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by Texasian 9y ago
Probably Puritanism, a lack of scarcity, a relatively short time between large settlements and indoor plumbing (for most of the country). I wish there were more public baths. There's one around the block from me in Cambridge. It's
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by Texasian 9y ago
All of those countries have cheap or free higher education and healthcare. Perhaps they don't need wages as high since their government chooses to cover two of the largest expenses an average person will encounter in their lives.
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by Texasian 10y ago
Huh, actually just noticed the sign for their new office space this morning on my way to work. Seems strange that they're attaching this to the Kendall Square brand when its basically in an entirely different neighborhood.
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by Texasian 10y ago
In the US, at least, you aren't allowed to carry any liquid (besides non-essential medications, baby formula) in containers larger than 3oz through security regardless of if its duty free. I had no idea that duty free stores existed ou
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by Texasian 10y ago
A friend of mine interviewed with Google up here in Boston. Got flown out 4 times because of blizzards closing the office before they just flew her out to Mountain View all before telling her that they weren't going to give her an offe
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by Texasian 11y ago
It's refreshing to hear soundbites about Japan opening up to foreigners as opposed to the narrative that Japan is building robots so they don't have to let foreigners in.
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by Texasian 11y ago
Oh wow, thats crazy interesting... There's a beach area on Penang in Malaysia called Batu Ferringhi. It means Foreigner's Rock. I guess the loan word spread throughout the muslim world somehow...
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by Texasian 11y ago
It's actually decent in the Boston area: community events, discussion about redevelopments and things like service recommendations. Hell, I've seen a couple folks find temporary housing after fires/floods through the thing.
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by Texasian 11y ago
If alternative medicine worked, believe me, the pharmaceutical companies would be edging in on that space. If alternate medicine worked, it'd just be medicine.
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by Texasian 11y ago
Right, but it sounds as if they had gotten the equivalent of a green-card and then had that yanked out from under them when the government changed the rules. It's akin to the US government saying "Hey, you can live here and come a
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by Texasian 11y ago
It's worth noting that San Antonio has had a fiber network in the ground for years that it's municipally owned utility company put in. The only reason it isn't open is because the state government passed a law forbidding muni
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by Texasian 12y ago
So basically, y'all are taking on Mechanical Turk?
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by Texasian 12y ago
Well, we've got the new green line extension going in, right? So that'll help out quite a bit.
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by Texasian 13y ago
4, 6 and 12-packs are just as inconvenient if you're hopping on the subway to head home. Even if they aren't as bulky, they can still be plenty heavy if you can't grab a seat or if the floor is too nasty to put stuff on. Plen