bobby_bbb

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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
There are insuring agreements that can cover this kind of risk. It ought to be a part of any risk-management program.
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
" There is a bipartisan consensus that the safety of the rail system is less important than rail company profits." Any of us can buy railroad stocks and become - in your mind - wealthy. Perhaps the more important value being prote
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
IIRC, most of the models were predicated on, how can we sustain THIS small ecology in this spot with this type of fish so as to cause no change. But I'd argue that we change everything, and change isn't a bad thing by itself, and
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
Eh. Overfishing isn't a problem for the earth, or for the oceans, or for ocean life. It's a problem for the fishing industry. We send certain types of boats with certain types of gear out to certain small areas where we have found
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
I see so many ads speaking of "side hustles" that are all devoted to selling off the things you own, which makes me think that a side hustle is primarily a way to get through bad times.
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
Fun! Whenever someone asks me which book of his I like best, the answer always seems to be, whichever one I just re-read last. (Well, except for Dodo.)
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
I think his point is that racism in this country right now primarily exists because it drives votes and so is encouraged by vote-seekers. I think he's correct, but he's being too cute by half in his approach. Subtlety doesn't
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
Robin Williams said that cocaine was God's way of telling you that you have too damned much money. He should have read this thread first! ;)
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
They don't "take." They offer a price for selling on their site, and sellers choose to pay it or not. They built that better mousetrap.
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
"Spending huge sums of money on space exploration is a much better use of government funds than getting involved in ground wars in Asia" What if you are able to save tens of thousands of human lives by getting involved in that gro
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by bobby_bbb 4y ago
This is ycom, so the replies are of course biased towards the "I always have good internet" paradigm. I live about 5 months per year in my RV in the middle of a desert. Internet is a phone-tethered experience. What is this "s