PolygonSheep

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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> denying the Russians - particularly the urban Russians - their veneer of civilization, affluence, westernization. Yeah I feel very civilized, affluent, and Western when I walk into a McDonalds.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
I get that formula is better, and should be the #1 choice but in a formula shortage/emergency situation would most babies be seriously harmed by using goat milk instead?
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> UL is not a consumer protection agency I feel the most protected as a consumer when I don't get shocked plugging something in.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
That was a terrible thing for Trump to do but now we have a different POTUS who is (supposedly) not beholden to the dairy industry, yet it's not been changed.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
I'm no expert on infant nutrition but why wouldn't cow milk and/or goat milk be an acceptable substitute? They're both safe for humans to consume, they're widely available at fairly low cost. They provide enough nut
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
It's good for engagement. Get everyone talking about the latest Netflix controversy. Release Cuties and piss off all the stupid uptight conservatives who don't understand it's just a coming-of-age story, then release a Chappe
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> The Fed has published very recent stats in the US that people with a 4 year degree on average earn 2x the income of people without a degree. I'd really like to see a breakdown by major and institution. I don't think going and
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Why not just put a window A/C or dual-hose portable in your bedroom, and leave the rest of the house at 80? You can then keep the bedroom as cold as you like while using relatively little electricity.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
What's the difference between "personally guaranteeing" a loan and being "personally liable" for a loan? To me they mean the exact same thing: if Better.com (the company) can't pay off the loan then Mr. Garg (t
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> Again, the only 'accommodation' that is asked is to just let them live. Seems like not a hard thing to do, and not something one would have to go out of their way of to 'push back against'. But OP is letting them
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Any relation to Corn Pop?
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> The key difference is that Canada's commission members are all nonpartisan — they're mostly judges, political scientists, or retired civil servants. Judges don't strike me as particularly nonpartisan these days...
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> Except the side who are "free speech absolutists" are worried about those gay characters kissing in "She-Ra" remake or various Disney+ cartoons where men kiss, Does holding freedom of speech as an ideal mean you mus
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> American white southerners were scared out of their minds about the possibility of a rebellion comparable to the Haitian Revolution, which was contemporaneous with the Bill of Rights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Just because a company provides genuinely useful and important products doesn't mean it's not overvalued. > They are like the water supply, to the restaurant. Even actual water companies get overvalued. Just look at American Wa
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> The only explanation for getting rid of dislike count that makes sense to me is to make big brands happy as their videos can't be made to look bad with a high dislike count and they can't be "dislike bombed" It was
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Frankly if I ever get to the "I own a beach house and my daughters need their horses hauled around" level of success I'll just hire a couple of sturdy proles to carry me to and from the beach house on a sedan chair and leave
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
This runs into two problems: 1) It's a private company, they can refuse service to anyone for any reason - this is spelled out in the TOS: > If we believe you are abusing eBay and/or our Services in any way, we may, in our sole
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> I thought that the reason why they aren't made much any more was due to milage standards, but that wouldn't be an issue for electric trucks. I'm guessing we will see something like CAFE standards for EVs when they becom
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
It seems to me it would be more economical to rent a truck to haul things if you only need to do so occasionally. If you're a tradesman or a contractor yeah you will need to own a truck. If you're a white collar desk jockey? Come
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
How much Brazilian beef is in a US Big Mac/Whopper?
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> Seems to me anti-slavery is an amendment to the constitution. So it is a right not a law. Amendments themselves can be struck down by later amendments (see 18th vs 21st amendment).
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> Conservatives vetoed the legislation because they think taxes should be painful It's a shame that Republicans have totally dominated California politics since ReadyReturn got vetoed. It's like Texas on the west coast.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> Ironically, BTC has been very successful at scaring some government officials into thinking that people may abandon their fiat money if fiat printing doesn't get under control. Weren't much the same things said about gold pre
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Is burnout a major problem in Asian countries which are famous for their long working hours? I'm thinking China's 9-9-6 system, Japanese salarymen, and South Korean gwarosa .
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
Well yeah, it's not meant to be radical it's meant to make money. The actual "art" part is of secondary importance.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> A law clerk would be risking their entire career for this I see two likely outcomes here: 1) The leaker is not publicly identified and their career goes along as well as it would have had they not leaked. 2) The leaker is identified.
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
I think we already had (past tense) the solution in federalism. If the federal government only did what the constitution says it does, most of the red state/blue state stuff wouldn't even be an issue at the federal level. Who won
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> In that way, there isn't anybody continuously using the mouse without removing the cable, making the product look like is wired instead of wired, and breaking that minimalism design they want to. Is this a common problem? I only
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by PolygonSheep 4y ago
> The Europeans were psychotic bastards who murdered and tortured and enslaved people, and who had absolute masters and abject servants, and all kinds of psychotic baggage. The native cultures were (and still are in many many places) not

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