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by ars 2y ago
We finally mostly got rid of tobacco smoke, and now there's cannabis smoke everywhere. It's extremely unpleasant. If you want to take some, please eat it instead of smoking. It's not right to inflict the smoke on others. (And
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by ars 2y ago
Every single thing in your second paragraph is directly contradicted by the article at hand, yet you say them like they are established facts as opposed to things you just made up.
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by ars 2y ago
> is how unfamiliar the US market is with split systems This was completely true 10 years ago. These days though mini split is the standard in the US for remodeling. If you go to a slightly wealthier part of an urban city almost every ho
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by ars 2y ago
Amazon is hardly one of the "most profitable companies in the world". Also Amazon can't really raise prices without losing sales - I've already shifted many of my purchases because Amazon is too expensive. They don'
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by ars 2y ago
> Car manufacturers don’t really care what used buyers like you want. They don’t make money from a used sale. That's not true. Someone buying a new cars pays attention to resale value, so car manufacturers want the resale value to b
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by ars 2y ago
Direct source: https://cued.uic.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/219/2024/05/Ha... "They were recruited into the survey using the Meta/Facebook" that's a red flag on the quality
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by ars 2y ago
How many non-Amazon warehouse worked are on food stamps or Medicaid? Without that comparison this title is just flame bait.
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by ars 2y ago
> I've reviewed many of the world's plugs https://www.plugsocketmuseum.nl/ > They begin to disconnect too easily when things move around Replace your outlets, the old ones did this, but the newer ones, espec
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by ars 2y ago
Lots of A/Cs and high power equipment uses NEMA 6, there's wide availability of parts for it. For example I have several in my house. EV's have connectors for it as well. The thing is people keep complaining about how bad NEM
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by ars 2y ago
Oh sure, Israel managed to astroturf millions upon millions of votes, and manged to control the votes of around 50% of Europe. Yes, definitely, that's what they did.
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by ars 2y ago
> For the the US, Israel is optional. That's not really true. The reason are complicated and involve the cold war. I touched on some of the highlights here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40425327 > well, y
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by ars 2y ago
The easiest answer is military tech. More complex answers involve having an allied county in an area with a lot of Russian influence. The history is long and complex, but keep in mind Israel ran all by itself for decades, and defended itsel
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by ars 2y ago
Or, and I assume you have not considered this, but maybe you should, there is no genocide. And virtually everyone except for some noisy activists knows this. You live in a bubble if you think social media represents people. Social media rep
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by ars 2y ago
Linking to a TV show does not actually describe other options for Israel. And I assume you know that TV shows are fictional? First they write the dilemma for Janeway, then they figure out how to get there. In the real world it's the ot
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by ars 2y ago
> The fact that Israel didn't win the popular vote suggests that the support for them is not particularly strong in Europe. They came in second place. How is that "not particularly strong"? And the difference between the p
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by ars 2y ago
That's a weird thing to oppose considering most parties see the control running exactly the other way. The US needs Israel more than Israel needs the US.
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by ars 2y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnocracy#Northern_Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_ethnostate#New_Zealand And I'm not picking on them - tons of countries are like that, and that&#x
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by ars 2y ago
> we've long since blown past any point where the numbers would be tolerable. You seem to be doing a good job of trying to understand both sides, so I think it would behoove you compare these casualty rates with other urban wars. &g
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by ars 2y ago
> When Israeli leadership says they want Palestinians out of Gaza They don't say that. Your entire premise is based on some random quotes from an individual? > Israel does not have the right to exterminate Hamas by any means nece
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by ars 2y ago
Your very short list is the definition of limited. A couple strikes each day is what "limited" means.
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by ars 2y ago
What the heck does "Opposition to Zionism" even mean? Opposing Zionism is the same as opposing the Irish desire to have Ireland, or the Kiwi desire to have New Zealand. I suspect you don't know what Zionism is, because otherw
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by ars 2y ago
Israel hardly needs those arms to continue their war in Gaza. It's nice, certainly, and the precision weapons help reduce Palestinian deaths, but Israel does not require it. You also forget that Israel has fought all its major wars wit
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by ars 2y ago
> Seems like in most cases the state is more pro-israel than the population. Not really. Go check the results of the popular vote for Eurovision. Israel came in second. There's a huge quiet population that is pro-Israel. They don&#x
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by ars 2y ago
> Further large-scale strikes look increasingly performative. Israel is not doing large scale strikes in most of Gaza, except Raffa. It was in the news a few weeks ago that Israel withdrew most of their troops from Gaza. They have in fac
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by ars 2y ago
The NEMA 6-20 is what I'd want. I actually think the US should start requiring those. Start with having 1 or 2 in the kitchen, and additionally 1 within 100 feet of any spot in the house. Once they are more common we'll start to s
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by ars 2y ago
The Type G is way too big! They only reason it's that big is leftover baggage from ring circuits requiring fuses in the plugs. And while it might be safer on paper, in practice there is little difference in injury rates US vs UK.
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by ars 2y ago
Yes, it makes it better. This is a war, I assume you are too young to have experienced any others, but this what war is like. It sucks for everyone, and innocents die. There isn't any other way to exterminate Hamas which is a goal that
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by ars 2y ago
By combing these warrants into a single press release they've completely lost any legitimacy. There were no "screws needed" to issue an arrest warrant against Hamas months ago. Yet they didn't. They should have issued ar
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by ars 2y ago
You find it meaningful, I find it disgusting, and furthermore it calls the entire "court" into question. It's pretty obvious this is not a real court, and it should be ignored by all. Why did they wait 7 months? If the Nether
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by ars 2y ago
> War crimes are war crimes, and these were committed in the same war. Some were committed 7 months ago, the other were allegedly committed a short time ago. Putting them both in the same release is utterly repugnant.

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