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This type of thing isn't exclusive to sports betting, either. Card counting isn't cheating, but is typically prohibited (when executed successfully) in most casinos due to the edge it gives players (which has been practically elim
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https://features.propublica.org/the-bad-bet/how-illinois-bet... https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-video-gambling-w... These are interesting reads regarding slot parlors in Illinois. It g
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https://www.theringer.com/2019/6/5/18644504/sports-betting-b... This is a long read, but is really insightful on how the industry really works. If you're a consistently winning bettor, you're g
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Aren't they following a similar model to modern colleges? Build the prestige and then coast? There have been recent threads detailing extension/open admission online colleges potentially diluting colleges' brands. With a few
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Plex share?
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If you're interested in going the other direction: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NMQTg4Y0YT0
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I wondered about using it for ML type stuff, but figured they have application or time limit restrictions.
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I believe it does mention Hyundai, but more about cars. It goes more in depth with aerospace, mentioning America/France and even Indonesia.
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I thought the same, relegated to living in the slums that are Hinsdale.
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No tool will cover 100% of backlinks. Ahrefs is the most comprehensive. Majestic, Moz and SEMrush are the other most common backlink tools. Link Research Tools is maybe an also ran, but is way pricier and doesn't seem as comprehensive.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxmP8IcoKtE
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https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1032019.Bad_Samaritans This is a good book that goes through how economies develop and the role of State Owned/sponsored Enterprises are helpful in developing a nation&#x27
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New Albany has a lot of corporate headquarters relative to the size of the city, even when you exclude the Les Wexner ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner ) companies. Big Lots, Red Roof Inn and Bob Evans are the
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I've pondered the same exact thing. I've had jobs where my superiors could see my immediate impact and it was still impossible to take a reduced salary to have a 3/4 day week-- "it wouldn't be fair to everyone else&
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Terrible milk to cookie ratio :(
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How many trays of Oreos is too many? 12?
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So does that make Crypto.com the equivalent of Teddy "KGB" and the $34 million a lot more stacks of high society?
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Somewhat related to this, I've been in assorted supermarket/hypermarket type stores that place varying emphasis on shrinkage based on the neighborhood. In most parts of New Orleans, the shopping carts have locking wheels, flashing
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Imagine getting paid to not even try, then have the audacity to blame someone else. I would presume that even a police presence would deter many of the thieves, but that wouldn't help push the "we need more funding, we're the
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They have to get the out of towners going to Grand Isle?
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I've wondered this same thing. Were they always the same, but with more effort (as a ratio) towards PR and image, or did the Ruth Porat era signify a cultural shift? Maybe the influx of "tech as a high paying job" type people
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The last time I tried tickling a rat, I was asked to leave Disneyland.
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"The bigger the lie, the more they believe."
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I was a one of two developers at a small relatively unknown private college (costs over $70k and wasn't even top 5 in this state) in a communications (see: marketing B team for admissions, mostly PR and crisis response) department of a
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"Do no evil." Sure there are firewalls between departments, but how is this not blatantly anti-competitive behavior?
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What annoys me is that if a business is running paid ads, you cannot click their organic location, you have to click on the square paid listing, costing them money-- even if you were explicitly looking for said organization and not enteri
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It is good to know that catching shinies is over the line, but the rampant gangs[1] are okey-dokey. [1] https://knock-la.com/lasd-gangs-little-devils-wayside-whitie...
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So that is why people in Ohio love camping in the left lane. When driving in places like Utah, Montana, Dakotas, etc. 95% of people pass and get back in the slow lane. In Ohio and surrounding states, it seems like people have an aversion to
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Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick would be proud. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_strike The whole "we're highly paid, ruggedly individualistic engineer" schtick buys into what the companies
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Mecum & Barrett Jackson are neat to attend, but between the rotating locations and variability in inventory plus the buy/sell fees, BAT is obviously way more favorable for buyers and sellers. BAT provides the same provenance and do

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