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by sxates 9y ago
So basically Musk has turned into Hank Scorpio [1] [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ew78KThLOY
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by sxates 9y ago
I'd really like there to be a law that allows you to opt-out of credit reporting agencies. This would work similarly to the do-not-call list - I give them my social and they are instructed to disregard any data they receive that's
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by sxates 9y ago
I'm totally with you. Every time I go to a bar or beer garden it feels like the menus are 75% IPAs. I'd rather drink sea water.
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by sxates 9y ago
Duplicate discussion here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16208392
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by sxates 9y ago
Congrats on the launch, Jared - best of luck!
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Alabama Supreme Court blocks order to preserve digital voting records(techcrunch.com)
2 points by sxates 9y ago|0 comments
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by sxates 9y ago
Reminds me of former Oakland Mayor Jean Quan's surreal "driving around with local rappers in a prius" video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8i1NxQ83oEQ What's with mayors and weird campaign videos?
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by sxates 9y ago
I know some neighbors use them. Trouble with goats is they don't discriminate much about what they eat, and we do have some things in the garden we'd like to keep :)
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by sxates 9y ago
What a sad ending. I used to live in Texas where the houses were all very similar, with mono-culture yards that required constant water, fertilizer, and mowing. I now live in the Bay Area, Oakland specifically, and something I've reall
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Apple’s widened ban on templated apps wiping small businesses from the App Store(techcrunch.com)
86 points by sxates 9y ago|94 comments
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by sxates 9y ago
Those who can't pay don't get their care for free. They'll be hounded by debt collectors the rest of their life, whatever credit they had will be trashed, and some will be pushed into bankruptcy. We are all paying for it.
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by sxates 9y ago
Am I the only one that doesn't see a strong correlation between the sketch and the actual suspect, other than "generic white guy"?
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Moody's Warns Cities to Address Climate Risks or Face Downgrades(bloomberg.com)
2 points by sxates 9y ago|0 comments
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by sxates 9y ago
Taking reservations for 1000 founder series cars at $250k each up front means they're pre-selling $250,000,000 worth of product at least 2 years out. Kind of smart.
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by sxates 9y ago
Just tried that on my mac, worked fine?
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by sxates 9y ago
Assuming you're talking about the new Leaf which isn't yet available in the US ... * 50-100% greater range * Better acceleration and handling (and RWD/AWD) * Access to the Tesla Supercharger network enabling long-distance tra
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by sxates 9y ago
Except there are hundreds of them, not just a handful of consolidated sources. What we need is Netflix for Newspapers - that'd be great!
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by sxates 9y ago
We've always had free streaming in the form of radio.
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by sxates 9y ago
Imagine if you had to buy a whole album every time you wanted to hear a song.
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by sxates 9y ago
This is super cool! I was just thinking about what all you could use old phones for, and they could easily replace a lot of existing devices. Like Nest thermostats and cameras - there's no reason those devices couldn't be replaced
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by sxates 9y ago
Not if it was equally applied to all nationalities.
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by sxates 9y ago
Sometimes I wonder if Waze sends you a weird way just to test the route to see how it compares. If it's faster, it'll send more people that way. If it's not, it won't suggest it. But someone has to be the Guinea pig the
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by sxates 9y ago
Would something like releasing sterilized males fall into category 1? For all my insect sympathy and conservation values, I'm absolutely in favor of eradicating the few species of mosquito that bite and carry disease. But every time a
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by sxates 9y ago
Yes - when I was a kid living in Arkansas we had them all around our house each season. Haven't seen any in Texas or California, where I live now.
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by sxates 9y ago
Years ago when I lived in suburban Texas with a typical suburban house with a back yard that had open space behind it I had a terrible insect problem. Exposed skin would get a mosquito bite-per-minute, the dogs were coming inside covered in
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by sxates 9y ago
So there really is something about the blood of virgins?
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by sxates 9y ago
The fact that eBay is now primarily (80%!) new items that are 'buy it now' not auctions is why I have lost interest. Amazon wins that game hands down with competitive pricing, 2 day shipping, and no-hassle returns. I can't ge
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by sxates 9y ago
The closest Amtrak connection is on the other side of the bay in Emeryville.
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by sxates 9y ago
I purchased a house last year in the Oakland Hills. I learned when I started calling around to secure insurance for it that it was in the "maximum wildfire risk zone", which meant none of the big national insurance companies will
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by sxates 9y ago
You guys remember when Color raised $50m with no product and the valley went ape and started screaming bubble? Talk about quaint compared to today. ML has a very serious risk of spending hundreds of millions of dollars over a decade with no

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