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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Probably not. Most of the oil we find comes from a period when very few organisms could break down waste from dead trees and plants.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Power structures see other power structures as a threat. Google would like to be able to do what they want, whenever they want, without having to negotiate with another entity, or even worse, getting sued by another entity.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
China has been dragging its feet for years when it comes to banning fentanyl analogues when in the past they were quick to literally execute their citizens for manufacturing legal highs a decade ago. The scale of the operations suggest that
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Competition is a good thing, perhaps other unions can meet the needs of content creators better than this one.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Which unions in particular?
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
The vast majority of fentanyl on the US black market is synthesized in 'clandestine' labs in China and shipped directly from there to dealers in the US via the post.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
We can take a look at SAG-AFTRA, the Screen Actors Guild, to see how it will play out. Turns out that every movie star alive today is a union member, and they have no problem asking for special benefits and receiving them.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
SAG-AFTRA has weighed in on this issue, both to the press[1] and on their website[2]. From their site: > Do you create your own content on YouTube or other social media platforms? > If a brand reaches out to promote their product (
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
This is a solved problem, many unions are international. The AFL-CIO is the largest federation of unions in the US and is international.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
> What's the loophole currently being exploited that prevents loot boxes from being classified as online slot machines? Prosecutors' reluctance to make a case and uphold existing laws.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
> It labels repression of emotions as a bad thing, but you can find a half dozen studies showing people who ignore traumatic events have a faster and healthier recovery than those that don' Genuinely interested in these studies, I
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
The phrase doesn't mean that masculinity itself toxic. It means that our culture's expectations for men hurt them and others. For example, the masculine ideal we hold men to is an expectation of stoic emotionlessness and self-suff
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
It isn't 1982 anymore, taxi businesses and regions have apps now. Uber's value add is their pool of drivers' reach.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
It's can't versus should . Sure, you can discuss politics at work, but should you?
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Case in point: PrEP in the United States. Gilead has a patent on Truvada, which currently is the only drug on the market that can be prescribed for PrEP. They also have a patent on Descovy, but Descovy is not on the market for PrEP. Right n
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
> There are examples of drug prices coming down because of competition. Hepatitis C drugs are a great example. Launched at almost $90K, they now hover around $40K because there are multiple companies competing on price (the drugs are al
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Chromecasts don't support MPEG-TS. Suddenly had to care about that the other day.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Water rights are going to be increasingly important as time goes on, and those rights might prevent certain areas from collecting rainwater and runoff.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Yep, this is truly awesome. These types of hacks are what got me into computing as a kid. Reminds me of early Hack-A-Day content before most of their posts became Arduino/Raspberry Pi centric.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
One of the reasons they're so cheap is that they have no obligation to cover claims. Claim coverage is 100% up to their discretion. They aren't really insurance.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
> strongly supported because they have exactly zero other options? Like all Americans, they're free to buy private health insurance.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
In my area, Slice bought domains containing local pizzerias' names. Slice then set up the domains with sites branded with the local businesses' branding and replaced the phone numbers and online ordering with Slice's. Turns
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Beyond netting, the problem requires a large scale solution.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Chattel slavery is only one form of slavery.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Customers boycotted Stop & Shop when workers went on strike earlier this year, and it worked out pretty well for the workers[1]. [1] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/us/stop-shop-strike.html
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Both Linux live CDs and OpenWRT have done this for over a decade with union mounts.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
Health insurance costs have increased faster than inflation for decades and is responsible for the total increase in compensation[1]. Workers are not getting more or better benefits. They're getting the same or worse benefits, it'
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
I mean, the likelihood is pretty important here. The likelihood of such a large impact was pretty high in the early solar system, and it was high for Mars, as well.
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by fucking_tragedy 7y ago
> megavolcano eruption, coronal mass ejection, and asteroid impact. Even after any of those events, the bottom of the ocean would still be more habitable than Mars. > It's not a moral hazard at all; the two outlooks are congru
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Medicaid is only expanded via the ACA in 36 states. In the remaining states that denied Medicaid expansion via the ACA, Medicaid is not available based on income at all. In the states that expanded Medicaid, it is only available to indivi

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