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by bbreier 4y ago
Ok, I'm curious. How does the explanation for everything's existence being "God did it" not simply push the question up a level to wondering how to explain God's existence?
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by bbreier 4y ago
Oh, I did live in a dorm and I guess it didn't. It was one small room for two people, maybe 150sqft or less, we had a communal kitchen.
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by bbreier 4y ago
I can't think of any times my university cared about anything I did outside of the lecture hall (besides maybe my professors caring about me having done the work?) in the US. What are you referring to?
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by bbreier 4y ago
Many students will have graduated by the time they are 24, so it is possible that both statements 1. the majority of American children go to college and 2. 40 percent of 18-24 year olds are enrolled are simultaneously true
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by bbreier 4y ago
He can say whatever he wants about his own politics, it is abundantly clear from his political statements and activities that he is not left in the slightest bit.
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by bbreier 4y ago
Not a lot of comments here consider the possibility that the political compass quiz is nonsense. But the results imply that ChatGPT is more authoritarian and further to the right than Tim Pool ( https://preview.redd.it/i9q78g
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by bbreier 4y ago
East India Company
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by bbreier 4y ago
No biggy my dude, it was clear from the jump that you didn't intend anything combative. Enjoy your scotch
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by bbreier 4y ago
This is a minor nitpick, but it was a question, not an assertion.
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by bbreier 4y ago
> Remote work > Anticipate more mid-size and smaller companies will go back more fully into the office as times get tougher. This will not be one size fits all, but will be an increasing trend. Up to this point in the article, whether
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by bbreier 4y ago
I'd love to see some clear examples of conservative voices being targeted solely based on ideology, cause I don't think they exist. The replies so far seem to just confirm my point. Doesn't seem like any of them were banned &
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by bbreier 4y ago
I _think_ that the meta progression is the sticking point that determines whether the game is a roguelike or a roguelite, roguelite being the one with the meta progression.
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by bbreier 4y ago
wait what? 50 weeks * 60 / hr * 40 hr weeks = 120k yearly. what senior faang engineer is making less than that?
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by bbreier 4y ago
It's complete nonsense even when you're conscious and fine!
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by bbreier 5y ago
I definitely remember approximately weekly having to stay up all night to finish my regular assignments assigned the same day and due the next
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by bbreier 5y ago
Also the infotainment. And real questions because I'm genuinely curious: do driver assists (ABS, ASR, TCS) and their adjustments rely on processors? What about in-car adjustments to suspension height, ride firmness, throttle response (
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by bbreier 5y ago
depends on the Ferrari tbh
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by bbreier 5y ago
I really enjoy the chicken-and-egg-esque meta implications of this comment, that you are of the Type 1 persuasion and therefore find value in this reductive model of human thought. I instinctually grasp for nuance away from these two modes,
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by bbreier 5y ago
Isn't the article's primary claim exactly that?
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by bbreier 5y ago
Extremely true in Houston (and the rest of Texas). Property taxes are big and can change dramatically year to year.
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by bbreier 5y ago
well clearly they just didn't work hard enough!
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by bbreier 6y ago
He is still the CEO. He will step down later this year.
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by bbreier 6y ago
Not that this fundamentally changes your claim, but it's probably worth pointing out to someone reading that you can use an ad blocker on iOS.
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by bbreier 6y ago
This is about the same as I felt after reading this-- and his comment explaining Tokyo's free public toilets, "No homeless, no drugs, no crime, 100% politeness rate?", all but confirmed those suspicions for me. It reads more
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by bbreier 6y ago
I think you might have missed this important line: > Most of the power knocked offline came from thermal sources, Woodfin said, particularly natural gas.
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by bbreier 6y ago
I'm not sure how this relates to my claim
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by bbreier 6y ago
Completely agree with you. I was just pointing out that the public discussion of universal healthcare in the US tends to demonize it as a path to Leninism or Maoism, in contrast with the claim that China now has nothing resembling communism
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by bbreier 6y ago
For some definitions of communism... in the US, many would have us believe that universal health care is a key component of communism and China still has plenty of that.
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by bbreier 6y ago
It depends entirely on how you define poverty- typically these claims are based on a figure of $1.90 per day as the threshold for "extreme poverty", and you can use the World Bank's calculator to verify that they are true her
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by bbreier 6y ago
AWS is not a common carrier

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