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by dogruck 9y ago
Ah. So do you think I’m wrong about his assessment as a cold blooded operative who only supported Civil Rights because it was good political strategy that would give him more power?
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by dogruck 9y ago
You clearly are ignorant of LBJ’s life. I suggest that you read his biography and expand your mind.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Well said. I’m amazed by how blind history is to LBJ’s racist roots. LBJ was a life-long cold blooded political operative. His “courage” was strategic. And it worked.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I really liked this comparison. You might be right! Can you say more? For example: 1. Back in the day, in the US, easy pre-made home meals were the rage. Frozen meals. Microwave dinners. Meals from a can. I don’t mean, “yeah, sure, we
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by dogruck 9y ago
Blaming a drug addiction is not equal to blaming the drug user. The alleged victim is an unfortunate drug abuser.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Is there a list of some games that were built using this cool framework?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Any of them who voted for laws that forced banks to lower, or ignore, existing standards for giving out home loans.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I’m not blaming the alleged victim. I’m blaming the drug (alcohol). I’m also blaming the company (MSFT) for encouraging consumption of that drug. Ask yourself — if a company really cared about preventing sexual assault, why would they
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by dogruck 9y ago
Why aren’t any congress people in prison for causing the financial crisis?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yeah, where I’m reading online reviews and sold statistics, I always have to mentally normalize for the fact that most people just buy the cheapest item. I wish sites like Amazon had a feature such as “people who buy similar quality items t
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by dogruck 9y ago
Let’s simply tax the new BTC zillionaires, and pay down the student loan debts.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Thanks for the link. That article makes this intriguing point: “But you shouldn't overstate that value. The reason that Blackstone made money on its credit-default swaps is not just that they were triggered by this clever maneuver. Jus
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by dogruck 9y ago
This sounds like a fairly obvious scenario that the lawyers who define the CDS would’ve considered. Is that true?
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by dogruck 9y ago
What are your favorite YouTube live channels?
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by dogruck 9y ago
Some Politico statistics about Conyers and Moore cannot be used to make the conclusion that “Republicans are also less likely to believe allegations.”
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by dogruck 9y ago
Oh I hadn’t seen podchaser. Thanks. Unfortunately, the value is in the execution. I don’t want to bash podchaser, which is clearly labeled as being in beta, but: 1. I don’t like its emphasis on the user community — interacting with other po
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by dogruck 9y ago
I want an IMDB of podcasts. More specifically, I want to: 1. Enter (or click on) a person’s name, and see every associated podcast episode, 2. For any podcast, and podcast episode, see every associated person, including their role (host, gu
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yes. For example, I often see questions on Amazon checking to see if a product is made in the USA.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Exactly. Add that to the long list of reasons for working hard to earn more money. It's not just about the bigger house and the faster car -- it's also to get treated by the best doctor. The alternative mechanism amounts to &quo
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by dogruck 9y ago
Dice have 12 edges.
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by dogruck 9y ago
As Lebowski would say, “Clearly, you’re not a golfer.” In casinos, dice have sharp edges and corners.
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by dogruck 9y ago
The way I read the article, AMZN is simply trying to bring additional vendors, from India, onto their platform. Doing so will give consumers greater choice. I don't see how that effort is related to Walmart or eBay.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Gambling does have benefits for some people.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I support the legalization of gambling, but you’re wrong. By analogy, that’s like saying only people who don’t understand the risk of unprotected sex have unprotected sex.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I’ve been flying roughly 10 times a year for the past 20 years. I also groan about many of the current show-for-theater mechanisms in airport security. That said, I think the experience will reach new all-time highs in the next 10 years.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I’ll admit that I was initially confused by the link going to a picture of a burning modem, instead of an article. Stupid me. Just follow the navigation links on the left.
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by dogruck 9y ago
That’s a neat experiment, but not really what I’m thinking of. I want to solve two problems: 1. Find a route that matches a search like “20 mile trail run, with moderate hills, and at least 3 water fountains.” 2. See interesting informatio
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by dogruck 9y ago
I would like it if Strava, or someone else, did the following: 1. Associate each GPS data point with a short (say, 10 meters) segment. 2. Collect metadata on each segment. eg incline, weather history, is it a segment of an organized race,
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by dogruck 9y ago
Wikipedia has a good explanation of the etymology: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinea_(region)#Etymology Summary: It comes from an old Portuguese word for a subset of dark skinned North African people.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Any data on adopted children, so we could infer the impact of genetics?

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