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by hurricanetc 6y ago
Oh yes it’s all paycheck to paycheck people congregating in Central Park.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
The shelter in place orders started off completely voluntary. People ignored them. And it escalated. People continued to ignore and the policies continued to escalate. We didn’t go from zero to where we are now. People caused this.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
How about we loan them the money at 16% interest, which is about the average interest rate for an airline credit card. And the loans go to the front of the line in any bankruptcy proceedings. Then I’m okay with allowing them to make their o
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
It’s too bad that people can’t follow simple requests. Governments are forced to choose between allowing idiot citizens to destroy society or to implement draconian policies. Medical professionals are being asked to come out of retirement.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
“Get” is an interesting choice of word. They won’t escape without any punishment but they certainly can do this. Their landlord can take them to court... when the courts open.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
I guess I am in the minority because as soon as I see a shipping fee more than 7-10% of the cost of the item I immediately start looking elsewhere. Numerous times I've just decided to not buy an item because I didn't want to pay
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
It's a real stretch to suggest that Apple is a monopoly because they control their own platform. By that definition anyone who has a closed platform is operating a monopoly. Is Netflix a monopoly? Fiverr? One of the principles of co
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
Another side effect is cardiac arrest. I am not a doctor but from basic reading I have done the dosage seems extremely important.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
I had a similar experience except it was Google. Google outright killed the app and punished our developer account while Apple happily let it continue. We tried distributing the apk and going through Amazon but it was fruitless. So now it’s
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
People say this often but Apple only has about 20% of the smartphone market. They don’t have anywhere near a monopoly.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
> To be sure, the congressional relief package includes $350 billion in help for small businesses, but the program is complex, limited in scope and only a fraction of eligible businesses are likely to use it. That is absolutely untrue. T
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
As has always been the case, you can use whatever browser you want on whatever OS you want. This has never been more true than right now.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
Ah. I had not considered using DND for that purpose. Thanks!
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
You don’t need to worry about people under 30. Every older generation thinks every younger generation isn’t going to handle things well. And every single time, they are wrong.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
If he had actually used the DPA last week this wouldn’t have happened. This shipment had already left the US and was in Bangkok. And if he had used the DPA in January we wouldn’t be in this situation in the first place.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
How did you do that??
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
You can take people to mean whatever you want. Behind those algorithms and big funds are people pulling the strings. At the end of the day the market is a reflection of where things will go.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
The stock market is just a collection of people betting on where they think things are going. The market declined 25-30% because people were predicting a downturn. Now we’re in that downturn. The reason the market didn’t tank today is becau
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
Yeah I understand the distinction but the weekly numbers capture much of the same information and are more accurate. The monthly survey is just something we do because we’ve done it for a long time.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
The safety net has never been more robust than right now. With the additional $600/week through the end of July people can expect to receive an annualized amount of nearly $60,000. Add on to that food and other benefits and people who
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
They do the monthly survey in the middle of the month. Most of the state shutdowns happened after the surveys were completed. Don’t ask me why they don’t just use the weekly numbers.
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by hurricanetc 6y ago
I think the implication was that hospital staffs are overworked with Covid-19 but that normal every day emergency situations are still going to happen.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
If you don’t like it don’t use TikTok. It’s as simple as that.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Grocery stores? Pharmacies?
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
There is zero value in crypto as a currency with this kind of volatility. It would be equivalent to trying to buy coffee at Starbucks with shares of Boeing stock.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Who is complaining about pricing? I merely pointed out that the Hololens is not a consumer product.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
You cannot directly purchase the Hololens yet, and even if you could it’s $3,500.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Google is a spyware company with spyware apps and services. So of course they spy on school kids. It’s what the company does.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
Good to know that the only thing that can get the two parties to work together is invasive, constitution violating, spying legislation. Hooray for bipartisanship.
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by hurricanetc 7y ago
I don’t understand the motivation. Lying and pretending is just going to make the situation worse and push the reckoning to a later date. Given that it is an election year it seems to me that punting this out is a really stupid idea for the

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