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foxhound6

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    Comment #24871315

    > You would have bet the farm on the undervalued bet on the prediction markets. This is what's frustrating about sites like 538. They have Biden as an 87% chance to win. A betting …

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    Comment #21151120

    Real estate prices are unlikely to drop too much since they're one of the few ways locals can maintain a store of value (if a relatively non-liquid one).

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    Comment #20867189

    Sorry I should have been more specific. Love your stuff on Twitter by the way.

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    Comment #20866643

    In horse racing where the bets are done via parimutuel[1], the challenge is that there's an upper bound on how much you can "invest" in a given wager without changing the odds. Thi…

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    Comment #18554357

    Any idea if this can support handwriting even with a reduced confidence? Support for non-English languages?

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    Comment #16801149

    Do you have a site/mailing list where we can sign up for alerts regarding launch of the Android app? I'd like to try this, but do not have an iPhone. Without having tried the app, …

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    Comment #16554334

    > ...Offending the public, whether right or wrong, has consequences. Shkreli is getting a taste of mob justice, or just what he asked for. Isn't that exactly what the justice syste…

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    Comment #16454218

    I was merely disproving the fact that a motivated population with rifles can't fight and (in the case of Vietnam) defeat the world's largest military. The jury is still out on Iraq…

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    Comment #16454177

    Sounds like the author isn't familiar with the history of Vietnam, Afghanistan, or Iraq.

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    Comment #16063856

    DoE handles the nuclear arsenal. Treasury contains the Secret Service.

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    Comment #16032320

    I wasn't making the argument that more people carrying == safety. I was countering the argument that more people carrying inherently means less safety.

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    Comment #16031647

    And more cars = more car accidents and more multi-story homes = more people falling down the stairs. As a society, we're concerned with overall safety and reducing overall violence…

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    Comment #16031437

    The top 3 safest states are all constitutional carry states. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/slideshows/the-10-sa...

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    Comment #15860734

    Seems that Australia has a higher suicide rate than Switzerland. Didn't Australia ban guns? https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/who-findings_switzerland-report... http://www.huffingtonpos…

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    Comment #15602748

    Remember the triad: time, cost, quality - pick two. Selecting the right service/agency for translation is primarily related to what content (and what degree of accuracy) you need. …

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    It was the standard "forget profitability, achieve growth and market share." When the crash happened in March/April 2000, the money started running out. There was some general miss…

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    Comment #13706615

    I used to work for Kozmo.com way back when. If you have any questions, I'd be happy to field them as best I can.

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    Comment #13673093

    I use something similar, but not quite as involved to let a restaurant update their daily specials on their website.

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    Comment #12093365

    We get it Amazon, you vape. http://vapingcloud9.com/