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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
I have the same name as an entrepreneur who had a fairly successful exit and is now an early stage investor. As a result, I get a slow trickle of cold intro emails with hot* start-up funding opportunities. *definitely not hot
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
Maybe it's like prostate cancer in that it changes so slowly that often something else kills you long before the prostate cancer has a chance to? [0] [0] https://www.cancer.gov/types/prostate/understanding-pros
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
"Stored pressure ABC extinguishers are very common, and they often require internal maintenance every 6 years and hydrostatic testing every 12 years. Other types of extinguishers may vary in their internal examination and testing inter
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
Very few people want to spend $40 on a fire extinguisher every few years until the moment when their kitchen is actually on fire.* *That is, unless, history repeats itself and we lose ~1-2% of the world population[0] this Fall. That might
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
The same year. What started as a bad flu in Kansas in the Spring of 1918 morphed into a super-killer by the Fall of the same year.[0] [0] https://www.history.com/news/spanish-flu-second-wave-resurge...
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
I'm going to venture a guess that lifestyle is a huge factor in the difference. People are generally more active out west (better weather, more open spaces/ parks/ mountains, better beaches, etc.) and smoke far fewer cigaret
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
Eliminate all of the wildlife in the yard? Some people actually prefer a diverse array of wildlife over a neighbor's pet.
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
The butterflies & migrating birds would likely beg to differ.
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
Everything? Amazon is crushing it and clearing out the space for essentials. Costco Online is selling out of food and sundries as soon as they refresh the web page. Anecdotally, I'm getting UPS packages delivered at any time between 8
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
HN hive mind: At what point are there sufficient numbers of survivors to establish herd immunity and get some semblance of normalcy?
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by ranDOMscripts 6y ago
Anybody semi-capable can easily modify a stick built house. And Americans _love_ to modify their houses. DIY stores are big business here. I, myself, am adding some recessed LED lights into a couple bedroom ceilings this weekend. When I&#x
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
It is my (albeit limited) understanding that the Gates grants are focused on providing toilets to areas where there previously were none and not on replacing crumbling infrastructure. They're trying to get facilities to the millions o
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
That's probably because Bill & Melinda issued their grants a few years back. You can see a list of all of the high-tech outhouse makers here [0]. Many of the designs are out in the field for long-term testing. [0] https:/&#x
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Surely, you're joking?! What if you want to actually see the Flugelfluffer assembled before you purchase it in a flatpack? (maybe you want the white one? no, wait, the natural one) That entails going upstairs and walking around the who
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
>designed to make you maximize browsing time Have you never been to an IKEA? If you want to see what maximizing browsing time looks like IRL, you should visit one some time.
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Al Ruddy (the producer) describes how this came about in his interview with Malcolm Gladwell[0]. It's quite a story. [0] http://revisionisthistory.com/episodes/39-chutzpah-vs-chutzp...
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Which is why many pro athletes move their residency to Florida the day they sign their multi-million dollar contracts and buy the biggest mansions they can afford.
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
There shouldn't be any _outdoor cats_, full stop. I don't think people realize the extent of the bird/squirrel/lizard/frog carnage inflicted by the fluffy apex predator they occasionally get to pet. While I'v
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Mesothelioma, perhaps? Asbestos is still used in aftermarket brake pads.[0] [0] https://www.epa.gov/asbestos/current-best-practices-preventi...
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
I wouldn't be surprised if the majority of women who have tried to get pregnant have had at least 1 miscarriage in their lifetime. Fertile or not, it appears to be part of the child-bearing process given sufficient attempts to reprodu
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
I've heard a well timed press of the escape key during "page load" interrupts something to do with "java script"?
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
This is colloquially referred to as having a "gut feeling".
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
...is because humans, in general, have a natural truth bias.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truth-default_theory#Truth_bia...
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
The sheer hubris of this beggars belief. Maybe we can get a skillshare from Elizabeth Holmes on how to build a lasting company or Adam Neumann on how to con your way into making a billion dollars? - wait, that last one might actually be in
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
I suspect many bread makers would immediately recognize the name of the province where the windmills are located. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khorasan_wheat
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Tell that to Uzi Nissan. https://nissan.com/Digest/The_Story.php
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
AKA off campus dorms. This isn't targeting the urban professional, it's for those who want to continue the dormie lifestyle. One of the biggest universities in the country is just a couple stops away on the light rail.
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
This is the first mainstream security truck at an affordable price. The sales on this are going to be higher than anybody expects. Every rapper, drug dealer, and dirtbag politician that doesn't want to go out like Tupac will buy one.
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
not only that, 20 years from now = new ownership group and records get lost in the shuffle
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by ranDOMscripts 7y ago
Good riddance to the Navajo plant. While it may have been providing some decent wage jobs on the reservation, it was otherwise despoiling the environment around a remarkable corner of the world.[0] [0] https://www.pagearizona.com

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