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by confluence 10y ago
> People talk a lot about courage in politics, courage in war; standing up in the face of great odds. These things are fabulous, wonderful, but I’ll tell you right now that I would trade them all for a world of these everyday heroes. Wh
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by confluence 10y ago
The world's most wanted man protected by those with nothing. Absolutely incredible.
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by confluence 10y ago
Yes, it's what happens when too many people read zerohedge because they think it makes them smart.
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by confluence 10y ago
Exactly this. It's simply selection bias. There is no filter for earning a citizenship at birth, but there is one when you immigrate. So in America (or any nation) you will end up with a relatively average (native born) population, wit
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by confluence 10y ago
This is probably one of the greatest pieces of long form journalism I have ever read, and I've read a lot. You'd be doing yourselves a disservice by not setting aside some time and reading this all the way through.
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by confluence 10y ago
> What the poor here really need is financial security, not just some benefits that they lose immediately as soon as they earn too much. I know right. Why don't poor people just get more money?
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by confluence 10y ago
I know right. Why don't poor people just get more money?
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by confluence 10y ago
It has been a phenomenal few weeks. This series truly was great journalism, in the truest sense of the word. Well done Atavast. This run stands out as amongst the best long form journalism I've ever read, and I've read a lot of
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by confluence 10y ago
The CIA is not known for its intelligence.
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by confluence 10y ago
My favourite is parallel construction .
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by confluence 11y ago
> How is depending on a company for income a risk? You don't lose anything if company closes, you just find another job. Of course, you lose absolutely nothing. Well apart from your income. I mean that's about all you are ri
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by confluence 11y ago
A worker employed at a startup is entirely dependent upon the startup for the majority of his income. An employee is in general all in with their company in most locations, which is why changing jobs is difficult. An employee takes on mor
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by confluence 11y ago
More or less, yes. Past, present and future performance of various business variables.
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by confluence 11y ago
Western intelligence seems to have a hard on for investigating pointless leads for years. Maybe focus on actual threats? But that's just me.
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by confluence 11y ago
Raise taxes and meet your obligations. Reduce them if need be under negotiation like any kind of bad debt situation, because that's what it is.
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by confluence 11y ago
Pension reform makes me laugh. "Oh yeah, this is a massive contract we signed, we want to renege on it." No corporation would stand by this in terms of major signed projects or debts without a massive fight. If renegotiation was r
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by confluence 11y ago
You don't have a "falling out" with regulatory agencies.
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by confluence 11y ago
It's called the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect
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by confluence 11y ago
My rule is that no job is worth dying for. If the expectations are unreasonable, quit.
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by confluence 11y ago
End of the day, it's cheaper to pay people to do nothing, than it is to lock them up when they become desperate and commit crimes.
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by confluence 11y ago
That's a long fall from Google practically begging them to take fat stacks of cash.
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by confluence 11y ago
Mossad always seems to run the craziest ops because of a lack of ability to project significant power in foreign lands.
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by confluence 11y ago
That's the politest fuck you I've seen today.
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by confluence 11y ago
How is that even possible?
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by confluence 11y ago
From now until his death, he will rest in peace no longer.
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by confluence 11y ago
It's like physical RAM. It will always be used at capacity.
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by confluence 11y ago
I'm simply speaking from experience.
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by confluence 11y ago
You quickly realize that this is a bad idea when the payments come in fast enough.
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by confluence 11y ago
> Certainly Milton Friedman [1] thought they were harmful rather than helpful. Ah yes, Milton Friedman, the man who was right about everything. Also never? Good god man, so what about market manipulation? > Under economic theory, i
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by confluence 11y ago
Jeff Bezos: Out of touch with reality since 1999

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