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by brc 12y ago
Even if you build in stone. Most long-lasting stone structures are in constant decay. Without being weather sealed and maintained, they will decay and fail. Even if they are in moisture and vegetation free environment like the pyramids, t
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by brc 12y ago
Well there is a product/service in there. Discussion channels tied in with your Netflix Id so that you you can only discuss topics with people on the same schedule. You could also join a group which had the programming pre-determin
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by brc 12y ago
I'm guessing this comment is based on personal experience, perhaps difficulty in success with some Asian women. I once dated a very attractive Asian woman. What was surprising to me was that lots of Asian guys who would have normally
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by brc 12y ago
Polygamy is a bad thing because it concentrates power, decreases equality for women and increases resentment by lowers status men, who have little hope of a happy life. Usually polygamy only create a small set of legitimate heirs and a lar
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by brc 12y ago
Many middle eastern countries practice polygamy which deprives many lower status men of the chance of having a partner and children. The high status men also enforce heavy penalties for adultery to ensure their collection of wives is not c
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by brc 12y ago
My point with ww1 and ww2 is that, if you graphed wars by people involved, destruction, whatever, they stick out of the group by a long way. I think your looking at the picture with too much of a us-centric view. The US is not involved i
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by brc 12y ago
I agree that the schooling system, for most schools, is optimised for many things other than learning. Organised childcare would seem to be the primary goal for many classrooms, learning a secondary goal. Grouping by age instead of abilit
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by brc 12y ago
The free market is the biggest driver in this case. We know this to be true because cars designed by companies who have lost their way and don't car anymore are typically poor. And cars designed as national projects are typically ter
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by brc 12y ago
The truth about Vietnam is that it is an unpopular war now, and towards the end of it, but when American involvement escalated in the beginning, support was pretty widespread. When thinking about war, it's better to exclude ww1 and ww2
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by brc 12y ago
The fact that violent quarrelling over resources seems to be a part of human nature seems lost on many people. I abhor war, but I'm not stupid enough to pretend it can be stopped with an army of unicorns farting rainbows. There are ev
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by brc 12y ago
Car rental firms won't even rent you a car until you turn 25, and that's because your brain has only just stopped developing. Please get some perspective, and stop caring caring what others think. It's liberating to drop som
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by brc 12y ago
The one about the BMWs was a flaw where you could access the Obc port and get the car to program itself a new key. In the 1 series there is an alarm dead spot where the Obc port is. So the thieves would cut the glass, insert a cable, prog
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by brc 12y ago
That likely isn't sufficient to absorb the current population growth, let alone make inroads into the demand/supply imbalance that has built up. You probably need 3x that construction to start to have any effect. I don't buy
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by brc 12y ago
This is entirely correct and always forgotten by the 'energy is everywhere, we just have to grab it' thinking. The point is that wind energy is too diffuse and the capital costs of tying up that much land in wind generators is ast
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by brc 12y ago
That's a great analogy - the robot maid is a placeholder for expected automation, but the form is not known yet. I hadn't thought about it like that. I often tell people I have a house full of robots. I have a robotic clothes wa
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by brc 12y ago
Well, for women who wanted children and gradually have the option closed off to them, it can be pretty heartbreaking. That must be harder. After all, a man can still achieve success in their 50s or 60s, but the possibility of childbirth i
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by brc 12y ago
Seriously? How about every war ever started since the beginning of history? Is that enough citation? A violent method of killing is shooting, hanging, etc. A non violent one is sleeping pills or gassing.
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by brc 12y ago
Dealing with failure gets tougher as you get older, just because you being to understand you have a limited set of 'resets' available, and each one is going to be tougher. Growing ageism in the tech industry is a massive concern,
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by brc 12y ago
I think they hit their expectations more often. Lots of women develop goals of having a family, a decent husband and stability in their life. Not all, obviously, but it is a common enough set of goals. Lots of women achieve these goals an
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by brc 12y ago
So true. Statistically speaking, we can't all reach our goals and fulfil our dreams, because many people share the same goals/dreams. By your 40s it is really hitting home if you have missed the boat. You're running out of
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by brc 12y ago
Put yourself in the shoes of an investor. Someone asks you for money after their company hasn't been doing that great. You think here is potential, but you think there's a chance you'll lose some/all your money. So yo
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by brc 12y ago
Ah, well I can't believe that nobody else has said this...but get over yourself a bit. You've been working for a nano second. You appear to be wondering why nobody has handed you a dream job and smoothed your path to life fulfil
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by brc 12y ago
0 equity risk. You're still running currency risk with whatever currency you're holding in.
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by brc 12y ago
I'd have to check but I bet, in real terms, those wanes chairs are around the same price as they were, adjusted for inflation. What has happened is the production of even cheaper mass produced furniture. What you're not looking
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by brc 12y ago
I once tried to work out, based on power usage levels, if DST saves power (it's original purpose in wartime) At best it's a wash. People all think that domestic lighting is a big power user, but in reality it's things like c
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by brc 12y ago
All true, and I would add that the sharing of ideas helps you to refine them, in the same way that describing a programming problem to someone else often helps you resolve it, because you have to structure the problem in language that makes
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by brc 12y ago
It's also one of the hardest things to avoid - associating with losers. That is because the losers tend to look for company and make it easy to join their groups, while the achievers and doers jealously guard their time and acquainta
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by brc 12y ago
I'd agree with you. The mistake often made is mistaking Facebook interactions with real social interactions. Through social media I can keep in touch with friends from all over the world. Then, if they happen to be visiting or I&#x27
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by brc 12y ago
Of course people do. I'm sure there are apps that aggregate that type of at a for you in one easy search. Not just for dating, but for employment, renting and other things as well. To the OP though - if you have a serious criminal re
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by brc 12y ago
It is an argument. Life expectancy, infant mortality, access to food and housing, education and technology have never been higher. These are all good outcomes. Things are even getting better in developing countries on these measures. Th

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