Clanan

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by Clanan 9y ago
That's why I said "within the law" - to ensure that it isn't the job of the business to determine what is political and/or allowed. What you describe would be illegal, would it not?
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by Clanan 9y ago
The emboldening was caused not by Trump, but by the media itself. For example with Charlottesville, Trump's initial response was: > We condemn in the strongest possible terms this egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on
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by Clanan 9y ago
I'm not entirely sure what you're responding to. Your parent comment compared tolerance vs. acceptance, which is somewhat orthogonal to the various topics you mention here (most of which support either approach). The derision of t
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by Clanan 9y ago
> "kill all men" > no actual ill will was intended Pick one.
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by Clanan 9y ago
> Acceptance comes through dialogue, and mutual understanding. Do you have any actual empirical evidence or research for this? This reads like window-dressing for thought-police. "You don't accept our views? Sounds like you nee
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by Clanan 9y ago
I think your first reason is, itself, a controversial approach and might actually justify the no-politics idea. It's all fun and games when we integrate ourselves into a company past the "business-only" level. Until we get fi
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by Clanan 9y ago
How obvious is the data recording on a Tesla? There's always a chance an inattentive driver will blame the smart car.
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by Clanan 9y ago
... Until they did? Your comment is true of all bills and all proposals. "Party X was free to vote on it, they chose not to. Until they chose to." Furthermore, the minority had promised to veto all funding unless DACA was included
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by Clanan 9y ago
44 D vs. ~3 R and 8 comments vs. 1. If anything I was generous!
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by Clanan 9y ago
In comparative terms it's minor: 35 million enrolled in CHIP [0] (shutdown) vs. 3.5 million DACA. Hopefully all would agree that neither is minor from a moral standpoint. [0] https://www.medicaid.gov/medicaid/progr
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by Clanan 9y ago
Sure, blame them too. If a bill fails, blame everyone who voted against it. I didn't mean to imply otherwise. Of course, then you have a situation where politicians (on both sides) will grandstand if the outcome is already decided. For
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by Clanan 9y ago
You're projecting your politics onto the events. The CR already contained CHIP, and the majority already promised a debate on DACA/immigration back in December. The Democrat leadership promised a shutdown if DACA was not added to
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by Clanan 9y ago
I'm particularly susceptible to writing crap commit messages so I really appreciate this article. I've found it very helpful to focus on smaller commits in addition to well-thought messages. Few things are more frustrating than tr
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by Clanan 9y ago
Citations are far more helpful than ranting. If you want a productive conversation, you should provide some. Democratic leaders have made the current budget/CR about DACA, which was not relevant to it. (Ironic because they're in f
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by Clanan 9y ago
FYI this is a great neutral explanation up until the last paragraph, which is politically charged. This attempts to imply the Republican party sought the shutdown. In fact, the shutdown was caused by the Democratic party not voting for the
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by Clanan 9y ago
Walmart said it's raising it's minimum wage in addition to bonuses. And there are 163 other companies giving bonuses. But sure, it would be nice for the employees if Walmart gave more of that savings to them.
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by Clanan 9y ago
> $20/paycheck. It is laughable And we tech people wonder why so much of the country scoffs at our echo chamber. Maybe you've never been on the lower rung of income, but an extra $40/month can be a big deal to a lot of peo
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by Clanan 9y ago
$1,000 is not laughable to most people.
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by Clanan 9y ago
> The whole thing sounded absurd from the beginning. Do Asians even suffer discrimination in the United States? Honestly, the only organizations I know of actively discriminating against Asians, are Ivy League Universities. That's..
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by Clanan 9y ago
That's a whole lot of stretching to justify the communist approach. Are you really arguing that a dishwasher is worth just as much as a server? I don't think any businessperson will agree with you. You might be more successful by
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by Clanan 9y ago
I was actually referring to the ProPublica article linked in the parent comment of mine. I believe it's much longer than yours so I was surprised it skipped such an alarming fact. I can certainly appreciate the tradeoffs of what to men
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by Clanan 9y ago
There are already unfunded pension plans and systems waiting to blow up in the next decade. This article [0] details the South Carolina government pension plan, covering 550,000 residents, which is currently $24 billion in the red. Your res
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by Clanan 9y ago
Sure, tons. A simple Google search turns up reams of sources (and articles about sources). A few random readings show studies on single-mother families having highest rates of poverty, increased rates of smoking, lower health, etc.
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by Clanan 9y ago
That was a fascinating, and heartbreaking, read. The statistics are astounding. I'm disappointed though that the author completely omitted any discussion of single-parent families. 66% of black families are single-parent vs. only 25% o
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by Clanan 9y ago
Concrete proof has not emerged. Right now it's at the "numerous senior sources say..." level of reporting. The full answer is now known by Congresspeople but it's classified [0]. We'll see if it gets leaked. It&#x27
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by Clanan 9y ago
There's now substantial evidence that this is exactly what happened with the Obama administration and Trump's campaign. The former used an unverified dossier as an excuse to begin surveillance via FISA. So this isn't even a t
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by Clanan 9y ago
Looks like the numbers are around 70/10,000 vs 50/10,000? I'm assuming they used the percentage for the clicks. It doesn't look like the author accounted for reporting differences, which can have a huge impact. For examp
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by Clanan 9y ago
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by Clanan 9y ago
I believe the new tax bill excludes architecture and engineering from that list. In other words, they would get the deduction.
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by Clanan 9y ago
Is this the same department that requires the carcinogen label on every product under the sun? I'm probably being pithy, but that alone pushes me to ignore their recommendations. Never mind the dodgy physics...

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