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by civilian 9y ago
It's only fair that I got nitpicked in my nitpicking. :D The quality of beans is definitely a factor, but the difference in acidity from the different preparations is a big factor for me. Especially since I've developed some gastr
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by civilian 9y ago
Q: What's the difference between a language and a dialect? A: A language has an army! Examples: The Chinese government usually just talks about "Chinese". Mandarin is an English word to describe the Chinese language spoken in
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by civilian 9y ago
Sorry, coffee snobbery incoming: drip coffee is pretty different from espresso. You're right that there's a "luxury" aspect, but there's also a product difference. Maybe the product difference is only 20% of the cos
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by civilian 9y ago
I'm not a fan of blocking things on the internet, but this seems like a good move for them. If your people aren't going to perform SecOps, then you need to. I wonder how many Ukrainian fighters have posted videos or pictures on VK
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by civilian 9y ago
There are several cities (NYC, Berlin?) where it is/was illegal to rent your apartment/condo for a short term, because then you're acting like a Hotel, but you're probably not meeting any of the hotel regulations, and yo
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by civilian 9y ago
The obvious question, of course, is what you would've recommended for us to use between 1950 and 2000? Transportation and moving around fast is pretty dang valuable. It lets us do a lot of things, markets become larger, and the differe
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by civilian 9y ago
lol, what did you do to your cofounder to cause him to leave 2 weeks before launch?
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by civilian 9y ago
Hmmm, I can get behind the idea that oil isn't priced appropriately given it's externalities, but I would've focused on CO2, with a carbon tax being the solution, rather than looking at the rate at which oil is reformed.
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by civilian 9y ago
Why? If they're shipping Pink Ladies from New Zealand, and there's an efficient market, can't we imply that it's a better allocation of resources to get Pink Ladies from New Zealand? I mean, they're probably cheaper
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by civilian 9y ago
IDK. From a certain point of view, you could view them as doing a service. What if a different kind of criminal had used these exploits? Not one that wanted $300 in bitcoin, but one that actually wanted to cause harm? They could have delet
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by civilian 9y ago
That's a good point, but it's maybe a nitpick when you consider the context of the whole thread? AndrewOfMartin's point was just explaining the trade off that London gets you. Moving to a rural area, or even farther out into
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by civilian 9y ago
Yup! I think that his complaints about taxes are also unfair-- that 40% marginal tax rate is going to pay for health care, which I bet his wife and baby are using a lot of right now.
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by civilian 9y ago
Hmmm, that's a fair point. And now I'm wondering what my primary care last security report turned up. There's also some things that I still haven't told me doctors-- because I really don't believe in their ability
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by civilian 9y ago
It isn't more eloquent, because it's wrong. Wouldn't saying: "The new mafia." or "The new shake-down" be more accurate? Terrorism is done for political reasons and often involves things that involve puttin
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by civilian 9y ago
Your point?
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by civilian 9y ago
I was digging into the 2010 United Nations resolution on the defamation of free speech, and I found some kind-of good news? In 2011 the HRC shifted it's stance to be more specific, mainly focused on negative stereotyping and being resp
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by civilian 9y ago
So I mean, if you're trying to take a stand against pesticides, you should _be in favor_ of the Bt-toxin GMOs. The GMOs that produce their own pesticide are great, because there ends up being _less_ pesticide in the field in general.
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by civilian 9y ago
But they are neutral! It's like running into an Elemental Ice Golem. It's not good or evil, it's not left or right. It is just made of ice. WikiLeaks is an Elemental Truth & Leaks Golem. It doesn't give a shit whose
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by civilian 9y ago
Cool, so this is a good response to that https://fee.org/articles/do-free-markets-require-rational-ac... > What Austrians and their fellow travelers can argue is that it’s not the rationality of market participant
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by civilian 9y ago
I don't want to believe that it's an article of faith for me :) I've heard convincing arguments for it, and the arguments against market monopolies haven't ever been satisfying. But, I also haven't taken a survey of
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by civilian 9y ago
You might get something out of this article: http://www.americanteeth.org/2015/06/21/why-i-m-a-capitalist... If " Capitalism in America means as close to monopolization and price gouging as possible. &qu
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by civilian 10y ago
If you look at the lego patent: http://npopson.com/images/legowallpaper/LEGO_WP_1920x1200_WH... There's clearly not any air-tight seal. Most of the nubs on the top of pieces only have 3 or 4 points of contact
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by civilian 10y ago
It's the year of divorice/widowhood that is the low mark, but afterwards people recover. Doesn't that make sense? That are still in the negatives as far as life satisfaction goes. My close friend killed himself nearly 4 year
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by civilian 10y ago
Oh shit, thanks. The post is too old to edit. :/
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by civilian 10y ago
Yeah, flippant. :-/ Your writing style makes it seem like you just want to rage. IDK, this seems like it's more an issue with Canada's justice system. Canada is more humane than the US is, and that means forgiveness. The arti
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by civilian 10y ago
The driver is absolutely responsible. However it is important to also teach safety. You can teach safety without condoning a driver's collision.
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by civilian 10y ago
> I've seen it argued that shoulders/sidewalks actually make roads more dangerous, because drivers drive faster when they're present. Sounds plausible, I'd love to know the context. Got a link? As for the victim-bla
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by civilian 10y ago
I agree, let's fucking reduce pedestrian deaths! But you're ignoring the analysis given in the article-- drivers already don't acknowledge speed limits. From the article: > Luckily, there is some logic to the speed people
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by civilian 10y ago
I'm not kidding, and you make a good point! I'd say that-- I really just don't have the numbers to prove this either way. Doing a quick search for "what percent of companies costs are payroll" led me to this http:
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by civilian 10y ago
My knee-jerk reaction is to be in favor of tax cuts, but with these things I try to find relevant survey questions on IGMChicago Economic Experts panel: http://www.igmchicago.org/igm-economic-experts-panel Here's one t

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