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by jly 10y ago
I don't think we need more studies to draw some useful conclusions, and sadly those conclusions do not bode well for the sedentary lifestyle. We know a lot about how human bodies evolved, both during our time as a species and our prec
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Reformers have been begging to "fix the broken system" regarding lobbying for hundreds of years in this country. Lobbying as a legalized form of bribery is a deeply-ingrained part of the political and economic system the US is ro
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We'll see. This business is becoming massively commoditized, which will eventually minimize network effects in the face of competition and price (for drivers and riders). We lost Uber/Lyft in Austin less than a year ago, and the
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This article is spot on, in my view. More technology in our current economic system only reduces the overall number of 'good' jobs available, creating more inequality and increasing the divide of the haves and have-nots. Technolo
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Or, why not just go to a full single-payer system? This would basically be medicare for everyone, but you get rid of the insurance companies which add no value to the system but consume massive amounts of it's resources.
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I'm not sure if you're being downvoted here, but I think this is the right answer. The major problem in the system and with the ACA is that it continues to try and operate health care in a capitalistic free market. Due to the la
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I think what Steve King said makes sense to me - protections like 'blanket no denial for pre-existing conditions' could incentivize waiting to purchase insurance until a condition arises, which compromises the system. The gap solu
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> The pervasive modern belief is that philosophy is mostly meaningless word-games that can be dismissed, and science should be the basis of everything. But collecting more observations of reality does not help answer these questions. Fur
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I would work in agriculture, producing food and managing honeybees (currently a hobby). I think we desperately need more small, local, sustainable farming practices which inevitably will require more individuals actually engaged with food
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I thought I recognized that link...I've been a user of TotalSpaces for years. Great products.
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I don't share a strong sense of optimism that we'll 'beat climate change'. We need to fundamentally change how humans live on this planet and interact with our ecosystems to move past issues like this. Projects like th
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Yeah, 100x odds is a great marketing move but it isn't that helpful to the average gambler. A game of heads or tails with a fair coin would be the best EV bet in the casino, but it isn't that useful if I need to place a minimum $
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Nintendo priced this game fairly and appropriately. The game is absolutely packed with content and beautiful design and I'm glad they went for a traditional one and done pricing scheme rather than what other mobile games often use. I
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What you say about anthropomorphizing animals is true, but it doesn't mean biologists are not examining the ideas. Maybe we don't yet have the power to explain consciousness clearly enough in humans, and perhaps it will always be
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This seems incredibly short-sighted to me. Many of those things we are 'thinking' about that you listed above are issues that humans created, partly because of our lack of respect and knowledge of the other living things on our p
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I also disagree. I think they designed a great game for the only kind of interface possible on a small phone, which is tapping the screen. I don't play any phone games so maybe there are others that are similar, but this one is super
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You're not the only one. Those are the first two screens of the game (splash and then country selection) and I thought both choices were odd for the initial experience. Remarked to myself how out of place the font choice on the splas
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I've been wearing glasses for my horrible vision since early grade school and now well into my 30s. I don't know why anyone would wear them if there is an option not to. They constantly smudge, fog, awful in any weather situatio
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My first thought before reading the link was that the world of 2076 would be one in which we have utterly devastated the Earth's biosphere, and we are using all of our technological resources to sustain a human-survivable planet while
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> This means people get to amazing places but are disappointed when reality doesn't match the photo Photographs with modern digital technology have many advantages over what our eyes can do, but I find it's typical the opposite
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If you often find yourself eating breakfast, lunch, and dinner at work, I'd say this no longer qualifies as a perk. At that point, it's the least you should be provided for working insane amount of overtime.
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Yeah, this is 100% true. The best 'perk' is working for a company where it's expected that you will work normal hours most of the time instead of as the exception. As I get older and have a family and more interests outside
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None of these perks are really all that interesting. Free lunch/snacks/drinks might save you a couple hundred dollars a month, max, if you use them everyday. A little resourcefulness with leftovers, brewing some coffee at home, e
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Things can move slower at big companies, but sometimes that can be a nice opportunity to come in and help change the culture. If you can't tolerate it or it can't be changed, probably time to move on. I bet in most big companies
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> Genetic engineering, along with other tools, can help us address challenges like pests and droughts, while addressing nutritional issues, such as allergens or nutrient deficiencies. Farmers need these tools at their disposal to ensure
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It depends on what you're using the crickets/insects for. When we humans eat corn-fed meat sources, you aren't exactly getting a burst of nutrition for the same reasons you point out. You're still getting the fat and p
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I don't play video games, but I also don't think they're boring. I was a big gamer during my younger years - teens through university. Unfortunately this means I know the kind of time they can demand and consume, as well as
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You're not the only one... I'm an American married to a kiwi and we have been considering moving to NZ from the US for the last couple of years. We are seeing exactly the same thing and it's unfortunately continuing to delay
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The median home price in Auckland is > NZ$1M. He is saying a house he would refuse to buy costs $700k. Unfortunately for those in many industries, Auckland is one of the few viable options for those that want to live in New Zealand and
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This article is almost 20 years old. It's pretty interesting on it's own, but a lot of honeybee research has happened in the meantime. I would be curious to see any follow-ups on the magnetic / quantum effects on honeybee l

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