BJones12

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I know that list was off the top of your head, but if a quickly-assembled list of male role models includes guys who died almost 40 years ago that probably indicates that there aren't enough of them.
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> Looking back at my own high school experience, the girls were way smarter than the boys. I'd like to suggest that the difference was that girls were way better at school than the boys. That is, school is an environment built suc
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The rational choice would then be to move their economic activity and the jobs involved to another country with lower taxes.
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It's likely cyclical. Check again in 2040. The glamour of a "hot startup" was a side effect of ZIRP. The glamorous 'day in the life' videos were a result of ZIRP. Tech optimism was a dream that was only insulated fr
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Maybe you should try reading a mainstream news site or news aggregator instead
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The #1 purpose of ERP software is to take the blame.
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> every time you have to customize something there, you should ask yourself if you shouldn't re-think your business processes instead I've heard this as "the best flavor is vanilla". It referred to a hospital aligning
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Just a reminder that we are in the middle of a silent epidemic of small jaws [0] and that if you feed your kids hard food they will grow up to be healthier and more attractive. [0]] https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32973408&#
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> The objective was to assess whether B12 levels within the current normal range in a cohort of healthy older adults may be associated with measurable evidence of neurological injury or dysfunction. > inadequate amounts of vitamin B12
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Confusing title. The body says > Researchers.. did find that spending longer on phones... was linked to lower grades, poor sleep, disruptive behaviour and a lack of exercise. But these outcomes did not differ between schools that banned
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Correct. 70 years ago the Hays Code [0] was still in use. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hays_Code
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The book is 'How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big'. I don't think that man is sane, but he is insightful. Maybe there's a Ballmer Peak [0] of crazy/profound that he stumbled on. [0] https://
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The nice thing about a deadlift is that, if you're unexpectedly weak that day, the weight is below you.
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Birds and bombs are a popular combination: https://www.military-history.org/feature/pigeon-guided-missi...
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> A plane and helicopter over DC came within 500' ... They avoided collision because they were over 1000' and the TCAS was still active That's not an example of why air travel is dangerous, that's an example of why ai
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Bonds selling below par is common, so this article with very few details doesn't say much. IIRC Twitter LBO bonds were getting an average of 9.6% YTM when raised, and had maturities from 2027 to 2030. Selling at 90-95 means an increase
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Does anyone remember the 2003 blackout [0] that left 55 million people in 2 countries without power for up to 3 days? With a worldwide grid we could make one a hundred times larger. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nor
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Thank you. I've dabbled in audio for 25 years and had no idea these existed.
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Great name, with two accurate meanings. TabBoo -> taboo, tab boo
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For the uninitiated in Advanced Glycation Ends (AGEs): > AGEs can also be ingested from food, especially food cooked at high temperatures and with little moisture, like grilled meats, fried foods, and baked goods.[23] The Maillard reacti
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Religious conflicts, including big name ones, have always been political conflicts between groups that happen to have different religions. These days there is still political conflict, but there's less contrast between each side's
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Background info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advanced_Dungeons_%26_Dragons_... It's a great episode. And the dark-elf-face joke is not at the expense of any demographic.
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> The largely conservative provinces have done a very good job of blaming Trudeau and immigration for problems that are entirely their own. No. Immigration reduces available housing. Immigration overloads the health care system. Immigrat
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There's more than one way to skin a carrot
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> Europeans could learn from Canada how to allow immigration in a fashion that the population embraces rather than tolerates Clearly the author is ignorant. Canadians are sick of immigration. Young Canadians doubly so. Racism is becoming
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> Credit card delinquency rates... remain nearly a percentage point higher than they were on average in the year before the pandemic. Just another journalist trying to scare you. All that happened is bad debt rose 1% compared to 5 years
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https://archive.is/VgwLx
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Because there are an overwhelming number of immigrants from the same state (or two) in India.
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> The per-country caps also seem like a throwback to the early 1900's era immigration exclusion policies. Canada does not have that and it is going very poorly. Lots of people are calling for the implementation of the same policy.
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Non-arteritic → Not involving arteries [0] Anterior → Front part Ischemic → Low blood flow Optic → Related to the eye Neuropathy → Nerve damage [1] "Non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy (NAION) refers to loss of blood flow

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