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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I think the only answer to plastic is a gradual, increasing ban. It will be costly, complicated, and at best a pipe dream right now, but it will work. Just a ban on new plastics in packaging would tremendously cut down on plastic waste. In
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
This is bizarre but maybe I see the reason why. If it's to restrain foreign ownership of rental properties, I don't think it's going to have much impact. Renters who want to live there bad enough will pay it, and I would not
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I don't like when politicians only respond to overwhelming public discontent or desires in an election year. This reclassification is a good thing, absolutely, but it angers me that policymakers wait and treat us like baying kittens ea
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I think we have a duty to care for our parents the way they cared for us, but not to be their servant. I take my mother to all of her doctors appointments, get her groceries, and help around her house. I would do more if only she would let
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
The rental car market needs more regulation. I remember car rental companies erroneously calling the police on renters for stealing cars, and billing for "wear and tear." The fuel surcharges and everything else is just a continuat
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
As it has been said before, Hertz Hurts. It used to be a dominant market player but over time, declines in customer service and quality has damaged its brand. Its disastrous experiment with Tesla might have been viable had the company not b
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
It’s no surprise that young people are suffering the most from legalization. According to a St Bonaventure/Siena Research survey, 39% of men and 20% of women aged 18 to 49 years old bet on sporting events. Among young men, 38% say the
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
That you know of. Israel has never confirmed its nuclear weapons. I think it's more likely than not that other Arab nations have tactical nuclear weapons. For that matter, I bet Japan has them. If the conflict between Iran and Israel g
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Osama Bin Laden lived one mile from the Pakistani military academy, and appears to have been supported by the ISI, their intelligence service. It's a tremendous assumption of faith that Pakistani nuclear warheads are somehow safe.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
It feels inevitable that one day Iran or Israel will conduct a nuclear strike upon one, the other, or both. There is no deescalation and it seems like everyone in the middle is cheering them on, hoping they both eliminate one another. Iran
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
It's because of Columbine. Parents demanded to be allowed to reach their children anytime.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Turn off your VPN.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I used marijuana for a short time at university as a means of relieving stress. It made me feel wonderful; relaxed, less anxious in social settings, able to focus without stressful thinking, etc. No paranoia, no drawbacks at all.. except on
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Once government takes power they very rarely give it back.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
The contra-positive is also interesting: Some Tesla buyers are eagerly buying because of the CEO.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Has it, and which Overton window are you thinking? The public tolerance for (disruptive) protest, corporate tolerance for political activism in the workplace, or.. ? If I had to venture a guess, I would say the window has shifted towards po
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
For reference, since this is a private company, I work for a federal agency. My department is roughly 80 people. No one wears a mask.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
IMHO because of lot of HN supports social justice and protesting, and they are supportive of employees taking action against any company that is doing something that goes against their principles.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
It doesn't have the same clickbait punch to say "homeowners with greater liquidity and access to loans." The title is supposed to convey rich people using their hoards of cash to push up housing prices.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Possibly. There are two ways one can look at the response. When Cloudflare decided to stop working with a company it could be assumed the CEO made a decision that the revenue from that relationship was no longer as important as the social m
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
What disturbs me about these types of protests is that the people involved forget that working for a company is a two-way street. An employee has no more the right or place to dictate to an employer what it can do, as an employer can dictat
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
You were reading my thoughts! I was going to say something about my LG remote having three absolutely useless streaming buttons I cannot change.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
The article is fascinating but the website is a disaster. This makes it marginally easier to read: https://archive.is/IpfNq
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Please don't. I don't want my peripherals with hard-coded shortcuts to other services.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I think apps like TikTok are designed and built like gambling apps to manipulate behavior - particularly young people - into staying engaged with the platform. That type of psychological manipulation should be regulated when children are in
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
..And theoretically that somewhere could be anywhere, even outside of the country.
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
An old neighbor of mine has a webcam mounted in his front window to record license plates of people driving through his neighborhood. When I asked him why he told me that it was because the government and other people are recording his move
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
Yes. Not just with a warrant, but often without a warrant or just cause. The police can lie to you, violate your rights, and do almost anything they want to you, but if you don't have body cam or other video/audio evidence, as so
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
I think this is a good thing. The government could record you without your consent, the citizen should be allowed to as well. I understand police need warrants, but what is the citizen to do? Especially when so many courts, judges, and juri
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by Ajay-p 2y ago
This is becoming the norm: A company gets hacked so they immediately put the responsibility on their customers, and then them off at the knees with arbitration demands for any recourse. A reason to NOT buy a Roku.

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