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Michael Bloomberg considers an independent presidential run(washingtonpost.com)
45 points by SCAQTony 11y ago|31 comments
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
Well done! — I so tweeted this! This will enrich so many people's lives.
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Best quote in the article: "“Don't look at [the chicken] directly [...] they get suspicious.”
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Cigarettes, as a product when used as directed will not only harm the individual 100% of the time but will also tax the remaining non smokers. Cigarettes do not cover existential damages such as harm to nonsmokers, litter, garbage and damag
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This is either de facto extortion or a scam making one think it is extortion.
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I think these are very exciting problems. The bigger the problem the more creative the solution. It took us two thousand years or so to go from using the weight of a bale of barley to represent the value of silver, bronze, copper to eventua
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If Trump gets elected (definitely not wanted by this voter) I liken it it to the French king, Charles VII, handing his army over to a 14-year-girl name Jeanne d'Arc to evict the British from Orléan. Say what we want about Trump, what t
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Is self evaluation of one's "modus operandi" really a recipe for happiness? Not to be a smart ass, but throwing around confident statements about rationality and charging people $3,900 just smells like "Garage Scientolog
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Cryptsy website is not updating prices. Anyone with an online wallet is gong to be quite cross.
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From Reddit: A Seoul, Korea, doctor explains how effective the loud speakers have been for raising awareness of what life is like in South Korea: https://www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/3hrxg3/kim_jon
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The problem with the Atlantic is that it takes them so long "to land the plane." Always terribly long articles. What I got from it is that 18-year olds, or not really adults, should not be going to war since their full brain devel
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Build the bag around it?
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The article was a bold, confident, hypothesis with possibly cherrypicked examples rather than a serious study. YMMV
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Society is about 6-meals away from a riot. I think once people have secured food, shelter, utilities and no fear of losing any of the above a society becomes quite stable and more egalitarian towards the rich and other classes.
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I agree. Maybe self driving cars are further off into the future than we think. Society as of late seemingly likes to place shame and blame upon those with "deep pockets." If the car in this hypothetical killed the driver, the car
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Book: George Orwell's "1984" : NSA spying, social network spying, adware too. Politically congressional bills have sweet sounding names like PATRIOT Act, and we seemingly change sides in regards to middle east wars. Movie: Fr
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
If you know Mandarin Chinese there are are about 5-locations in China where you can communicate or do business: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_territorial_entities_w... If you know English you can communicate or
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by SCAQTony 11y ago
At least this is an opt in function. Those with flip phones or those worried that their full identity and address is on a smartphone that could be hacked via malware or otherwise do have a choice.
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I think the term is seller's remorse. You give up your baby for adoption, you lose ALL control as a parent. How could he not know that? It appears Disney is doing a fine job creatively and fans will get to experience more of the franch
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I hope so for that is less corrupt. I can be somewhat obtuse. I am going to write the author and ask. Thank you.
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This line perplexed and disturbed me: "...This is the same company where someone recently explained to me how great it is that, instead of using data to make decisions, we use political connections, and that the idea of making decisio
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John Watson; 3 November 1850 – 6 May 1907, a Scottish author and theologian: "Be kind; everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle."
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An airplane has a better chance of gliding out of harms way as well whereas a helicopter jut drops.
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I am glad you mentioned trump as an example: In F.A. Hayek's "The Road to Serfdom," Chapter 10, 'Why the Worst Get on Top' "...In the first instance, it is probably true that the higher education and intelligen
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I think his word usage when describing any venture he is involved in is generally hyperbolic and a legal term called puffery: In law, puffery is a promotional statement or claim that expresses subjective rather than objective views, which n
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I am going straight to the public - I am also going to diversify (Catwoman panting in the works). Going to rent a gallery, have a party, get photos of people staring at a few giant Chromaluxe prints on aluminum and then set up a site. The a
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I am making jellyfish, lily pads, whales and flowers via Fractal Flame software. All expressionistic and/or impressionistic. [samples: https://twitter.com/SCAQTony/media ] However, there is something about digital
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So they are using microwaves. Do you know what GHz they are using and wha benchmark is a safe level? "...A millimeter wave scanner is a whole-body imaging device used for detecting objects concealed underneath a person’s clothing using
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The PDF does not define what TSA Advanced Imaging Technologies are. It implies rather than defines that it is a x-Ray even though the image is a generic drawing of a person with a superimposed an icon what area should be searched. Not okay.
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>>I wonder what the mechanism is here.<< Possibly introversion which is NOT a disorder. Perhaps you just enjoy personal time and feel at peace. Psychology today: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/fulfill

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