notlefthanded

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by notlefthanded 6y ago
Hi Peter, I'm a Canadian working in the US on a TN. I have an H1B petition that was selected by lottery and processed for an out of country status change; I haven't activated it at this. Is it possible to change employers to a com
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by notlefthanded 9y ago
I can't help but think that if an IPO went like this, and the share price ballooned after colo'd bots scooped up the cheap shares, people would be up in arms about the company leaving money on the table. Just the people in this ca
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by notlefthanded 9y ago
I'd say no. Blablacar is more of a market place matching empty seats and riders with a driver to a common(ish) destination. UberPool is more like a smart/dynamically routed minibus that constantly picks up and drops off passengers
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by notlefthanded 9y ago
What about Hollywood? And reputation via ivy league education? Also a legal landscape conducive to doing business?
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by notlefthanded 9y ago
That didn't work too well with blackberry in Argentina. It's kind of an extreme case, but there are parallels that can be drawn.
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Wall street programmers are solving humanity's resource allocation problem ;) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-24/are-index...
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Interesting point, sfc (specific fuel consumption) is only really density altitude and humidity dependant, since it's only calculated on a per engine basis, but a fixed wing aeroplane's range can be greatly affected by the weight
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
I think ppl are equating energy with force. Airspeed, altitude, and fuel are forms of energy, kinetic, potential, and chemical, respectively. Lift, drag, thrust, and weight are forces. We're talking about a heavier than air aircraft in
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
I think we're interpreting op differently. No, not all the energy added to a heavier than air aircraft (thrust) in straight-n-level flight* is used to counteract drag. Yes, where there is lift, there is induced drag. But the kinetic
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Short answer: that is not correct for heavier than air aircraft. https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/forces.html Lift requires energy, usually kinetic, like the forward motion of an aeroplane being con
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
I guess it comes down to whether being able to pick relationship terms à la carte outweighs the benefits of discounts via a bundle deal and having some influence via a seat at the table. There's a chance that, long term, this restructu
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Maybe poor people don't work because there's a welfare cliff wherein people can work a lot more and still experience no gain in quality of life or economic situation.
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
I see it more as the value publication companies captured from entities advertising through them is now shifted to different advertising media such as facebook and google. The value the consumer derives from published content has stayed the
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
http://www.fluentu.com/spanish/blog/porque-por-que/
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
"San Francisco isn’t in the same country as Lakeside anymore than New Orleans is in the same country as New York or Miami is in the same country as Minneapolis ... They may share certain cultural signifiers—money, a federal government,
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Jet engines actually perform better at higher altitudes, bypass and propeller notwithstanding.
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Actually it's easier to manage speed and spacing in congestion with a gently curving stretch of road - cars further up are visible so you can anticipate better and slow down earlier/more gradually, reducing jerk. This way too, you
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by notlefthanded 10y ago
Seems weird to me that these are still called 'ride-sharing' services. Having used blablacar, which I would consider does true ride-sharing, uber and its ilk are more in the vein of ride-hiring.
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
I quite enjoy using Hong Kong and Tokyo's transit systems - subway, train, and esp. hk's minibuses - though as a visitor, i.e. not during rush hour.
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
The video is by Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, and it states that it's just his personal mental framework to understanding the economy; not claiming gospel or anything. Either way, he's kind of a big deal.
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
Only in the context of being physically able to assist someone else. To name an extreme, I doubt he's saying that Stephen Hawking is 'worth less' than a given able bodied person. I think in this case the charitable reading wo
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
Why is increasing numeracy "well-nigh impossible"?
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
Let's not forget languages that aren't ideally served by qwerty - I'm thinking asian languages in particular. Even therein, there's chinese, which has a high semantic density to syllable count, vs say japanese, which req
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
Some people only need / can afford to acquire said skills, and so aren't a good fit for the college track.
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by notlefthanded 11y ago
Stresses are pretty important in spanish. Take father/pope and potato; viva la paPA has a pretty different meaning from viva la PApa
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by notlefthanded 12y ago
"part of their order" is a very important part of that.
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by notlefthanded 13y ago
I think the generalization here is in individualistic vs collective, and a difference in style of communication. This sums it up pretty well: http://bsix12.com/east-meets-west/