astura

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by astura 6mo ago
It's an outlier, even in America. I live in the US and no 23 year olds at my company are making 100k/year, lol. Most jrs in America are working jobs like this - https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0dcd3d05ab694ba8
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by astura 6mo ago
>The Shuttle was risky, but it wasn't thought of or acknowledged by NASA as being risky until very late in its lifecycle. The whole idea of the shuttle program was to make space travel routine and less-risky. Like air travel. It obv
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by astura 6mo ago
Idk if it's common anymore, but some companies rent equipment rather than purchase it. So they'd have to return everything back to the rental company, who is expecting normal wear and tear, not intentional "customization.&quo
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by astura 6mo ago
Only if you're using other people's money.
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by astura 7mo ago
>We wouldn't give our children a pass like this, nor would we teach our children to act this way Where do you live where this is the case? I'd love to move there!
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by astura 7mo ago
>I feel like this has to be a scam, but I'm not sure exactly what the scam is This is called a brushing scam. https://www.uspis.gov/news/scam-article/brushing-scam
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by astura 7mo ago
So, tax fraud?
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by astura 7mo ago
Ok, but it's not alcoholism, it's something else (disregard for others)
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by astura 7mo ago
Having 2-3 drinks on a Friday night is "alcoholism?"
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by astura 7mo ago
Interlock devices aren't "ad-hoc punishments," they are making sure someone with a history of driving drunk can't start their car when they are drunk for a very, very short period of time. 1 year is common and is extreme
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by astura 7mo ago
Your insurance is going up more than $100/month if you get a DUI.
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by astura 7mo ago
No, the 2021 infrastructure bill required automakers to install passive technology (passive meaning not requiring any specific actions from the driver) to prevent drunk driving by some future date. However, such technology doesn't real
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by astura 7mo ago
That's the ugliest, gaudiest watch I've ever seen.
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by astura 7mo ago
Reporting sales numbers to employees on a regular interval (along with goals) is extremely common in private companies. Especially when employee bonuses are linked to those sales/goals.
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by astura 7mo ago
Getting death threats from aggrieved gamblers, MLB players starting to fear for their safety https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nigh...
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by astura 7mo ago
>There is a whole class of urban legends like that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pass_by_catastrophe
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by astura 7mo ago
>What are you basing the 'mediocre' opinion on? Tesla is well known for having shitty build quality. https://www.jalopnik.com/teslas-quality-control-is-so-bad-cu...
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by astura 7mo ago
Nothing because Nobody Beats the Wiz.
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by astura 8mo ago
My State has no recall procedures, that doesn't exist, the same is true for the majority of states. https://www.ncsl.org/elections-and-campaigns/recall-of-state... Beyond that, my state is not the problem.
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by astura 8mo ago
This is really, really , really bad revisionist history boarding on fanfiction - The U.S. military directly built the entire foundation of the modern tech industry. There's a reason that the Internet started out as ARPANET (ARPA [now D
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by astura 8mo ago
Depends on the MLM penetration in your community, some (Amway being a big one) recruits strangers in public.
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by astura 8mo ago
>People are lovely. That just hasn't been my experience.
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by astura 8mo ago
What's the government going to do with a picture of the ID they, themselves issued to you?
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by astura 8mo ago
Know your customer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Know_your_customer
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by astura 8mo ago
It's not hyperbolic, it's factual.
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by astura 8mo ago
>By age 15, most girls have gone through growth spurts and puberty, and they’ve reached their adult height. >Many have started to outgrow the junior’s size section. Ummmmm.... What? I wore junior’s sizes well into my 30s. Am I really
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by astura 8mo ago
It doesn't get hot enough to be a safe cooking method https://youtu.be/dSwzau2_KF8?t=1108
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by astura 9mo ago
>A lot of discourse in America revolves around, "Why don't get come in legally?" Do you honestly believe that people who say "Why don't [they] come in legally?" are complaining about a lack of administrative
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by astura 9mo ago
Where can I buy a international plane ticket for $50 ?
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by astura 9mo ago
I don't understand the premise of this. The author goes on and on (and on) about how "Americans have no idea how weird and tortuous their immigration system is" but doesn't really give any evidence. I wonder if they eve

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