tacomonstrous

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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
It's still maintained by the Free File Alliance. So you're giving your data to a third party that's not the government. I use it, but I would rather I didn't have to share my financial information with third parties to d
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
As half of a young couple that's at the cusp of starting a remodel (focusing as you point out on bathrooms and the kitchen), I'd be very interested in your thoughts on what's possible in terms of efficiency. We're replac
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Not sure, but that might be subject to some kind of anti-cartel regulation? But if there are 3 top gaming publications, and only one of them refused to review Apple-only games, then I don't think intervention is justified.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
While I'm sympathetic to Netflix, I'm not sure I understand why the government is involved in deciding who should be eligible for the Academy awards.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
A search on the Chromium issues page shows this: crbug.com/750452
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Yes, thank you. Mixed up machine assisted proofs.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>denying the legitimacy of computer-generated proofs protects their livelihood/careers. While this might be an issue, the bigger problem is that there are no interesting new theorems that were obtained in this way yet. What is true
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Pure Maths in Crisis?(plus.maths.org)
3 points by tacomonstrous 8y ago|0 comments
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
No, what I mean is more straighforward. Let's say your signed offer is for $600k. Literally $18k is being set aside for your agent to point out these (IMO rather minor) things, and do some other pretty minor stuff, very akin to what a
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
I'm not sure this is true. Short of actually colluding with the other agent, I don't think there's anything the buyer's agent can do that would be worthwhile to bring a lawsuit over.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>Are you going to make sure that everything is properly filed? Yes, also that's what the attorney keeps track of. >Are you going to keep on top of all the other people involved to make sure they're doing their jobs? Yes, tha
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
These seem like useful services, but the seller paid at least 3% of the home value towards them. Wouldn't you have rather just had that as cash instead?
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
The model's pretty broken now, when anyone can look up listings on realtor.com or Redfin, and get customized alerts based on preferences. I mean what special skills do agents even bring on the buy side? I can mediate things with the se
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Unless you very recently (meaning today) accepted a download of a new language pack for English, it's likely just the old model, which is perfectly functional, while not being as accurate as the online version.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Offline transcription has been available on Android as well. This is an announcement of a faster, more accurate model.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>The migrant caravans are obviously intending to violate US law by entering the country illegally. It's not obvious at all. Presenting oneself at a port of entry is the legal way to seek asylum. What's your evidence that they p
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Don't really understand how this is anti-trust behavior. Is a company not allowed to choose whom it's selling its products to?
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>Many people do not realize that Amazon leaving doesn't mean +$3B in their pocket it means $0 and even less than zero in the long term. How is this any less laughable than the position you're chastising? LIC was already booming
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
One way I've seen sites mess this up is when they allow me to sign up using a Google account on my Android phone, but don't offer Google login on their web page. Makes for very confusing UX!
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>Has anyone tried to demonstrate that OxyContin addiction, for example, might not have been heroin addiction if OxyContin wasn't available? The facts on the ground are that a pharmaceutical company actively encouraged and massively
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
> But I’ve never seen a political ad funded by Intuit or H&R Block Surely you must be aware that Super PACs can agglomerate money from various sources that don't need to announce their participation at the end of every commercia
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>Citizens United doesn’t have anything to do with lobbying. It’s about companies spending their own money to air political ads. If Intuit and H&R Block were running ads trying to convince people to vote for politicians who support co
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
That trend will reverse in a decade or so. The losses are entirely because of a fed-up Black population deciding to migrate to the sunbelt instead of continuing to tolerate de facto segregation. Here's a great Twitter thread about this
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Chicago's Deep Tunnel: Solution or Cautionary Tale?(slate.com)
2 points by tacomonstrous 8y ago|0 comments
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Siri has been behind Google and Alexa basically since the beginning and shows little sign of catching up.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
Funnily, on my encrypted disk in Debian, Dropbox needs constant monitoring to make sure it's working (need to execute a couple of simple python scripts now and then), while Drive works perfectly through InSync.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>the Amazon self shipping is horrendous This was a key factor for us getting rid of Prime as well. Kept waiting for their service to improve or at least let me only have packages shipped via major carriers. Unfortunately, neither option
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
This is a silly semantic argument. Many people drive cars; very few fly aircraft. The meaning of a word in the second context has little to do with the first.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
>Android being less intuitive vs iOS being a lot more user-friendly This is a piece of received knowledge that in my current experience of both is no longer true.
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by tacomonstrous 8y ago
One difference between the Kochs, Adelson, et al and Soros is that for the former there is a very obvious link between the causes they fund and benefits to their own business empires (this is particularly stark with Adelson). Soros is harde

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