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by jyounker 6mo ago
The prize is a great book, you just have to keep the author's point of view in mind. (He's got a few blind spots with respect to the downsides of oil.) The book does an amazing job of explaining the strategic structure of WWII in
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by jyounker 6mo ago
> Gotta love that ivory tower smarmy attitude. When did, "I don't want people poisoning my water," become ivory tower smarmy attitude?
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Wow. I grew up in Houston, and I assumed that the smell from these plants was pretty-much unavoidable. It's shocking (and I guess not all that surprising) that this is a choice that manufacturers make. I guess it really does depend on
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by jyounker 6mo ago
I live in Germany. My roommate is Polish. I have friends who are Polish. Poles are infinitely more afraid of the Russians.
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Modern artillery doesn't sit in fixed emplacements. It fires a few shells, and then moves. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archer_artillery_system
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Because Russia is waging open war with one of Germany's allies, and has been preparing for war against the Baltic states. It's not like Germany is far away either. The Western edge of Ukraine is, in some places, closer to Berlin t
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Yawn. We have no understanding of what consciousness actually is. Therefore attempting to prove whether a system can or cannot be conscious is something we can't prove or disprove at this point.
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by jyounker 6mo ago
I suggest that you actually look up the numbers for other presidents: https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/statistics/data/executive-or...
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Forgot to add the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO4DKVpa8
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Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming [video](youtube.com)
3 points by jyounker 6mo ago|2 comments
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by jyounker 6mo ago
Nick Hanauer is a self-described plutocrat. Here's his take on where income inequality is headed.
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Closing your eyes doesn't make the danger go away.
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by jyounker 6mo ago
A lot of people in the US feel like they've already tried the nice way, and it's failed. Given the increasing wealth disparity between the haves and the have-nots, it's hard to argue otherwise.
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by jyounker 6mo ago
It's due to the widening inequality. Nick Hanauer has been talking about this for over ten years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q2gO4DKVpa8
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by jyounker 7mo ago
If there are solar panels over the parking lot, then the parking lot doesn't have to be plowed. You can design the panels at appropriate slopes to direct the snow off the lot.
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by jyounker 7mo ago
On the desktop, yes, niche. [There are things like Android with a Linux kernel that I wouldn't call Linux in the sense of a full OS.]
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by jyounker 7mo ago
Every government tells property owners what they can and cant't do. Find one that doesn't, and you'll have found a failed state.
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by jyounker 7mo ago
Most parking lots in big cities are not surrounded by high-rises.
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by jyounker 7mo ago
I'm an American, and it seems like a great use of land to me. This sort of a policy is particularly sensible in areas where it's hot, and there are extensive parking lots next to places that are mostly active during the day. Inste
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by jyounker 7mo ago
* The Swiftboat thing was completely an ad campaign if I remember correctly. I remember most media covering it as BS. * The contents of Dan Rather report on GWB was true. There was one document which was sketchy, but the whole report di
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by jyounker 8mo ago
The chemical imbalance theory is wrong, but that is not a refutation of the idea of biological depression. It just means that one idea about how it works was incorrect.
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by jyounker 8mo ago
Your point is less persuasive than you intended. You complain about linguistic ambiguity, but then you show an example of sensible spelling reform.
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by jyounker 8mo ago
I'm not sure why this is downvoted. There are plenty of things in the Bible that should raise eyebrows. For example, Genesis 19:7-8: "I beg you, my brothers, do not act so wickedly. Behold, I have two daughters who have not known
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by jyounker 8mo ago
This of course means we're going to have to ban Nabokov's "Lolita" and Sting's, "Don't Stand So Close To Me".
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by jyounker 8mo ago
Sounds like normal human behavior.
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At first I thought this would be a misinterpreted culture jamming event, but nope, some poorly informed tech bro trying to garner attention for himself.
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by jyounker 9mo ago
Political polarization is an active choice made by right-wing media in the US. Creating dissension and outrage is the bread and butter of Fox News, OANN, etc.
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by jyounker 9mo ago
Tilapia are cheap and abundant, and the skin is an industrial-scale waste product. They're incredibly hardy, and unlike most other food fish you can easily grow them in simple container setups.
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by jyounker 9mo ago
The God Emperor of Brazil would be a brilliant satire. I look forward to the new fish speakers.
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by jyounker 9mo ago
Talk about moving the goalposts.

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