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Re:Starkey and the Future of Hearing Aids on Friday April 19, 2019 @07:18PM (#19703816)
Just an FYI -- you can get a hearing test at Costco or you can request your results and bring them to Costco.
Re:AWS outage again?? nm, Cox DNS on Tuesday March 14, 2017 @07:03PM (#13872344)
It might be a routing issue from Cox http://downdetector.com/status/cox-communications
Re:Nordstrom's 75-word employee handbook on Tuesday October 26, 2010 @02:17AM (#1833267)
Have you ever had the chance to drive in a third-world country?
Re:Startup Tackles Rural Transportation Problem in Africa on Thursday July 22, 2010 @02:16PM (#1539027)
They list $6k as the goal vehicle price point.

http://mobiusmotors.com/prototype/process.html

Re:Why Is the Gulf Cleanup So Slow? on Friday July 02, 2010 @08:04PM (#1482810)
The point the author makes is that relaxing the filtering restrictions could help remove more oil.

Sort of like saying "the filter isn't effective enough, so we won't filter at all".

Bizarro World indeed.

There are quite a few public pension funds in US with the same issue:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/obama-aims-at-bp-hits-state...

Re:The bitter truth about fructose alarmism on Friday March 26, 2010 @02:25PM (#1221683)
I think the author's 'rant' contains an answer to your post:

"I’m obviously not in favor of replacing anyone’s daily fluid intake with soft drinks, but I can already see a number of straw man arguments headed my way. This is because people have a tendency to think in either-or terms that strictly involve extremes."

I think the main point of his post is that fructose is being demonized. He points out that we're taking in more calories while spending less. If anything is to be taken from the article is that moderation is the way.

Re:The Toyota Witch Hunt on Friday March 05, 2010 @03:42PM (#1170435)
It would be very difficult to evaluate Toyota stock. This kind of media events can warp public opinion about a company for a long time. I think it would be very hard to put number to this. I would bet that even if tomorrow the government comes out and says "oops, my bad, everything is fine" you wouldn't see a sudden reversal.
How do subsidies for stadiums, roads and public works 'overwhelmingly' benefit the affluent. A poor person with no car benefits from roads, unless they never leave the house and somehow grow all their food and produce all their goods.
Re:The Time Value Of Money on Monday February 08, 2010 @12:45PM (#1110187)
Yeah the "faster than they should" was kinda weird... I'd rather define it as an increase in the money supply.
Re:Russia may send spacecraft to knock away asteroid on Thursday December 31, 2009 @01:03PM (#1024643)
I think another angle to this is if actually successful it will be a public demo of space warfare capabilities. Sort of like the Chinese anti-satellite missle test.
Re:Unemployment rate 10.2% on Friday November 06, 2009 @12:53PM (#926493)
Historically, unemployment peaks after the official recession has ended.

http://media-files.gather.com/images/d637/d49/d746/d224/d96/...

Re:Humans evolving 100 times faster than historical levels. on Tuesday September 15, 2009 @03:22PM (#824536)
The actual article http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pub...

Greater population = greater opportunity for mutation. Sounds right...

Re:Rate my startup: SlamPic.com on Friday September 11, 2009 @01:21PM (#817715)
Only problem I have is if I try to upload a huge image (12344 x 3565) it just kind of dies after trying for a while with no errors/etc...
Re:Did highways cause suburbanization? on Thursday September 10, 2009 @01:21PM (#815689)
I'm confused about the "driving is subsidized part".

Last time I checked nobody helped me pay for my car, my registration or my gas taxes. Which do help pay for public transit...

Am I missing something?

Re:Got a dream but no cash? The Internet can help on Friday September 04, 2009 @07:55PM (#805977)
Wow, there are some real gems on that site.

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/felipekurc/they-don%C2%B...

Re:Sales figures for the #2 iPhone app on Thursday August 27, 2009 @02:01PM (#789667)
Honestly I'm impressed that the app is so popular as a pay-for app. Definitely useful, has beautiful UI but I fail to see why people don't just do a Google query when you want to convert something.
Re:California Won't Accept Its Own IOUs on Tuesday August 11, 2009 @05:34PM (#756488)
I'm confused:

"17. Can I use my registered warrant to pay my State taxes? You can use a registered warrant to pay some of your State tax liabilities, although you will not receive interest unless you hold the warrant until it is redeemable. For more information, visit the Franchise Tax Board’s website at www.ftb.ca.gov." from: http://www.sco.ca.gov/5935.html

And: "We will accept registered warrants that are not yet redeemable for full face value towards the payment of tax liabilities." from: http://www.ftb.ca.gov/aboutFTB/newsroom/Registered_Warrants....

Is the state not accepting them for payment of sales tax? Or?

Aside from that... 3.75% interest on those, that is tax free. Sounds like a deal to me.

Re:List of Oldest Companies in the World on Wednesday August 05, 2009 @06:07PM (#744377)
Interesting to see how many on the list are Breweries.
Re:Ask HN: What do you drink? on Monday July 27, 2009 @07:37PM (#727027)
Personally I like mineral water, something about the carbonation which made it easier to drop soda.

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