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by scarby2 4y ago
Depends on the item value. It's usually closer to 10% The higher margin on the left is what amazon charges for fulfillment (which can be quite a lot).
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by scarby2 4y ago
I always wonder how many people actually do this. It has to be a pretty significant difference for me not to actually buy it at the store. If I'm at the store and i can put something in my cart and buy it then I'm not going to ord
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by scarby2 4y ago
does this apply when both dave's discount stereo and steve's discount stereo are subsidiaries of the "Dave Steve Stereo Corporation"? Maybe they both outsource inventory and order processing to the parent company only ha
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by scarby2 4y ago
> Amazon used the sales data to understand her product was popular, and went right to her supplier and cut her out of the equation. This is not a new thing either. Or unique to amazon. This has been going on for decades (or as long as re
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by scarby2 4y ago
if you do this you absolutely need to turn off your main breaker.
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by scarby2 4y ago
> Housing can be affordable while going up in nominal terms. Housing cannot be affordable if it goes up in real terms though. In an ideal world house prices would increase 1:1 with wage growth from an affordable baseline. There are 2 way
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by scarby2 4y ago
> No one from September 2019 would believe you if you told them about the work from home policies in place right now for millions of people who were expected to be seated at their desk at 9:00 (or 8:30) until 5:00 three years ago There
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by scarby2 4y ago
Don't members of the meetup group already have access to the members list for that group? Thought that was a core concept?
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by scarby2 4y ago
So electric vehicles might end up being part of the solution here. The new ones are starting to come with v2g.
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by scarby2 4y ago
i wish pintrest could be scrubbed from the internet
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by scarby2 4y ago
Coming from the UK I'm always amazed that many (suburban) Americans don't have 6-8 ft fences surrounding their back yard.
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by scarby2 4y ago
The data doesn't include SMRs and MSRs which could be extremely compelling both from a cost and time to build perspective (or they could be a dead end). Current gen LWRs are problematic for all sorts of reasons but i wouldn't rule
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by scarby2 4y ago
> And... unless you're in a marginalized minority group, you really aren't in a position to know how racist people are. My experience is that people are more likely to share racist views with other people of their ethnic group
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by scarby2 4y ago
> There are legit nazis in the world, and they’re a truly unpleasant bunch Used to play airsoft with a guy who had a totenkopf tattoo. He wasn't pleasant at all. Not sure anyone wanted him there but so long as he didn't break a
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by scarby2 4y ago
it's old, but had i discovered this i'd be tempted to automate something to deliver 20 pizzas every day to a homeless shelter and see how long they took to catch on...
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by scarby2 4y ago
> But they seem to be fine with providing poor service to the children who are ahead, which should be unacceptable. This is one of the reasons I hated school, when you can read the book, understand the material and complete the work in 2
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by scarby2 4y ago
where is this? I've lived a few places and never heard of something so generous. It's normally closer to 1-2 weeks per year. Also in the UK, ireland and france they put a very low cap on the weekly pay.
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by scarby2 4y ago
> In fact we would have such a huge surplus of homes, most people would be able to easily upgrade. given that more than 95% of homes are currently occupied we would not have a surplus. while some of your suggestions could have a place th
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by scarby2 4y ago
There are 2 aspects to this. Development should absoulutely be a thing this is investment in the same way investing in a manufacturing company is investment. Buying/building property to rent should absolutely be a thing as well. There&
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by scarby2 4y ago
Yes. They could have just set the memory limit high enough to handle that workload. There's really no different.
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by scarby2 4y ago
it confuses me that he lists brackets as [] but not for (). () are brackets [] are square brackets and {} are curly brackets. certainly if you're from the UK and in maths class grew up being told about: BODMAS - Brackets, Orders Divisi
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by scarby2 4y ago
Well the headline i believe is technically accurate. Given that lifter type devices are aircraft but not aeroplanes. It's certainly an iteration rather than a complete revolution but seems like an important step. Certainly something li
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by scarby2 4y ago
Afaik The holes in the faraday cage must be smaller than the wavelength you seek to block. If a faraday cage were to block WiFi it would also block your cellphone.
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by scarby2 4y ago
The CPAP is extremely useful if used correctly (rather than just enforce compliance). It allows a clinician to monitor remotely for all sorts of issues and follow up with the patient. There are a whole bunch of issues that can occur that a
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by scarby2 4y ago
completely agree here. As someone who has done a fair amount of snow and ice driving in some quite unpleasant conditions never once have quick reflexes helped: low speed, correct use of controls (copious use of engine braking, starting in h
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by scarby2 4y ago
So i need to find someone who's fit, normal weight, and happy and steal their poop?
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by scarby2 4y ago
> normally sighted people or even people with "normal" nearsightedness, farsightedness, or presbyopia benefit from adequate contrast. Makes me think of the oxo good grips kitchen utensils. They were designed designed for people
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by scarby2 4y ago
> You do, however, typically need to set “low power standby” or whatever in the options somewhere - it’s usually not enabled by default i had the opposite, i had to disable the low power standby (which was on by default) so i could wake
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by scarby2 5y ago
> how would natural selection work in a world where individuals live forever? So it would likely be pretty unchanged from our current levels. Just about everyone survives to produce children these days (with some people i wonder how). A
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by scarby2 5y ago
> You're better prepared for zombies. Not really. In the case of zombies you want to be high up with a good view around all of your entry/exit points. Going into a tunnel is a good way to get stuck in a tunnel.

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