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by amerika_blog 13y ago
> When an english speaking reporter can't figure something out in a foreign country they often say "nobody knows ..." but really they mean "I couldn't find a source to tell me ... Same is true in English-speaking
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
That's a noble quest. It seems to me that the intelligent, sensitive and wise are the ones who kill themselves. The blockhead, self-entitled, criminal, etc. never seem to.
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Snapshot Serengeti: crowdsourced wildlife identification(snapshotserengeti.org)
2 points by amerika_blog 13y ago|0 comments
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
War, huh! What is it good for? Evolution, science and philosophy, oh yeah...
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
It's worth reading the school's response before you let the Crowdist media whip you into a hive-mind: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/news/education/duquesne-...
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
I thought they used a TRS-80: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dung_Beetles_%28video_game%29
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Open plan offices attract highest levels of worker dissatisfaction(theconversation.com)
242 points by amerika_blog 13y ago|194 comments
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
What works for a tiny Scandinavian country that's ethnically homogenous, has a strong culture and is geographically isolated, might just work for ANYONE. Or, not.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
What works for a tiny ethnically homogenous country situated in the far north might just work for ANYONE! Or, not.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
> Its no better than mob mentality. That's the internet post-Eternal September in a nutshell.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
> Reddit is entirely arbitrary with who it chooses to protect from doxxing, and why. If you agree with the official Ideology, I think you're safe. Otherwise, you're the enemy. The whole site is /r/politics with a vigi
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
I haven't trusted that site since they allowed a shock-journalist to dox one of their most productive members.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/collusion Helpful link above.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
> Rather than do what's right, they're now more concerned with public image? That's always been true. Their justification is legitimate if it was actually the reason for the ban, which after the /r/FactualFalcon
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Reddit continues to play whack-a-mole with controversy, ignoring the fact that using /r/SRS and /r/SRD to police a social media site into political correctness will produce inevitable blowback.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Wikipedia is overrated as a resource. It is, like many crowd-sourced things, a social determination of importance and not an actual assessment. However, as you'd expect, it's great for pop culture.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
And then came the Romans.
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The New Science of Mind(nytimes.com)
67 points by amerika_blog 13y ago|22 comments
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Most users also want to be rich, beautiful and 21.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
That's ridiculous. Nokia is an excellent brand and should be retained. It's also helping teach American students Finnish geography.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Sleep... what a great idea. Someday. It's on the to-do list.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
I'm facing the collapse of my homeland and intervening. Are you in denial, or part of the solution?
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Gen Y bosses: entitled and out for themselves, study says(today.com)
1 points by amerika_blog 13y ago|0 comments
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
The new Gmail compose is 20 years worth of interface design learning, lost in a single poor choice.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
I'm tired of seeing the errors that prompt most of those comments. The comments themselves are often very much legitimate.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
He's just pressuring you to work longer hours. That's cheaper for him but abusive to you.
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Be sure you're right, then go ahead. Going ahead means talking to higher management, laying out your concerns ("I'm worried this may be the case" not "This is the case, absolutely, and you must act now!") then
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
> People like to generalize a lot. Especially the mainstream media (MSM)...
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Fight for your homeland, don't just run away and pass off your problems to others. Also encourage Americans to stop their drone-crazed, war-hungry, spy-happy, immigration-positive President (or at least to change his mind). War should
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by amerika_blog 13y ago
Actual article: http://www.sciencemagazinedigital.org/sciencemagazine/30_aug... Posting this does not necessarily convey agreement.

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