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by jacalata 10y ago
So you don't think it's a problem if their ads say "whites only"? Or if they only advertise to white people? Or are you thinking "nobody would say whites only" and just totally unaware of the many ways that lan
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by jacalata 10y ago
If you want to look for examples closer to home, try reading about the Mapucho.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Congratulations on recognising that your glib generalization above was wrong! Now see if you can imagine any way in which development of a neighbourhood can ever increase demand. An idea to get you started: there exist people who would like
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by jacalata 10y ago
Most of history is completely irrelevant to how people should be treated today. Through most of history all of us would be illiterate and internetless and not be having this conversation.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Ok....there is clearly more housing in San Francisco today than there was 50 years ago. Why does housing in San Francisco cost more today than it did 50 years ago?
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by jacalata 10y ago
Because new housing doesn't magically appear around existing tenants and their furniture. Existing tenants get told to leave, then there is construction for x months, then a new building is there with more units available, and (especia
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by jacalata 10y ago
These airlines presumably have rules on how old a child has to be to fly unaccompanied, right? These stories always tempt me to book a flight with my very self confident and out going 6 year old niece and instruct her to annoy the shit out
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by jacalata 10y ago
I don't know. But even if it did, you might want this information for non-trading reasons like "how hard should I be looking for a new job?"
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by jacalata 10y ago
You might like the section of the article beginning "Some companies are now pushing employees to waive their right to inspect the books as a condition for receiving stock awards, says Richard Grimm, an executive compensation attorney.&
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by jacalata 10y ago
Unpopular because there is overwhelming evidence that the low hanging fruit on reducing population growth is decreasing child mortality and increasing economic opportunity for the huge percentage of the world that is worried they will be al
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by jacalata 10y ago
TL:dr; eh, who cares, it's super convenient and I can't change anything really.
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by jacalata 10y ago
I agree with you, on your follow-up.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Did you know you can delete voicemails without listening to them?
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by jacalata 10y ago
"cartel (n): an association of manufacturers or suppliers with the purpose of maintaining prices at a high level and restricting competition." Having two competitors doesn't necessarily create a cartel. Are you trying to argu
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by jacalata 10y ago
Japan's amazing urban geography doesn't seem like something Uber can fix, surely.
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by jacalata 10y ago
McDonald's hasn't, quoting the OP you responded to, 'cut off all competition'. Are you imagining that with no competition, McDonald's would still not raise prices?
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by jacalata 10y ago
Interesting geofence idea - I wonder if that makes it worthwhile for neighbours to walk to their front door before ordering a ride? Or is this the kind of place where neighbours don't exist?
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by jacalata 10y ago
They do a better job of teaching them, which is what they are implicitly promising by telling prospective students "all our graduates get six figure programming jobs". If the unspoken caveat is "but half of our entering stude
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by jacalata 10y ago
breastfeeding is a hell of a lot more than 'an experience'
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by jacalata 10y ago
Which US English pronunciation exactly?
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by jacalata 10y ago
What do you find similar between Melbourne and Houston?
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by jacalata 10y ago
The question is whether you want learning programming at 14 to be as rare as getting accepted into college at 14.
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by jacalata 10y ago
The Soul of a New Machine, about building the first Data General machines.
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by jacalata 10y ago
I can't find any more recent news, or mentions on the Sion public transport site, so my guess is they are still in testing and their planned rollout in "spring 2016" has been delayed.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Sure, if you answer the first question with "yes there needs to be physical service points in the state". I believe some people think this is unnecessary altogether though, so they argue for scrapping the entire law instead of cha
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by jacalata 10y ago
If you will go bankrupt and have your life destroyed because the place you work at goes out of business, then that's a different problem.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Why PayPal?
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by jacalata 10y ago
The laws are intended to protect the consumer by making sure there are physical places that can repair your car in the state. The question is whether that's necessary any more.
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by jacalata 10y ago
That's interesting, I hear people say it's just because of the definitional differences so I'm glad to have learned this.
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by jacalata 10y ago
Or you could have a statute of limitations on criminal background checks. A 30 year old conviction should be irrelevant to any employer.

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