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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
I'm kind of this way also. My work motto was always: "Be the best worker and you'll always have a job." This was easy, because I was always curious about how things worked and didn't mind helping others. In my thirt
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
<And the most successful parasites are always those which can alter their host environment to be more amenable to themselves, and if you’re a parasite taking the form of a bad idea, that means hijacking your host’s rationality.> After
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
How dare you!
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
We bought our first minivan in 1998, a Ford Windstar. It was purchased to run our teenagers to activities, but I quickly fell in love with all the other things it could do, including what you've mentioned above. We put a ton of miles o
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
<If they should be motivated by doing the decent thing, why mention tenfold praise?> Not that most corporations care, being trashed for decisions that hurt their consumers is run of the mill these days. Companies that get praise from
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
<"You didn't inherently make the right choice, so even the right choice you made is actually bad" is just... really, really childish.> Please explain.
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
In my ideal world, corporate responsibility is a must. Making junk products or killing product updates because they can't sell you the updated version is irresponsible. They listened to feedback because they know their products are ove
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
And therein lies the fault, they only do "good" because they were made to do it. Rewarding them for "reluctantly" improving won't change their bad behavior. They should improve because it's the decent thing to
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by bloomingeek 9mo ago
My guess, they were afraid to ruffle the feathers of their higher-ups. Yes, that's moronic, but this is the world we can find ourselves in IF the bosses are egotistical kingdom makers.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Excellent work.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
I think the author is trying to say in today's world we face a sort of moral/societal vacuum of privacy. The more we try to remain private, whether by being an open book or by some type of digital way, it's basically futile o
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
<I am just the properly paranoid type in part due to a good upbringing by a properly paranoid person.> I say you've properly got your eyes open. Anyone who thinks anything you do online is completely private is naive. IF any gove
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Monsanto has muddied the waters on many studies and was caught. They are currently involved in many lawsuits and have lost most.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Most modern home AC systems have, as a rule of thumb, ten percent fresh air intake. This varies, depending on the home size and state and local codes. On my home the fresh air vent is high up in my attic, which should protect me from over s
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
<indiscriminate spraying from the air> As a city dweller, I used to use Roundup along my fence line. Then I read an article in a newspaper about spraying chemicals when there is a breeze. So I read the label on the Roundup bottle and
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
If corporations are considered "legal persons", when they break the law, should they go to jail? If a corporation was forced to shut down because of law breaking, which would be a terrible burden to the workers and the customers,
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
LMAO!
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
So true! A little over fifty percent of the rat population would rather watch fox news and spend more time oiling up those weapons for when "it hits the fan".
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Your response, to me, is profound. I've lived in a deeply red voting state (OK) all my life. I never could understand how voters could vote against their best interests and to the harm of others. Perhaps your "sub-optimal psycholo
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
You sir, should write a book. (Yours is the best interpretation of MAHA I've heard yet.)
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
We also have a bad case of idol worship.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Hah! I worked with some men who were taking ivermectin, no amount of reasoning could talk them out of it because Fauci was in the "deep state". One of them became very ill, sadly.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
And the reason for believing these lies is because it's easier to listen to disgraced news outlets instead of reading a book or asking questions. It's a double edged sword: duped on one side and willful ignorance on the other. Som
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Where did I put that damn time portal?
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
In the "old" days, unused land was there to be had, but, depending on where you were, it was heavily treed or rock infested. There may have been hostel natives or bandits, making isolation potentially dangerous. Cattle ranchers, w
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
Yes, but history tells us that most of that meat was left in the sun to rot.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
I would argue that with the invention of the rifle, it was easier IF you could find game, especially since others living in your vicinity were hunting also. Despite the risk of weather and insects, farming was much more predictable as a foo
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
When I was a child, my Father's Father was considered a black sheep of the family, thus most extended family held my Father at arms length. The exception was his first cousin, Imogene and her husband. They farmed land in northern Louis
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
This. I loved the DVD service and I don't think I was alone. Younger folks didn't perhaps use it as much as some, but for those who don't have the best internet speed or service, they were great.
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by bloomingeek 10mo ago
This is for sure one of my favorite HN submissions and I humbly recommend it for entry of the year!

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