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by bparsons 3y ago
It speaks to how outrageous the fraud he committed was. It is a very high bar one must clear.
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by bparsons 3y ago
Electric vehicles should not get subsidized energy prices. The entire economy is being electrified, and competing for those scarce electrons. What logic is there in incentivizing personal vehicle use over other uses for this energy? Build g
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by bparsons 3y ago
Xerox has done this for decades in the office setting. Unless you are doing an enormous amount of printing, I can't imagine this making a lot of sense at home. I print maybe three times a year.
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by bparsons 3y ago
WebTV was really cool back in the day. I have no idea what the purpose was. It just seemed very futuristic compared to other internet applications at the time.
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by bparsons 3y ago
Apple should build a train.
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by bparsons 3y ago
Japan is just better at building stuff. They have very advanced industrial policy which ensures that they have the capacity to manufacture goods and build stuff better than anyone else in the world. Even if the US had a functioning politica
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by bparsons 3y ago
Good dog
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by bparsons 3y ago
It's a joke that you aren't in on.
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by bparsons 3y ago
The author lacks any context for what accelerationism is. The original idea comes from Marxists advocating for the adoption of free market capitalism as a means of bringing about the alienation of the working class, which is a necessary pre
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by bparsons 3y ago
This is correct. Environmental accumulation would be highest in the areas that industrialized first.
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by bparsons 3y ago
He is seeking 1/11th global GDP to build a chip?
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by bparsons 3y ago
One thing that is hard for people to conceptualize is the difference between old growth forests (which are exceedingly rare) and secondary growth forests. Replanted, secondary forests are what most people are familiar with. They tend to hav
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by bparsons 3y ago
Vehicles are bigger. People are constantly on their phones. There are basically no consequences for killing someone with your car. It is unconscionable that in an era of ubiquitous data and technology that vehicle mortality rates keep incre
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by bparsons 3y ago
There was a non zero chance that the GOP would block the result and keep Trump in power. That is why you could still bet on that outcome after the voting results were finalized.
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by bparsons 3y ago
Imagine a situation where a elementary school hires a teacher. They find out that the individual has been investigated several times for sexual assault etc. but the police were never able to bring charges, (which is extremely common). This
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by bparsons 3y ago
The iPhone is a pro-social technology, enabling, at least in a virtual sense, for you to connect with people through the interface. You can argue whether it has reduced a lot of in-person socialization, but the function remains the same. Th
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by bparsons 3y ago
There are bison herds up in Dene territory in Northern Alberta and the Northwest Territories. However to your point, I think they prefer to fish and hunt fowl and caribou.
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by bparsons 3y ago
Very common in Canada now. I noticed this week that everything at Whistler/Blackcomb resort is cashless.
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by bparsons 3y ago
He is likely referring to a "vulnerable sector check". This is a special type of background check for people that interact with children, the disabled or seniors etc. This type of background check includes stuff like expunged conv
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by bparsons 3y ago
The RCMP, particularly in small towns are very bad at these types of investigations. The truly shocking thing is that they followed up on it at all.
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by bparsons 3y ago
The details might be a bit goofy, but this sort of large scale geoengineering project is going to be the only way that the SW is going to remain inhabitable. The American southwest has a couple big things going for it -- unlimited sunshine
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by bparsons 3y ago
The concept of "medical debt" is preposterous.
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by bparsons 3y ago
People underestimate the change that took place between 2008 and 2012 with ubiquitous phone usage. All of a sudden we all started staring at these devices for several hours a day. We never leave this thing. The resulting impact on our menta
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by bparsons 3y ago
You are getting close.
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by bparsons 3y ago
The political power associated with having tens of billions of dollars is what ends up becoming the reinforcing structural problem with the economy. Accumulated capital is a type of artificial intelligence. Its goal is to defend its existen
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by bparsons 3y ago
I know a lot of companies that could really tighten up their operations and balance sheet by adopting this strategy.
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by bparsons 3y ago
I regularly see ads on Instagram for home delivery of steroids, LSD, MDMA etc. All of these companies have cut back on any human review of ads or content posted to their platforms. They have decided that there is no risk of government handi
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by bparsons 3y ago
Why are retail establishments permitted to use this at all? The state of privacy law in the United States is a clown show.
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by bparsons 3y ago
There are obviously other factors at play, but the correlation with screentime is pretty stark. The apps kids are using on phones have the mechanics of slot machines. There is no way that this is good for them. Unfortunately, they are not u
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by bparsons 3y ago
If you haven't already, pick up a copy of Kaufman's only novel, Antkind. It is easily the funniest thing I have ever read. The audiobook version is perfectly done. I have never laughed so hard in my life.

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