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by snake_plissken 5y ago
How does one get a concession to operate like this in Antarctica? Or do you even need one considering its not a traditional sovereign area? Some brief reading on Wikipedia suggests that tourism operations down there are allowed and they e
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Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Frances Haugen represented by US intelligence insiders(thegrayzone.com)
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
Ah man the breaks in this mix. I got into electronica (mainly trance, progressive and DnB) around 2004, but then found breaks around 2005-6. Adam Freeland and stuff. It's such a different vibe. But I always felt the craziest part w
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
I clicked on that little ABC News scroller and went down a rabbit hole of news stories from a Tuesday July 8th, 1997. Topics include: -mars rover -global warming -The P.R.I. losing their elections in Mexico -clashes in Northern Ir
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
Some of the stuff on Jackass was truly avant garde at the time. I specifically remember the coffin falling out of the hearse skit. So simple yet so brilliant.
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
I like this report, just enough scandal and shady characters to make sense. But also, you have to think the SPAC sponsor and DraftKings performed a good level of due diligence on SBTech? The one thing I really took out of reading this rep
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
I remember reading like circa ~2013 about how cryptocurrencies could usher in a new kind of bank, whereby the bank would publish the BTC addresses it used. Then the public could decide for themselves on the stability/solvency of the b
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
I heard story this on NPR this morning. I was pretty stunned individuals and families can piggy back on a corporate bankruptcy like this. At the very least, I figured maybe there would be some kind of protection and limitations in the Fed
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by snake_plissken 5y ago
So crazy. Like that scene in Casino, just skimming the cash. "The guys inside the counting room were all slipped in there to skim the joint dry. They'd do short counts, they'd lose fill slips. They'd even take cash rig
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I feel like the answer is obvious? Uber should create a new full time driver position which pays a fixed hourly rate. So there would now be two classes of drivers. Those fully employed by Uber, with all the benefits normal full time work
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
"You don’t really believe the peeing in bottles thing, do you? If that were true, nobody would work for us. The truth is that we have over a million incredible employees around the world who are proud of what they do, and have great wa
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
For some odd reason I have found it very interesting that on this particular story, my initial reaction from the headline (about what this article will be about), was completely the opposite to what the contents of the article. Knowing noth
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Wow so Google Play Music won't even play MP3s, crazy. I never quite realized it was more than a music player.
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I was thinking about this topic the other day. US COVID numbers are dropping precipitously, more vaccine supply is coming online, so what happens if things continue to improve at a brisk pace and the economy heats back up faster than anyon
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Something I haven't quite understood in all this is, can Griddy remotely turn off your power? Or was it up to the end user to cut off power to their house (I guess via the breaker box?), or should they have followed Griddy's advi
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
This is from the same political party which, apparently only when convenient, stresses the need for a smaller federal government and stronger state and local governments. The hypocrisy is mind numbing. I guess one can attenuate the hypocr
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Dank Alpha Centauri quote!
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One thing I haven't seen answered but which I think would be enlightening is, how often do DTCC collateral requirements change such that trading in the stock is restricted? Although the answer may throw more fuel on the fire if it&#x2
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Kind of unrelated but when you mentioned Soviet shoe factories, this scene from HBO's Chernobyl takes on a whole new dimension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idb_qsAAe1c "I'm a nuclear physicist. Before yo
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Wow, acquiring a semi-submersible drilling rig (in use for 12 years it seems, came into service 2008) for $3.5 million? It cost $312 dollars to build. I get there are a lot of environmental concerns with these kinds of things but this jus
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I love these commercials (and the Dr Pepper Fansville ones). So stupidly clever. But man KFC makes me feel so very ill afterwards. I'm not sure what exactly it is: I can eat Chik Filays and Burger King fine (the ~3-4 times a year I g
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
This is really cool. From where are they sourcing this data? And on the Jan 2021 top US domestic routes, what's up with those Atlanta to Ft Lauderdale/Miami/Tampa/Orlando routes? We're only partly through the mont
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Mechwarrior 3 is another game that needs a Windows 9x. I can never get it working in VM Player, excited to try it out on this.
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"Union avoidance consultants, often hired as independent contractors which allows firms to circumvent federal reporting requirements, often work with multiple clients at once, sometimes parachuting into a worksite for jus
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
"If some nativist in this country had warned in 1900 that mass Italian immigration would bring us vendetta-obsessed crime clans, capable of getting their tentacles on the public life (and budgets) of major American cities while also co
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I agree and really love the Daniel Craig movies but, they're from a different era. In my mind it ends up being like the Jordan-Lebron or the Ronaldo/Messi-Maradona debate. There are just too many intrinsic differences between the
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Man all before the professional foul became a thing. That kind of play doesn't happen much these days.
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
Along the lines of this article, there's the dilemma/contradiction faced by modern globalisation in that money can move much faster and more freely than labor. In previous iterations (late 1700s, 1800s and the first few decades o
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I still don't understand what's happening at the core of this and the other dark forest post from a few weeks ago. How exactly are these bots front-running/stealing the ethereums? My understanding: -these bots scan the
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by snake_plissken 6y ago
I'm not sure why you're getting down voted; this is an accurate comment on the condition of things, especially about the media literacy. I'll add one more point that for some people, it's a badge of honor to actively re

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