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mrtron
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About mrtron
http://troysimpson.co
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Comment #43195882
Have you considered making long haul tugboats?
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Comment #39700626
In 1998 I went to a seminar on vending machines and the numbers didn't work. I would love to see some details from a Japanese owner where vending machine usage is more common, but …
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Comment #38466906
That is the current wise choice.
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Comment #24932422
Folks rent these condos at a high price, and folks working in that area buy condos at these market prices. It is not like high priced art.
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Comment #24932401
Why is that all considered "money laundering" rather than investing? There was a forcing function on getting money out of HK prior to China taking over, but that seems more diversi…
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Comment #23107346
I am a very optimistic individual, and have considered this project as vapourware since day one. All vision and posturing, and no execution over years.
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Comment #21901037
I know many farmers.
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Comment #20296686
I would bet that corporate customers are a huge purchaser of the iPhone SE. I am aware of several huge companies exclusively purchase that device.
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Comment #19862078
Imagine you were able to find the magical instrument to bet on this event. Let's simplify and say its based on shorting both RMB:USD and these secondary foreign real estate markets…
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Comment #19723171
I think the part that Elon, and the engineer, are trying to express that you are looking past is "A dot product with some memory attached" is what they need to do low latency image…
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Comment #19722291
Not cleaning snow off of your vehicle before driving is crazy.
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Comment #18452067
Their rates are far lower than whole genome sequencing because it is a "Genotyping chip" or SNP Array. They don't sequence your genome, they look for about 600,000 common SNPs. If …
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Comment #18364284
Anyone else left wondering if the hand really was red in the photo?
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Comment #18135022
Your doctor is not correct.
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Comment #17710256
Why don't you like the guy? I am always surprised that people could have a net negative opinion on someone who is trying hard to push technology forward in multiple directions. I a…
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Comment #17620620
Minimum coverage is fairly comprehensive, and they love to charge the hell out of younger folks.
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Comment #17258353
My Subaru with EyeSight accelerates heavily when it no longer is tracking a car in front. This has happened once or twice in odd circumstances, but since I was paying attention to …
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Comment #16765335
I use the Subaru adaptive cruise control quite a bit. It turns off when it is unable to see well enough, which usually only happens in scenarios where I shouldn't be driving and ca…
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Comment #16269006
My grandmother visited in the early 80s, and said "I learned a lot more watching a documentary than visiting".
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Comment #16161474
Yes, if either option was exclusively provided.
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Comment #15952854
I do, and I think it will do very well against those over the next few years.
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Comment #15656818
Toronto also has a large underground section downtown.
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Comment #15637814
Google provides alternatives at 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4
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Comment #15573902
The rules for driving in snow are pretty simple. Go slow, pump the brakes, give a bigger safety cushion for obstacles. The problem is likely around vision. A lot of winter driving …
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Comment #15339492
The CPA is so high for rehab that there are many highly motivated people doing highly elaborate schemes for client acquisition. They were among the early adopters for tv ads on adw…