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Evidently this cute comment was not understood by some. @iso1631 is saying that wind farms (and by extension, their supporters) think Trump is ugly and noisy. So, they mutually thi…

It needs to read the repo under .git; that’s a lot of files that may not be synced, depending on local disk space, frequency of use, etc. The local disk is just a cache. There may …

Maintain quality but raise prices to throttle demand to a sustainable rate? Hard to do instantaneously of course; easier said than done etc

Barry Nalebuff’s Intro to Negotiation is pretty fantastic. Had you negotiating against strangers in well-designed scenarios, then getting feedback from others on the recordings. Pe…

That’s the parent’s point: a same-day flight may be expensive for the detainee and look bad for ICE.

But compilers are deterministic, no?

I cook eggs every morning with a pat of butter in a well-seasoned cast iron pan. Works great.

In Canada, furniture pillows always come with a New Material Only tag, indicating that recycled textiles have not been used. I assume this is regulated and has been in place since …

That gut-wrenching feeling.

But the question was "how does the pricing work in this situation?" and I would expect a repair shop to know how their pricing works.

Potable water for drinking etc. The sea there is pretty salty, I think.

"tortuous" is the word you're wanting there. :)

Natural gas is very likely unavailable in remote areas. Usual fuels would be propane or diesel, which can be trucked in.

By "income", parent is referring to employment income. But their true income is the real estate investment of their primary residence, which nearly doubles their income. They are b…

The point was that all those brands are owned by Coca-Cola, after all.

I think my wellness is inherently my issue, and I'd prefer that my employer stayed out of it.

No, it's % of adults.

There was a time when the clergy was Catholic, but might various "scientific experts" be filling that role today?

140% of stock /issuance/, not outstanding. Shorting stock creates new stock. Once all shorts are closed, the 100% of issuance is still outstanding and someone's holding it. Not eve…

What if, by "object", we mean not a specific instance of an object, but rather the whole category of objects? Do penguins or other animals link a specific vocal sound to "shell" or…

That just sounds like an invitation to try! No indication of possible harmful effects?

Ah, but how many sequences of 3 evenly spaced numbers does the sequence have?