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It's also like the religious fundamentalists who insist "you can just pray the gay away." As far as most people are concerned, the premise that all violence is absolutely unnecessary is not a widely held position. Indeed, it&
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The degree to which agribusiness in CA has been able to block any and all rational water regulation in the legislature is simultaneously awful and encouraging. Awful, because oh my god just look; the way they're handling this resource
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The future of protein is in bugs. Lots and lots of bugs.
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"Tran also said he was discouraged to seek a trademark because it would have been difficult getting one named after a real-life location...Unlike the name, Tran trademarked his rooster logo and distinctive bottle."
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The terror in the first scenario is not a product of the robots themselves, but the existence of a democratically unrestrained power in full command of the machines. I hate to sound so single minded, but this is just one more reason to oppo
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He actually dealt with the initial skepticism about his background in a very straightforward way. In essence, he said "Yes, I was a cable lobbyist, but that a long time ago, when cable companies were very much the outsiders with a craz
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I have no idea what happens if a B-Corp gets stripped of its standing, or how easily it can convert to an S-Corp, but from what I understand, the whole point of the B-Corp is to make the scenario you described exceedingly unlikely. In other
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INALB from what I understand, getting certified as a B Corp depends on meeting a number of pre-determined conditions. As long as the company is in compliance with a specific percentage of these conditions, they qualify. From what I remember
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Thanks for the kind words. To be honest, this framing doesn't seem skillful at all. It seems screamingly obvious (at least to me). What I can't figure out is why this view should need so much pushing in the first place.
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Work can be ennobling, morally beneficial, etc. but instances in which this is actually the case tend to be few and far between. The ones that do exist invariably grant the worker a high degree of autonomy and decent living wage. If goo
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It's not that he's incorrect. It's that his observation is generalized to the point of being a useless distraction from this particular conversation. Had he indicated how the potentially destructive power of taxation is act
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Yes, and the power to drive a car is the power to commit vehicular manslaughter. The question is not whether a driver can use this power to kill. It's whether they are actually using this power to kill. Needless to say, not evey ta
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Spectrum auctions (the costs of which are passed on to the winning telco's customers) are not only a tax, they're a tax that gets marked-up by a private company before being collected.
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It's not true the "people do it anyway". It is true that some people do it anyway. Big, big difference. Also, it makes no sense to base judgement of the law on the impossibly high standard of 100% compliance. Indeed, any la
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Well, there is a way actually. But first you need to restore the power of the vote so that legislators are accountable to the people and the people alone. This means dismantling the five main pillars that are used to nullify, misdirect, or
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I'm sorry, but what you're implying is that these companies have sub-par products that unscrupulous writers have been willing to treat as well-made in exchange for cash payment. As someone who (very happily) uses both Backblaze an
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That, most likely, was the point. A few months ago, Marc Adreessen credited the proliferation of this kind of market manipulation with the demise of the IPO. In his view, a company as well established as IBM can roll with punches like these
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Yes, and teenagers still operate under the illusion that "being a real grownup" is a actual thing, and not just the thinnest of veneers.
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This. I mean, I can understand obsessing about the teen / YA demographic if that's who you're selling to, but the idea that what they do represents some ground-shaking historical shift, and not just a (fairly well-understood)
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Well, I wouldn't say "worthless". If you're looking for a macro view of usage, sure, but again it's unfair to expect that from a piece that starts by flatly stating that's not what it provides. What it does pro
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"Betteridge's law of headlines is an adage that states: 'Any headline which ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no.' " http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge's_law_of_headl
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For what it's worth, Birdman is doing quite well. It's not following the Be Everywhere All At Once release model that's become the norm for franchise blockbusters, but then again it's not a franchise blockbuster. Rathe
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Most people may not realize what's coming now but they will soon enough. When they do, expect Universal Basic Income (UBI) to become a very popular topic. Here's a quick take: http://io9.com/how-universal-basic-inc
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"A moat the size of two oceans."
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Then again, had the attackers made their intentions clear up front, media outlets would be reticent about doing someone else's very dirty dirty work for them. By releasing what amounted to to celebrity gossip and no clear demand, lots
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Dashboard has become virtually unusable in Yosemite. "Laggy" is an understatement. If I'm activating it after a restart, it can take a full minute for the widgets to become active. The same selection is available instantly in
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It's also entirely possible that the people who built the system did not do so thinking or believing that it would end up being used in the way it has been, and that their good faith was taken advantage of by incapable or self-serving
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Or for Saudi Arabia to forestall the re-emergence of Iran.
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That's exactly the issue. There are lots of people who can imagine that. They can also imagine corporate boards having a much harder time saying no to them in an environment that the Feds have described as dangerous. If nothing else,
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NK may be a sideshow as far as a lot of interested parties are concerned. The benefit (if you can call it that) is that the presently-tapering security contractor gravy train gets a new shot in the arm, the Feds have a chance to set up &quo

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