clubm8

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by clubm8 8y ago
I'm actually not a huge fan of etiquette. Instead, I value kindness, which in general is universal. I've found that this attitude of kindness + always trying to be mindful of others feelings to the best of my abilities, I've
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So basically in 5-10 years they'll be using satellites for domestic surveillance? After all, pretty much every other "anti-terror" measure seems to "trickle down" to local LEOs
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If life (microbes, spores etc) can be carried on interstellar comets/asteriods, maybe the distinction between "alien" and "terrestrial" is an artificial human construction.
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>what we're seeing now are his people cargo-culting what they saw him do. I agree 100%. Ex: Steve Jobs loved minimalism, cargo cult now insists on eliminating all ports
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>for the foreseeable future, Windows is the only OS for PCs outside of MacOS which is more of a luxury product Counterpoint: many people are moving to a future where they don't have a home PC - they have a smartphone, a tablet, an
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I've found anything more complex than an adapter or cable to be of inferior quality with Amazon Basics, and rarely buy those options anymore.
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> Why do you trust the VPN more than you trust Tor? Why not both? Why does my ISP need to know when I use Tor?
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>As an aside, I use Striesand - https://github.com/StreisandEffect/streisand - to create my own VPN. I generally create a new one every week or so with a simple script and I tend to rotate hosting providers fairly r
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Sounds like a great way to generate domestic terrorists. IIRC there was some Secret Service report after Columbine that basically found that being goth, listening to metal etc weren't pre-cursors to school shootings... BUT that heavy h
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>While xfitm3 was being rude, do you honestly think the OP was unaware of suicide hotlines? Do you think the parent was informing of their existence, or reminding a poster who may need a nudge in stressed state of mind?
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Thanks for the tip. I would be paying out of pocket, so I want to keep it to ~250 (effectively 200 + resort fee). Might be out of my price range. Also they're not part of Caesars OR MGM IIRC? I want to try to stay with 1 to build comps
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Wikipedia. So often I get curious about something and it's documented in detail, with hyperlinks to related concepts. What would have taken an afternoon at the library in the 90s I can get in a 20 minute Wikpedia binge.
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Out of curiosity do you know approximately how much they run? I spent a summer in a large city once where I had a balcony overlooking downtown, and it was very nice/relaxing to have a morning coffee or evening tea out there. I imagine
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> This comment is a negative contribution to the discussion. You think giving parent resources for help is "a negative contribution to the discussion"? Wow. Don't let your clinical word choice fool you, that's an incr
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>I think the reason is simple: once the junior dev is trained, they will leave Sounds like something a contract could fix.
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> There are people whose goal is to manipulate people. And such people are going to seek out techniques for influencing people, including this book. And such people are likely to at least be insufferably annoying if not downright untrust
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Sun Tzu has several insights.
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Great research, next up, a more granular look: what specific types of sex increase stability the most? Oral? Anal? Role play? "Honey we need to purchase this anal training kit with matching strap on. For the marriage . I read it on Ha
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> Isn’t it ironic that the rates of poverty are increasing in possibly the wealthiest region in the world? Not really - a natural side effect of corporations not paying their fair share in taxes, alongside employees who are compensated i
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> i called social media companies corrupt in a week where some of the most damning reporting about fb ever was published Uh, ok? Sorry but your reply is a bit of a non-sequitur, I'm not clear where you're going with this point.
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Some might think becoming belligerent in the face of criticism would be a poor strategy, but it worked for Brett Kavanaugh...
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When space is free (well, very cheap) it makes sense to document these things if they bring joy to the reader.
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How are withdrawals from this desk tracked? How is it's assignment handed out? Do these "candies" influence the votes of those who take them - maybe senators are less likely to vote against the "Candy Man" After al
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>Well, another POV is that some people like to help others. Is causing my favorite bar to have an increase in customers, to the point that it's unable to deliver the good service I came to enjoy, a good thing? Said bar then starts t
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>What if you can't figure out who the offending country is? Sounds like a great excuse to take out all the "usual suspects" at once.
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> USA's best and brightest minds are currently being used to figure out how to sell ads for corrupt social media companies Are they really the brightest if they can't find a way to make a high wage without working in advertisin
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Or maybe in the short term China will "win" (America declines, Chine's influence rises). Only to find that they are unable to develop their own tech, come up to solutions to keeping said tech running 10-20 years down the line
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> No, but I have a very good friend in Vegas who says it's similar there. Also the strip is where the tourists are, and isn't technically the city of Las Vegas. A lot of the behaviors people engage in on the strip would get you
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Vegas?
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>How will you feel if it goes out of business from not enough patronage or if the owner closes it because it's not meeting his financial requirements for retirement? No place I've done this with has gone out of business yet. Ke

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