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by ardent_uno 8y ago
I think the point they are trying to make is that we should be careful to not completely erase someone because of crimes they may commit, sexual or otherwise.
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Hopefully not. In the heat of the moment certain people would have thought it necessary to disregard everything he said, but over time cooler heads would remember that a person is not a monolith. We can appreciate the good and dislike the b
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Excellently written and conceived piece. So many good points, I implore everyone reading this comment to actually read the article if they haven't already. Many people critical of modern progressivism's take on racial disparities
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Seems like a good rule. Removes any possibility for controversy. Keep politics out of the workplace, it just makes sense. See Google for evidence.
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
It would be better to see the difference between average age of members of Congress and average age at which people died in the year considered. What I suspect this would show is that seniority in Congress, at least on a relative comparison
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Belongs in r/iamverysmart
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
It's working out pretty well for China, which started out with essentially nothing in terms of a capital base. Law, order and prudent fiscal/monetary policy are all it takes. If Ethiopia can guarantee these things then the interna
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
That's foolish. In order to start the gears of capitalism turning in a country you have to start somewhere. As the standard economic development model goes, agriculture -> industry -> services. In Ethiopia they are starting with
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Terrible idea. You keep it unified because then you have a single entity to regulate. The problem with Facebook does not stem from a lack of market competition but rather its fundamental business model of allowing anyone to purchase ads. If
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People Who Live in Small Towns and Rural Areas Are Happier Than Everyone Else(denverpost.com)
6 points by ardent_uno 8y ago|3 comments
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
So I guess CNN, MSNBC, Washington Post, etc are authoritarians with their constant need to talk about Stormy Daniels and similarly asinine storylines in a coordinated attempt to tar and feather Trump with any and every distraction possible?
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Smarter Brains Run on Sparsely Connected Neurons(sciencedaily.com)
34 points by ardent_uno 8y ago|19 comments
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
The western world has developed institutions that give it security. Once those parts of the world ravaged by war do the same, they too will enjoy peace and stability.
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
"“Until we talk to them and treat them with respect — as human beings, which they are — I don’t think we’re going to make any progress,” Carter said." Well Trump is doing just that so Carter should be satisfied... Also Trump'
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Disney created something people liked. The source material of original fairy tales still exists and is readily available. That he "displaced source material in public consciousness" is hardly a critique, in that case I guess we sh
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
That you compare Disney and children's stories to narcotics and "harmful industry" is laughable. Sure guns/drugs etc bring joy to some people but their harmful side effects - both to society and the individual - are much
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
I'd say that's more an issue with current copyright law than Disney.
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Why should he not make money off fairy tales? By making money he built a company which has brought joy to millions of people over a near century, employed thousands and created value all without doing any real damage to the fairy tales whic
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At the Mountains of Madness(hplovecraft.com)
2 points by ardent_uno 8y ago|0 comments
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
It's not just a problem for the people who would like to do work in a license regulated field. It's a problem for everyone. One of the biggest problems in medicine is the quota on licensing MD's. That drives up the cost for e
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
The survival and unity of a nation gives substantial long term benefits, contrary to what you believe, because effective nations make modern life possible through their guarantee of property rights and rule of law which are both prerequisit
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
UBI can be one of two things. It can be printing money and giving it to the poor, but everyone knows that's unsustainable because of inflation. Ok, so that's ruled out. The other option is redistributing wealth (taxing the rich an
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
>"At one point, he was asked what tune he would choose for his last song, and he said the final movement of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony. Then he began to sing, with verve and vigor. According Mr. Nitschke, Mr. Goodall did end up choo
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Ah ok. In that case he made himself vulnerable.
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
I'm skeptical about this culture of online shaming. If someone makes a mistake at a point in their lives and it either wasn't reflective of who they really are, or they've reformed themselves and improved their behavior, I do
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
Definitely. I'm not one to chant "legalize and regulate" at every vice in society, but this is one case where we should most definitely legalize and regulate. When I said there was no good solution I was thinking more for peo
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Taking CRISPR from Clipping Scissors to Word Processor(sciencedaily.com)
1 points by ardent_uno 8y ago|0 comments
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by ardent_uno 8y ago
The author impressively found a tremendous amount to say about a topic that I think is a bit trivial. Of course we should feel bad for people, both men and women, who cannot fulfill their sexual desires, for whatever reason. This is not a r
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Hospitals 'Waste More Money' After Hiring Management Consultants(telegraph.co.uk)
20 points by ardent_uno 8y ago|3 comments