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by kindatrue 6y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_Relations_Act
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by kindatrue 6y ago
For the future, you may want to cite this link: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/thirty-two... It's not about Jeffrey Epstein, but 32 interesting deaths in US prisons. The one about
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by kindatrue 6y ago
Just wait until you look at defense department contractor rates.
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by kindatrue 6y ago
Something the article doesn't do a great job of covering is how overall emergency medical incidents went way down more than expected - which is what some of these field hospitals (and the Navy ships) were for. The head of a local hospi
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by kindatrue 6y ago
That's one of the downsides of having a fiber connection, like AT&T - they don't allow 3rd party ones.
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Amazon fulfillment centers prove otherwise https://www.dailydot.com/debug/amazon-workers-pee-bottle/
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Most in America were eliminated after the 9/11 attacks. The idea was to reduce the number of hiding/storing places for bombs and weapons.
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Thank you for this. I was just about to recommend A Small Orange to a friend out of years of habit... but now I'll rethink this.
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Some long time Silicon Valley residents would be thrilled with this - like the Cupertino planning commissioner who opposes building more housing for Apple employees because those engineers will turn high schoolers into prostitutes. https:&
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Because Intuit wouldn't make money if that happened. https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-turbotax-20-year-f... https://priceonomics.com/the-stanford-professor-who-fought-t... (and lost)
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by kindatrue 7y ago
>We'll just leave our grandkids a super-shitty world. But just think of GDP as people continually try to patch the super-shitty world!
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by kindatrue 7y ago
I'm not sure about Alaska, but if you look at voter turn out demographics in California - it's very skewed by senior citizens. Who, unsurprisingly, aren't that excited about education or higher taxes.
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by kindatrue 7y ago
There was an article a while back (I can't find) where a US police department joked about the same to save the city money. There was an article a while back (I can't find) where San Francisco's transit agency (SFMTA) joked ab
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by kindatrue 7y ago
If you live in the US, I'd suggest you join your local NextDoor.com - especially a suburban one. You'll quickly learn that people would vote for a totalitarian authoritarian fascist state with constant surveillance and instant dea
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by kindatrue 7y ago
Local long time residents would set themselves on fire before allowing that to happen. Some residents still championing for a return of the orchards.
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by kindatrue 7y ago
>You have to pay for ambulances? Not everywhere in America / California. Sometimes it's city by city, city versus county. It's actually quite complicated. When they do charge, they charge a drop rate, then per mile - much
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by kindatrue 8y ago
Interesting trivia - health insurers kind of don't care about these big bills, despite what most people think: https://www.propublica.org/article/why-your-health-insurer-d...
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by kindatrue 8y ago
>Nearly 900,000 people live here, making it the second densest city in the United States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_b... Uh... it depends on where you draw the line for city. It could
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by kindatrue 8y ago
I liked Rush Hour, but according to IMDB he's been quoted as saying those are some of his least favorite movies.
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by kindatrue 8y ago
If you ever want to understand why parts of Silicon Valley has a 16:1 new jobs:new homes ratio, check out this twitter: https://twitter.com/nextdoorsv/status/999364778907914245 The NIMBYism is insane. You have peo
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by kindatrue 8y ago
>if the U.S. wants to remain "the best"< If. The U.S. is fast becoming a retiree/senior citizen voting nation. Their top priority (understandably) is cutting taxes/costs to maximize their (poorly planned) retiremen
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by kindatrue 8y ago
Well, SF does have 70-80 smash and grabs (car windows broken) per day so...
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by kindatrue 8y ago
There's also people who severely disconnected from reality because they're homeowners/retired. Like this former Mayor of a Silicon Valley city who opposes building housing because it will never drop prices down to the rent he
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by kindatrue 8y ago
This bumper sticker summarizes SF's character that must be preserved at all costs: https://twitter.com/pt/status/964520632502202368
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by kindatrue 8y ago
Voters (property owners and landlords) would instantly pressure the city to ban it for being blight. The resistance to adding more housing is amazingly strong. Can't stop the gravy train!
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by kindatrue 8y ago
>Who is making money off this scheme? The outside of SF, the Bay Area is composed of two groups of people: -People who rent -People who vote in every election/attend city council meetings at 7pm/attend city planning meetings a
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by kindatrue 8y ago
"Mahattanization" is used as 4 letter word in local city council meetings and letters to the editor.
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by kindatrue 8y ago
>Wasn't a BART extension proposed and vetoed by NIMBYs? It was the 1960's... so I'd probably say "vetoed by Racists" Despite California's stereotyped liberal/progressive values, the 1960's also saw
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by kindatrue 8y ago
It's really hard for people who move to California and don't hang out with retirees (aka voters) to understand/appreciate this mindset. But it's so prevalent. Classic example: https://twitter.com/nextdoor
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by kindatrue 8y ago
It's surprising how "Owning a home is the most important investment you can make" collides with "Why isn't housing affordable?" Here's what parents are telling their kids: https://twitter.com&#x

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