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by j8014 7y ago
If it is to be political, I would rather target the legislative branch who can actually do something about this. It doesn't make sense to worry about the promises of a politician trying to get elected into the executive branch.
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by j8014 7y ago
I think the key difference was the USA preferred people on the space shuttle missions. It wasn't for lack of technology, which the whole system was computer assisted anyway, but manned missions are hard and require more engineering and
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by j8014 7y ago
Books? Who uses books anymore? My kids have had laptops for school since the 2nd grade, they are in 5th and 8th grade now. Syllabus & courses, homework, communication, research all on their laptops. Everything is interactive, videos and
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by j8014 7y ago
If you don't mind, what is economic decency?
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by j8014 7y ago
I think it depends on who is the customer and where things take place. My mother in law still uses checks, prefers in person banking, and doesn't use technology. She loves getting cash back when she shops. Same with a brother in law of
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by j8014 7y ago
Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains. - Thomas Jefferson
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by j8014 7y ago
Hospitals manage uncompensated care right now, its not as if its an unknown.
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by j8014 7y ago
I really wish we had transparent pricing, it's maddening, outrageous and needs to be required by law.
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by j8014 7y ago
I fall asleep around 2-3am every night and am up at 7:15am during the week. I'm 39. I've been a night owl since I was a teen, and even today I have to force myself to sleep. During vacations it becomes extreme, I easily stay up ti
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by j8014 7y ago
A couple things, I didn't really see a huge uptick about HK until China started "censoring" western companies with employees having to publicly backpedal. Second, money talks and there is a lot more at stake with western comp
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by j8014 7y ago
The West does not act and think in a collective, we are used to opposing views and have zero issue with publicly decrying the actions of our very own governments and removing those from power. The Western people do not act and think in lock
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by j8014 7y ago
Yes, targeting individuals by telling them you are going to kill them is not protected by the first amendment lol It has nothing to do with "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free ex
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by j8014 7y ago
That has nothing to do with free speech. If I grow some vegetables and sell them and you come along and start advertising that they are poisonous with 0 evidence you can be sued by me for damages.
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by j8014 7y ago
> I think the concept of "freedom of speech" is highly subjective. What utter nonsense.
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by j8014 7y ago
I wouldn't consider that durable, just repairable. After all, that's like saying an old classic car is durable because it exists and only had its motor replaced once.
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by j8014 7y ago
How has Slack completely changed the way you communicate? You can chat, share files and do a lite screen share in a single app? Integrations? I guess, I don't see it and I've used Slack for years, before that HipChat, and I used I