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by jefftechentin 5y ago
> With this in mind, smoking should be commenced at as young an age as is reasonably possible. Children who have not yet developed a pincer grasp might require modified cigarette holders, safety lighters or both. These points are moot at
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
People of California, what do you see in her.?.?.? Why keep electing?
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
> They expanded the search to include other Germanic relatives, such as Icelandic and older forms of German, to shed light on Old English. Interesting, is this 17th century German fandom the basis of Tolkien's work? His Middle Earth
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
Book was more oriented to explaining world class performance not high school or college. It made a pretty convincing case by going through some really famous examples of excellent young talent (Tiger Woods, Jerry Rice and Mozart). Goes a lo
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
I remember PH having the same issue. Do payment processors take on liability for facilitating sexual content that is illegal in some way? Is it a PR thing? Is mastercard owned by the Holy See? What's the deal?
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
Yeah these findings remind me of a passage from the book "Talent Is Overrated". Thesis of the book is that world class talent is mostly due to hard work over innate ability. He supposes that one way that children develop drives in
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
> the current fuel density in much of the Sierra, mixed with the hotter, drier conditions already triggered by climate change, has made managing wildfire even riskier than it was when forest managers started allowing fires to burn in Yos
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
Not sure how valid but I think a case from this hypothesized Chinese Government perspective can be made even without criticizing Netflix itself. When Hollywood was built in the 1920's it was not exactly the backbone of the economy. The
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
Yeah the theory seems to only explain interiority of our consciousness. But if I recall the author does seem to cover critiques like this in the first chapter where he explains what he sees as erroneous ideas about what consciousness is. He
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
> No reason to be wary of recreational use. No more so than you might of caffeine You should be wary of caffeine use, especially if your culture does not have any rules about its use, or complete enough understanding about its effects. W
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
> You need a bit of arrogance to think cannabis is on your side and you can dominate it, as I witnessed myself when I started stumbling as a teenager. I have had similar experiences. Without your mind you are not you, a drug which change
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
Seems like we are leaving the cultural moment that presented Marijuana as a glorious panacea which would open your third eye if only you let go of your fear. Our culture was so scared of the stuff before, maybe we needed to paint an unreali
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
This was a great read. The history of human cognition is obviously fascinating and there is a lot written on subject for me to devour which is great. But what about his thoughts on hypnosis? I guess it is not as sexy a topic as the history
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by jefftechentin 5y ago
The theory states that our consciousness is a linguistic phenomenon, produced by culturally given ideas like the metaphorical I. Maybe other mental configurations could give rise to consciousness but if an animal was to possess the type of
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by jefftechentin 6y ago
I am not arguing that expiring currency is unprecedented. Further, I am aware governments have had control over the money supply for thousands of years. Main thing that worries me is the sophistication of the control. What I do not want is
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by jefftechentin 6y ago
> The money itself is programmable. Beijing has tested expiration dates to encourage users to spend it quickly, for times when the economy needs a jump start. Yikes, that is a lot of power. Been an ideological Bitcoin holder/gold bu
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by jefftechentin 6y ago
Definitely agree that the fall of the West is best understood as a consequence of the civil instability/war. I also think it is probable the successor states where most likely better managed/fruitful economically (although I proba