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by fiblye 7y ago
Even if companies were legally and easily selling masks for 100x normal price, I doubt any employees on the factory line would ever make more than a small double digit percentage in overtime payments.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Cells divide on their own, but they often rely on other cells to supply them with the nutrients they need to divide.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Advertising would very quickly shift from promoting your product, to actively trashing the competitor's. The whole "Our soda taste so much better than the unnamed competitor's!" style advertising would quickly change to
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by fiblye 7y ago
If ever there's a law passed that allows Nintendo to get non-licensed emulators banned entirely, I have no doubts they'd do everything in their power to have them wiped from existence by the next day. If they give up and give assi
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by fiblye 7y ago
The link I included shows Americans being 20 pounds heavier on average.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Germans may have a higher rate of obesity, but obese Americans seem to be more chunky than obese Germans. [1] The number of times I've seen someone who's clearly 400+ pounds outside of America has been maybe 4, 5 times? In the US,
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by fiblye 7y ago
As someone who's written engines, worked in bare bones do-everything-yourself frameworks, and used Unity, not everyone has the time or ability to sit down and code almost everything from scratch. Some people have simple ideas that invo
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by fiblye 7y ago
>So, because some (unspecified, unnamed) experts weren't able to predict the future with perfect accuracy, we should give equal credence to "random people" instead? That wasn't my takeaway. My takeaway is that if you
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by fiblye 7y ago
But at the same time, you'll find loads of people who don't eat meat. They just eat fish. Try asking a catholic if they eat meat during Lent, and they'll all tell you absolutely not while chowing down on a fish sandwich.
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by fiblye 7y ago
God, I was so annoyed reading WHO statements and people quoting them as an authority when this first started to blow up in China. The numbers quickly went from dozens to hundreds, and they still tried saying there was no chance of human-to-
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by fiblye 7y ago
It's been like this as long as I can remember. At least one major newspaper would have an article a week about how China's on the verge of economic collapse and there are a billion obvious signs. People still gobble it up. It&#x27
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by fiblye 7y ago
Handshakes far predate modern germ theory of disease. The "danger" doesn't really help with intimacy in any way. It's completely unnecessary danger. We'd find sharing tissues with strangers to be disgusting if it we
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by fiblye 7y ago
Potentially. But I find there to be zero value in touching the hands of someone I only just learned the name of. Especially considering I don't even know whether they're the type to cough in their hands, or the type to not wash af
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by fiblye 7y ago
Some countries have week-long holidays where most people go home/travel/don't work. Their economies aren't dead. Make it a tradition where everyone with non-essential work stays home at least one week a year, all at the
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by fiblye 7y ago
I really hope this helps kill the concept of handshaking entirely. Unfortunately, there's still a large segment of dirty-handed people who think you can judge a person based on their handshake.
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by fiblye 7y ago
Driving at night down narrow streets, I've had some people pop out from behind a wall in front of me. Fortunately everyone involved has always had good reaction times, so I don't think I've killed anybody yet. Somebody who&#x
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by fiblye 7y ago
I think any given service on this earth is expected to have some degree of delay during a once a century global pandemic. People out there can't even buy basic life necessities in stores. It may be a little unfair, but it's not re
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by fiblye 7y ago
> In Japan, people wear masks so they don't spread their germs. In the US, people want to wear masks to avoid other's germs. Totally different mindset. Absolute orientalist BS. I work in a Japanese workplace. Lots of people her
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by fiblye 7y ago
The comment I was referring to was pretty explicit in saying they don't grow beans, meaning they've likely got a big chunk of their coffee economy involved in selling "stale" coffee. It's probably relatively fresh w
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by fiblye 7y ago
> I certainly wouldn't want to buy coffee that was roasted in Ethopia; it would be awfully stale by the time it gets here. But if Germany is the 4th largest exporter in the world as the parent comment said, apparently plenty of peop
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by fiblye 7y ago
Part of optimization is optimizing your code. Part is optimizing your graphical assets. If you're making an 8 bit 64x64 pixel platformer, your main bottleneck is likely code. If you're making a 3D flight simulator, your main bottl
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by fiblye 7y ago
That’s not Japan’s decision to make. The Olympics®︎ tells the country they’re screwed, thanks for the cash, apply for the next 2020+4n Olympics.
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by fiblye 7y ago
It’s also very possible that the government isn’t looking into the cause of death and just sweeping it under the rug. Nearly every mention of the virus’s spread here is followed about “now what’s the effect on the olympics? What will we do
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by fiblye 7y ago
As an artist, there's nothing even remotely close to the iPad's hardware quality and software environment anywhere near its price range. Even well beyond its price range, it's hard to beat the software quality and comfort wit
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by fiblye 7y ago
Oh, no, plenty of people who are confident that they're beautiful are getting paid these days. Plenty of them stripping for it. Spend just a little time on Twitter/Instagram/Tiktok or click on any given Patreon link and you&#
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by fiblye 7y ago
Everything is just a few percent here and there, and everybody shifts the blame saying we should be cutting XYZ instead of ABC. Efforts should be made to reduce all sources of emissions.
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by fiblye 7y ago
They’ve also had widespread infection for longer. China got a 3 month head start. It’s pointless to say one has an good outcome when it’s only now beginning to grow. And some countries like Japan have public health care. Despite being one o
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by fiblye 7y ago
We might get a lot, but it likely won’t be enough. Many land owners would already prefer to leave their buildings empty for years over even considering negotiating on rent. I doubt anything can change their minds.
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by fiblye 7y ago
As far as I know, not everybody is getting tested. I'm assuming it's mostly those showing symptoms and seeking tests, or those who believe themselves to have been exposed seeking tests. It's still a high number, but not the a
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by fiblye 7y ago
They really shouldn’t. The example he’s setting is to buy up essentials before those in need can, maximize profits, then give puppy dog eyes once people rightfully call you out on taking advantage of people and getting praise for showing fa

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