locust101

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by locust101 7d ago
I had the same thing happen to me when I plugged in my massager charger into the blood pressure monitor and fried it
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by locust101 5mo ago
It’s hard to know what’s the new information here. Altman’s history has been reported on exhaustively. Few people have left openai over the year - safety abandonments, non profit status change, deception etc. but there is too much money inv
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Ask HN: Folks who had taken VEP (voluntary layoff), was it a good decision?
4 points by locust101 11mo ago|1 comments
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by locust101 3y ago
This has already been banned in most of the west coast states. Other states and cities also have tip credit far above federal standard. https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/state/minimum-wage/tipped I feel
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by locust101 4y ago
https://www.in2013dollars.com/Beef-and-veal/price-inflation It has gone up 4.12% per year compared to regular food inflation rate of 3.56%. So no it is not cheaper.
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by locust101 5y ago
https://archive.md/CZHGF
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by locust101 5y ago
What good is wealth if you are living in a boring old town with nothing to do? Also this would obviously not be true if you have a family because kids are a money sink.
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by locust101 5y ago
Which chair do you have?
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by locust101 6y ago
Voyager
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by locust101 7y ago
I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that they talked to absolutely no one local (Pakistani or Muslim) before they published this. The threshold before people pay zakat is like $300 so fluctuations in silver price has very low ef
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by locust101 7y ago
I have made $20k/year when I was in grad school and I definitely paid income tax. 18-20% overall IIRC.
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by locust101 7y ago
This looks like a nice idea even if it seems hard to monetize. How does this differ from Scott's Cheap flights? Do you mention how 'cheap' this is compared to the past. One feature I have found lagging in most travel websites
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by locust101 7y ago
Calling it lowest ever means that you can get more yuans than ever in 11 years for 1 dollar. If you look at the chart, it clearly shows that this is the maximum yuan amount you can get for 1 USD in at least 5 years.
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by locust101 7y ago
A major difference is also the after effects. A deadly atomic bomb can likely make a place uninhabitable for months or years because of radiation.
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by locust101 7y ago
A lot of assets of rich people are protected against inflation. Real estate, stocks, art protect against inflation much better than the cash in the savings account earning <1%.
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by locust101 8y ago
The difference is that for a mobile app, it's either apple's way or highway(more like nothing). You can't very well be a significant app developer by ignoring iOS. And apple does not allow users to sideload your app on the st
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by locust101 8y ago
Is there any other authentication method like google authenticator for 2fa to use facebook?
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by locust101 8y ago
Is being part of tech scene a requirement? Chicago is pretty nice, affordable and cosmopolitan.
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by locust101 8y ago
What about Philadelphia? It has one of tallest skyscrapers in the US. Good public transport and is pretty affordable even compared to Chicago.
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by locust101 9y ago
Basically companies like facebook and google have abused the data collection and public trust so bad that EU had to come up with these absurd fines just so those behemoths would pay attention. Also is there a reason why it is a maximum of x
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by locust101 9y ago
No they won't.
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by locust101 9y ago
This is wayyy off in housing. I don't know anyone who is paying 10k a year for rent in santa clara county. This is the rent if you are sharing a house with 5 other people in bad parts of san jose. Peninsula rents are almost the same as
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by locust101 9y ago
Don't underestimate the power of compound interest. My dad tells me like this: Every time you take your kid to a fast food place, get him lemon water and put the soda money into the college fund. Small stuff like this really adds up ov
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by locust101 9y ago
This might be true for this particular game but the lack of checks and balances on kickstarter is troubling.
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by locust101 9y ago
They will claim that they didn't know. Intent matters in most legal cases.
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by locust101 9y ago
Anyone who hasn't driven in congested roadways like 880 or new jersey turnpike cannot understand that left lane as passing completely breaks down when you have too many cars and too many exits. We just have too many goddamn cars.
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by locust101 9y ago
This is great that they are investing so much in camera. In modern smartphone, I do not feel any difference in performance between my moto play and s7 edge. It is just the camera that makes me keep coming back to s7 edge, despite the $300 p
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by locust101 9y ago
The article seems to argue that it is all a zero sum game when in reality, with services like linkedin, you can see prospective employers you had never even thought of before. Sure I could get a job at Facebook where tons of my friends work
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by locust101 9y ago
I thought Oakland was being gentrified?