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jterce
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jterce
15y ago
Keeping kids healthy is an absolutely unacceptable explanation for this. I could think of more plausible reasons, but if the claim is taken at face value the direct implication is that schools have more authority to police kids health than
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jterce
15y ago
Especially considering the author, that is a wonderfully heartwarming story.
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jterce
15y ago
It does depend on the type of business--for most it seems to make more sense to just buy. But the example given--Photoshop--retails for $699. So that's more like 20 months to break even.
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jterce
15y ago
Not rare at all.
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jterce
16y ago
Seems more likely. If I'm happy I think I'm less likely to be googling happiness.
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jterce
16y ago
Absolutely. The effect is the same, the former is just a bit more efficient.
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jterce
16y ago
Sure, but I wonder who you think will pay for these "social services" after we retire if not our kids.
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jterce
16y ago
Not at all. The analogy was completed with the reference to cooking at the end. If you are not willing to cook for yourself and have no one to cook for you, you cannot avoid going to a restaurant. You'll die of starvation! If, however, you
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jterce
16y ago
A couple of issues... First, your CEO, it's true, did not likely put financial risk on the line to take the position obtained. But the CEO's 40x salary was put in place by the elected representatives of those who did put financial risk on
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jterce
16y ago
Right, but if that trust was valid then you could likewise count on them not allowing an employer, or any third party.
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jterce
16y ago
Totally geeking out on this at the moment. This is absolutely awesome!! The only thing I would say is that you might consider adding an additional simple interface (like a mobile interface) for the less savy viewer. I think the ability to v
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jterce
16y ago
I think I'm glad we're still in the stone ages. I would break that list up into two distinct categories, the first of which I would define as positive (beautiful?) aspects of being human. Being Human, positive --------------------- I age. I
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jterce
16y ago
I just want to add another voice to this. Really, reading this, you sound very much like my parents. I'm a 21-year-old home school and now college alumnus and I've been thinking some of these same things. It's not that my parents gave compl