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by achates 3y ago
Kind of insane that the Germans were still allowing papers on rocketry and nuclear physics to be published in journals in 1943.
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by achates 3y ago
Alongside luminaries like "the wife of the guy who played Robin in the Batman movie".
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by achates 3y ago
If you dig down into the account settings there is an "apps only" mode that brings back the grid.
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by achates 3y ago
Thomas Jefferson for one. > "Gentlemen, I would rather believe that two Yankee professors would lie than believe that stones fall from heaven." http://www.meteorlab.com/METEORLAB2001dev/metics.htm#:~:text..
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by achates 3y ago
They pay income and sales taxes. They don't pay social security taxes but they also aren't eligible for the benefits.
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by achates 3y ago
Also many public school horror stories.
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by achates 3y ago
In practice they're comparing America to an idealized, fantasy version of other developed countries from 2007. They largely aren't aware of how much the US has pulled ahead since then. The UK now has a lower GDP per capital than M
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by achates 3y ago
https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/learn-to-code Basically a bunch of journalists told laid off coal miners that they should just learn to code, which some people saw as callous. Then in 2019 Buzzfeed and Huffpo and a few
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by achates 3y ago
>People who are less fortunate are well, less fortunate. I agree. That's why I don't want the government to forbid them from taking a job that they want by setting a minimum wage. Cutting out the bottom of the labor market does
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by achates 3y ago
All of those agencies have larger budgets and more power than they did 50 years ago.
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by achates 3y ago
I've always done that too but the used car market has been so insane lately that it might make more sense to consider new as well going forwards.
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by achates 3y ago
You knew what you were getting into when you bought a BMW.
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by achates 3y ago
I put mine on Zillow after interviewing a realtor and it sold for $1,000 less than the maximum amount he realtor said I could expect. Since I didn't have to pay his commission I came out ahead by a lot.
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by achates 3y ago
I pay way more in taxes than I spend on housing or education. I pay more in taxes every year than I paid for 4 years of college. So yeah, taxes are definitely a bigger consideration.
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by achates 3y ago
That's basically what the Matter specification is.
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by achates 3y ago
eBay is surprisingly good. I think it's because the reviews are tied to the seller instead of the item.
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by achates 3y ago
Are pit bulls more likely to attack humans than other dog breeds?
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by achates 3y ago
The top voted comment is always some variation of "capitalism bad".
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by achates 3y ago
Pharmacists are pure rent seeking. They got state legislatures to mandate their services and restrict the number of graduates to keep salaries high and pass the cost to consumers. Hopefully online pharmacies reduce our reliance on them and
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by achates 3y ago
If I can find a news article about a public school teacher who molested children will you support shutting those down too?
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by achates 3y ago
I would assume most witchcraft accusations are made by people who believe in witchcraft and believe that the person they're accusing is a witch.
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by achates 3y ago
Not necessarily, institutional investors are playing with other people's money. Many of them are happy to accept lower returns in exchange if they get to their personal politics.
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by achates 3y ago
It's not really more expensive. In Denver it's $10.50 per person to take the train from the airport to downtown. At the time of this post an Uber from LAS to the Bellagio is $11. If you have two people then the Uber is about half
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by achates 3y ago
So if you fulfill basic human needs you aren't allowed to make a profit but every other industry can?
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by achates 3y ago
I'm glad that people try new things even if it's more expensive at first and sometimes turns out to be a bad idea in the end.
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by achates 3y ago
Sales taxes are state taxes, they don't pay for the military (except for the national guard, but they're tiny and the feds pay when they deploy abroad).
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by achates 3y ago
Trains aren't a good fit for the US outside the northeast corridor. We have a fantastic interstate highway system for medium distances and for longer trips flying is cheaper and faster.
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by achates 3y ago
No one outside of America is rude.
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by achates 3y ago
An example of a sugar tax working would be if obesity and cavity rates went down.
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by achates 3y ago
Sounds like a good sign for salaries in the US.

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