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by havblue 4y ago
In related news, joro spiders are taking over the state of Georgia. They're huge and look creepy, but on the plus side they apparently don't bite humans so you can just leave their horrific gold webs in place in your yard. Granted
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"they don't care how successful the graduate is in the industry." Is this really the case for software development/ engineering? I would think having lots of lackluster applicants would tank undergrad rankings for us new
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>The argument is over the question: “should men and women be allowed to share equivalent roles in society, if they desire?” I think that question is settled, more or less. People usually aren't debating whether a certain person occu
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That was more of a paraphrased quote. Her concern is primarily in farm raised seafood I believe. It is an issue with apex predators though, since I'm married to one.
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This is a point of frustration between my wife and me and it repeats every 6 months or so. "Honey, let's feed the girls some shrimp so they don't get allergies." "No. Not yet. I don't want them to get mercury p
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TFA discusses how randomized controlled trials were used to obtain their conclusions which do actually discuss causation. You're free to disagree with the study but you are incorrect in calling the article out as having a causation fal
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David Foster Wallace talked and wrote extensively about marijuana addiction/withdrawal. A lot of responses to this tend to be if someone has a negative outcome they were prone to mental illness anyway and besides, it's not as bad
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"Not committing to a partner" This one dovetails with the bad mortgage choice. If you have a mortgage, you're rooted to smaller job and dating pools. For me, NOT buying a house in my twenties left me more flexible to develop
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There was an episode of Tales From the Crypt with this plot. To seduce a young attractive woman, an old rich man gives more and more money to trade his old features with those of a good looking bodybuilder. Of course, it ends with him being
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I thought the Spy Who Came in From the Cold had a more straightforward plot than some of his other books, if you want to give him another try.
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A lot of people are under the impression that public schools are a disaster in this country unless you're in a high performing school district. Either buy an expensive house or try to make enough money to send your kids to private scho
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That makes sense. For me, what happened was I was scheduled to fly to a destination city but wound up flying there from a different departure city, earlier, due to a funeral. I was shocked to find out that they would have cancelled my retur
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You do have to worry if you have to miss the first leg of a trip for some reason. They'll void the second leg as well if you don't call to straighten everything out.
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"I'm sorry I ruined your Black Panther Party." Forrest Gump
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For me it comes down to perfectionism vs pragmatism: Do you hire cleaners or clean your house yourself? Do you send the kids to a more expensive private school even though it's farther away? How much do you cook for yourself and how el
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Personally it's just being married to someone who's covid-cautious, has a busy job, along with having kids. It's difficult if not impossible to have a social life when all your efforts are dedicated towards work, chores and t
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This isn't a moral justification, but isn't laying off workers when other companies have layoffs a simple supply and demand response? That is, the demand curve is the same for these workers but the supply curve shifts to the right
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The global chip shortage reminds me of the "just in time" training that corporate mandated for all engineers at my large cap aerospace company about ten years ago. "Is it always better to avoid having spare parts? Maybe in so
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I'll note, however, that carrying multiple child seats onto an aircraft is simultaneously exhausting and humiliating.
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It does basically fit into the plot, which has several game theory situations like this. Luo Ji is a hedonist and isn't invested in saving the world. By following his desires, the Wallfacer program gives him a family that they can take
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It sounds similar to Sears attempting to turn its customers into members. They don't have to worry about selling books: they can just sell app subscriptions, micro transactions and expansion content for campaigns involving everyone bei
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Here's one of my favorite (old) articles on their transition from being gaming nerds to becoming a large corporation: Death to the Minotaur: How Wizards of the Coast sacrificed its geeky, Gothic, sex-for-all idealism for Pok March 23,
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Is the "bad" writing partially just different cultural values of the writer? Lots of people object to the emphasis on female beauty in the Dark Forest, along with the subplot of finding the "perfect" mate.
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I thought the best term is simply "neo-liberal": the progressives in power that are mostly interested in staying in power and not actual human progress. The same term applies to neo-conservatives as well. Ideology is more a means
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The fast fashion debate is similar to this. People who are against it say that it's environmental unsustainable and expensive to buy new clothes more frequently. People who like fast fashion respond that it's only rich people who
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Not to be pedantic, but it was the fact that Ferris convinced Cameron to steal his father's beloved car that led to the emotional crisis. Ironically, the destruction of the car led to Cameron cathartically accepting responsibility and
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The theatrical cut was already pretty long without it. John demonstrating more leadership would likely help the viewer think of him as more than a whiney kid, but he was still the third most important protagonist. I also think of aliens whe
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I suspect that the game theory aspect of the u2 spying wasn't as well thought out. At least, they probably didn't think that anyone would actually survive being shot down from that height. Forget about how the pilot might act when
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I believe Powers said that the decision of whether to take the pill was up to him, though the public did apparently think he should have killed himself to avoid the diplomatic incident.
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It's funny that the column implied that West Side Story's failure was a surprise. It was a remake of a classic movie that never should have been made. You can't compare this to the ground Spielberg movies of the 70's thr

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