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53,798karma·6,821submissions·October 11, 2007
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Interesting that nearly every single operator in that video is a middle-aged or older guy. Possibly because it was a union and those jobs were rock steady for decades, with very low turnover. There ar…
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> I realized somewhere in the middle of the caffeine and sugar rush, just what a huge effort it takes to put out a DAILY newspaper. It's incredible, even without considering the cheap price. F…
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> At a certain price for gasoline and diesel, sustained, I'm sure they will change their mind. I'm not. My first car was a used late-70s Ford V6, which got 15mpg on a good day. The car wa…
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Reading the article, it's hard to believe that Stellantis didn't know that American pickup truck drivers love loud engines from endless market research, prior to introducing the V6 version o…
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> There are several Polish dishes that boil down to throwing whatever is edible into a single pot and boiling for hours. Pretty much what my spouse calls "everything soup" or "refrig…
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To your point, the people responsible for enforcement have pushed back, at least in Boston: https://www.facebook.com/BostonPatrolmen/posts/pfbid0Vy96sXd... https:/…
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> I frequently post on LinkedIn I do, too. My rule of thumb for anything longer than two paragraphs is publish on my personal blog first and then use LinkedIn's scheduling feature to post it i…
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After publishers successfully sued the Internet Archive over its digital lending program, calling it unauthorized copying No. The court specifically determined that the Internet Archive was guilty …