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by serge2k 10y ago
Seattle I'd say it's probably 1.5 times as much for a taxi. Based on last time I actually took one. It's hard to say, Uber pricing has become so opaque. :/
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Right, so "Saudia Arabia financing HRC" is not a factual statement. "Saudia Arabia gave money to the Clinton foundation" is a factual statement. So did many countries.
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> This is why democrats lost the elections. Facts matter. Trump lies constantly. He lies about lying. He lies about lying about lying. People don't care. He went up on stage and said vaccines are bad and like magic everyone started
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was Scott Adams always insane and he got exposed this election, or did something happen to him? Edit: To be clear I mean the constant "I'm being watched/I'm being abused/they want to kill me" conspiracy theorie
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No. Google contributed massive amounts to the webkit code and built a full browser around it (including a state of the art javascript engine). Silk is a different story.
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> The only difference is that it's all video-on-demand now And ad free, or pretty much (HBO sometimes has a minute of ads before episodes, at least those are sometimes worth watching. That's how I found about westworld, for exa
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by serge2k 10y ago
So if I decide to do a bunch of suspension work and then don't bother to get any sort of alignment done am I liable when I get into an accident?
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You can solve that problem with certification. Sure, the software platform is open but actually building a car and getting it to the road requires certification of the final product.
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220 new. I am so glad I don't have to buy textbooks anymore.
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> But for a complex system, I prefer what Google will produce Having worked there in teams near to their tablets I really think Amazon would have a hard time producing software of the complexity of Android or Chrome.
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TLS solves that problem.
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It also exists to give slave states power and to make the choice of president up to the electors but we don't use it for either of those purposes nowadays. Plus, the number of representatives has been capped since the early 1900s. That
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> Also Venezuela has the curse of easy natural resources it's generally awful for a functioning democracy Which democracies have been hurt by this?
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I'm confused which wedge issues they aren't budging on? I also find this statement laughable when you consider that the republicans have made up excuses and refused to vote for a year on the Garland nomination. That nomination wou
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He went against standard procedures to bring up the investigation in public days before the election.
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How much did the russians spend? He actually did get obscene amounts of free media though.
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The problem is that this hasn't been a problem since the late 1800s. It's only in the last few elections that the combination of people moving to cities, polarization of most states, and capping the house have created a situation
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People who live in cities aren't real americans. They are the white collar elite. THey don't deserve votes worth as much as those hard working, blue collar gents in the Heartland of America.
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> no one in political power is discussing serious policy proposals to reduce the influence of money in politics and hence address the accelerating transition of wealth from the lower and middle class to a tiny fraction at the very top. C
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by serge2k 10y ago
So it was actually a contractor, but Amazon was involved in the case. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/10/business/supreme-court-rul...
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It's a mix, same as any other warehouse.
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It's not bad for Seattle, and they have been doing amazing on stock price the last couple years which helps. Especially when they backload the initial stock vesting.
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> Outside of that, nobody really cares about them There is a not so small cohort who parrot them.
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This is the same company that stationed ambulances outside of a fulfillment center instead of paying for Air Conditioning. They also went to the supreme court (and won) over making people wait in line (unpaid) for 25 minutes before and afte
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It's a mix. The code is good enough to get things running, but it still needs full time oncall who actually are constantly putting out little fires.
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On CTV, a private network.
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by serge2k 10y ago
> up from the current $34 per Canadian it currently receives, they are publicly funded anyway. edit: They also have a separate recommendation http://future.cbc.ca/recommendations.html > Depoliticize CBC/Radio-Can
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If you can show knowledge of the illegal activity then why should prison be off the table? I suppose just making the fines high enough to actually punish the company should be enough.
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SEE THE US IS BAD TOO. Seems to come up a lot when reminders of China being ruled by a totalitarian regime come along
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You don't get bad credit for jaywalking or whatever is suggested. It's a tool to measure your ability to repay debt. I think it's already abused, but it's nothing liek what is talked about in the article.

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