kevinpet

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by kevinpet 2mo ago
Editorials are a thing. This is not an editorial. It's structured as a news report.
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by kevinpet 6mo ago
I'm mostly a libertarian, but claiming "we are experiencing higher than normal call volumes" when you aren't should put you in jail for fraud.
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by kevinpet 6mo ago
This seems like a low effort opinion piece that is unlikely to generate useful discussion here.
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by kevinpet 7mo ago
The article seems to be more of a review of the new book than any attempt to actually discuss the topic.
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by kevinpet 7mo ago
The title of the article cites bad grammar, but the example doesn't have any grammatical problems. It has clear typos and questionable abbreviations but it doesn't have any of the bad grammar signs that grate on me, like comprise
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by kevinpet 8mo ago
Not even in the northern hemisphere. Celestial navigation is about shooting altitudes for known bright stars. At least three ideally five. This could include Polaris, but it doesn't need to. Source: watched some old training videos abo
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by kevinpet 8mo ago
It's a lot cheaper to rent a trailer.
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by kevinpet 9mo ago
That core idea is simple. But the details, such as credit and debit having the opposite meaning to casual bank account accounting, and the use of a variety of accounts makes things not intuitive.
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by kevinpet 1y ago
Reviews by independent experts about the quality of this guy's life? I think he can be considered an authority on that subject.
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by kevinpet 1y ago
That's not a philosophical argument at odds with our current understanding of copyright law. That's exactly what this judge found copyright law currently is and it's quoted in the article being discussed.
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by kevinpet 1y ago
One could be carried there
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by kevinpet 1y ago
This seems a little weird to me, but direct commissions like this are pretty common for professionals like lawyers, clergy, and doctors.
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by kevinpet 1y ago
They never claimed to be the party of personal freedom. There's a libertarian contingent within the GOP that wishes they could persuade people to go that direction, but unsuccessfully for decades. They have claimed to be the party of s
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by kevinpet 1y ago
I was confused when I moved out to Phoenix especially because the logos are pretty similar. Turns out Fry's electronics was started by the sons of the founder of Fry's food.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
There's no problem with residential water use in Phoenix. There are still farms that could be shut down if water is needed. The biggest problem seems to be parochial NIMBYs. People don't like that TSMC needed to bring in Taiwanese
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by kevinpet 2y ago
It was the other way around -- the Pepsi Challenge was what motivated New Coke.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
By "anymore" do you mean for the past 600 years? Because almond milk goes back about as far as we have cookbooks that might mention it in english.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
I'm pretty sure all recent Subaru's (other than BRZ, which is a totally different platform) have wheel spin control using the braking system.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
Brilliant, now it's not just people who live in cities subsidizing rich people who choose to live in high fire risk suburban borders but everyone who drives too.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
I would agree, except that I just watched a How To Cook That episode featuring rat lung worms transmission from slugs.
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by kevinpet 2y ago
If you look at the picture while it's standing, the design has the diagonal braces all running the same way. Any homeowner who has knocked together a wooden gate could recognize that as abnormal. If the bridge were standing, I might th
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by kevinpet 2y ago
It would be better if banks educated customers on best practices such as "don't trust anything on a different domain" and "only provide PII for verification if you are the one initiating the call". Of course, both o
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by kevinpet 2y ago
Good on you for giving us the update that he does acknowledge it. I confess I stopped reading as soon as that stat was given.
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by kevinpet 3y ago
One of them is about five miles from me in Phoenix and it's going poorly. My read is that there are some legitimate labor concerns, some mismanagement, but also a lot of special interest strong arming in things like not bringing in eno
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by kevinpet 3y ago
I like to fix things rather than throwing them out and am glad I was able to restring a couple of blinds that didn't work in our new house. This site is where I buy. If only there were similar sites for other home products. Currently o
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by kevinpet 3y ago
You could say it doesn't matter and they need to avoid even the appearance of impropriety, and I would agree. However, it seems clear that the entire point of this particular trading bot and the project is in fact whether politicians d
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by kevinpet 3y ago
Science fiction is popular here, and in particular Scalzi is popular with the trekkie / comic con / geek identity crowd.
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by kevinpet 3y ago
Did you read the same essay as me? https://thezvi.substack.com/p/on-car-seats-as-contraception
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by kevinpet 3y ago
I looked into that when it came out. 1. the house uses novel construction techniques. it's more of a design exercise than a serious attempt at something people might build. 2. you can't use the plans without getting sign off from
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by kevinpet 3y ago
Politics is not decided by money. Money is a huge factor, and you can't do much without at least some money, but it's not the final word. Politics is determined in large part by how politicians read the mood of their voters, how t

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