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by gregd 11y ago
I'm not sure what they would use today for finding water. We're talking a good 30 years ago. On an interesting side note, I discovered that I had the ability to witch for water, which I've never really put to good use. I&#x
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by gregd 11y ago
What I don't understand, is the comment about relocating like it's like taking a walk in the park. Have you taken a look at how expensive simply moving is? There's the rental truck or pod, there's first, last and securi
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Living without running water sucked. We had to drive to town (another expense) to shower at the campgrounds for a dollar, three times per week. We also had to drive to a rest stop south of our town to fill our 50 gallon barrel full of wat
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by gregd 11y ago
How would you know I haven't really considered the alternatives to living cheaper? I don't have a yard to grow vegetables. We live in an apartment. When we lived in Portland, we had a yard to grow vegetables but our monthly wate
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by gregd 11y ago
I'm not arguing against homesteading and it's actually been a dream of mine. However, marriage and children has altered my reality in ways that affect my ability to create a homestead. Here in the states, you still, at a minimum,
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by gregd 11y ago
What makes you think the only other option to your lifestyle is choosing a higher standard of living? I have 4 children from two different marriages. I didn't choose a higher standard of living. Living off of $30k/year here in O
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could you live an albeit different life on 60% of your pay and work three days a week? Yes. It consists of a tent, eating ramen and the occasional squirrel.
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by gregd 11y ago
It's because having money (being rich if you will) alters your brain sufficiently enough to forget the common plight of plebs. There are quite a few things that are stopping me from living in the mountains: rent, food, gas, car paym
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by gregd 11y ago
But you don’t have to listen to me, part-time mountain dweller and full-time maverick. Here’s Carlos Slim, the world’s second richest man: “We should be working only 3 days a week.” It is time, he says, for a radical overhaul of our workin
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Monsanto specifically makes genetically modified seeds (seeds they sell and have patented) to withstand Roundup (an herbicide they sell). That is the antithesis of being tangentially involved.
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by gregd 11y ago
Do I think it's fair that if Monsanto is going to genetically modify seeds to withstand increased use (read this as selling) of their herbicide, that they face increased scrutiny and understandable criticisms? ABSOFUCKINGLUTELY
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by gregd 11y ago
For what it's worth @baldfat, HN won't let me directly reply to your comment below and I haven't downvoted you.
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by gregd 11y ago
I am skeptical of nutrition labels, so what you're saying isn't lost on me. However, much like putting the nutrition labels (or ingredient lists for that matter) on food, GMO labeling is a starting point.
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Here are 10 of them: http://www.collective-evolution.com/2014/04/08/10-scientific...
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by gregd 11y ago
Roundup resistance has led to greater use of herbicides, with troubling implications for biodiversity, sustainability, and human health http://www.ucsusa.org/food_and_agriculture/our-failing-food-... Herbicide-resis
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by gregd 11y ago
Interestingly enough, I've been a very vocal proponent of GMO labeling here in Oregon. When the labeling issue made the last ballot, and of course I voted FOR it, my ballot mysteriously got pulled and I had to prove that I was the on
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by gregd 11y ago
As a consumer, I deserve to know the truth about what is in the food that I purchase and feed to my family. If putting a GMO label on the food that has it, leads consumers to still purchase that, it's their right to do that. My que
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by gregd 11y ago
When a seed is genetically modified to support wide spectrum herbicide use, does the nuance really matter? A lot of people in this thread are poo pooing the anti GMO movement, when a lot of anti GMO folks are against genetically modifyin
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by gregd 11y ago
There are an increasing number of studies listing the harmful effects of glyphosate (Roundup) poisoning. So saying that "nobody ever got ill from GMOs" is patently false. http://www.mdpi.com/1099-4300/15&#x2F
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by gregd 11y ago
I will have a look at what you've provided above shortly. However, my opposition to GMOs lie in the fact that GMO crops have led to a widespread INCREASE in herbicide use, particularly glyphosate, which is a wide spectrum herbicide to
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by gregd 11y ago
So just so I understand where you're coming from, you linked to an op-ed piece in Scientific American as proof of what you're saying?
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Life as a cog in the Amazon machine(salon.com)
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Do you really have any other options except to hire a lawyer?
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The article clearly states, "By 2009, MySpace was still the biggest website in terms of traffic, but Facebook was growing fast by this point, and according to Percival the atmosphere was defeatist when he joined the company. “I remembe
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by gregd 12y ago
I don't think anybody is saying that being in a minority is justification for being aggressive. I think what some people are saying is that being oppressed might be a justification for being aggressive, but I can't say for certai
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by gregd 12y ago
Did you just seriously compare being a Lisper to being a minority? So, if I try to understand your choice of comparisons, do you live with oppression because you're a Lisper?
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by gregd 12y ago
Let’s put ourselves into a position where we can be compassionate. As a woman in the tech industry and because of the utter lack of diversity, it is safe to assume that from the get go, attending conferences like this could be staggeringly
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You would be correct.
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by gregd 12y ago
I wish I knew how unimportant material things were. Live in the now. You are not your job. Don't take things personally. Ask for what you want. Would you rather be right, or loved?
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by gregd 12y ago
I love Krakauer's style of writing and have read all of his books. His writing style reminds a lot of Stephen Ambrose. If you like Into The Wild, you might also like One Man's Wilderness about Richard Proenneke: http:/&#x2

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