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by dtwest 6y ago
It's pretty clear from looking at the map that they didn't attempt to include as many of the left-leaning sites for whatever reason. All but one of the sites in New England (one of the most liberal areas of the country) are right-
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by dtwest 6y ago
Software gives the agriculture industry new tools, it helps gather information, it helps build better machinery and can even help train people. Of course software engineers won't be the only ones contributing to solving these problems,
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by dtwest 6y ago
Your core assumption is that flooding the system with money will cause inflation. However, in many modern cases we do not see that occurring in the traditional sense. Recently CPI-based inflation is non existent in the large economies of th
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by dtwest 6y ago
I completely agree, my understanding of why the US did not is due to India's ties with the Soviet Union and Russia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India%E2%80%93Russia_relations Would love to hear more detail from
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by dtwest 6y ago
My point was that this technology should not be used as evidence, and should not be grounds to take any forceful action against someone. If a cop abuses this, it is the cop's fault and we should hold them accountable. If the cop acted
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by dtwest 6y ago
Software can kill if we put blind trust in it and give it full control over the situation. But we shouldn't do that. Even if it was correct 99% of the time, we need to recognize that software can make mistakes. It is a tool, and people
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by dtwest 6y ago
Don't be a fool! Close this book at once! It is nothing but foma! - First Book of Bokonon
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by dtwest 6y ago
I don't think what the US did was as bad as Versailles (which was a disaster). And I don't see how it was eye for an eye. Japan attempted global domination and genocide with their friend Nazi Germany. Eye for an eye implies an equ
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by dtwest 6y ago
War occupations are never rosy, I didn't mean to paint it that way. But you could certainly make the argument it was rosy compared to the Japanese occupation of China.
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by dtwest 6y ago
Or maybe traced to WW2. Let's not forget what Japan did to get the US involved at all. After Japan surrendered, the US helped Japan back on their feet, much to the surprise of many older Japanese who were expecting to be raped and pill
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by dtwest 6y ago
I am replying to a comment which stated: > But in the past few years they have started committing to "returning 100% of free cash flow to investors" I was not commenting on IBM's long term history. They made short sighted
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by dtwest 6y ago
There is another way of looking at this. IBM isn't what it used to be, it is essentially a consulting company rather than an R&D powerhouse. Investors are not particularly excited about its growth prospects and do not think it shou
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by dtwest 6y ago
The original comment said "Detroit has more murders than New York, Los Angeles and Chicago combined". They also said "Detroit, the city with the most violent crime per capita in the US" These statements are false. Chicag
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by dtwest 6y ago
NYC public transit usage is more similar to Paris or London than it is to any of the cities you listed. 56.5% of New Yorkers commute with public transit (2015), seems pretty on par with European standards to me. https://en.wikipe
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by dtwest 6y ago
Are you saying NYC is car centric? It isn't, that's why it is struggling without public transit. In the vast majority of American cities a large portion of workers drive to work during normal conditions. They already have the road
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by dtwest 6y ago
I am simply stating there are more deaths in Europe than in the US. I can prove that with only 3 countries. Please don't interpret my statement as a comment on each individual country. There seems to be miscommunication here.
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by dtwest 6y ago
I agree Norway has been a bright spot. If Norway was a US state, it would be ranked 14th in deaths per capita. So better than average. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1109011/coronavirus-covi... I'm compl
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by dtwest 6y ago
Yes, well actually if the economy grows at all, a constant tax rate brings in more revenue, while we tend to spend more too. But I agree it is theoretically possible. In Andrew Jackson's case they also raised taxes: https://
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by dtwest 6y ago
The lack of civility is pretty disappointing. I linked a bunch of data for you, ignore it if you wish.
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by dtwest 6y ago
And another similar country: UK deaths per million = 488
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by dtwest 6y ago
If you add together UK, Spain, and Italy they have more deaths than the US as a whole. https://ourworldindata.org/coronavirus-data
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by dtwest 6y ago
How about we compare Wisconsin to Sweden? The article is about Wisconsin. Wisconsin (pop 5.8 mil, 10.6k cases, 418 deaths). Sweden (pop 10.2 mil, 27.9k cases, 3460 deaths).
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by dtwest 6y ago
Sweden has 342 COVID deaths per million. The US has 254 deaths per million. Germany is doing better, but the rest of Western Europe has much higher rates of death than the US. There seems to be a myth going around that Europe is handling th
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by dtwest 6y ago
Debt spending tends to turn into tax increases if you actually plan on paying the money back
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by dtwest 6y ago
You completely misquoted the parent. This man is accused of several cases of assault, he may have seriously hurt somebody and they want to take it to court. I also do not see how your US race and gender comments below are relevant to this t
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by dtwest 6y ago
But if you asked those people to spread out, wouldn't they use more resources? Longer distances to transport goods, more land to live on, less opportunities to walk or use mass transit, etc.
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by dtwest 6y ago
Everyone's stock price is not down. Another false statement. The majority are down though, as they should be. I am not defending bailouts, I'm saying you should get your facts straight.
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by dtwest 6y ago
Wow this is misinformed. Posting incorrect information in such a cocky way is detrimental to the forum. Look at any global bank's stock price throughout this crisis. Being a lender to the businesses of a shut down economy is not very p
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by dtwest 7y ago
"Whatever China says must ALWAYS be a lie" "every commenter on reddit and HN were saying China was covering it up" Stop using absolutes. There are plenty of people in the US that realize the US numbers have been suppress
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by dtwest 7y ago
Yes, I live in NYC, I decided to stay in NYC for this reason.

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