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by jmpman 5y ago
Why didn’t the US pursue a different avenue - carve the country up, and give parts to the neighboring countries. Pakistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Iran could each have taken a slice, incorporated the new areas under their c
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by jmpman 5y ago
Misread as Fish. Quite disappointed.
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by jmpman 5y ago
My buddy’s grandparents are from that group. Someone’s getting some old Geico commercial YouTube links.
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by jmpman 5y ago
There is no justice until every penny has been taken from every Sackler, and they’re all in jail. What they have done to the country was a disaster, destroying more lives than 9/11.
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by jmpman 5y ago
I just did a 2 day 2000 mile trip in my long range model 3. Total charging costs were around $100, which didn’t include two stops where the superchargers were free (network connectivity problems?). Required a total of 13 supercharging stops
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by jmpman 5y ago
If college entrance exams aren’t neutral with regards to race, then wouldn’t any job within that college which requires an employee to be a student at that college be violating the Civil Rights act? You’re effectively employing with regards
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by jmpman 5y ago
Mike D would disagree: https://genius.com/Beastie-boys-unite-lyrics
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by jmpman 5y ago
I took my Tesla on a road trip from AZ to the Texas panhandle recently. On the 2000 mile trip, autopilot disengaged four times. Once during sunrise on a curvy section of highway with very distinct shadows. Once during sunset, driving into t
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by jmpman 5y ago
Here’s an idea. Make it so that individuals can offer loans from their 401k. Maybe even let them approve the individual applying for the loan. 3.9 GPA, going into petroleum engineering, I’ll give you 10k at 7% interest with a minimum of $25
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by jmpman 5y ago
I’m legitimately interested in why their original request was denied. Environmental concerns? Safety concerns? Too much power? Too much noise? Fire concern? Insufficient containment area if the tanks leak? Without a prior documented restric
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by jmpman 5y ago
Any information on why the other 3 weren’t permitted? Are the local officials trying to subvert an American company?
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by jmpman 5y ago
Intel had a big layoff about 5 years ago. That layoff seems to align with when their process stumbled. Maybe they broke their development pipeline when they purged some “worthless” PhDs. Certainly that layoff would have been to reduce R&amp
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by jmpman 5y ago
Randian? Leave them on the streets. Provide them no services, no food, no healthcare. At least not with tax money.
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by jmpman 5y ago
At least 2 patent ideas came to me while zoning out in an “all hands” meeting. Nothing like the sound of management white noise to cause my brain into a fight or flight mode, and the only way to escape is through imagination. Harder to do t
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by jmpman 5y ago
Do you define middle class as having wealth above $50M?
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by jmpman 5y ago
People with $10M are more likely to be entrepreneurs. So, society should attempt to increase the number of people with $10M. Currently it taxes wage slaves heavily, including those on a trajectory to have $10M and become entrepreneurs. Yet,
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by jmpman 5y ago
I agree with Tesla. Which other stocks do you think are overinflated?
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by jmpman 5y ago
There’s first person testimony. Certainly the people making those statements could have ulterior motives. What would hard evidence look like to you? How could that evidence be obtained? How could the Chinese facilitate that evidence?
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by jmpman 5y ago
The weaker position concedes reality and let’s you build an argument on the nuances. China does have a reason to want to detain and control the population. Even the US has detained 22 Uyghurs. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki
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by jmpman 5y ago
I’m not suggesting a pair of western reporters. I’m suggesting hundreds of western reporters, each with complete authorization to speak with anyone in private, to go anywhere and gain full access to any location of their choosing. If the N
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by jmpman 5y ago
A more persuasive argument would be something like: Concede the point that the CCP has motivation to perform these acts, has the capability to hide these acts, and a reason to attempt to deflect any investigation which might reveal the acts
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by jmpman 5y ago
There were multiple countries citizens rising up against socialism in 1989. How many of them were orchestrated by the CIA? From what I have read, only Poland had a direct CIA link. Another pattern could be that socialist governments repress
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by jmpman 5y ago
Ok, the CIA, British Secret service, and Jackie Chan helped the protesters escape China. That wasn’t my question. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concert_for_Democracy_in_Chi... Was the primary driver of the Tiananmen
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by jmpman 5y ago
Do you seriously believe that the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989 were backed by the CIA? What evidence do you have?
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by jmpman 5y ago
The government should financially incentivize people making >$100k (or some number at which the social security revenue for that individual is greater than outflow) to have more children. Currently, the incentives are for low income indi
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by jmpman 5y ago
Is this why college prices are increasing faster than inflation? How many $100k+/year administrators are required to manage this project? How large of an IT organization?
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by jmpman 5y ago
Assuming you have weeks to integrate the error from the turbulence, can you get down below 30m?
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by jmpman 5y ago
If someone had a celestial database, and a telescope, how accurately could one determine their position on earth using this device? Assuming no GPS satellites are available.
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by jmpman 5y ago
I’ve learned more about commercial real estate from Louis than I would have from other sources. There are disincentives for commercial real estate owners to lower their leasing rates, as it can drive a re-evaluation of loan criteria by the
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by jmpman 5y ago
https://www.prisonpolicy.org/reports/pie2020.html#slideshows... This appears to be the best source for US prison/jail population statistics. Still not sure where you’re getting 4/5th of people in American pri

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