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by foxyv 8mo ago
I suspect that this has more to do with Ukraine than it does the USA. Russia seemed like one of those plastic owls to fend off birds then suddenly turned its head and ate one.
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Why does the government get to decide when we retire?
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by foxyv 8mo ago
There are a couple different schemes that are used to distribute taxpayer money to cronies. The most common are defense contracts for stuff like the proverbial $1000 hammers and such. There are also infrastructure deals, energy deals, subsi
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Tesla's only chance at this point is government money. Consumers just aren't buying. It doesn't help that Elon was heavily involved with Epstein and is constantly spouting white nationalist propaganda on X. This is on top of
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by foxyv 8mo ago
> I'm sure insurers will love your arguments and simply insure Tesla at the exact same rate they insure everyone else. Insurers would charge 4 times as much for insurance I think. Which matches what I've seen when quoting insur
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by foxyv 8mo ago
It is kind of comparing apples to oranges. The more appropriate would be to compare it with other Taxis. https://www.rubensteinandrynecki.com/brooklyn/taxi-accident-... Generally about 1 accident per 217k miles. Which
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by foxyv 8mo ago
I think they were so used to defending Autopilot that they got confused.
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by foxyv 8mo ago
So, my comment was directly relevant afterall.
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by foxyv 8mo ago
It's probably just too early for the class actions. There are a couple suits against Bannon and Trump for the "Let's go Brandon" coin.
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by foxyv 8mo ago
The unspecified, specific thing.
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by foxyv 8mo ago
In the US, laws were only for the affluent, male, white class anyways. Richard Rothstein wrote a great book about it called "Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America" https://en.wikiped
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by foxyv 8mo ago
It can be both. Use the "Contributions" from "Donors" to make it appear that the coin is going to the moon and then dump it once enough credulous victims buy into the scam. Reward the donors with their appropriate tit-fo
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by foxyv 8mo ago
It's a false dichotomy. There are 4 options: 1. Don't give up liberty, give up security. 2. Give up liberty, give up security. 3. Give up liberty, don't give up security. 4. Don't give up liberty, don't give up secu
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Snopes continues to do what it was meant to do. Debunk made up stories on the internet!
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Human beings have similar senses of touch, we just don't need the hairs because our skin is very thin compared to an elephant. However, robots sometimes use something like this. https://www.techbriefs.com/component&#x2F
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by foxyv 8mo ago
> "The Party said that Oceania had never been in alliance with Eurasia. He, Winston Smith, knew that Oceania had been in alliance with Eurasia as short a time as four years ago. But where did that knowledge exist? Only in his own co
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Consistent and sufficient funding that won't evaporate when you inevitably fail the first few times. Investors and political officials get a bit upset when the billion dollar prototype they funded crashes and burns two or three times i
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by foxyv 8mo ago
To be fair, we have seen some long term effects from antibiotic use. Especially with regards to gut biomes. However, the long term effect of not using them is oftentimes death or permanent disability. Don't see nearly as many amputatio
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by foxyv 8mo ago
Greed as a concept covers multiple ideas. One is principled self interest like you would see in an objectivist manifesto. The other is un-principled, short sighted, and stupid greed that simply grabs whatever gains they can without thinking
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by foxyv 8mo ago
You become woke by accepting and learning about reality. Colleges teach people about reality. The right wing is distinctly anti-intellectual because they depend on ignorance to maintain support from the moderate right. I started out far-rig
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by foxyv 8mo ago
> The "little green men"[a] were Russian soldiers who were masked and wore unmarked uniforms upon the outbreak of the Russo-Ukrainian War in 2014. They were active just before and during the Russian annexation of Crimea and car
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by foxyv 8mo ago
I prefer to exercise outdoors as well. Unfortunately I live in a suburb so there isn't much enjoyable outdoor space. The gym is my goto for when I don't want to drive a half hour out of town and I can watch my shows on my phone wh
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by foxyv 9mo ago
Phones aren't really toys anymore. I use mine for work and personal accounting on top of navigation, point of sale payments, paying for parking, communication, podcasts, weather, and audiobooks.
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by foxyv 9mo ago
I used to buy exclusively Motorola phones. Then they stopped updating my phone I bought less than a year prior. Never again. I ended up buying a Pixel 8 because it was cheaper to spend $600 on a phone that gets updates for 7 years than to p
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by foxyv 9mo ago
It is exactly the same workout. A YouTuber made a video about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAOpkv0fpik
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by foxyv 9mo ago
I have a Planet Fitness membership which is stupid cheap and they have stair machines. I guess a lot of people like them a lot. Also the treadmills are great if you increase the incline. Lets you get a workout without having to break into a
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by foxyv 9mo ago
A lot of the forums I see recommending rucking as the best cardio exercise. Less likely to be injured by a turned ankle or knee than when you are running. Also it offers a great way to gradually increase difficulty.
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by foxyv 9mo ago
Leaving the Republican party is so close to leaving a cult as to be indistinguishable. They are so dead set on vilifying outsiders that they won't even associate with non-republicans and Democrats in a civil fashion. I once had a famil
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by foxyv 9mo ago
Sure! If you look at the device you are using to make this comment, you will find that almost all of the technology used to create it has been invented by persons with PhDs. Lasers, internet, electron guns, integrated circuits, transistors,
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by foxyv 9mo ago
You're kind of throwing the baby out with the bathwater here. Sure, some PhDs are in underwater basket weaving and barely warranting the title. However, most PhDs are extremely valuable. They are pushing the boundaries of our knowledge

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