TheBeardKing

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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
I don't know of a mainstream Democrat who doesn't support mainstream policies in conservation, the Paris Climate Accord, fuel efficiency standards, environmental research and protection, climate science, etc. These are all things
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
Per capita, North America is 4.6x worse than Asia: https://ourworldindata.org/uploads/2018/10/CO2-emissions-by-...
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
All good points. I'd like to see a study on estimated emissions by income quintile, as I would suspect strong correlation. edit: I mean in the US. Global income vs carbon footprint is easy to find: https://ourworldindata.org
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
All that matters is having enough money so that you end up better than everyone else. Environmentalists, social democrats, those people are concerned about the welfare of society and the world at large. Too many greedy capitalists care only
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
In my experience, the benefits and job security guaranteed to government workers provides no added benefit for the taxpayer. No market incentives translates to no worker incentives, and everyone is just riding the gravy train to retirement.
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
Also clearing rainforests for palm oil trees.
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
And the VA is run by government employees, which are just not cost efficient. Source: I am one and work with thousands of them.
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
Yeah but then there's drug rebates, cash discounts for medical services, and costs negotiated down after services. The whole thing is a clusterfuck and 10 patients likely pay 10 different prices for the same thing.
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
Negligence? That's outright fraud.
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by TheBeardKing 7y ago
Exactly, I can't believe no one was sent to prison over this.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I guess outline.com doesn't work on NYT any more. Copy/paste here?
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I tried a few podcast searches through Google chrome desktop and Android and I don't really see what the big deal is. The first search result link is the podcast website, and the top few buttons integrated into the results page are jus
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Airbnb allows cameras in living rooms as long as they're disclosed? I sure hope that disclosure is extremely prominent to make sure I never book one. I can't believe they allow that.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
A guy I used to work with once told me that instead of buying a $100k rental house, you should buy three $30k rental houses. We're in a LCOL area, and him and his wife easily made over $200k in salary alone, so why he spent his free ti
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I wonder how such a policy isn't abused. Do you need to provide some kind of proof for your entrepreneurship? What's to stop me from just taking the occasional 6-month sabbatical to start a travel blog and travel the world? I&#x27
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
So what happens if you don't donate? Do you still get to reap the benefits if you live in the school zone?
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Better data from Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub-replacement_fertility
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
What does becoming American even mean? This country is such a mishmash of religion, politics, food, culture, etc. As an average white guy, I'm happy if you just speak English and maybe put up something at Christmas.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
He also asked the question about citizenship to play the lottery which he never answered in this case. I wonder if at the least he was flying to Australia to purchase tickets.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Just regulate against purposefully feeding wild animals. Problem solved.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I would take a 20% pay cut to be able to live somewhere like the Bay Area with its coastal scenery and perfect weather. But as it is, I'd need to triple my salary to be able to afford to live there.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I think enough people are waking up to the idiocy of Prop 13 now that it has a good chance of being repealed. It's being voted on in November 2020.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I think your ability to be content is just a personality trait, and some have that ability to a much greater extent than others. For example, the saying "ignorance is bliss" seems to have some merit - many highly intelligent peopl
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Exactly, happiness is so fleeting it's very difficult to describe your entire being as happy or not. I certainly experience very happy moments, but also sad, angry, frustrating moments. These short and temporary moments should not be u
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Adam Ruins Everything - The Sinister Reason Weed is Illegal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJlqsdezhhk
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
IMO, all that matters is that we can safely put cannabis in the "use in moderation" category along with alcohol, caffeine, nicotine, ibuprofen, and loads of possible carcinogens the jury is still out on. Unless prescribed by a doc
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
The issue is that children should not have access to gamble with real world currency.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
I really don't know, as I don't really research diets and just see that headline year after year. My point was just that, as you said, the most recommended diet isn't going to be one with some sort of gimmick - limit your cal
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
Thanks for sharing, this article is so much better than OP's. It answers a question I posted which the NPR article was very vague on, but Ars covers in detail.
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by TheBeardKing 8y ago
>"But it has what we like to call one fatal flaw," Cavanagh continues. Unfortunately, Rubisco isn't picky enough about what it grabs from the air. It also picks up oxygen. "When it does that, it makes a toxic compound

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