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- You don't need millions of dollars http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/10/you-dont-need-millions-of-dollars.html 148 comments
- Texas Abortion Clinics Need Million-Dollar Fixes to Stay Open http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-15/texas-abortion-clinics-need-million-dollar-fixes-to-stay-open.html 17 comments politics
- You Don't Need Millions of Dollars http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2013/10/you-dont-need-millions-of-dollars.html 12 comments gamedev
- [Schefter] Teddy Bridgewater now in for fourth quarter. He needs to throw one TD pass to cash in on a quarter-million dollar incentive. https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/1211385011703861248 30 comments nfl
- So now you need a quarter million dollars it you want to retire — Just for healthcare https://theoutline.com/post/4222/you-should-have-a-quarter-mil-saved-up-if-you-want-to-retire 6 comments economy
- Costs of Policing the Police: Taxpayers should understand that stop-and-frisk reforms will cost millions of dollars and may not be needed http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/20/opinion/the-real-costs-of-policing-the-police.html 4 comments politics
- A new quantum processor unit cell works at temperatures 15 times greater than competing models. It still requires refrigeration, but only a "few thousand dollars' worth, rather than the millions of dollars" currently needed. https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/science-tech/hot-qubits-made-sydney-break-one-biggest-constraints-practical-quantum-computers 869 comments science
- The US paid millions of taxpayer dollars to a company for thousands of much-needed ventilators. But the company is busy selling more expensive models abroad. https://www.businessinsider.com/us-paid-royal-philips-nv-millions-ventilators-unavailable-national-stockpile-2020-3 19 comments politics
- Burning through money to combat Coronavirus, HHS tells Congress it may need to tap millions of additional dollars https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/coronavirus-china-live-updates/2020/02/03/7c071f0c-4610-11ea-ab15-b5df3261b710_story.html 17 comments politics
- NASA Finally Give Away their Quarter Of a Million Dollar Prize to the Designer of a $70,000, 50mpg Car the Can Take Off Without the Need for a Runway [pic[ http://www.engadget.com/2007/08/12/nasa-crowns-winner-in-250k-flying-car-contest/ 4 comments reddit.com
- “In 10 years, computers will be doing this a million times faster.” The head of Nvidia does not believe that there is a need to invest trillions of dollars in the production of chips for AI https://gadgettendency.com/in-10-years-computers-will-be-doing-this-a-million-times-faster-the-head-of-nvidia-does-not-believe-that-there-is-a-need-to-invest-trillions-of-dollars-in-the-production-of-chips/ 146 comments nvidia
- “In 10 years, computers will be doing this a million times faster.” The head of Nvidia does not believe that there is a need to invest trillions of dollars in the production of chips for AI https://gadgettendency.com/in-10-years-computers-will-be-doing-this-a-million-times-faster-the-head-of-nvidia-does-not-believe-that-there-is-a-need-to-invest-trillions-of-dollars-in-the-production-of-chips/ 246 comments technology
- GoFundMe removes online funding campaign for truckers’ Convoy in Canada, withholds over 9 million dollars | THIS is why we need a decentralized Internet https://www.opindia.com/2022/02/gofundme-removes-campaign-truckers-convoy-canada-withholds-over-9-million-dollars/ 41 comments cryptocurrency
- SCOOTER Store employees say the company's strategy was to "bulldoze" doctors into writing prescriptions, so people would get the chairs, whether they needed them or not costing Medicare millions of dollars http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57562398/exclusive-power-wheelchairs-and-medicare-investigation/ 68 comments politics
- Though it could make millions of dollars, we need to know fracking is safe. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/10/opinion/sunday/natural-gas-by-the-book.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120610 13 comments politics
- AIG removed Executive info from their website. You'll need this to see who's getting the million dollar bailout bonuses. http://web.archive.org/web/*/%20http://www.aigcorporate.com/corpsite/gov_directors.html 3 comments politics
- General Atomics is offering to sell Ukraine two Reaper MQ-9 drones for a dollar with an additional $10 million needed to prepare and ship the aircraft to Ukraine, and about $8 million each year for maintenance. https://euromaidanpress.com/2023/02/01/general-atomics-offers-ukraine-two-reaper-mq-9-drones-for-shipment-and-maintenance-costs-wsj/ 43 comments worldnews
- GOP disaster relief bill fails to advance in Senate. The proposal would have provided millions of dollars less than Democrats have said is needed to assist continued storm recovery efforts in Puerto Rico. https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/gop-disaster-relief-bill-fails-advance-senate-n989716 8 comments politics
- Where Do the Dollars For Drone Victims End Up? In the Hands of American NGOs - $40 million allocated never made it to the people who need it the most http://www.alternet.org/world/compensation-drone-victims 67 comments worldnews
- Australia will invest millions of dollars in non-lethal whale research to show Japan that the animals do not need to be killed in order to be studied (AP) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081117/ap_on_re_as/as_australia_whaling 8 comments science
- Retail investors have independently researched a single stock and are Direct Registering their shares at a rate of over $5,000,000 a day. Yes, that’s five million dollars every day. This removes the stock from brokerages and puts the stock ownership in their name. Why would they need to do that? https://www.drsgme.org/ 43 comments economy
- Russian billionaire gives SETI a much needed infusion of 100 million U.S. dollars - kick starting a new generation of SETI research. http://motherboard.vice.com/read/what-alien-hunters-can-buy-with-100-million 93 comments space
- Romney pulls in big bucks in southern California: Having declared that his presidential campaign does not need a makeover, Republican Mitt Romney raised millions of dollars at two fundraisers in southern California on Saturday to help bankroll the final weeks of the race. http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/23/us-usa-campaign-romney-idusbre88m00n20120923 4 comments politics
- Sen. Susan Collins (R) cut 250 million dollars from the 1 billion dollars in aid to her own constituents needed to close Maine's budget deficit and prevent layoffs and fee increase. http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/senate-stimulus-compromise-deals-a-blow-to-cash-strapped-states.php 17 comments politics
- Reddit Founder Alexis Ohanian on CNBC: "Why is it that when Republicans and Democrats need to solve the budget and the deficit, there's deadlock, but when Hollywood lobbyists pay them $94 million dollars to write legislation, people from both sides of the aisle line up to co-sponsor it?" http://video.cnbc.com/gallery/?video=3000067904 1739 comments politics
- TIL: FEMA gave away hundreds of millions of dollars in no bid contracts to companies like Halliburton and people who didn't need aid http://mostcorrupt.com/agencies--fema.htm 91 comments politics
- Clarence Thomas' wife Ginni has received a better part of a million dollars from Tea Party interest groups, which he failed to report. Which is a crime. He has abused his position and he is counterproductive for America. We need him gone. http://www.truth-out.org/clarence-thomas-must-go/1308761622 159 comments politics
- Bolsonaro to Merkel over Amazon aid cut: "I would like to send a message to our beloved Angela Merkel, who suspended 80 million dollars to Amazon Rainforest. Take this money and reforest Germany, ok? They are needing there much more than here" https://oglobo.globo.com/sociedade/pega-essa-grana-refloreste-alemanha-ta-ok-diz-bolsonaro-em-recado-angela-merkel-23877808 93 comments worldnews
- The Perry appointees who run Medicaid have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars to be misspent on orthodontic braces for children who don’t need them—with huge profits for private dental clinics owned by Wall Street hedge funds. http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/how_texas_medicaid_wasted_vast_sums_lethally_20110908/ 5 comments politics
- It's fucking amazing that after a lack of government of oversight cost us 15 million jobs and $16 trillion dollars, Republicans are still selling us on the shit that government needs to get out of the way http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2011/01/weekly-remarks-republican-ron-johnson-big-government-obama-clean-energy.html 280 comments politics
- With Meg Whitman spending hundreds of millions of dollars to spread her name, we need more articles like this to get around about Jerry Brown. http://www.baycitizen.org/politics/story/mayor-brown-remade-downtown-oakland-and/ 13 comments reddit.com
- Why in the world would Team Trump need a 'policy institute'? The "America First Policy Institute" may soon have tens of millions of dollars, but I haven't the foggiest idea what its staffers will do all day. https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/why-world-would-team-trump-need-policy-institute-n1264039 151 comments politics
- Disinformation sites generate over $200 million: Ad revenue has effectively sustained websites flagged as disinformation sources with millions of dollars, according to a study. Despite talk of regulation, experts says the issue needs a "whole-of-industry solution" https://www.dw.com/en/disinformation-sites-generate-over-200-million-study/a-50537297 35 comments worldnews
- Why medical bills in the US are so expensive. This article features someone I grew up with. After her son was born he needed a lung transplant. She has since racked up over 4 MILLION DOLLARS in medical bills. If you're questioning healthcare reform in this country its time to wake up. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/19/how-health-care-got-so-expensive-in-america.html?fbclid=iwar0cuvtd_dqz3x8og_9lhps15x_d6t91wnt7fkaeuimewdpznbjissyzjv4 6 comments politics
- 'Slap in the Face to Working-Class Families': Senate Sends Biden $895 Billion Military Bill | "We do not need to spend almost a trillion dollars on the military, while half a million Americans are homeless and children go hungry," said Sen. Bernie Sanders. https://www.commondreams.org/news/ndaa-2025-senate 126 comments politics
- [Kevin Clark] Amazon should just sign Lamar Jackson for 500 million dollars guaranteed and he can enter games like this and just do cool stuff for a while for whichever team needs him. Like a recurring TNF character when he's needed. Solves everyone's problems. https://twitter.com/bykevinclark/status/1578189284384743425?s=61&t=QtOcbYos0YBMuF84ucwSWw 74 comments nfl
- BYD Electric Buses: 13 Million Zero-Emissions Miles In USA. These BYD electric buses have eliminated the need to burn 3.3 million gallons of diesel fuel, and the combined estimates from transit agencies using the electric buses is that they have resulted in “millions of dollars in savings". https://cleantechnica.com/2020/08/10/byd-electric-buses-13-million-zero-emissions-miles-in-usa/ 5 comments energy
- Hillary Clinton begs for a dollar as Sanders rakes in $5 million: “We absolutely, critically need to make sure Hillary comes out on top in the states that lie ahead.” “I’m not kidding, Maddi, I’m asking you to give $1 right this second. Can you chip in?”--Clinton Campaign email https://www.rt.com/usa/332094-hillary-clinton-dollar-maddi/ 21 comments politics
- Boycott every company listed here who made million dollar donations to the Chamber of Commerce to lie to you and keep themselves from paying their fair share of taxes. Kick them out of the US market. They are traitors, in a time of war when we desperately need their revenue. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39788732/ns/politics-the_new_york_times/ 5 comments politics
- Texas governor Rick Perry two weeks ago: "Texas doesn't need the federal government and should secede." Rick Perry today: "Hey federal government - y'all need to give us millions of dollars to fight swine flue" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/26/rick-perry-after-secessio_n_191521.html 46 comments politics