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Comment #46448765
I think you're missing August 13th. As the other commenter pointed out, 13*28 = 264.
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Comment #46415786
It appears to have 30 days in October and 31 days in November.
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Comment #42866708
Such as?
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Comment #39525791
Many small aircraft are still required, by law, to use leaded gasoline. Meanwhile, leaded gas has been outlawed for use in cars for decades.
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Comment #39471694
What is Google paying for, exactly? Reddit's content is already public. Even free tools like F5Bot are already continuously downloading all of Reddit, and I'm sure they aren't payi…
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Comment #39161906
I installed Windows 11. A couple hours later, I was horrified to find that Windows 11 uploaded all files on my desktop to Microsoft. There's no warning or opt-in. OneDrive is set u…
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Comment #38224226
I recently got a new Windows 11 computer. I was forced to create a Microsoft account to login in. There is no reasonable option to bypass it. I copied some files over to the Deskto…
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Comment #38013967
Income tax is specifically prohibited under the original US constitution. The modern federal income tax was enacted in 1913 at 1% for incomes over $3,000 (about $93,000 in today's …
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Comment #38013802
>You see, the reason you pay so much money on your tax income... Or is it because government spending has gotten so wasteful? It's interesting to think about how much government us…
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Comment #37989027
You could literally have "firearms, drugs, cats, dogs, alligators, and weapons" in your car and still not be breaking any laws at all. None of those things are a priori illegal in …
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Comment #36192412
Reddit has been on a downward spiral for years. I guess they are in a tough spot, because they're trying to monetize it, but the way they are simply ignoring the needs of their use…
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Comment #35890549
Since you're too busy to do basic research to answer your own curiosity, of course I'll let you know that speeding is a misdemeanor in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Iowa, L…
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Comment #35882415
Actually, speeding is criminal in many states.
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Comment #35666843
A lot of crimes things require intent. Perhaps using AI could actually circumvent the intent requirement of crime, thus making a lot of otherwise illegal things totally legal. That…
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Comment #35059371
The contractors aren't idiots. They got an extra 7 years and a 140% bonus.
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Comment #28225644
FYI, bupropion is not an SSRI. Escitalopram is.
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Comment #26686022
Yeah. OP might be conflating arithmetic mean with geometric mean. This is a common problem that many investors make. I see it all the time. People mistakenly think that if their in…
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Comment #26664427
Fiat means it's backed by a state. The definition and etymology of the word makes it clear [1][2]. I wouldn't go so far as to say that fiat must have "actual utility" though. Being…
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Comment #26395429
>It makes a lot of sense to specify energy in Wh in electrical engineering. It's much easier to convert to other useful measurements involving volts, amps, and watts than joules ar…
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Comment #26162604
>The post is about SO, the top comment is complaining that the moderation is too strict and draconian, and the second comment is this one complaining that the moderation isn't enou…
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Comment #26095416
Google isn't forcing anyone to use ReCaptcha, but in my state many government websites use it. So I actually am forced to use it. This is even more true with Covid, where many in-p…
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Comment #26073777
I would take a long-term short on it. I've been using Reddit for 12 years (just checked my badge), and it gets a little worse each year. I just don't see it being relevant in anoth…
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Comment #25990950
FYI, eTrade is still allowing these trades. I sold a put on AMC just now.
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Comment #25976369
>Would the person holding that last 1 share have suddenly 100% of Apple? Yes!
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Comment #25976357
Sorry, but you don't understand how stock buybacks work. The purpose of a stock buyback is to reward shareholders by increasing stock price. The increase is caused because of the r…