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Comment · 5 years ago
I don't think a _bigger_ legislature is going to help annything?
Comment · 5 years ago
Hawaiian land ownership is a fragmented mess and this is not at all unusual. I hate fb as much as the next guy but this was not shady.
Comment · 5 years ago
But not all symbols are numbers.
Comment · 5 years ago
Yes, the generators literally have to push harder and slow down.
Comment · 6 years ago
IIRC it's that the lights are a nightly "performance". Absurd, of course.
Comment · 6 years ago
"As long as the music is playing, you’ve got to get up and dance."

--Charles Prince, Citigroup CEO, 2007

Comment · 6 years ago
Quite possibly an innocent address the fraudster is using as a dead drop.
Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Because airlines starting charging for checked bags.
Comment · 6 years ago
Joost ryhmes with toast though
Comment · 6 years ago
Is slashdot full of people who think they can solve it in the comment thread?
Comment · 7 years ago
Exactly. Everyone's taking this article at face value, but it's an empty design exercise, not linked to any airline, with no cost constraints, that will never see the light of day.
Comment · 7 years ago
I mean, people have passed laws saying that pi=3 (and once even 4!) so I'm not even confident we can get that far.
Comment · 7 years ago
Thank you!
Comment · 7 years ago
It is bad, but also worse if they're female. Unless they were discussing male strip clubs?

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