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by eschulz 3y ago
A serious concern is how mining operations won't really be observed as much when they're working at the bottom of the sea. Blowing up a mountain may be subject to witnesses - at least satellite imagery for very rural areas. On the
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by eschulz 3y ago
The article mentions a woman who wept with joy when she received a "steal" of a lease for a new government owned building, and the article mentions that certain political parties have made this program a priority. Perhaps this wo
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by eschulz 3y ago
Yes, the British government was happy to sell it to Arizona businessman and developer Robert McCulloch. He had to actually make a slight deviation of the Colorado River in order for it to go under the bridge in its new location. To accompli
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by eschulz 3y ago
I think that future generations may forget most details of our way of life. However, as you said, it won't be due to lack of a historical record, but instead it will be due to a lack of interest in uneventful details combined with a p
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by eschulz 3y ago
Napoleon apparently joked about the importance of having dumb and energetic soldiers shot. https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2010/12/27/dumb-and-gets-thin...
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by eschulz 3y ago
My take is that lawyers will have to compare the damages they suffered to the potential harm their reputation will sustain if they become well known for being victims. Did they pay $1,000 for a subpar product? If so, they might not act beyo
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by eschulz 3y ago
This reminds me of the legal marketing field, which is one in which I have some experience. Just look at the billboards along the highways in major US cities and you'll be reminded how horrendously competitive law is in the US (and it&
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by eschulz 3y ago
How is generational wealth defined in that statistic? I know many people who had parents whom I would consider wealthy, but the kids don't make as much and the family are taken down a notch as the kids reach middle age. However, these
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by eschulz 3y ago
According to this article, this law bans "cultivated meat" which is cultured from animal-derived cells, and it bans labelling of plant-based products with names that use common meat products like "steak" or "salami&
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by eschulz 3y ago
Nonprofits, as with for-profits, must pay competitive wages or they will have trouble getting the expertise that they need. $338k/head seems reasonable when you also consider taxes the company must pay for each employee.
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by eschulz 3y ago
Has the option for rat birth control failed? https://time.com/6264623/rat-birth-control-poison-contrapest...
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by eschulz 3y ago
I think a significant percentage of restaurants in US cities pay some staff in cash; the staff cannot legally work in the US. As long as people are willing to accept this as a way to earn money, this will remain sustainable.
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by eschulz 3y ago
I'm concerned this is going to further facilitate the exploitation of unskilled labor in these countries by the business class. I saw something online a few years ago about foreign workers in Kenya being treated much worse than their K
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by eschulz 3y ago
Your comment reminds me of the Boeing 737 MAX problems which resulted in them all being grounded worldwide.
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by eschulz 3y ago
I think in the US cars can increase your time with friends and family. Many people are lucky to live within a 60 minute drive from close friends or family, but without access to a car those trips become an epic trek. This is especially th
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by eschulz 3y ago
The east-west infrastructure really isn't there, and I guess that says a lot. Incentivized to get goods to and from the coasts, the national governments don't have the financial motivation to develop cross-continent highways. An i
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by eschulz 3y ago
Yeah, that seems to be it. The Coast Guard has quite a bit of power in US waters, and if they see this thing they're likely to investigate. Maybe they thought it was the latest tech from a drug cartel.
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by eschulz 3y ago
The Internet of Shit is all around us https://twitter.com/internetofshit
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by eschulz 3y ago
The Germans succeeded in some bicycle use early in WWII. The invasions of Poland and France startled the world with their speed. How could they move so many hundreds of thousands of men so far in such a short time? Even the Germans didn&#x2
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by eschulz 3y ago
You're right that state govs have definitely reduced funding in many places for public colleges. And although this started decades ago in some cases, it is significantly exacerbated by the size of loans that students can easily access
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by eschulz 3y ago
Makes sense when you have student loans backed by the federal government. If an 18 year old with no money and no credit history gets accepted into a qualifying university, she will be able to receive a loan since the bank knows that the gov
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by eschulz 3y ago
I live in a Sears Argyle. We too benefitted from good materials and craftsmanship for this tiny house.
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by eschulz 3y ago
I'd be very curious to see what people recommend since I think it's very important to consider how the victors behaved at the end of the war. I studied some details about Nuremberg while in law school, from an Anglo American legal
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by eschulz 3y ago
The Nuremberg Trials were fascinating. While I think many of the individuals leading the tribunal were trying to do a good job in the tradition of their respective nations' legal frameworks, the victorious allies could really not see e
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by eschulz 3y ago
Interesting that this deal apparently only includes CA, AZ, and NV, and it averts the federal government imposing water cuts on a total of seven states which enjoy water from the Colorado River. The three states agreeing to this deal are do
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by eschulz 3y ago
I wouldn't bet that a summer of heat waves will result in such a change. Maybe after a winter of heatwaves...
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by eschulz 3y ago
Illinois, and several other states, do not allow bail bondsmen. I understand why people would want to prevent this predatory business, but then there's also the concern that a larger percentage of felony defendants fail to appear in co
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by eschulz 3y ago
I'm concerned legal cannabis with very high tax rates has created an ideal situation for criminal cartels. A criminal group can utilize legal businesses for growing expertise, cleaning money, etc. Meanwhile, the criminals may be more
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by eschulz 3y ago
That's interesting, he must have had a great mind for visualizing geography, as evidenced in part by his detailed description of it in his accounts years later. That mixed with his logistical expertise (he was a quartermaster in the M
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by eschulz 3y ago
I think it's underrated since people generally rate it so poorly to begin with. His time in office is considered to be almost a waste since there was so much corruption by those who gained his trust and got into positions of power. Rea

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