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by 34679 6y ago
After decades of trouble falling asleep, I've found a simple technique that works for me. The goal of this technique is to replace words/monologue with images in your stream of consciousness. I do this by picturing three shapes, e
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by 34679 6y ago
Also, “There Are No Fakes”. It's about a bunch of fake Norval Morrisseau paintings and how one was sold to the drummer for Barenaked Ladies. It's an interesting story with some colorful characters.
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by 34679 6y ago
Nearly every beer drinker in the US has heard of Budweiser, yet they still spend millions on advertisements. It may not work on you, but they are definitely getting a return on that investment or they wouldn't keep doing it.
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by 34679 6y ago
Suppose I know you eat pretzels every day. If I sell pretzels, I want you to eat my pretzels every day.
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by 34679 6y ago
I saw "homebrew windmill" and thought he was milling malt for home brewed beer. Then I thought he was powering his homebrew kettle with wind. Then I realized I'm a bit slow this morning and "homebrew" is "DIY&q
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by 34679 6y ago
Has Wikileaks ever stated "they were aimed solely at discrediting America"?
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by 34679 6y ago
I guess I'll just have to keep voting for Libertarians. https://joj2020.com/
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by 34679 6y ago
Is it not possible that Wikileaks decided it was safer for them to report on the US, given our supposed press freedoms?
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by 34679 6y ago
Reporting about western countries isn't expected to land you in a jail cell or early grave, as is the case with Russia and China.
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by 34679 6y ago
I'm not sure how far back it goes, but it was popular in the 90's.
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by 34679 6y ago
The old urban legend is that Vitamin D brings you down and Vitamin C, up. Milk if tripping too hard, orange juice to trip harder.
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The Horrible Fate of John Casor, the First Black Man to Be Declared Slave in US(smithsonianmag.com)
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60 times per second. /Sorry, I couldn't help it.
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>The remaining bone marrow cells are killed by chemotherapy, then replaced by the edited cells. Interesting that they need to kill the remaining bone marrow cells. I wonder what happens when they skip that step. Do the modified cells sti
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by 34679 6y ago
Morally flexible.
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by 34679 6y ago
In your example, it still devalues the currency. The devaluation is just offset by other factors.
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by 34679 6y ago
Do people actually believe that you can create trillions of new dollars without that having an impact on the value of each dollar?
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Brave privacy browser 'mistake' added affiliate links to crypto URLs(engadget.com)
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Anti-racism sites hit by wave of cyber-attacks(bbc.com)
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by 34679 6y ago
Relevant Federalist Paper #10: https://www.constitution.org/fed/federa10.htm
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I remember an article with a title along the lines of "The Room that Copies the Internet", and I think it was in Rolling Stone. I've tried finding it a few times over the last couple years and have been unsuccessful. Does any
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by 34679 6y ago
>hundred of people riding generator-bikes (half-kidding) I've wondered if it makes sense for gyms to be paying for electricity.
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by 34679 6y ago
There was also that incredible stretch from the CDC where they tried to convince the public that face masks are ineffective at slowing the spread of infection. Now they have done a complete 180 and recommend everyone wear one in public. The
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by 34679 6y ago
Anyone who doubts this argument should also take a look at the increasing role of private companies to circumvent your 4th Amendment protections on behalf of your government. A limited set of examples: -License plate location databases -Cel
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14,000-Year-Old Ancestor of Native Americans Identified in Russia(archaeology.org)
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by 34679 6y ago
If it's "reliable", it wouldn't fail. Without government protectionism picking the favorites, the most "reliable" companies will prevail.
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by 34679 6y ago
Bailouts aren't Libertarian. That's what I'm saying.
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The ones that did plan for this would have made an obscene profit, so that would lead me to believe that some businesses would indeed plan for this. But I'll admit I have no way of knowing.
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by 34679 6y ago
I like your idea, it's along the same lines as something I've been thinking about. I call it "The Web at Large and the Filters of Reduction", shamelessly taken from Aldous Huxley's "Mind at Large and the Filter
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by 34679 6y ago
In the US, it was the catastrophic failure of government that led to inadequate testing and fears of ventilator shortages. Businesses stepped up with tests that work and factories shifted production to ventilators and PPE to rapidly make up

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