awkwardtortoise

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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Whenever syria comes out, the propagandists come out. These people try to label people in order to marginalize their views. You can spot them easily because they use labels like "trolls", "conspiracist", "tin foil h
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Don't forget 6) agenda driven propagandists like you...
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Jesus the salaries are so low. > Doing a Numbeo cost of living conversion suggests at least the base salary is roughly comparable to what you'd be making in the US. Where in the US? Maybe in the boondocks, but those salaries are shi
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
They write the same shit every year, every generation. People said the same thing about newspapers. The same thing about radio. The same thing about rock 'n roll. The same thing about rap/hip-hop. The same thing about TV ( IDIOT B
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
English language version. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-HL5nppBnM
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Nope. We get maine lobsters in the NY area and the price has increased in the last few years. Haven't had lobsters because I refuse to pay extortion prices.
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
At the beginning and end of every business cycle, the media ( sellers of ads not news ) run the "peak oil" and "peak oil demand" stories. 8+ years ago, "Peak Oil". https://blogs.wsj.com/environm
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
If you find the topic of consciousness interesting, here is an interesting neuroscientist's talk on consciousness. The idea that we can measure levels of consciousness as brain scanning tools become available and how consciousness may
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> I'm a huge Elon Musk fan and I deeply share his vision for getting humans on mars, being more environmentally friendly, etc. However, I'm starting to lose faith in him. Same here. A fan of musk. But SCTY's demise should
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> Had he kept it in XOM, his $3 million would have been worth $22 million today, with a dividend that would have covered his expenses and that kept pace with inflation. His house value probably rose at a higher rate than XOM's did.
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
I always watch Alien and Aliens back to back. From time to time, if I have more time to kill, I watch Alien 3 ( the extended director's cut ). I watched Alien: Resurrection once and have never watched it again and have no desire to. Te
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> It's just that, in each franchise, the other two movies are so much better Alien 3 is a fun/exciting movie. But it never lived up to Ridley's Alien nor Cameron's Aliens standard. It is not a terrible movie by a long
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> I think these kinds of stories play well to governments, the press, and some groups of people as ideas or as cool photo opportunities, but they don't translate into meaningful agricultural production. As with almost all of these t
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
The problem is that india gets most of its electricity from coal (59.1%). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electricity_sector_in_India
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> The "China vs America" narrative is unnecessary. It's central to the current world event. The major theme of the 21st century is going to be china's growth in power vs the US. Power is a zero sum game after all. If
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
No. Most of the TPP members aren't involved in the Belt and Road Initiative.
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
China has 1.1 billion more people than the US. They have bet big on megalopolis ( the bejing centered, shanghai centered and the chonging centered ). Combined, these 3 megalopolis will have a population larger than the US. China has 110 cit
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Hell the icon of "free trade and capitalism" developed under protectionism. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionism_in_the_United_St... Every nation needs protectionism to help its industries. It's o
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Every "strong" country today became strong via theft, protectionism and mercantilism. And once a country became strong, they expanded/colonized/etc and then supported "free" trade. There isn't a greater ex
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> Poor people taking more risks to come out of poverty is very natural Poor people don't take more risks to come out of poverty... Poor people take risks because they have no choice and they remain in poverty. > Why do you think
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> Among the few things I appreciate about religion is how it tries to bring our lives into perspective by incessantly reminding us of its end. Religion doesn't do that. Philosophy and thinking does. Religion does the opposite of wha
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
In academia, only those who get tenured professorships are sitting pretty. And they get to sit pretty for decades. Everyone else has to hustle to get their crumbs. I know people who are teaching adjuncts and they get paid crumbs ( $2 or $3K
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
What? What does you comment have to do with the topic? It seems like you got offended by the title, which has nothing to do with what you wrote. You seem to have a chip on your shoulder about being a failure at math ( or failing to get a Ph
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> What does political affiliation have to do with this? Well liberals love to pretend they are environmentally "conscious" while conservatives are "drill baby drill"? Right? Maybe I should have written fake california
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
> Nevertheless, a 30 year warranty is still pretty impressive and even more so if it covers normal wear and tear from weather. If Tesla is around in 30 years. Remember that Tesla was going to go bankrupt 9 years ago before government bai
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Increasing renewable energy sources and an abundance of fossil fuels is going to increase energy prices at a rate higher than inflation? I don't think so.
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
It's all flash and no substance. Elon Musk is a great salesman and marketer. I'll give him that. But just like their cars, this roof is for the wealthy people who want to look cool and earn some liberal points. It makes no financi
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
Tesla roof isn't going to save the species and life isn't going to end. I expect this type of comment on reddit, not on hacker news. > Invest in the Life Economy, and turn your back on the Death Economy. Are you serious? This d
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
I know. Aren't we talking about SNAP's earning? Edit: Nevermind. I replied to the wrong comment.
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by awkwardtortoise 9y ago
It's down 25%.

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