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benmowa

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    Comment #19301109

    for super small kit helicopters of today, with typical combustion engine, see: http://www.mosquito-helicopter.info/Mosquito_Options_Air.htm...

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    Comment #19020111

    Very useful, thanks! Is access to financial statements implied? what about requiring audited financials? or is that not common/expense at that stage?

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    Comment #19000343

    I would hope this only applies to the Union's ability to call a strike, not an individuals right to call in sick?

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    Comment #18941795

    hmm maybe i should switch to a 1900 number https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premium-rate_telephone_number

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    Comment #18856320

    Check out Rob Walling. He's got some podcasts and grown to some conferences now, but i keep going back to his book: Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Star…

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    Comment #18828355

    I'd say they cant produce a low enough signature with the nacelles on the bottom as currently displayed. see all aircraft in this nasa clip from April 2018. https://www.youtube.com…

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    Comment #18566141

    you cant just mix the two materials gradually like the mystery flavors? https://youtu.be/xUpGTvPrCG8?t=203

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    Comment #18310728

    this is an issue in real estate transactions as well, where a client or law firm executed fraudulent wire instructions received via spoofed email. see last paragraph: https://themo…

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    Comment #18195309

    wow, interesting investigation. reminds me of this scene from the movie Innerspace https://youtu.be/hnj0lYvWYHo?t=133

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    Comment #18068057

    Reminds me of one of my favorite books titled: Decoding the Universe: How the New Science of Information Is Explaining Everything in the Cosmos, from Our Brains to Black Holes, by …

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    Comment #18058982

    note too a replay solution could have infinite steps to have to reproduce, assuming its not optimized to take any shortcuts to jump to a re-occurring state.

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    Comment #18016863

    My mouse makes 2 click sounds actually, once on the down press and once on the release. We've all been double clicking this whole time!

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    Comment #18015757

    so keydown() instead of keyup()? Dragging my already-depressed-cursor off the button is my only out, you cant take that one away from me!

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    Comment #17952910

    Nice!! pirate satellites anyone? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirate_radio

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    Comment #17879207

    cool, I hadn't seen that link before. thanks.

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    Comment #17872281

    if i can access the tweets via twitter without logging in, how can someone block me?

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    Comment #17871302

    what about the one-in-a-million events that pilots continuously train for? Is one million flights a large enough sample?

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    Comment #17871205

    i cant wait to see the testing videos here. think Boston Dynamics kicking their machine and pushing them downstairs. There better be billions of dollars in destroyed airframes ahea…

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    Comment #17863230

    I don't have all the answers, but here's where i'd start: https://gist.github.com/ndarville/4295324 I'd start with a mentally forced mashup for each to get a few that might work. e…

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    Comment #17860931

    sounds like an opportunity....

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    Comment #17735625

    "Unlike Apple, which only allows apps to be downloaded from its own storefront" So as i read it, the argument being made is: if Google had chosen the same path as apple did in thei…

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    Comment #17734692

    { t0:{[3,5],[0,0]}, t1:{[3,5],[0,5]}, t2:{[3,5],[3,2]}, t3:{[3,5],[0,2]}, t4:{[3,5],[2,0]}, t5:{[3,5],[2,5]}, t6:{[3,5],[3,4]}, } Thinking about making this an algorithm, are we fo…

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    Comment #17490495

    see eCommerce Fraud Prevention. There are a few companies focused on this space to protect merchants from fraudulent chargebacks. But in short, you can get pretty complex with mult…

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    Comment #16962821

    i agree that data is a liability, however even my plumber's truck can kill someone and can be considered a liability. regardless, the truck is not something he can do business with…

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    Comment #16962721

    dont forget about interchange fees. every time you use your Azlo Visa, bank gets paid. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_fee and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interchange_f…