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by randerson 5d ago
Indeed. But remember a PE firm has economies of scale because they own many vet practices. They can negotiate better rates with suppliers than you can, and better payment terms. Maybe they even own some of those suppliers. They can divide t
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by randerson 5d ago
If you start your own veterinary practice, and eventually build up a steady stream of happy customers, then sooner or later the PE firms will come knocking on your door, too. Imagine you're drowning in student debt and worrying about k
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by randerson 6d ago
Porsche is famous for underpromising and overdelivering. For instance they claim a 0-60 time of 2.4s for this car. Car & Driver independently tested it and achieved 2.1s. They also claim 298 miles of EPA range (mixed highway & city
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by randerson 15d ago
In one of the videos you can see dark clouds behind the plane. I suspect the pilots knew they'd have to divert to a different airport if they couldn't land and put pressure on themselves to not have to do that.
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by randerson 17d ago
The band Muse (who has been around 32 years) just lost their Instagram handle thanks to this..
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by randerson 23d ago
They're old because they didn't get hit by a car.
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by randerson 25d ago
Had this done too to cure PVCs - a irregular heartbeat that wouldn't have killed me, but it did lead to an enlarged heart and low energy. I remember feeling great during the procedure thanks to whatever meds they gave me. I could wat
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by randerson 26d ago
Good video about what happened to her body: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ7M01jV058
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by randerson 27d ago
The likelihood of Omarchy being hacked is no doubt compounded by the number of enemies DHH has created who would love to see him fail.
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by randerson 1mo ago
Moving Synology-to-Synology, I was surprised at how easily I could just move the original HDDs (in their original order) from old enclosure to new enclosure, and it just worked.
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by randerson 1mo ago
If you get laid off, it is your personal relationships that will help you land another good job while everyone else is fighting over the scraps that get posted online.
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by randerson 1mo ago
My Mach-E came with CrossClimate2 tires and I am not impressed. I've accidentally lit up all 4 tires under hard acceleration on a dry road, despite 5000 lbs pushing them into the ground and some amount of traction control still active.
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by randerson 2mo ago
In most of the USA getting around by car is mandatory. Trampolines are optional. Trampolines are one of the top avoidable causes of ER visits.
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by randerson 2mo ago
NYC even dumps their old subway cars to create coral reefs: https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-subway-cars-turning...
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by randerson 3mo ago
Though he also eliminated a lot of value for shareholders of World Book, Encyclopaedia Britannica, etc
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by randerson 3mo ago
My car (from VW Group) came with Active Lane Keep. It detects when you're drifting out of your lane and steers you back into it. Sounds great in theory. Except that in the US, if you're cruising in the right lane then every time t
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by randerson 4mo ago
Bonds only give you certainty to the extent that inflation remains certain. Stocks generally rise with inflation, whereas bonds continue paying out the same nominal amount, which buys you less over time. As a retiree I'm 50/45&#x2
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by randerson 4mo ago
As someone who is currently going through the diagnostic process for MCAS with a specialist: A negative Tryptase blood test doesn't mean you don't have it, it could just be that you're not having an active flare-up at the tim
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by randerson 4mo ago
90% of EDS sufferers have the Hypermobile variant, for which there is no genetic test. At least thats what I was told by an EDS specialist a few years ago.
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by randerson 4mo ago
I requested my personal data from Lexus to see what they had on me. Not only did they store sensitive data about me, it also included personal data about 2 random Toyota owners who were incorrectly linked to my email address. I could see th
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by randerson 4mo ago
> they remain in important ways mysterious even to those of us who train them "The AI works in mysterious ways"
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by randerson 4mo ago
I've implemented PCI-DSS and have 12 years of level 1 audits behind me. I actually find their rules to be sane, pretty good security practice. Internally, we made many of the controls standard across the board even for out-of-scope sys
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by randerson 4mo ago
I've had SOC2 auditors choose a random commit from our GitHub history, then ask to see the associated Jira ticket, logs from the build and deployment, etc. Hard to reliably pass an audit if you don't know which changes they'l
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by randerson 4mo ago
I won't defend Biden's weak border, but I don't see any signs that he was specifically letting in people based on their political leaning while excluding others, nor were they given a fast track to citizenship.
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by randerson 4mo ago
My insurance agent told me that insurers in the US generally don't cover floods at all, because its expected that your compensation will come from the government.
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by randerson 4mo ago
Not just race, but political orientation. Not all white South Africans qualify for refugee status - only Afrikaners. A group who are generally conservative and likely to vote Republican once they've been fast-tracked to citizenship. (E
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by randerson 4mo ago
What if built a containment dome and then filled it with cold water?
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by randerson 5mo ago
Even if the board votes in favor, wouldn't it be tax evasion to fund a for-profit corporation using a 503(c)(3) - which is tax deductible for donors?
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by randerson 5mo ago
> a million people on mars definitely won't be achieved this century, as the place is fucking awful Mars could make for an interesting prison, though. Like the Australia of two centuries ago. If nobody volunteers to live there I wou
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by randerson 5mo ago
What if the help they need is just to talk to someone without fear of consequences? If they dispatch you to an institution you could lose your job just when you need money to pay for the bills you'll be sent. With some careers, like be

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