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by easilyBored 9y ago
The saying is "A democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch" By democracy I mean a system where basic human rights are protected and cannot be voted out. Would most Saudis, in a fair vote, allow for Cathol
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Name one Mid-east democracy right now that "we" would want to live in /where basic human rights are protected 1 1. Minus Israel....not that it fits my description.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
For the record: I don't think that Mid-East is ready for democracy yet (the majority wouldn't support basic human rights IMO) so the biggest mistake was for the "West" to support the Arab Spring. Yeah, those dictators we
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Because they have a LOT of money. Like over $100,000,000,000 to invest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-05-20/japan-s-s... . They don't have time /resources to hand out $20k investments
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I think Hong Kong is also owned by the state...you can lease it for as long as 999 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_rent_in_Hong_Kong but you do not own it. But in reality you own it and 999 years later
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by easilyBored 9y ago
* What they can do is deny you entry. For citizens, not even that.* Job lost. Father died without you seeing him. Thousands of dollars gone in lost ticket, reservations. That's more than enough for 99% of people. The other 1% don'
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by easilyBored 9y ago
"Then there is no way of restoring at the airport." IIRC, the border agent has the power to turn you back, visa or no visa. So there might be a price to pay for getting too cute. They want what they want and trying to avoid that
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Move fast and break things. Break laws, steal, cheat and stuff. It's OK if you're big enough and are a "startup."
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Yeah really. A Craigslist post to do such a transaction at some back alley isn't going work; they'll wipe your entire family for $1 million. If you get ripped off, probably can't even complain, I'm sure cash transactions
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by easilyBored 9y ago
According to the ALS Association, the treatment’s list price is $1,000 per infusion, or about $146,000 annually, and it is expected to be available for use by August A whole new class of drugs is reaching these prices. "The insurance
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by easilyBored 9y ago
The government will have no realistic choice but to legalize them and give them ownership of the land. Maybe they'll sell it to them and reimburse the real owners. When everyone does it, it's no longer illegal. It has happened in
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by easilyBored 9y ago
If it's so easy to run a profitable business, why not run your own and keep that money for yourself? Irrelevant. How do you know know I'm not already doing that. My main point, which will valid for as long as humans are are the
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Killing C.I.A. Informants, China Crippled U.S. Spying Operations(nytimes.com)
18 points by easilyBored 9y ago|3 comments
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by easilyBored 9y ago
42 inch or about 1.06 meters when waves can be as high as 62 feet http://www.cbsnews.com/news/massive-wave-atlantic-ocean-smas... ....even common waves of 10-15 feet will more than enough....he's much braver than
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by easilyBored 9y ago
so if we remove "distractions" and work like robots will we get $30k more a year? People are not robots. If I'm worth $200 an hour for the first 5 hours to an employee, by the 16th straight hour I'm barely in the positiv
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by easilyBored 9y ago
As the confinement in the Embassy is confinement. And he's been unjustly confined for a longer period than the maximum penalty for rape in Sweden. That's valid if Sweden locked him in the Ecuador Embassy. He went there to shield
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by easilyBored 9y ago
They are not secret in that sense. Assange will know them when they are filed with the court. I have a feeling that there's enough material to put him on trial in USA and he has gone tit-tat with many three-letter agencies. They have a
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Facebook fined €110M for providing misleading information on WhatsApp takeover Should be fine plus undoing what they did. or spin Whatsapp...go back to square one.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
We need password managers and use unique 20 digit password (or max allowed) for each login. If it's online, we need to assume that it will be hacked in time.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
US Household Debt Surpasses 2008 High Yeah but this time is different :). Memo to self: looks like US stock market goes from feast to famine in 10 year cycles. Sell now and buy at 40% discount 1-2 years later. Rinse. Repeat
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Maybe security these days? But they can get ex-special forces soldiers from third world countries for $15k a year. Not sure how it works with visas, being armed while visiting so many ports, insurance and all.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
With no controls on the ship, pirates wouldn't be able to take control. 20 lbs of C4 in the control and /or engine room might just do it. So they don't take control (ship can be $urrendered later in pristine condition), the
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I have seen ~3 decades old earth bricks (granted, uncompressed) and it's not pretty. Maybe compression and hydro-isolation does wonders.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I know you can't walk to NSA HQ and demand to see everything that they have in TS but Snwoden and Manning case showed that stuff isn't that compartmentalized
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Caffeine Overdose Killed South Carolina Teen, Coroner Rules(nbcnews.com)
2 points by easilyBored 9y ago|0 comments
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Craig probably did some math and found out that even if he lives to 800 years old, he will not be able to spend it all so why go nuts? This way everything is manageable and he doesn't need to report to anyone.
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Turns out I'm right. I thought about the military and contractors as well. "A Top Secret clearance, meanwhile, costs the government nearly 20 times more, at an average of $3,959 per background check. At that rate, investigating
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by easilyBored 9y ago
If two people know one secret is one to many. How many people in USA work for the FBI, CIA, NSA, police departments, have top secret security clearances? Millions of them. One is all it takes, as shown by Snowden, Manning etc. So thanks, bu
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by easilyBored 9y ago
Technically you don't have to tip at e restaurant either (large parties excluded). Try going back there and see the service you get. Lyft should show the total of tips every 20 trips or so they had no chance of guessing who tipped and
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by easilyBored 9y ago
I'm not convinced Amazon would suffer significantly if they raised their prices by 10% on average. So there you have it! Create your own "Amazon," 10% more expensive but we treat our employees better.

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