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by dawnbreez 11y ago
As someone who's worked in a Starbucks, they definitely get the points about not forcing jargon and remembering repeat customers; both were mentioned directly in training. I like to spin jargon as a teaching opportunity: "Did you
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
In an ideal world, yes. This world is not ideal. You'll want a caveat: talk to the people who are having trouble, _and make it clear that you're not just here to yell at them_. Your goal isn't to punish, it's to teach. P
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
The central problem of a free market is also its greatest strength: it relies on the people making the purchases to decide what constitutes a good product or service. It asks us to vote with our wallets. This works best when the individual
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
The article's title is phrased in such a way that it implies gun deaths have increased to meet vehicular deaths. It's clickbait. Suicides, homicides, and accidents all have different motives and circumstances. Further, suicides an
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
Suicides are caused primarily by mental illness, and can be committed through many means other than firearms. Trying to stop suicides by removing firearms is a pointless endeavor, similar to trying to cure a cold by keeping the patient from
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
The wikipedia article seems to be biased toward PPP, which might be due to a damage control edit.
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Someone's been putting an awful lot of left-biased stories on HN. It's concerning, but the community seems to have noticed the bias and has been shooting down any logical fallacies or inaccurate data that they find.
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A fair point. The argument really comes down to this: Is it likely that a malfunction will occur while the auto-car is closely followed by another car?
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
It would be nice if fewer people were dying from bullet wounds; that does not change the fact that this article's headline is misinforming. Further, the data is misleading as well. Suicides, homicides, and accidental deaths are three d
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
Point number one is the most important one. The best salesmen can sell dirt, but anyone can sell gold.
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by dawnbreez 11y ago
See my comment above on two situations where coming to a stop is actually more dangerous. TL;DR: If the car fails while driving on a highway or crossing a busy intersection, stopping will cause a wreck.
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The main issue with the legislation is that it's slow to overturn it once we're ready.
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One such situation: Car detects malfunction while in an intersection. If it comes to a sudden stop, then at the least it will block the intersection, and you'll have the passengers sitting in a box in the middle of the intersection str
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I think assuming that level of _competence_, at least in fields other than diplomacy and public speaking, is a big claim. It's not reasonable to assume that every single ancient senator that's pushing for this is fully aware of th
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Many regulations do. The real trick is giving even the terrorists reasons to behave. It sounds impossible, of course, but that's just because we're not sure where these guys put their goals; some may be fighting for lack of anothe