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Nice color theme, but $49 for three computers seems a bit high when comparing to what's available in the market.

at minimum German military leaders and related politicians did predicted longer war

Hmm, perhaps this was an unpopular opinion, because the entire German military strategy depended on an extraordinarily fast decisive victory in France [1]. Of course, there were contingencies based on whether Russia was allied with France, or netural. Once the Schlieffen Plan fell apart, then the Germans knew it would be a long two-front war, but they didn't seem to suspect that in the first several weeks, from what I've read

Though I'll have to check out the book you mentioned, Pandora's Box.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlieffen_Plan

This makes sense. My USB C portable charger also cannot keep up with charging my laptop while I have the screen on full brightness + normal activities.

FYI, I see this:

Firefox detected a potential security threat and did not continue to getcovid19updates.live. If you visit this site, attackers could try to steal information like your passwords, emails, or credit card details.

Agreed. I was disappointed that they instead decided on a failed attempt to capitalize on a cryptocurrency via airdrops (ironically they attempted this a couple years after the hype)

Hey, this is cool! I tried to setup a curbside pickup for my elderly parents with a local store through instacart, but after getting to the end I discovered it was for next week. Couple thoughts:

1. Could I just provide a zipcode instead of sharing my browser location?

2. Could I check stores in aggregate? I'd rather discover which local business has the MOST openings and then register an account there, rather than getting to the end of the shopping experience and waiting.

Lastly, you have a typo "seend" in your third step.

WeWork and OneWeb, or two other ones?

There are two Spitalfields Markets - one near Shoreditch and one near Hackney (the "New Spitalfields"). This is probably leading to some confusion

That's disturbing for consumers, and of course Google will attempt to force you to arbitrate for remuneration.

Perhaps the Google Music consumers can perform the overwhelming "mass arbitration" denial-of-service against Google that was on the front-page a few days ago?

Heh, I agree with you. But I also have friends though that don't use their truck to carry loads or off-road. I often wonder why they bought the truck, probably for the look?

I organize by category. I have a few dozen categories arranged alphabetically.

That's an outcome/result of decades of policy, not the source of the policy (which I'm trying to understand)

Wow, I haven't looked at a print edition in years, but wow I can't believe it's now up to $3 to buy a newspaper? Way more than I remember...

This is the petrodollar hypothesis, a debunked theory of global trade.

Who debunked this? Because I've seen this posited in dozens of places, so I'd love to see the rebuttal

Just had this conversation with a friend. We can no longer remember what the current name is of Google's messaging products. For a company that prides itself with it's brand and product management, it's ridiculous.

Wasn't it called Google Chat / GChat back in ~2007?

Has anyone estimated how many months WeWork has until it collapses?

The end mentions that it's supported by GBE+ ... though getting paper for the Game Boy Printer is a bit of a challenge for enthusiasts. Some have taken to cutting non-official thermal paper to the right size.

While, we're on the topic, GBE+ just had a birthday (both GBE and GBE+ were released on April 1).

https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/GBE%2B

I'm interested in this too. In the video, they said they're attempting to make this using as many car parts as possible, to prevent themselves from taking supply away from other ventilator manufacturers. That's a noble goal, as well as it helps them leverage their existing supply chain.

Great book (I own past edition). Is the content significantly refocusing on distributed systems? At first, it looked like a new book, but I think he updated the title (and the content)

Looks interesting, but there was less interaction than I expected. I couldn't pause the playback to ask a question. I had the same feeling that I get when I'm forced to sit on hold, or forced to watch a training video -- "why can't I skip to the end?"

During the test, Webb's mirror was hooked up to specialized gravity-offsetting equipment that simulated the zero-gravity environment in space.

Can someone describe how you can gravity-offset on earth? Doesn't that require a reduced-gravity aircraft to achieve?

Germany @ 3%

Did you cherry-pick that one? Spain @ 14.2%, Italy @9.7%, France @8.5%. Spain was actually at 26.2% back in March 2013.

https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=z8o7pt6rd5uqa6_...

Thank you for correcting me, I was under the wrong impression

Those buybacks made a handful of rich executives and shareholders, much, much more wealthy, mostly tax free. Nobody else really benefited.

I'm not sure you really understand this. If they sold their shares to the company, they'd owe capital gains tax. For the remainder of shareholders that didn't sell, then they are not "much, much more wealthy" given the current stock price. So in one sentence, you have two wildly incorrect statements.

Economies with good human capital recover after disaster, like the Japan and Germany did after WWII.

It’s worth noting that the United States invested in repairing the economies of both nations after WWII

I believe both LendingClub & Prosper started after the last recession.

I learned a few things from this post. Is the IP truncation happening at a certain octet? I’d be interested to read more of that. I’m searching on mobile, so hard to find (I hit a 404 and some forum posts)

Several businesses near me immediately announced on social media they were permanently closing for business, the moment the lockdown was announced. They must have been struggling prior to the lockdown and knew there would be no way to recover.

"Make a mask" instead of "Wear a mask". Build, don't buy?

Hazard pay

How many industries offer a hazard pay? I know the military does for conflict zones, what amount do they offer?