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For future reference, Aerolopa.com has the majority of seating maps for the majority of airlines.
That’s not true. A film’s tax write off value decreases with time. As long as the present tax write off value exceeds the present value of all future film revenue, then it makes sense to deliberately not sell it and leverage the tax credit.
We’ve known they have had this in the pipeline for years. It is priced in until we get new info.
Likely difference between international and U.S. numbers.
Re:Alaska CEO: We found many loose bolts on our Max planes on Wednesday January 24, 2024 @07:12AM (#39116358)
For one, the door plugs are installed not by Boeing but by Spirit Aerosystems. Alaska’s maintenance will be focused on that specific vendor’s performance.

Secondly, other bolts will be checked far more frequently as part of standard maintenance. Door plug fitments typically are only checked during heavy checks (which occur every few years depending on type and interval) unless there’s a specific incident that demands an immediate assessment.

Embraer is still an independent company. The merger was a victim of COVID market uncertainty.
You’re stripping these people of way too much agency. As a formerly homeless heroin addict, I assure you that the vast majority of addicts and dual diagnosis individuals can get off the street. Estonia and Switzerland have accomplished this for fentanyl and heroin respectively, in addition to stimulant and alcohol abusers.

The issue is there’s a cohort who thinks that the solutions that enable safe streets require too much sacrifice of one’s individual liberty - even if said individual abuses their freedom to harm themself and others.

Re:Apple's bad faith 27% tax on web purchases on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @07:02PM (#39035465)
That leaves an opening for someone to exploit with a market clearing price.
I wish this were true but frankly, at least on most social media sites, people will happily move forward with any kind of mob justice irrespective of the truth or one’s writing style.

I do think that precision in writing is useful for defending one’s prior claims (and for other reasons!) but I think that’s orthogonal to defending one’s self from mass action on today’s internet.

Re:Bluesky has launched RSS feeds on Monday January 15, 2024 @09:40PM (#39008782)
I’m surprised they don’t just use private RSS feeds for posts like they do for podcasts.
It depends on the market. I worked at the East Palo Alto McD while I was getting back on my feet a few years back and we had hours where 60-70% of the orders used the app in some way. I’d say probably 35-40% of our customers used the app; of regulars, more than 50%.
You can get Oxycodone (usually Mundipharma) in blister packs in the UK/EU from dealers. More common than lose pills.
Re:Why Don't Grocery Stores Stock Pawpaw Fruit? on Friday January 05, 2024 @03:28AM (#38876959)
Dinitrophenol[1][2] has been used by bodybuilders for similar increased mitochondrial energy expenditure to burn more fat.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2,4-Dinitrophenol [2] https://portlandpress.com/biochemj/article-abstract/111/4/43...?

Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:56AM (#38840711)
Not true. I went to a Reform Temple as a kid and two of my companies I cofounded with best friends who were Jewish. I don’t have to accept your clearly fatuous claim that I’m a Nazi because I’m not.
Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:54AM (#38840690)
I did no such thing. Stop lying about this. I’d also suggest you look up the actual donations I’ve made on that platform instead of continuing to defame me about something that didn’t happen.

I gave $5k for the legal defense of a kid whose family was harassed by the US government after they entrapped the teenager into engaging in extremist group chats and then arresting him on suspicion of a terror attack WHEN HE GREW A CONSCIENCE AND LEFT. You’re a scumbag for lying here.

Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @06:37AM (#38840570)
I’ve never given money to Andrew Torba. Stop lying.
Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:24AM (#38839386)
Which has a shockingly low applicability to the actual accounts that will get banned by the policy; a number of the writers (like Cremieux or Hanania) being called Nazis ARE Jewish or are notably philosemitic. It’s a joke.
Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @03:21AM (#38839371)
That is not at all a reasonable conclusion or a sufficient criteria.

I am frequently called a Nazi (despite being on, and identifying as left wing, my entire life) on X simply for having the temerity to challenge certain orthodoxies.

Denying that the term has been stretched to its breaking point, especially in light of its use by Russia in justifying the SMO in Ukraine, strains any kind of reasonable credulity.

Re:Substack's Dilemma on Tuesday January 02, 2024 @01:21AM (#38838740)
The users Substack doesn’t want are the ones demanding censorship. The moment they succumb to this pressure, they’ll continue to have their content further and further brigaded by people associated with various advocacy causes. They’ll never be able to be an internet publishing platform; they’ll be another anodyne, political newsletter service. That model doesn’t work for vaunted names like The Guardian or The Nation. It won’t end any better for Substack.
Re:Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread) on Friday December 22, 2023 @12:30AM (#38731257)
If possible, I’m trying to do this completely out of my pockets, but please email me at da.kanish at gmail dot com or alex at bitspace dot co - that way I can reach out if circumstances change. Thank you for the kind offer!

Ask HN: Who needs holiday help? (Follow up thread)

Hi all, I wanted to make sure that, ahead of Christmas and New Years, that everyone on HN who needs help (whether that’s affording a Christmas Day dinner or with longer term needs) is able to communicate such. I will be inaccessible from the 27th of December onwards for ten days, so I want to make sure I’m able to fulfill all/the majority of requests prior to then.Thanks to our previous thread...

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Re:Adfree Cities: for happier, healthier cities on Thursday December 14, 2023 @08:56PM (#38650208)
Kids already get to use Citi bikes for free, as long as they’re part of certain privileged classes (such as asylum seekers or border crossers).

The brouhaha over the pregnant nurse “stealing” a youth’s Citi bike was only possible due to the habit of under-18 users camping on bikes to continue riding them for free when their timer expired.

Re:Gordon Freeman at the Olympic Games on Thursday December 07, 2023 @05:27AM (#38554909)
Are you sure about that? I had to get a therapeutic use exemption when I was training for the Olympics due to my pain management regimen.
Re:The 50 Years That Made America on Monday December 04, 2023 @04:06AM (#38515173)
The outcomes are primarily due to race, not the contours of the Confederacy. Nearly all of these “red state demographic maps” are isomorphic to the percentage of African Americans within a given state/county/city.
Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:09AM (#38497236)
Feel free to email me your details and I am happy to help with this.
Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:08AM (#38497233)
There’s no shame in asking. If you change your mind, my email is in my profile and I’d be happy to help.

You’re in my thoughts and prayers.

Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:07AM (#38497225)
I’m in Estonia so I am connected with many of your country mates (and attend a Greek-Ukrainian Catholic Church).

Please shoot me an email if you have any specific requests I can help with and I will do whatever I can to help!

Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Saturday December 02, 2023 @04:06AM (#38497219)
Please email me. We’ll figure out something for the immediate needs.

Hang in there; I’ve been in this position and it is possible to get out. Look forward to connecting soon.

Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Friday December 01, 2023 @09:42PM (#38495374)
Feel free to reach out any time this month if you start to feel the assistance would help.

If it doesn’t bother you, I would love to keep you in my prayers.

Re:Ask HN: Who needs help this holidays? on Friday December 01, 2023 @07:01PM (#38494299)
I don’t see how this thread violates anything there.

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