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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Maybe you can't. I do it all the time. Credit cards become invalid in the normal course of human activity, esp. because of their expiration date. Their software handles it routinely. I usually attempt to cancel the "legitimate&q
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Proton VPN is based in Switzerland, so good luck with that.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
I'm waiting to see someone get prosecuted for this "fraud": Q: So, Mr. Defendant, when you signed up for this service, did you intend to pay? A: Yes Q: And did you pay? A: Yes Q: But eventually you cancelled the credit card?
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Echoing the other responder: if you use a VPN, and don't give your real name & address, how are they going to find you?
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
We tend to treat our rivals differently from ourselves. So no.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Go to Privacy.com. Register and give your real credit card. Don't get the $10/month subscription for "real" privacy, unless you really don't want a record of your purchases. Now when you "subscribe" to W
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
> from the perspective of assuming that Nature is acting in good faith about this Wrong. Unless you consider "good faith" saying what they really mean, in which case, yes, it IS good faith. > I presume that most of you would
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
As someone who had a Pioneer Kuro for a long time (no more), they did have the reputation of having blacker blacks.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
> In Trinidad people seem to see child rearing as a power struggle where parents are the master and children are subservient (Disclaimer: don't have kids; did raise a puppy with only positive reinforcement.) This model of "po
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
"Teachers are underpaid, so let's spend more on education!" right? Wrong, or at least, a grade of Incomplete. http://usedbyeducatorsblog.com/education-spending-vs-teacher... Colorado has enjoyed a 15 percent
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
OK. Then the question is "would adding more money speed it up, or are all available resources already being used as effectively as they can be?" I don't know the answer to that, but I'm always suspicious when the answer
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Yeah, farming is hard, plus it demands luck. I'd never succeed at it, although nowadays, I'd hire a farm manager. That guy might keep it afloat, but then I wouldn't make any money off it because I'd be paying him.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
People in history have quite often done dangerous things that were against their interests, even as understood at the time. Czar Nicholas mobilized his troops in the run-up to WW I, which ultimately led to his and his family's executio
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
You said "With a lot of these problems." Maybe you should clarify which problems you mean. And which ones (e.g. toxic chemicals in solar array manufacturing) really are fundamental physics and not engineering.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
I think you mean "my opinion" not "community norm" there.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
No, I posted a high-quality reply to the subtext of THIS article. It was pure debunking for a political end and didn't deserve a lengthy, objective answer.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
> With a lot of these problems more funding leads to faster solutions Evidence, please. Would more funding for nuclear fusion lead to faster commercial-scale electric plants? Explain how the fundamental physics problems can get solved fa
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
We can't do anything about the Taiwan risk? I beg to differ. Are our political leaders, who are elected, ignoring it in hopes it'll go away, actively making it worse, or mitigating it?
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Maybe you missed the cancel-LHOTP movement, e.g. someone else on the thread posted this: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/little-house... a heading is "To Live the Impossible Dream.&q
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
> Among them, there is evidence that Laura often exhibited a quick temper. > Laura hated wearing sunbonnets and yearned keenly for beautiful, stylish dresses. Oh no! What a monster! Cancel her NOW. > Neither Charles and Caroline In
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
I don't see any realistic, actionable analysis or solutions in here. > People need to get paid (very!) well for their work on the endeavor Good luck with that one. Who, exactly, is going to pay? And if you did somehow pass a bill ma
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Actually, my car has the parallel-parking assist, and I've learned to use it to get a perfect parking job, first time every time! So I've got that going for me, which is nice.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Ah, well, if it's basically the same as leasing: never mind. Funny, I got a ZipCard and never used it.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
"In the future you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy." Unless your Social Credit score gets too low. In that case, you'll get a free trip to the re-education camp.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
(this is about black widows, not brown recluses, so it may or may not be relevant) I had someone tell me if I went out at night with a UV pen and shined it underneath stuff, esp. patio furniture, I'd find lots of black widows. Tried it
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
OK, I don't think comparing research to the defense budget is at all useful, but comparing JWST research to fusion research IS. So I'll stand corrected on US money. However, ITER is a global effort, so it isn't just the US bu
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
I think the general hostility is a reaction to the hype that "this breakthrough means we're closer to an infinite source of cheap, clean energy." It clearly does not. I can understand the researchers feeling unable to tell th
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Very well said, thanks. After you do 90% of the work, you have to do the other 90%.
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
Not exactly. Someone was describing himself as "working class" in a political discussion about Severance, a discussion which was tending heavily towards as Marxism. Marxism was originally about "the workers." So an obser
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by UIUC_06 4y ago
> Parsons said the plan would replenish the upper Missouri and Mississippi Rivers during dry spells, increase hydropower along the Columbia River and stabilize the Great Lakes. He proposed using nuclear explosions to excavate the system&

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