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by docdeek 6y ago
OP here. I found the article via a link elsewhere but checked on Brookings' reputation before submitting. From my (granted non-American) perspective and based on various links and citations on their Wikipedia page, they seemed about as
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by docdeek 6y ago
The rules: - finish high school - get a full-time job - wait until age 21 to get married and have children. "Our research shows that of American adults who followed these three simple rules, only about 2 percent are in poverty and near
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Three Simple Rules Poor Teens Should Follow to Join the Middle Class (2013)(brookings.edu)
14 points by docdeek 6y ago|11 comments
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Buy Physical Media(ricochet.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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Mau-Mauing Mark Zuckerberg(tabletmag.com)
1 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
Reminds me of the time that reddit caught the Boston Bomber...
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The King of Germany Will Accept Your Bank Deposits Now(bloomberg.com)
1 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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Grindr dating app removes ethnicity filter to support Black Lives Matter(theguardian.com)
3 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
Is there a difference in Portugal between being laid off (for economic reasons) and being fired (for underperforming or misconduct)? I got the impression, perhaps mistaken, that the choice for some of the workers referenced in the article w
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by docdeek 6y ago
>> Registering to vote is just not a thing outside the US. It’s absolutely a thing in Australia and NZ, and in the world’s largest democracy, India, too. https://www.aec.gov.au/enrol/ https://vote.nz&#
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by docdeek 6y ago
You still have to register in Australia, too, even if it is compulsory to vote.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Interesting that % of registered voters that vote in the US is incredibly high (86%) even if the number of registered voters is low (hence the low % of eligible voters actually voting). 86% is right up there with countries like Belgium and
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by docdeek 6y ago
In what way is the amount of tax a person pays relevant to a discussion about that person being killed by a police officer?
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Neurodiversity in Silicon Valley(womenofsiliconvalley.com)
1 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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Translation from VC-Backed PR Jargon to English of Magic Leap CEO Statement(daringfireball.net)
239 points by docdeek 6y ago|78 comments
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Israeli intelligence failures led to a ‘devil's advocate’ role (2017)(thestar.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
Indeed, though the newspaper in question was all-in for the Iraq War initially while it has never been cheering on the pandemic. https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/may/26/pressandpublis...
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by docdeek 6y ago
Deaths in a war like Iraq were entirely preventable - no choice to go to war, no US deaths in Iraq.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Congrats. I'd advise you to avoid setting too many goals each day, especially when you are getting up to speed at a new workplace. I like to make a morning checklist of just three things that - if I was to achieve them - I'd finis
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by docdeek 6y ago
I think when I first signed up it was 20GB, then upgraded to 50GB, and now it is 100Gb or, indeed, unlimited. Frankly I never get close to that, anyway, so it’s always left me thinking what I would have to do to get to that sort of data dow
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by docdeek 6y ago
Their seedbox gets a fair bit of use around our apartment, too.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Posts like this remind me of the differences between cell phone data markets relative to your country. I pay €15.99 a month for my cell plan (discounted from €19.99 because the same providor does my home internet/cable TV/home pho
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We shouldn't all move to Montana after the pandemic(insider.com)
2 points by docdeek 6y ago|0 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
I really like Reeder 4.0. I use it on iOS and Mac and it's a dream.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Thanks for that - I missed that and assumed where I shouldn’t have.
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by docdeek 6y ago
Ah, thanks for that - I didn’t realize that was the case.
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by docdeek 6y ago
We've ordered a couple of things from Amazon France in the last two weeks and they were getting shipped from Amazon warehouses in Germany. Our conclusion at home (just a guess based on noticing where our Prime deliveries were coming fr
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A Dutchman and his man-made mountain(cyclingtips.com)
36 points by docdeek 6y ago|9 comments
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by docdeek 6y ago
This seems like not a lot more than an ad for an app (free to download then $29-$59 for the upgrade).
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by docdeek 6y ago
That's a good point. The OP didn't specify a BMI, just obesity. Still an enormous number of people but far lower than 40ish percent.

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