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by jrs235 7y ago
What if it's an easter egg / joke facilitated by Amazon employees... making their calculator [perhaps only for this book] perform incorrectly... hence underachieving?
902.
by jrs235 7y ago
Correct. My concern is if young folks, such as when I was in middle or high school, read this they might become too underachieving.
903.
by jrs235 7y ago
Interesting and WTF for sure. Must have rubbed some people the wrong way... Reading it can be frightening for overachievers and people whose world view and beliefs (the upper class who need servants) requires we have people working for them
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by jrs235 7y ago
I recommend the following book under a few caveats the first one being no one without their highschool diploma or G.E.D. (General Education Diploma) should read it. The Underachiever's Manifesto: The Guide to Accomplishing Little and F
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by jrs235 7y ago
I feel like I relate. > So I try to keep this "depressive realism" to myself most of the time. Do you ever start to feel alone, isolated, and mis- or not understood too?
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by jrs235 7y ago
If you go under water... Instant headache.
907.
by jrs235 7y ago
On an unseasonably warm March day on the Mississippi between Minnesota and Wisconsin I went tubing and water skiing with some friends. They went skiing and wake boarding, with a wetsuit on. I went tubing with nothing but my trunks and a lif
908.
by jrs235 7y ago
That's the point of (politicians) supporting mega corps. When only a few mega corps determine if you have a job and therefore can buy and survive they can indirectly control the masses.
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by jrs235 7y ago
I'm like you. White and use to think the same. Love him or hate him, the last chapter, A Jamaican Story, in Malcolm Gladwell's book Outliers really pierced my heart. I can't fathom what it must be like. I think those that des
910.
by jrs235 7y ago
>Drinking age is tied to necessary federal highway funding, so states aren't going to lower the age. Federal mandates for funds exist because the 17th amendment took away State governments representation and handed to popular human
911.
by jrs235 7y ago
People forget the U.S is a democratic constitutional republic. The federal government is not the humans government. It's the governing body for the States. Hence the reason for the electoral college and the way States are represented.
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by jrs235 7y ago
This whole topic and discussion makes me think about "The Nothing" that rips apart the world in the movie The Neverending Story. I had nightmares from the movie and The Nothing for weeks after watching the movie when I was around
913.
by jrs235 7y ago
Dupe: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21058107
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by jrs235 7y ago
Dupe (as in similar stories and discussion have already been taking place). https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20998993 And https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21004068
915.
by jrs235 7y ago
Well don't let Trump know this unless you want a trillion dollar coin minted. He'd probably do it just to spite Obama.
916.
by jrs235 7y ago
Since it's about commerce, can California allow the purchase and sale of the less stringent vehicles but only allow vehicles/engines to operate on its roads that meet the higher standards?
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by jrs235 7y ago
Exactly. I don't care about health insurance costs as much as I can about health care costs.
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by jrs235 7y ago
I realize this doesn't add to the conversation but, it is losing, not loosing. English is strange. Lose is unable to find (or the opposite of win), you lost your time, you're losing your mind. Loose is the opposite of tighten. Not
919.
by jrs235 7y ago
Well, since no true free market exists... reintroduce regulations that prevent media consolidation and conglomerates...
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by jrs235 7y ago
Part of the issue is we have a press that isn't concerned with the truth. It's concerned with money. It's corporately owned and commercial focused. It doesn't help that almost all the "local" TV [news] stations
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by jrs235 7y ago
It's a self fulfilling prophesy. People hear about a pending recession, so to prepare they tighten their wallets and start spending a bit less so they can save a little to weather the possible storm. This reduced velocity in money turn
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by jrs235 7y ago
Or, they were always empty and merely a honey pot to catch anyone trying to break in and steal the technology.
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by jrs235 7y ago
Do you have a dog? If not get a donkey to protect the chickens.
924.
by jrs235 7y ago
Get some chickens and a coop. Let the chickens free roam. They'll eat the ticks. You can eat their eggs.
925.
by jrs235 7y ago
>a system where you end up with disparities of 500x, massive multinationals, and horrible behaviour by many That's not unfettered capitalism though. That's captured markets via regulation and laws picking winners and protecting
926.
by jrs235 7y ago
Touche and great question. It probably seems worse today due to the ability for news and information to travel so far and fast. Just like it's easier to hear about ALL the bad news stories... kidnappings, murders, shootings, flesh eati
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by jrs235 7y ago
Yeah, I am more aware about Microsoft's Visual Studio Code editor from the HN crowd that is doing mostly react, vue, node, etc. development (not C#).
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by jrs235 7y ago
>if the purchase was made in bad faith (ie- knowing Amazon mis-priced it but purchasing it anyways.) >The same behavior would happen with a company with better public trust and respect. And it’s not like anyone is selling those camera
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It’s probably time to kiss that housing market rebound good-bye(marketwatch.com)
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by jrs235 7y ago
His wife isn't cutting hair, she's selling required snake oil "education" and debt to others. They say one thing, regulations are bad, but profit off of them. They don't need to be in the business... But it's p

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