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by stockresearcher 5d ago
As far as big cities go, Chicago is a very easy city to build in. However, as you surely know, it follows an informal system called Aldermanic Prerogative, which gives a lot of influence to the alderman in charge of each ward. If the NIMB
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by stockresearcher 6d ago
> “Progress occurs one funeral at a time.” That's science, not politics. Scientists don't abandon all they've ever believed and switch to the opposite. Voters do. Why is that? I'm merely suggesting you get some pe
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by stockresearcher 6d ago
I'm pretty sure that he was loved and rewarded for being the star football player at the University of Michigan when they were the undefeated national champions two years in a row.
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by stockresearcher 6d ago
People have been saying that for decades. You need a better strategy. My best recommendation is to volunteer for a campaign, preferably a state-wide one (you may need to wait for the next primary season). Keep your eyes and ears open and
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by stockresearcher 7d ago
> pondering how absurd amount of money… You may enjoy reading Brewster’s Millions , or watching one of the many movie adaptations made over the years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster's_Millions
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by stockresearcher 8d ago
Sure, if they actually spent 7.5 hours, and it was a reasonable amount of time. If not, perhaps it would be seen as evidence of incompetence. In the real world, lawyers submit detailed bills and their clients examine them. If you don’t, t
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by stockresearcher 8d ago
That is an ethics violation. Even in the pre-AI era, getting caught billing for hours not worked was seriously punished.
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by stockresearcher 10d ago
It’s mildly contrarian, I suppose. But dipstick-less engines have been around for 20+ years and there’s no evidence that they are problematic.
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by stockresearcher 12d ago
When you say “teenage” refs I assume you are meaning kids 16or younger. A lot of adult-sized college-age teenagers ref games and you probably don’t realize it. You’re right about the scheduling aspect. If you’re in a healthy area and the
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by stockresearcher 15d ago
If you don't like calling them "Trump Accounts", you can call them 530A accounts (that's the "real" name). They're actually a really great thing. Aside from the free money being given to babies by rich f
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by stockresearcher 17d ago
There was a fairly convincing discussion on HN about a month or so ago that argued that this is enabled by the large difference between the monthly subscription costs and the API costs to access the very same models. That the primary purpo
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by stockresearcher 17d ago
The speed of the ship makes a huge difference in fuel consumption. Cruise ships/ocean liners usually go as fast as practicable, which leads to terrible fuel efficiency. Reducing speed from 20 knots to 15 knots may cut fuel consumptio
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by stockresearcher 18d ago
> Doesn’t Chicago have a bunch of people die every time there’s a heatwave because of lack of AC and such? There was a heatwave in the 1990s that killed thousands in Chicago. Since then, the city has done a lot to handle them. While pe
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by stockresearcher 22d ago
(Part of an episode of an American TV show from about 25 years ago)
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by stockresearcher 22d ago
A large component of the price of fuel is taxes, which are then used for roadway construction and maintenance. Here in the US (and probably Sweden too), those taxes are not sufficient to pay all of the roadway costs, so tax money from gener
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by stockresearcher 29d ago
Yeah, North American chefs will generally call the base a mirepoix, but it’s got different names in different languages. It turns out that this soup base concept is remarkably similar across cultures and continents (though the actual veget
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
Nasdaq becomes more and more like a “normal” exchange every year. Historically, they’ve always just done their own thing for their own purpose, so it makes sense. ** for those that don’t know: NASDAQ stands for “National Association of Se
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
Installing software on a normal computer has always been a straightforward process and nobody has claimed any IP rights on the process. Installing software on the iPhone is not at all straightforward. It requires interacting with proprieta
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
The EU has signed and ratified the WIPO treaty. There’s nothing they can put into the DMA that can cancel out the treaty. Installing software in iOS uses Apple intellectual property and WIPO guarantees their right to charge a commission. I
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
> increase in used EV sales prices and gas guzzler repo rates over the last 90-120 days. Obligatory: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=F04MXepYiBs&ra=m Go out on the interstate, or even the parkways and byways of your ci
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
The electric utility in Northern Indiana is spending essentially all of its money on modernizing, but state regulators are forcing it to refund “excess” money back to ratepayers. So it literally can’t go any faster.
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by stockresearcher 1mo ago
There was a severe storm warning at least 48 hours in advance, and as the storm moved eastward the warnings got more specific. Essentially, everything worked as designed. The TV stations in Chicago went to live coverage more than an hour
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
The Navy has helicopters that can do in-flight refueling. If an aircraft carrier is close enough it might be called upon (1). But if not, this is what they do: > the plane’s crew dropping a bundle of medical gear into the water near the
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
No. The stupid-ass law [1]: > "Internet-enabled device" means a smartphone, tablet, or personal laptop or desktop computer that provides cellular or wireless connectivity, is capable of connecting to the Internet, runs an oper
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
I would like to take a break from all the complaining and point out how hilarious it is that this law does not apply to any computer that can only connect to the internet via an Ethernet port.
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
The ultimate boat-log-as-a-book has to be Two Years Before the Mast , published in 1840. It has some great descriptions of the California coast, and does a pretty decent job of giving you an idea of why Los Angeles became the biggest city
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
> there are still US laws on the books to this effect. That children may be obligated to pay medical bills or other support, if their parents cannot make ends meet. Adult children are sometimes blindsided by this responsibility In most (
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
I have started to see this argument being made more often, and wonder if it is a trial balloon: we know that discussions are starting to happen about how to deal with the impending US social security trust fund depletion and the cut in bene
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
In the case of English-language books, they’re just working to legitimize the stuff they already obtained via, um, dubious methods. Public domain books - no need to bother, they’ve scraped PG and any other source and can do with it what the
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by stockresearcher 2mo ago
The ICE version of the new vehicle uses a 2-liter turbo 4-cylinder engine and an 8-speed auto transmission, both straight out of the Ford parts catalog. Calling them gas guzzlers is a bit much. They will be significantly more fuel effic

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