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by civilian 10y ago
Yeah. I interpreted the Star Trek / Star Wars preference more as what he enjoys. And I think that we prefer the media where the rules inside the world make sense. It's the reason why guys don't like romantic comedies-- the s
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by civilian 10y ago
Ahhhhh okay, I was too bait-y there. Sorry, and the right does it too. So here's the problem in it's essence. 1. Person A strongly believes that a policy will help the nation/world 2. Person B disagrees with the policy. 3. Pe
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by civilian 10y ago
So, I grew up in Portland, went to school in Massachusetts, and live in Seattle now. I totally agree that I'm probably not seeing a lot of the stupid shit that the Right is saying, just based off of who my friends and community are. I
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by civilian 10y ago
I know you think it's a scandalous quote, but there is a weird interplay between democracy and freedom. In some sense, government can maximize our freedom. By having police, a military, and a strong justice system we allow people to ma
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by civilian 10y ago
You've got good points, and you're right that I didn't explain "master of words" well. I think that most people are about as bad with listening comprehension as they are in reading comprehension. It's why in To
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by civilian 10y ago
I read The Economist regularly, and I read miscellaneous articles from the NYTimes, HuffPo, WashingtonPost that comes up on HN/FB. I enjoy the Joe Rogan podcast but Rogan is wildly uninformed and likes to push conspiracy theories. I th
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by civilian 10y ago
I was paying attention :) The left is anti-GMO, which is straight-up anti-science. (Which, I also need to add, is the kind of anti-science which will exacerbate food scarcity in Africa. Drought-resistance crops save lives.) They also tend
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by civilian 10y ago
He helped take down Gawker, rightfully so, and he's simply against the welfare state. Respect is an odd animal. It's an interesting trend that conservatives & libertarians will respect people who hold different opinions, but i
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by civilian 10y ago
How is it repugnant?
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by civilian 10y ago
This article is about Larsen C-- so this is borderline off-topic, but I always enjoyed this ode to Larsen B. "British Sea Power - Oh Larsen B" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HN0rqVJT4U
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by civilian 10y ago
I really really hope that California does something like this. Unfortunately, California Police don't have a history of supporting state law. When the feds were busting medical marijuana shops in California, they would routinely get he
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by civilian 10y ago
Nitpick: Shouldn't it be "Franken-state", if you're talking about a patchwork government stitched into one nation? I feel like "Frankish-state" references the French. :)
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by civilian 10y ago
Like, in the dorm hallways? Were they scavenging food? Were they eating freshmen? What's the protocol for when you are greeted by a leopard when you're getting up to piss in the middle of the night?
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by civilian 10y ago
So, are you just re-prospecting? Are you looking for things that were forgotten? I'm trying to figure out where the value is coming from. Are you essentially trading on the difference in metal markets between now and when it was last c
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by civilian 10y ago
I've got an external battery that has usb plugs, it's situationally awesome to have.
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by civilian 10y ago
Totally true. I imagine you'd have to have some kind of checkerboard of landing pads. And, if our flying cars are helicopters or multicopters, we've got more problems, because we can't actually stack that many helicopters ove
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by civilian 10y ago
I suspect that, even in 3d space, there will be a concept of lanes. You still want volumes of space designated for one direction or another, at the very least to reduce the number of collision-calculations the guiding system has to make. Pa
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by civilian 10y ago
And if you're bored and can't find anything to do, please don't take the fun research task that I'm hoping to get to once I finish the important/boring tickets in my sprint. :(
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by civilian 10y ago
Are you familiar with Smeed's Law? I think that it will also apply to flying cars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smeed's_law
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by civilian 10y ago
No way man. The civil servants who are honest with themselves recognize that they didn't provide enough value to the city while working to justify their pensions. This is a situation where the group of people who make the rules are the
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by civilian 10y ago
My grandfather lived in Roseburg and donated several old horses to the Wildlife Safari! Sadly, I've never been.
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by civilian 10y ago
Instructions unclear, my macbook's air vents are now stuffed with peanut butter M&Ms.
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by civilian 10y ago
Let me Dungeon Master this for you: You're trapped in a few rooms all day, every day. You don't know how to read. Your best friend is gone or asleep for 17 hours a day. You're a little bored, but you're also not very sm
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by civilian 10y ago
Okay, the full story: I guess the fuller story is that I had taken AP Java in high school. I took one CS class in college, but I dropped it to prioritize other classes. I also got help from my younger brother, who was graduating with a deg
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by civilian 10y ago
Our declaration of independence isn't the guiding statement of student loans. :) I don't think that generj is pushing one direction or the other. We just need to recognize the choice. Are we giving out student loans to grow the e
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by civilian 10y ago
Sorry the public voices aren't loud enough--- I'm also against those things. We should've let the banks collapse during the crash of 2008 too. "tax payer funded research with private profit" is a grayer area is, but
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by civilian 10y ago
So, my main issue is with you claiming that you have a monopoly on "common sense and general decency". It's like saying: "hey, my thoughts are also the majority's and they're _nice_!" The majority is comm
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by civilian 10y ago
"Common sense and general decency" my common sense and decency is pretty much at odds with yours. You took a loan? Good, repay it. You're an adult, you made a decision. Don't expect any help from others. My sense of dece
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by civilian 10y ago
Coming into this article, I was imagining a drunk passenger who belligerently made fun of the driver's vehicle. Instead: > The victim tapped on the window to alert Allemon that they were entering the vehicle. Allemon felt his vehi
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by civilian 10y ago
This was posted on April 28 2016, but as a user I first heard about this a week ago. This morning I got an email that now is the time to migrate, and that if I don't migrate by Jan 15 2017 (less than a month??) my bank account will be

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