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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   Just for reference: https://www.neighborhoodscout.com/blog/highest-murder-rate-c...
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   >*nix defines hierarchical paths with a simple hierarchy rooted at "/" - in *nix's naming hierarchy, there's no way of differentiating between files and directories, etc (this isn't bad, btw, it just is). I
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   Bill Gates seems to be an expert on just about everything, or so he believes. It seems that when you're very wealthy, pundits and talking heads always want to quote you.
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   I wonder what the cost of proper winterizing would be verses the cost of what endless lawsuits and forced refunds due to price gouging will be?
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   I am on a list at Harvard where they send out request to participate in studies covering many subjects, including social issues. I've probably participated in several hundred studies. The one thing I've noticed is that there is a
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   It would be interesting to know what the "views" of the people doing the study are.
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   Some comparisons: https://boogheta.github.io/coronavirus-countries/#country=US... I will also note that FL has a significantly larger elderly population than CA.
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   Reader mode doesn't seem to work any more on NYT articles.
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   by ratsmack 6y ago

   I know there are "services" that can post your site on various social media, but I don't know how prevalent they are or if it can be easily detected.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    It seems that a large number of posts here are from the NYT. This always makes me wonder if they, and others, post on sites like this to drive up their page views.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >plant-based What they're based from isn't the problem, it's chemicals added to the base, such as chlorine compounds, that is the problem.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    > To infinity and beyond. Buzz Lightyear said it best.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >... seminar using company time. Google is paying for the training and should be responsible for the content.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >“Our Better Together global learning curriculum is part of a learning plan to help build an inclusive workplace.” It seems to be excluding one specific group, though.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    I don't understand how this is not considered blatant racism.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    Twitter, Google and Facebook are all publicly held/traded companies. Should they be held to a slightly different set of rules regarding the 1st Amendment vs a privately held company?
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >For the same reasons that the Constitution prohibits the government from dictating what information we can see and read (outside narrow limits), it also prohibits the government from using its immense authority to coerce private actors
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >market value What are the two things that Bitcoin lacks?
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    > I believe an analysis of GameStop’s recent price action must start with a discussion of the exorbitant short interest in the stock, as well as an investigation into any potentially manipulative shorting practices and brokers’
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    I wonder how many people realized that their bill could reach those numbers. There should be cap on the prices to prevent this type of gouging, or some kind of price leveling state wide to distribute the pain.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    Probably just a quick look at The Pirate Bay.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    I just watched the whole thing again... it was a refresher course at Carlin University.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >Apple’s Request 2 is very narrow. It simply requests documents sufficient to showValve’s: (a) total yearly sales of apps and in-app products; (b) annual advertising revenues from Steam; (c) annual sales of external produc
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    Irrational exuberance is an amazing phenomenon... I've seen this before.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    I read that they were mandating an exact match for the recall, but an approximate match for the election.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    Comparing the Gamestop fiasco to Bitcoin, Gamestop just looks like normal market activity, where Bitcoin looks like criminal pump and dump activity... in my opinion.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    I know that this post is just showing the number of closed stores, but the sheer number of stores in that graphic makes me sad.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    From here, it shows that CA is double FL on per capita deaths. (you have to set the states in the widget) https://www.bing.com/search?q=per+capita+covid+deaths&FORM=A... Also, the average age in FL is 42 vs CA at 36. He
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    It sounds like their grid suffers from excessive fragility due to fragmentation and variability of infrastructure. I would also think there would be more automated switches in the system to moderate load balancing automatically.
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    by ratsmack 6y ago

    >liquidity issues Yes, there was. Robinhood was not meeting the deposit requirements of their clearing house which is why they required a huge cash infusion from Citadel.