barneygumble742

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Comment · 6 years ago
This is in Germany or the U.S.?
Comment · 7 years ago
Planned Parenthood and NPR
Comment · 7 years ago
> Reddy said, though, that in some cases, students who transferred out from the University of Farmington after realizing they didn't have classes on-site, were still arrested.
Comment · 7 years ago
Same here. I paid roughly $5k/year for undergrad and about $10k/year for grad. After graduation, only reason people ask me where I went to school was to see where it ranked in college sports. Since my school barely registered, it's easily dismissed. Even better for me since I don't follow sports.

What I did find more interesting is that it all depends on your work ethic and how you carry yourself at the workplace. My lack of interest in sports has hindered me at work slightly because I'm not part of certain groups at work. I've come to find out that they all participate in fantasy sports and meet on Saturdays to talk sports and a little bit of work gets involved. Usually I wouldn't care but some important work-related decisions have come out of that.

Comment · 7 years ago
My phone never leaves my sight. I don't do mobile banking of any kind. I can sign out/remotely wipe the device via the web. It would be nice to remotely turn ON the GPS to find my phone but Android has since removed the remote GPS ON feature.

If only I can find a smartphone for talk/text/web/GPS, I'd be switch in a heartbeat. I'm seriously getting sick of the all the security features that tend to bloat the device and slow it to a crawl.

That being said, if my phone was vulnerable to theft or I wasn't so careful, I would lock my screen.

Comment · 7 years ago
> Wood Mackenzie estimated the cost to decarbonize the U.S. grid alone would be $4.5 trillion

The 2017 tax cut cost $1.5 trillion. I'm starting to suspect that priorities are being misplaced.

Comment · 7 years ago
Energy companies see rooftop solar as competition. Their primary motivation is profit. I do not doubt that they will all eventually go 100% renewable, it's just a matter of ensuring that they lock in their profits. Another issue is the amount they can charge customers. The utilities are also charging for maintenance of the power lines. With rooftop solar, that fee is lost unless the home owner pays the monthly fee to tie their system to the grid.
Comment · 7 years ago
Is this the neo-nazi Twitter alternative?
Comment · 7 years ago
Coincidentally, I got bit by this on a family computer over this weekend (had to reinstall). I went around enabling the backup via the registry on all of them.
Comment · 7 years ago
Do dumb TVs even exist anymore?
Comment · 7 years ago
Has your rent ever decreased or stayed the same over a long period of time?
Comment · 7 years ago
I agree. I also see this as protecting the ISPs from any future litigation from consumers since now the consumer has no choice but to give consent.
Comment · 7 years ago
> UPS makes the most on the entire transaction (as we roll in shipping costs on all our orders)

And this is what every company finds out eventually. Shipping is key and out of your control. Thus, Amazon starting its own fleet of air carriers.

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