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Also, insurance. $200/month is a normal rate where I live (with a clean driving record).

I don't see how your point makes him wrong. If anything, it seems to reinforce his point.

Provinces and federal government set taxes on gasoline, cigarrettes and alcohol. The amount they can tax (as much as the consumer will bear) is likely highly researched. They want …

Does this make it a publicly traded member co-op?

Agreed. The advice to ignore competitors and focus on customer feedback is great when you're small and a solo Dev. As the company grows and you can dedicate other resources, you ca…

Having spent time with Muslim friends around Ramadan, I have no doubt that this is due to OVEREATING after sunset and before sunrise. I've seen people pack 3000 calories into 2 mea…

This is irresponsible reporting, and irresponsibly ethically. Those companies aren't putting out GHG for fun. They're manufacturing products every single person on the planet is co…

With trees and porous materials, this is known as "wicking". With humans and biology, it's the clotting factor that prevents bleeding out. There are downsides to this as well, bloo…

I've been recommending my clients avoid using it for minimum 6 months post "release" regardless of accessibility. Gutenberg has been changing constantly. When it's "released" it sh…

Usually $0.60-$0.70/sqft. Some terribly built and managed buildings are higher. If you're at 600 square feet I wouldnt expect to pay more than $450/month. This is however much less…

They're small, to be sure. You get 400-500 square feet. Enough to eat, sleep, work a little from home and watch movies with company. Perfectly livable. There's both modern and olde…

I live in Toronto. It's relatively expensive, but the rent prices don't factor in tons of things: 1. You don't need a car, carshares like Zipcar work great, which saves $1000/month…

This is more of a problem with time frames. Wooden houses last 100-200 years if very well built. I've seen teardowns after 50, sometimes less. What's the environmental cost of buil…

Physically demanding doesn't necessarily mean heavy. Moving at a rapid pace for extended periods is considered physically demanding. If you're in regular shape at 50 or 60, this is…

They're absolutely garbage at this. When I was _forced_ into the windows 10 update, it went through the process and appeared to finish but didn't put my desktop back. No problem I …

40mg is normal. 60mg is high dose. 80-120 is absolutely abuse except in 0.1% of the population that just doesn't respond. 20mg XR has me uneasily wired for 18+ hours. Rarely take i…

It is. Monopolies only exist within context. Zero to one has a good section on this.

There's definitely something to be said about economies of scale and efficiency. But I'm talking about design and product expertise. People sourcing knockoffs can create a cheaper …

I've seen this happen too. And have some insight from the seller side: 6 companies might sell the same product at varying prices, some of them uploading 1000s of items they have dr…

I can't speak to mom and pop shops in small towns. I think while the concept is the same, this would be more along the lines of the town opening it's own discount store and putting…

This would defeat the purpose of private labeling, which is to make you rely on the private label brand and not the manufacturer. The private label brands wants the freedom to chan…

The problem with this is that it's built in the backs of brands who were at one point well recognized brands on Amazon. Amazon took their sales data, determined it was a good marke…

IIRC from developer stories from this era, things had to be done "creatively" to save space, and ensure optimal runtime execution. Certain platforms may well have had undocumented …

It looks like they may have been added since you read it, as they're in the article now. What I find problematic is that they list a concentration, but no real world examples. We s…

I take it it's not a coincidence this came on the heels of the Shazam acquisition. Has anyone used both? I've used Shazam a dozen times and it's good.