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by Test0129 4y ago
I think you are trying to make a point where none needs to be made. Lobbying has, for a very long time, been another term for bribery. Even as recently as the COVID crisis. Why do you think Pfizer got all that juicy government money? Go loo
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by Test0129 4y ago
I dont think this is the case at all. Especially on the math stack exchange I tend to go out of my way to link sources, books, pages, etc where I can find them. There have been times I've made an error not obvious but "simple&quot
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by Test0129 4y ago
It didn't take long to find sources, lmgtfy STEM and Autism: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3620841/ Empathy: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27246093/ Third one is pr
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by Test0129 4y ago
> But for me, I am effectively paying some other person $40 to get dirty and bang his knuckles and whatnot while I sit in the AC and watch cable and dick around on my phone (which I enjoy much more) AND a lot of places will check and top
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by Test0129 4y ago
Ah yes, the "Russian Troll" conspiracy theory. Gonna get a lot of big mad downvotes for this one because people actually believe this nonsense. The public has been able to be swayed by media for a very long time. The CIA in part
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by Test0129 4y ago
> People joke about the programmer in a dark corner plugging away and never talking to others, but that's actually pretty rare. In 20 years I've only worked with a handful of developers who don't want to socialize, collabo
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by Test0129 4y ago
Isn't this the reason our livers developed the ability to process ethanol anyway? Everyone's body produces some minute amount of alcohol just by eating the right combination of foods. I guess ABS is just this process taken to a le
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by Test0129 4y ago
The problem I have is that I dont have a Google account. So I basically can't even use the website except through the recommender.
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by Test0129 4y ago
Nothing I said was hubris. I literally work a 12x5 on call, sometimes 24xN when things get bad. I don't ever really get the chance to "clock out". I've spent a long time developing a very special set of skills not everyo
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by Test0129 4y ago
If you want the actual answer society pays people commensurate to their individual value. NBA stars make millions because of the level of entertainment they provide, and the value they bring to sponsors. I make a lot of money because not ev
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by Test0129 4y ago
> It sounds like you are calling for people who have different ideological views from you to be banned, but that is not how a healthy society should function. It only sounds this way because I targeted the left here. I only did that beca
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by Test0129 4y ago
> Me thinks this feels more like vanity and laziness; the engineer is not to slum it with the call-center rabble. Lol. It’s not that I have a 10 hour day already. Nor is it because I have a specialized, very expensive skill set that is n
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by Test0129 4y ago
> all they had to do is delete their tweet He could've gotten a lighter sentence if he just accepted the plea deal! Do you understand how silly this sounds. Moreover, they awarded Rachael Levine "Man of the Year" as a paro
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by Test0129 4y ago
> At least Facebook is a reasonably successful advertising business and social network, and VR headsets are an actual product that you can use for gaming, telepresence, etc.. They went whole-hog on the metaverse and their customers rejec
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by Test0129 4y ago
The greater point, I think, is that everywhere else in American where I deal with the government I am required to present some form of ID. They even give you a list of a dozen or more valid IDs you can use. However, arguably the most import
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by Test0129 4y ago
> what good reason is there to believe that a constitution conceived over 200 years ago (when the US had roughly 1% the people, ~1/3 the land, legal slavery, an early-industrial / agrarian economy, etc., etc., etc.) is useful t
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by Test0129 4y ago
> There's a sort of obvious framing to the piece that the Constitution should be more fluid and easy to amend. I think 2022 is a very weird time to prioritize that. I'm not a doomer about US politics, but they're not in a
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by Test0129 4y ago
Interesting. I'd imagine here most of the apps people use for that (Cash app, Zelle, etc) are just frontends for Paypal.
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by Test0129 4y ago
> To my view, there's a world of difference between "You can't use PayPal as a payment processor for gun sales" and "You can't use PayPal to pay pals back for covering your range fees last Saturday." Fi
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by Test0129 4y ago
This is neither shocking, nor new. A decade ago I remember a friend who had a small business selling some niche collectors items. One day, he was scammed. The guy reported that the package was never delivered and, without even investigating
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by Test0129 4y ago
Just because Khan Academy teaches it doesn't mean it's the most effective, most useful, or even correct method. They too are victims of needing money. Teaching what is currently being taught has been their bread and butter since t
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by Test0129 4y ago
> who in their right mind would want to "punish" schools for having under-performing students? If anything it's a sign those schools may need more investment. The US government who issues funding via Title 1 using a formul
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by Test0129 4y ago
> An entire generation of students is at risk of forever being behind. That ship sailed when Common Core was introduced. Teaching kids neat hacks instead of actual math will permanently stunt their progress.
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by Test0129 4y ago
This comment is getting downvoted because of poor wording. The accusations of racism are excessive and it's obvious these people have a pointless axe to grind. I think what OP is trying to say is this: 1. There is a biological componen
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by Test0129 4y ago
Oh good point. For some reason my mind was fixated on submarines lol.
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by Test0129 4y ago
> I've (literally) employed people who were working 3 jobs without any of the other employers knowing about one another. We were being scammed. This happened not just once, but with 2 people (1 full stack engineer who is a HN regula
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by Test0129 4y ago
It does however make it irrelevant. If you never plan on selling and your mortgage rate is low then you're winning on inflationary terms.
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by Test0129 4y ago
> "going pro" is literally the reason why this community exists. I'm just here for the free coffee.
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by Test0129 4y ago
I think humans gravitate towards what gives them attention. It's a very primitive thing of wanting to be in an in-group. Given that most people don't have enough money to cover a minor emergency I think a lot of hobbies were &quot
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by Test0129 4y ago
I was under the impression that for non-surfaced subs the only way to communicate them was to fly close to the surface and lower a boom into the water. Is that not the case?

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