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by aklemm 11y ago
Moreso even than ageism, it's frustrating the way young and old struggle to exchange ideas. The young, I think, are to blame for not being interested. But the old need to come to terms with the possibility that the judgmental attitude
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by aklemm 11y ago
Anecdotes have value. Stories have value. Opinions can have value. Evidence is not a condition that necessarily drives change. Your total dismissal of the piece seems misguided.
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by aklemm 11y ago
I live in a town with an excellent, healthy food culture. The school lunches are terrible. The result is most everyone packs lunch for their kids. Eventually I hope to figure out why there hasn't been a movement to improve the lunches,
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by aklemm 11y ago
Brilliant! I want to hear more about these things in the news.
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by aklemm 11y ago
This is probably a very practical truth. Nonetheless, there seem to be a lot of police who are actually saying the wrong things (as well as doing the wrong things), and I have to think they don't quite know right from wrong.
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by aklemm 11y ago
This is exactly the kind of thinking we need. Intense, local citizen involvement should be a great start (and should be default, anyway).
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by aklemm 11y ago
Related to my other comment, I think we need individual police to submit to, and eventually desire, continued intensive training on the topic of justice. Perhaps it can start in one town: fire all the officers that don't happily attend
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by aklemm 11y ago
I've been at a loss as to where to ask this question, so maybe HN will come through. Are there any sheriffs/prosecutors/cities doing innovative work to improve our justice system? I would think there must be someone out there
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by aklemm 11y ago
To be interrogated or detained (the pre-arrest stuff) is not benign. It is full of risk because police are sanctioned to use force on citizens. It is especially risky for non-whites, especially if they try to exercise their rights. This sto
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by aklemm 11y ago
"people really don't want to hear that being fat is bad in the sense of greatly raising the risk of all common age-related disease and reducing life expectancy." Surely there are very few people denying these risks. Do you ha
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by aklemm 11y ago
That is an excellent question.
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That falls under "challenge yourself mentally" I would think.
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What if being retarded and being highly intelligent aren't ends of the same spectrum? High intelligence seems much more situational than being retarded. A retardation is fairly objective and would stand out in almost any scenario, wher
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We see what you did there.
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by aklemm 11y ago
Exactly. I've lived in and visited so many amazing places that are just ruined by the traffic. For the last 1+ years I'm living in a nice (not amazing) place with few traffic problems and it really just seems better. I'll sav
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by aklemm 11y ago
This is great advice. Especially in a time where people from varied backgrounds are scrambling to learn software development, it is critical to stay focused on what matters to avoid getting bogged down. So, for anyone getting bogged down, j
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by aklemm 11y ago
What are your best examples on non-Dilbert-land cultures? I want to go to there.
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by aklemm 11y ago
Just another walking contradiction like the rest of us.
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by aklemm 11y ago
No worries. If you see this, you should now be able to find my email in my profile. Would love to chat.
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by aklemm 11y ago
Wonderful site. Does anyone know of other resources for the lay person to get a better grasp of the law, without becoming a laywer? Earlier in my adulthood, I would have appreciated a book explaining in very general terms what exactly lawye
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by aklemm 11y ago
That was a strange and completely unnecessary angle for the author to take. I don't get it.
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by aklemm 11y ago
Would you reach out to me (contact info in profile) if you'd be willing to talk about WP management on those 50 clients? I'm working on a hosting solution focused on the problems agencies may have managing updates and cleaning up
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by aklemm 11y ago
As someone who wants to do a basic self-study of music, this seems pretty awesome. Unfortnately, I don't know what I don't know. Can anyone link to readings or a course that would teach me the stuff this is quizzing?
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by aklemm 11y ago
Hmm, help me figure out what to make of it. Where did see you it (I'm trying to understand the context)?
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by aklemm 11y ago
When I started reporting for my college newspaper this jumped out at me immediately and it was maddening. So I recorded every interview I did, and then had to transcribe the quotes. It took forever, so I guess I can see how it isn't fe
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by aklemm 11y ago
Would love to hear an explanation of where I'm wrong along with the downvotes.
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by aklemm 11y ago
Focusing on the minority is important, and kind of the point of article. The vocal minority in the tech world seem to be more unreasonably misbehaved than other industries. Imagine a woman in the medical industry or energy sector who gives
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by aklemm 11y ago
Coder Radio and Rationally Speaking
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by aklemm 11y ago
Hate to pile on, but the signup was, indeed, painful. The site wouldn't even accept a generated password from LastPass. After getting through all that, I'm awaiting a confirmation email and it's not showing up. Feeling like a
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by aklemm 11y ago
Hah, I got the same pay for that, but didn't hate the job so much. We got beer after, so that may be why.

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