about $100k a month on Google and Bing ads and we tried FB about a year and a half ago. It was a complete failure. FB's system was telling us that we had more conversions than we had business. We stopped FB ads cold and nothin
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by pwned1 6y ago
Ok, I'll bite, in the interest of open discussion. I'm as skeptical as they come when it comes to governments, but it's hard to dismiss the excess death numbers. There is no question that a lot more people than normal died fr
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by pwned1 6y ago
To be honest, this gives me a little schadenfreude. OVH is the most notorious host that refuses to act on abuse complaints for phishing sites.
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by pwned1 6y ago
Yeah, generally criminal prosecution is reserved for the really egregious cases, such as complete failure to file or failure to claim large amounts of income for substantial time periods.
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by pwned1 6y ago
Justice is coming up with a fair outcome based on an objective examination of the input factors. For example, deciding on guilt based on an objective examination of evidence. Social justice is an arbitrary judgment based on subjective exami
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by pwned1 6y ago
I would go so far as to say that "crap content" is Facebook's entire business model.
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by pwned1 6y ago
This site seems to be lagging as well. Or is it just me?
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by pwned1 6y ago
> Social and economic justice are paramount to achieving just outcomes Social justice is not justice

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