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by fiblye 9y ago
They're not saying going to college and making the most of it is a waste. They're saying shipping all kids off to college under the presumption that things will sort themselves out and you'll end up with a bucket of money and
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by fiblye 9y ago
They're all going to the same place, but all coming from different areas. Arranging for them to get to a common point to even board the public transportation you're offering would require them to take a car, since density makes an
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by fiblye 9y ago
I grasp that. ~1.5% of deaths is a significant number. People worry about getting brain cancer or being struck by lightning more than they worry about the risk of being annihilated by a machine, despite the latter being more common.
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by fiblye 9y ago
1 out of 70 is pretty damn huge. We have global campaigns about preventing cancers that are less dangerous than car accidents. There was panic over Ebola, which killed essentially nobody compared to car accidents. Yet the general response t
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by fiblye 9y ago
Here in Japan it's perfectly alright, so it varies from place to place. I know the one time I went to New York I saw a guy passing through into other cars, but he didn't seem to be the type to care about the law.
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by fiblye 9y ago
I think trains/subways aren't as much of a concern for most people. On a bus, it's not uncommon to end up with a stinky or fairly creepy person stuck next to you with nothing you can do. Trains make it easier to get up and wa
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by fiblye 9y ago
And if the people vote for strict immigration restrictions, including those based on immigrants' beliefs, that decision should be respected as much as any other, should it not?
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by fiblye 10y ago
I can't say I'm understanding why you got downvoted. A <=16KB contact page shouldn't be something to brag about--it should be pretty standard. Sure, this page has some extra bells and whistles to look like a phone (very or
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by fiblye 10y ago
There's zero correlation between efficient taxing and corrupt governments. The "we want to break government so that people don't trust it" shit doesn't make sense. Why not opt for a good government that you can reas
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by fiblye 10y ago
Same goes for fast food workers. Serving up cheap meals instead of curing cancer. Really, guys? That's the best you can do? But surprise, not everyone wants to jump into the medical field and the field certainly isn't hiring every
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by fiblye 10y ago
Immigration here is incredibly relaxed. If you have a college degree, you can find someone willing to offer you a job, and you haven't committed a felony, you're welcome. People just choose not to come to Japan because they endles
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by fiblye 10y ago
I think, in a way, the media is kind of empowering the "alt-right" by constantly referring to them as the "alt-right". It presents it as the little guy vs The Man, and I think that makes it much more palatable than &quot
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by fiblye 10y ago
One thing I find worrying about arguments in favor of illegal immigration/very lax immigration policies is how easily it can come across as being in favor of indentured servitude and having a lower class to support the upper class. We
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by fiblye 10y ago
I've always hated American breakfast. My family often traveled when I was a child, which meant many Mcdonald's and Ihop breakfasts. The insane greasiness, saltiness, and sweetness of it all made me sick. To this day, I still can&#
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by fiblye 10y ago
So basically Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep/Blade Runner is going from scifi to a WIP.
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by fiblye 11y ago
You're comparing individual species with an entire family. Countless animals rely on mosquitoes as a valuable food source. And before someone brings up the tired "mosquito predators all eat things besides mosquitoes" argument
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by fiblye 11y ago
People still seem to think Pittsburgh's a hellhole even though it's anything but. Honestly, I don't think it's a bad thing that people think this. The city's steadily drawing in talent yet rent/cost of living i
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by fiblye 11y ago
The problem there is the >90% of people in Vancouver who aren't in high paying tech fields. It's pretty difficult to say "just triple their wages and they'll afford houses no problem." The real issue is property
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by fiblye 11y ago
I released a game called Aerannis a while back. http://store.steampowered.com/app/356580/
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by fiblye 11y ago
Unless, of course, the government is requesting or demanding your data without your consent. I can't imagine any company in the pockets of the NSA getting in trouble for over-collecting user data.
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by fiblye 11y ago
That's true, but Gabe came out and made a point stating that Valve as a whole didn't support that decision.
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by fiblye 11y ago
I think if Valve chose to promote this and it wasn't automatically placed on the front page due to a surge in popularity, it's probably because Valve is trying to show itself to be a marketplace where no idea is censored, no matte
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by fiblye 11y ago
Then the wealthy make all of their big purchases outside the country and import them in. If the country starts taxing purchases made outside the country, then those purchases become "gifts from a good friend." There's also th
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by fiblye 11y ago
The world's best programming languages weren't made in a day. Got to start somewhere mate
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by fiblye 11y ago
Well, according to the judges of a wine tasting competition in California, a $2 bottle of wine is the absolute best you can get. [1] I've seen countless reports of cheap wine outperforming or equalling expensive wines in blind taste te
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by fiblye 11y ago
I'd dare say most Americans think the US is worse today than it was before Bush. While the US isn't under the rule of a dictator, an increasingly large number of people are wary of if not fearful of the government. People may be a
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by fiblye 11y ago
Well, I don't know about the "older generation", but I grew up being taught all throughout life to not leave any of my belongings anywhere unless I want them to get stolen. Whenever I'm out somewhere with someone else an
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by fiblye 11y ago
I remember my (first grade?) teacher made a point to tell us that even though the name was written with an "a", it was read as an "e" to demonstrate how English violates so many of its supposed rules. So thankfully I nev
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by fiblye 11y ago
I easily get motion sickness from first person games, but I've never had a problem with video before. This made me get a tickle in my throat just two seconds in. Definitely very uncomfortable to watch.
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by fiblye 11y ago
>Would you really invest in "the idea of a sexy movie star who finds her conscience after her first few kids and wants to do healthy and honest products". Well, she's got mass appeal. Most people know nothing about busines

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