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by kcplate 3y ago
I think too many people equate libertarians (actually the classic liberals) with the Libertarian Party. There is a huge difference. It’s why you often see folks pointing out the small vs capital L when identifying as libertarian. The LP i
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by kcplate 3y ago
I disagree…once upon a time it used to be a pretty funny site full of pop culture oriented comedy without much political undercurrent. Then something happened seemingly overnight perhaps 4-5 years ago where every other article was a listic
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by kcplate 3y ago
It’s the chicken or the egg kind of problem. I think it’s easier to become friends with a boss. Less easy for a friend to become your boss.
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by kcplate 3y ago
- Saddleback leather thin front pocket backpack and portfolio - Tactical Turn Copper bolt action pen and pencil - My great great grandfather’s gold pocket watch - My great grandfather’s straight razor and badger hair shaving brush
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by kcplate 3y ago
> I assume because it’s cheaper to lose that feature than the pay the required licensing fee. Without a doubt. I would imagine the number of people that would actually choose to not buy an Apple Watch because it doesn’t have a blood
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by kcplate 3y ago
I’ll remember that the next time I am on a telephone with someone who doesn’t speak my language or I their language…that there will be a minimal loss of information being passed between us.
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by kcplate 3y ago
That makes the assumption that the two people on the line can speak the same “language”.
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by kcplate 3y ago
I have ridden a whole lot of public transport all over the world and have seen what you are describing.
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by kcplate 3y ago
I’ve been a T2 diabetic for 14 years. For the first 8 years I was insulin dependent and bought into the dietary reqs provided to me at the time which was “grains and fruit are good, just push insulin to manage glucose”. I realized that eve
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by kcplate 3y ago
I accept your clarification but your original comment was pretty specific to certain set of beliefs of a certain set of people, with a very specific punishment.
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by kcplate 3y ago
Your comment is basically akin to complaining how rough and slow it would take a person with a machete to trailblaze a path through a dense forest as opposed to how long it takes a person to travel the beautiful paved road that was built on
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by kcplate 3y ago
I wouldn’t rent one for the simple reason that they would likely want me to bring it back with a full charge. There is always a gas station a couple of miles from a rental car return, and honestly I don’t want the trouble of having to find
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by kcplate 3y ago
> there'd be no excuse to block roads, throw paint around though, and earn attention and social media cred, though No, there wouldn’t be the oil excuse , there would be something else that riles people up to create chaos
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by kcplate 3y ago
> Edit: this is a joke, by the way Once again the HN community fails to spot obvious sarcasm. Y’all really need to get out more.
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by kcplate 3y ago
I feel like this is an assumption made by folks outside the US that possibility of crime factors into every decision we make. Perhaps in some areas (SF Bay Area, Chicago, LA, NYC) it’s more top of mind, but I never think about it and frank
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by kcplate 3y ago
So what if you are medically licensed? My recollection was that there was a pandemic, people were dying, and doctors were looking at all sorts of known drugs to treat a novel virus that have had some success in treating similar conditions.
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by kcplate 3y ago
Good. That is one bar that should be really high and one that parents should strive to achieve.
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by kcplate 3y ago
> Agencies don't make law. They make rules Let’s do some role playing… “It’s not a law, it’s a rule” “Who made the rule?” “The government…” “What happens if I break the rule?” “You could be fined or subjected to greater penalties…”
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by kcplate 3y ago
> Refuelling the Rav4 is an errand that takes time, planning, and mental energy Is there something about that RAv4 vehicle that makes fueling difficult? I have a Lexus, generally it tells me “hey! I’m low on fuel” so I stop at the next
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by kcplate 3y ago
I have a Saddleback thin front pocket backpack that’s currently 7 years old. I plan on passing it down to my grandson when he graduates college in around 20 years and he can pass it down to his grandkid when he is done with it. Amazing dur
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by kcplate 3y ago
…Or perhaps not entirely her own work
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by kcplate 3y ago
Doesn’t matter if some political enemies discovered it, she still owns the mess she put herself in over all of this. And let’s face it, it’s not like the political enemies she made were all on one side. There was bi-partisan outrage over th
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by kcplate 3y ago
So you do or don’t agree with my statement of “making vehicles safer for the occupants at the cost of slightly to somewhat more dangerous for non-occupants can still result in a net improvement of overall safety”?
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by kcplate 3y ago
I’ll point out and it will probably get downvoted again because it is an inconvenient truth, but making vehicles safer for the occupants at the cost of slightly to somewhat more dangerous for non-occupants can still result in a net improvem
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by kcplate 3y ago
> the strong female character to be Ursula, and she's depicted as unattractive and then brutally murdered with a ship. She’s literally the villain character in a fairytale cartoon who is based on a witch character that was written
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by kcplate 3y ago
Couldn’t same confidence could be said for Apple’s actions? Why continue to GTM with relatively minor feature (it’s not 2020 anymore where everyone was worrying about blood oxygen due to covid) that could be easily disabled by software? My
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by kcplate 3y ago
> It completely ignores that Apple had dozens of meetings with Masimo, feigning interest in a partnership or agreement, getting into the weeds of the technology, and as soon as it had learned enough, it bailed out of that agreement, hire
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by kcplate 3y ago
To me of all their designs the S is the only one that stands out as an “attractive” car design to me. Model 3, Y, X all look like pregnant roller skates to me, and don’t get me started on that cybertruck monstrosity.
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by kcplate 3y ago
Just bought a new vehicle a few months ago, the rear view mirror can also act as a “rear view screen”. My first inclination was to just use it as a mirror, but after a few months I use the screen most of the time now and prefer it. Wider a
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by kcplate 3y ago
“Marijuana users who want to take part in Biden's program will have to follow an application process set by the Department of Justice to receive a certificate confirming that they were pardoned under the president's broader order

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