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9y ago
> The OP made an unqualified assertion - "for every point" No, it is possible to defend every point imaginable. Look up "Hempel's ravens". It is trivial to generate evidence supporting or opposing any claim you
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9y ago
>So it's alright that companies lie and it's the employees fault for not knowing they were being lied too Strawman argument
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9y ago
When compared to previous methods, laundering through BTC/ETH is far easier. With a tumbler, or better, several tumblers, it's nearly untraceable too.
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9y ago
It wasn't impossible before, but with BTC/ETH it's far easier to launder money. With a Cryptocurrency tumbler [1] it's almost untraceable. Previously, you had to carry the cash yourself, or use a service to transfer the
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10y ago
He doesn't know how to talk to security. The primary purpose of security questioning is to establish that you are a safe, non-violent, legal traveler. Of course, security agents can't ask you this directly, so they ask this throug
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10y ago
He set off the explosive detector, and didn't provide a good answer to why he set it off.
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10y ago
In the U.S. it is illegal for employers to hire illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants have trouble finding work and the majority of them work in low-skill, low-pay jobs. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/majority-of
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10y ago
Nowhere in the article does the author prove his request triggered Waymo’s lawsuit. Google's own explanation for their lawsuit is at odds author's claim. For a refresher, Google said https://medium.com/waymo/a
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10y ago
I found a really excellent answer to this question in one of my university evolution textbooks [1]. The fact that men generally die sooner than woman (in humans) has been well studied and we've come to a fairly decent answer. -- Why do
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10y ago
Just check Wikipedia. McCain 2008 got 59,948,323 votes; Romney 2012 got 60,933,504 votes; and Trump 2016 got 62,979,636 votes. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_ele... https://en.wikip
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10y ago
> Trump got fewer votes than McCain or Romney A quick google search proves that's not true. That claim is actually one of the many fake news stories of this election.
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10y ago
For anyone wondering what VIPKid lessons look like, here is a sample demo of one from their Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=it5fb0KlUjU
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10y ago
Rodger Stone (who may have back-channel communications with Wikileaks staff [0]) shared two tweets suggesting that this might be US backed action. Note these tweets are still unconfirmed. At time of writing I have not yet seen this informat
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10y ago
Wikileaks shared the SHA256 hash of a file they will release in the near future. When the file is released, people will be able to download the file from Wikileaks and verify their file has the same SHA256 hash as the one in this tweet. One
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10y ago
RE: your point on narcissism. My perspective is that if he becomes president, his excessive narcissism might actually be good thing for the country. As a narcissist Trump wants his legacy to be remembered as positive. He doesn't want
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11y ago
blond/blonde actor/actress fiancé/fiancée widower/widow waiter/waitress
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11y ago
> race is a social construct is based in science This is especially silly and misleading. Race is considered a "social construct" under the theory of Social Constructionism . For people who don't subscribe to the theory
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11y ago
This scandal blew up because one of her classmates posted a lengthy rant about her lies on a /r/askreddit thread. The post was widely shared on Korean media and was eventually picked up in the states, as you can see from the origi
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13y ago
Do you think Boxcryptor is more useful/easier than putting a truecrypt volume inside your dropbox folder?
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14y ago
Some of the responses are obvious trolls and he still doesn't catch them.