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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> Again, do some fucking research before making claims that you know nothing about. You might want to learn instead. My point was that BUILDING Hybrids/EVs cause pollution. Not that gas powered cars as less polluting. What you are d
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> I invest almost exclusively in index-tracking funds and ETFs. I don't want my money going into shares of stocks that confer no voting rights at all. Okay. I wouldn't either. What does your comment have to do with what I wrote
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
>This product is indeed capable of changing the world for the better if scaled up. "Saving it" is hyperbole. But "changing the world" isn't hyperbole? > But it's not about making a nice meal for vegetaria
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
It's amazing how the promise of "decentralized" internet has turned into centralized datacenters. P2P networks, each computer being a "data store" on the internet, no one entity can control data, etc to modern day c
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> I really hate the "too big to fail" meme and I strongly agree with Bernie in that if you are too big to fail you are too big to exist. That seems like the most reasonable response. And yet, since the great recession, our poli
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
It is a propaganda outlet now owned by Steve Jobs' wife. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerson_Collective The move by tech industry people into medi
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
Is it just me or do posts about "vegetarian/vegan" foods, Tesla, or any flavor of the day seem to produce so many suspicious comments? It looks every other comment is trying to "sell" us something rather than being
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> but the goal of proving a theorem is only rarely finding any proof No. The goal of proving a theorem is proving it any way possible. And "inelegant" proof is just as much a proof as an "elegant" proof. > and in t
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> "Climate alarmists" drive hybrids or electric cars and have solar panels and heat pumps. Except that hybrids, electric cars requires tons of CO2 pollution to create. Not to mention that climate alarmists like dicaprio fly on
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
It's not just a list of stocks. It's also a basis for the purchasing of stocks by ETFs, Mutual Funds, etc. Being in the S&P provides a lot of "depth" to a company's stock. I agree that a company like SNAP doesn&
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> Climate policy advocates’ apocalyptic vision demands serious analysis, and mushy thinking undermines their case. If carbon emissions pose the greatest threat to humanity, it follows that the costs of nuclear power—waste disposal and th
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
If you think /r/science is great, check out what is the top post of /r/science right now. "Google searches for “how to commit suicide” increased 26% following the release of "13 Reasons Why", a Netflix ser
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> Why would a service that cares about its members _ever_ implement free speech policies? But reddit did implement free speech policies. It defended free speech for many years. > That's just asking for assholes. Or open discourse
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
/r/science is a terrible sub. It's pretty much people from /r/politics pretending to be scientists. It's a politic sub.
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
My dentist said sugar laden soft-drinks and sugar-laden processed food are the worst culprits. Especially the soft drink. Apparently the acid and sugar in soda are the worst things you could put on your teeth. It's like a double whammy
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> I don't know how anybody can take models like this seriously. It's about as valid as any of these economists models. Hell, it is partly an economic model. Because bill nye, leonardo di caprio and Al Gore told us it is 100% co
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> I think it's interesting (in a "train accident" sort of way) how many downvotes without any counter-argument you're getting... Not only that. If you look at the replies, there is a "core group" who are rep
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> What about he whole "Gawker lost the trial" part? Nothing. What's your point? As I said, JURIES aren't infallible. The prosecutors lost the case against OJ simpson. What's your point? > That seems to be rath
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> You have the right to appeal a temporary injunction for your sex tape and publish it without the approval of the subject I know. That's my point. Not only that, the appeals court ruled in favor of gawkers. > but people also hav
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> The Judge, who heard all the arguments you and I are ignoring/unaware of, did not agree with your assessment: It wasn't the judge. It was the JURY. And judges aren't "infallible". As a matter of fact, appeals c
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> They went out of business because they did something wrong No. They went out of business because they ran out of money to continue their legal defense. > and the judge agreed with the plaintiff that they should pay damages. No. Not
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> Thiel and Hogan won the case in court. Yes. It's a case where you ask 12 people to decide the fate of your existence. > They didn't just buy a verdict. They didn't have to. > Both parties had well-funded legal argu
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
Would be nice if there was an ANSI/ISO standard for addresses like we have for dates.
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> This article is very much at odds with my 15-year (1988-2000, 2001-2004) experience writing software at NASA (albeit at JPL, which is to say the unmanned space program, but still NASA). In my experience there was just as much politics,
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
Experiences of loneliness, suffering and loss are essential for human development. You cannot be a complete human without it just like you need community/social bonds, happiness and birth. But excessive amounts can be harmful. Acceptin
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> This should be branded into anyone that ever defended an overbroad law with 'It'll only be used to go after bad guys!' Is it shocking to anyone else that there are so many comments like that on HN recently? "It&#x27
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> Their free speech isn't being curtailed Really? Going out of business isn't having their speech curtailed? > Free speech doesn't mean the right to say whatever you want without repercussions or consequences. Sure... &
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
I'm cringing at the crazy comments here defending thiel and hogan here. Interesting tidbits. 1. Sex tape was obtained LEGALLY. 2. Hogan discussed sex tape openly long before Gawker bought it and released it. 3. Many sites released foot
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
> So .. should only a certain 'class' of 'authority' in society have the ability to say what it wants? No. Everyone should. > The answer is that there are no absolutes in this discussion. There are principles thoug
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by awkwarddaturtle 9y ago
Did you just reply to your own comment?

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