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10,239karma·2,402submissions·April 5, 2019
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except when you already have people in the community who often have vested much of their life in said community. Then, the rules change and they are suddenly outcast and separated from their life'…
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This is significantly off for at least Amazon/AWS & MSFT. I know Amazon employees often get AMZN shares as bonuses ranging from single to triple digits. Current AMZN share is at 1864.72USD. I…
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The pop-up basically says that there is limited heat in the museum and will reopen 2020-01-15. Because of inconvenience, they will give free access to the exhibitions and some coffee at the end of th…
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I think a portion of haters are post-fanboys. That is, at some time there was an experience where the fanboy could no longer deal internally with failures of their obsession, they flipped and gone hat…
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And, the narrator, in the video at 5:49, calls it 240 hectares, which is 593.0524 acres.
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Are there any studies on the ethical and moral presumptions in taking miscreants' money? Is it required to shun miscreants? Is it an approval of miscreant actions if the money is taken? Is it tha…
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Interesting, but would need some disclosure and explanation. All the links are affiliate links. In several instances although Amazon would display "by <vendor>" the website returns &qu…
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Where is the BEEF? Any surgeon or occupational therapist can talk about fascia for hours. There is nothing new in this article that has not been known for decades if not centuries. (search Scholar pr…
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I do not understand all of a sudden everyone is freaking out about the Federal Register Entity List. The list grew significantly way more in the past than recently. Why the sudden interest, weeping …
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This is the type of work clouds were born out of. Have you considered using any of the large cloud providers?
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> Unfortunately, the vast majority of people do not have the skills to handle this. I would suggest that this is change, not a norm in the last few decades. So, unfortunately, the vast majority of …
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Mark Hume McCormack. There is no one else to read when it comes to market entry. He invented an entire industry. He moved from sector to sector with ease. At a very high level: He started sports repr…
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recently, seems, many, a lot of, very, completely, appears, most, far more likely, huge, could, some, may... so that's -13 for weaseling +1 doi link provided +1 doi points to the actual article…
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Reading the "How to Register to Vote" indicates otherwise. sosmt.gov/elections/vote/#how-to-register-to-vote Specifically "You will need to provide a residence address o…
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To me, from the perspective of submissions and comments, it appears that the ability to down-vote is relegated to those that the existing community who approves. If one's world-view, sentiment, a…
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The higher education cost rose way faster than inflation, with nearly no return, and no accountability. [1-4] The Federal guaranteed student loans are a nightmare. Academia knows that she will get pai…
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You might be right. Just sad all around. I have a soft, fuzzy spot for bumblebees, in general, for Corbiculate bees. There are just so many pleasant little buggers.
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Studies always tout honeybee population decline. First, honeybees (apis mellifera) are non-native to North America. As beekeeping history buff (my appeal to auth), the decline in my (unpopular) opinio…
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This is nearly identical attitude of the younger generation, no matter how far we go back. :D I _do_ agree that the US Congress could use term limits.
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I want to say thank you for all the "youngsters'" posts. As someone who been in the industry for over four decades, I do get lost in some of the newfangled things. Turns out, most of t…
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why do you think privacy is dead? Where I travel, (digital and otherwise) privacy is quite alive and well. (This is definitely outside of highly populated first-world cities.)
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I am not sure I agree with you on this. Although the Senate indeed has two per State, the House seats is by population. Correct me if I am wrong, but the US House the exclusive power to "initiate…
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this is a good reference.
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TL;DR An industry's last attempt at relevance, just before its departure might be bad, but do we really care? The title sounds like click-bate, implying a near-monopoly that will be devastating. …
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You can have your (very) low power LTE base station. Bandwidths ie radio spectrum frequency allocations, including LTE are licensed/managed by respective governments. Carriers pay these governing…
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um... "The California-based company said net loss widened to $6.6 million in the three months ended March 30, from $5.7 million a year earlier. First-quarter net revenue came in at $40.2 million…
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I just want to go 15 miles per second (54000 mph/86904.6 Kph/46925 knt).
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"... six year follow-up study found no adverse effects in anyone who consumed the meat" yet a few paragraphs down: "... the best way to avoid it is by not eating deer or elk meat" …
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We have chimps and "chimps" using cell phone. https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/b08v5... Turtle smashing mental level requirements are no…
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"Facebook, Google and Twitter, meanwhile, long have stressed their political neutrality." I never thought I write this, but today I am more scared of them, than the government, and I am a go…
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