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by gustavus 3y ago
> With costs for solar/wind/storage dropping every year, isn't it time to give up on this pipe dream? When will we give up the pipedream that it's always going to be sunny and windy, especially as climate change conti
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by gustavus 3y ago
Saw this xkcd today. Just thought I'd leave it here https://xkcd.com/1162/
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by gustavus 3y ago
“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by mi
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by gustavus 3y ago
And the tankie quick with the response "It wasn't real communism!"
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by gustavus 3y ago
I love the idea. We could be marginally safer and all it would require is a constant 24/7 aerial surveillance at all times. I'd feel so safe and secure, it'd be like having an older sibling that was always there to watch over
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by gustavus 3y ago
Maybe I misunderstood something but can't any two people just kind of increase the population anytime they want, like there doesn't need to be any vote or anything you can just do it, and it's usually not all that bad either.
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by gustavus 3y ago
What happened to the Aral Sea again?
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by gustavus 3y ago
Can we just take a minute to talk about what a crock of sh* this is that your loan can just be sold to some other company you don't want to deal with without your consent and desire, and that it changes every couple of years.
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by gustavus 3y ago
> The new figures represent the lowest home affordability rate since 2007, a news release said. Oh that's interesting.... What year came after 2007?
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by gustavus 3y ago
The people who took variable rate loans made the poor decision. The banks didn't force them to take the loan the banks didn't sign the paper saying the purchaser understood. At some point adults need to be treated like adults and
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by gustavus 3y ago
I don't understand why people are pushing universal higher ed. Based on everything I see and have heard the first 2 years of college end up recapping everything you should've learned in high school. So we'd be served just as
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by gustavus 3y ago
For this curious it outlines various ways the loans have been discharged including 1. Discharging loans against colleges that have filed bankruptcy and closed 2. People that have taken jobs in the public service sector qualify for student l
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by gustavus 3y ago
It sounds like A Very British Democracy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzfNEF0e-y4
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by gustavus 3y ago
Because the link isn't working and it isn't on the archive I've reproduced the text of the article below: Emails reveal how Amazon and Google tap friends in government to influence policies. Critics say there's too much
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by gustavus 3y ago
If you want to understand how the EU works, like really understand how it works, my best advice is to binge watch 2 or 3 season of Yes Minister or Yes Prime Minister. You'll realize most of it isn't stupidity, it's intentiona
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by gustavus 3y ago
https://xkcd.com/1118/
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by gustavus 3y ago
Attempt to undermine the fundamental right to privacy, create a surveillance state that Stalin could only dream of, and openly seek to sell your constituents out to external powers. Result: Scolding, "Naughty EU, very bed don't do
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by gustavus 3y ago
I don't know if I'd agree with that. Bowyers would spend years practicing and honing their craft as apprentices, the process to make a good bow usually involved weeks or months of labor. It wasn't as simple as finding a stick
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by gustavus 3y ago
> the reality is that attractive waitresses make up to FIVE TIMES the take home nightly pay People constantly make this statement as if it is something wrong. The factor of the matter is that I probably make 20-30% more than ny teams pro
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by gustavus 3y ago
The guys likely to spit in the food are the same people who don't care the slightest bit about the business and are probably going to end up fired after a couple of months for not showing up getting in a fight with a coworker or manage
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by gustavus 3y ago
I don't think competing with China will be a major concern domestically in the US in a few years as I anticipate a renewal and resurgence of the trade war.
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by gustavus 3y ago
Eh most workers prefer tipping as they can usually make more with tipping then they can with an increased wage. The real problem is where tipping is now demanded when no customer service is given or before.
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by gustavus 3y ago
I for one am getting sick of the constant request for tips, especially before services rendered. I feel obligated to tip because I'm worried if I don't I'll be getting "trouser food" as Roy says, and so whatever the
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by gustavus 3y ago
I'm assuming that the drs who end up as insruance claim evaluation drs are the Dr. Murphy's of the world who everyone decided it would be better if they weren't actually practicing medicine.
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by gustavus 3y ago
Ya there is a Grisham novel about this exact thing. I hope the people involved in Cigna all have their spouses leave them, their children disown them, and then get their car towed.
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by gustavus 3y ago
So I am not necessarily going to disagree that the way school is setup up the optimal strategy is to cram and then purge the data after the test. However I have had a revelation recently in regards to learning where I realized that even if
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by gustavus 3y ago
Well this happenned in South Korea so I don't know if OSHA applies there.
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by gustavus 3y ago
> The man, who was in his 40s, had been inspecting a problem with the robot’s sensor at a distribution centre for agricultural produce in South Gyeongsang province So not that it diminishes the tragedy but it sounds like this was a worke
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by gustavus 3y ago
Ya, after a while in the field I noticed that Xtreme Programming, Agile, DevOps, and now Shift Left, and most other ideas are all just describing the exact same thing. Be flexible in your work, set up your processes to be able to deliver qu
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by gustavus 3y ago
My solution was to just get an old box that was cheap, plug it into the TV with an HDMI cord, add a wireless mouse and keyboard, and viola. I have a viewing experience that is on par with what most other people have without having to have a

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