jriot

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by jriot 8y ago
Just because a large number of people seek control, power, and influence does not make it a worthy venture. It is a terrible trait.
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by jriot 8y ago
Psychosis is still an appropriate term for people who want to gain influence and control.
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by jriot 8y ago
The bigger issue from an economics perspective - how do you properly distribute mosquito nets to ensure people use them?
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The Problem with Being Perfect(theatlantic.com)
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by jriot 8y ago
The US Navy ensures shipping lanes are protected. Without them globalized trade would be much harder.
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by jriot 8y ago
Not everyone eats meat, but most everyone charges their electronics multiple times a day. People carry a phone, tablet, laptop etc... That all adds up. Plus they replace it every year or two, causing additional foot print. Which doesn'
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by jriot 8y ago
Well I am an idiot... https://lifespa.com/summer-grocery-list-pitta-reducing-diet/ I just assumed you accidentally left out a 't', but PITA makes more sense and it would be a pain in the ass.
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by jriot 8y ago
I suspect you are correct though it would be a lot of eating/chewing. At 4,500 calories a day, I am tired of eating as it is. I looked up the PITA diet as I was unfamiliar, it recommends to eat less spicy foods which is tough as a Caju
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by jriot 8y ago
When I did ultra-marathons, never hit the 100 miler maker, my body could tolerate less meat, filling it up with carbs. Switching to powerlifting 4 - 5 years ago, my body demands more meat. Demanding in the sense that I can feel a difference
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by jriot 8y ago
How about most people stop using their mobile phones, or all the other electronics they carry that require charging? I am not going vegetarian on any day. Why? Vegetables don't satisfy my tastes nor do I get enough calories from them f
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by jriot 8y ago
Most people don't think about race, particularly those outside of the coastal cities, excluding the south. There are far more pressing issues than to think about race at every turn or any turn for that matter. If you believe people con
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by jriot 8y ago
Just because you live in the echo chamber known as SF, based on pushing identity and race into everything, doesn't make it true.
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Opinion.
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You're not going to convenience a white southern who enlisted in the military out of high school on the myth of white privilege.
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by jriot 8y ago
Seeing that you grew up in Massachusetts, went to CMU, and now live San Francisco, I can see why you hold that opinion. Come visit me in Louisiana and I will show its a socio-economic issue, not a race issue.
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White males who enlisted in the military were not recipients of privileged treatment by society.
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by jriot 8y ago
A group of white males can be diverse, we just don't accept it. Do you think a group of white males who went to Stanford, MIT etc... right after high school, are the same as those who joined the military, yet now work in the same compa
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by jriot 8y ago
We all can't be high brow, at times the VCR manual does the job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNcMKWIuhBk
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by jriot 8y ago
And how to navigate a city on your own.
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by jriot 8y ago
Which is most us don't care for their virtue signaling.
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by jriot 8y ago
I can see being unlucky finding someone who will spend it all on crap. Hopefully, before people decide to get married they can have a sense of their spending habits. Difficult to completely do but you should have a reasonable exception. Tho
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by jriot 8y ago
I would agree, being in your early 30s you shouldn't see a doctor outside of an injury. Again I don't think the homemade pies are helping, but I think they do in the long-term. Not that I am eating pie but that we know whats into
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by jriot 8y ago
No need for apologies, as you did not imply anything. I added for additional perspective. Relationships are difficult and I couldn't fathom trying to wade in today's waters. You are correct, being comfortable alone while looking a
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by jriot 8y ago
I can't say our first few years of marriage were easy by any stretch of the definition. We struggled with a variety of issues - sudden death of her father, back to back deployments (her and I) and the general stresses of marriage and t
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by jriot 8y ago
We both were air traffic controllers in the Air Force and met at our first base. My dad was enlisted military and her mom immigrated here, working as a nurse in the prison system. I now work from home as a data scientist for a cyber-securit
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by jriot 8y ago
You are looking at history through rose colored glasses.
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by jriot 8y ago
My wife and I got married young, 21 and 20. Neither of us had any financial issues because we were too young to have any financial issues. Twelve years later and we are still married. By sharing our 20s together it allowed us to see each ot
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by jriot 8y ago
I did not, only read through the Medium article/blog. As you alluded to, high school provides more than just standard book education. Those 4 years you learn how to deal with people, relationships, politics of an organization, how prob
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by jriot 8y ago
Sounds like you never learned how to do anything outside of coding. There is more to succeeding in life than being able to code.
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by jriot 8y ago
More government is rarely if ever the appropriate response.

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