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Hi Peter, I'm a Canadian working in the US on a TN. I have an H1B petition that was selected by lottery and processed for an out of country status change; I haven't activated it at…

I can't help but think that if an IPO went like this, and the share price ballooned after colo'd bots scooped up the cheap shares, people would be up in arms about the company leav…

I'd say no. Blablacar is more of a market place matching empty seats and riders with a driver to a common(ish) destination. UberPool is more like a smart/dynamically routed minibus…

What about Hollywood? And reputation via ivy league education? Also a legal landscape conducive to doing business?

That didn't work too well with blackberry in Argentina. It's kind of an extreme case, but there are parallels that can be drawn.

Wall street programmers are solving humanity's resource allocation problem ;) https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2016-08-24/are-index...

Interesting point, sfc (specific fuel consumption) is only really density altitude and humidity dependant, since it's only calculated on a per engine basis, but a fixed wing aeropl…

I think ppl are equating energy with force. Airspeed, altitude, and fuel are forms of energy, kinetic, potential, and chemical, respectively. Lift, drag, thrust, and weight are for…

I think we're interpreting op differently. No, not all the energy added to a heavier than air aircraft (thrust) in straight-n-level flight* is used to counteract drag. Yes, where t…

Short answer: that is not correct for heavier than air aircraft. https://www.grc.nasa.gov/www/k-12/airplane/forces.html Lift requires energy, usually kinetic, like the forward moti…

I guess it comes down to whether being able to pick relationship terms à la carte outweighs the benefits of discounts via a bundle deal and having some influence via a seat at the …

Maybe poor people don't work because there's a welfare cliff wherein people can work a lot more and still experience no gain in quality of life or economic situation.

I see it more as the value publication companies captured from entities advertising through them is now shifted to different advertising media such as facebook and google. The valu…

http://www.fluentu.com/spanish/blog/porque-por-que/

"San Francisco isn’t in the same country as Lakeside anymore than New Orleans is in the same country as New York or Miami is in the same country as Minneapolis ... They may share c…

Jet engines actually perform better at higher altitudes, bypass and propeller notwithstanding.

Actually it's easier to manage speed and spacing in congestion with a gently curving stretch of road - cars further up are visible so you can anticipate better and slow down earlie…

Seems weird to me that these are still called 'ride-sharing' services. Having used blablacar, which I would consider does true ride-sharing, uber and its ilk are more in the vein o…

I quite enjoy using Hong Kong and Tokyo's transit systems - subway, train, and esp. hk's minibuses - though as a visitor, i.e. not during rush hour.

The video is by Ray Dalio, founder of Bridgewater, and it states that it's just his personal mental framework to understanding the economy; not claiming gospel or anything. Either …

Only in the context of being physically able to assist someone else. To name an extreme, I doubt he's saying that Stephen Hawking is 'worth less' than a given able bodied person. I…

Why is increasing numeracy "well-nigh impossible"?

Let's not forget languages that aren't ideally served by qwerty - I'm thinking asian languages in particular. Even therein, there's chinese, which has a high semantic density to sy…

Some people only need / can afford to acquire said skills, and so aren't a good fit for the college track.

Stresses are pretty important in spanish. Take father/pope and potato; viva la paPA has a pretty different meaning from viva la PApa