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by knz 9y ago
And yet they still vote for candidates with known public positions that are contrary to their own!
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by knz 9y ago
I think OP is thinking more about personal survival rather than how to profit from an extinction level event....
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by knz 9y ago
> Illegal operations do indeed rely heavily on banks. https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hsbc-probe/hsbc-became-ba... As an example for anyone not familiar with these types of stories.
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by knz 9y ago
Wouldn't you time your arrival at the bus stop to coincide with the arrival of the bus? If you're waiting 30 minutes for an uninterrupted service you're doing it wrong....
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by knz 9y ago
> Nuclear war is, in fact, quite survivable. Nuclear winter may be less plausible than people believe but I'm not sure a nuclear war can be described as "quite survivable". The potential disruption to transportation networ
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by knz 9y ago
> Because, if we are not careful that can quietly change and AI will make listing to every conversation anyone has in the county a real possibility. Are we sure mass recording isn't already happening? It wasn't that long ago th
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by knz 9y ago
The PBS kids website/app is also a good option. The kids can only watch a limited range of PBS shoes that are child friendly (everything from Sesame Street to SciGirls).
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by knz 9y ago
ND has/had the oil boom ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Dakota_oil_boom ). You can see it clearly on the map(s) under "Retail Landscape" (the percentage change maps).
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by knz 9y ago
> That's because the best way to drive in the snow is to not do it Good luck with that if you live in a northern climate. Modern life would essentially stop functioning here in Minnesota during the middle of winter if no one drove b
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by knz 9y ago
> It was horrifically noisy. I saw it land/take off a handful of times as a kid. The noise was unlike anything else I've ever experienced - you could hear it many kilometers away and up close (on the airport boundary) you'
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by knz 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing for those who are not familiar with TIF.
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by knz 9y ago
> And as a US taxpayer i’m all in favor of foreign governments subsidizing my travel with cheaper commuter jets. The C series are also very quiet (marketed at 4x smaller footprint/up to 20db reduction). Airports are/were quit
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by knz 9y ago
Respectfully, I feel this link is missing the broader picture - that the US has a health care system unlike any other OECD nation. Perhaps the crux is looking at models that have been successful in other countries and adapting them to the U
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by knz 9y ago
Do you have an alternative proposal for how these people access health care services? https://data.oecd.org/healthres/health-spending.htm implies that the US is spending considerably more (~ double the OECD average) pe
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by knz 9y ago
IIRC this was a huge talking point during the 2008 election cycle via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pickens_Plan (the section on "Peak Gas" is particularly relevant). I'm surprised that the article doesn
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by knz 9y ago
> Aviation also measure speed in knots, and distances in nautical miles. But those don't have good reasons to be kept. 1 knot is equal to 1 nautical mile/hour, which is traditionally 1 minute of latitude. I assume they have bee
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by knz 9y ago
> but I've heard it's enough to exist. How does health insurance/care work for these people? Do you automatically qualify for the government programs (MA?) if you are even partially disabled?
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by knz 9y ago
It also shocked me to learn that the Army threatened to open fire again after the initial shooting (the emotion in the Geology professor's voice as he pleads with the students to disperse or be killed is incredible). My school teacher
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by knz 9y ago
http://www.pbs.org/video/the-river-styx-january-1964-decembe... - Tonkin coverage starts around 18 minutes in, after considerable context being provided.
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by knz 9y ago
Re Tonkin, for those who are curious, the coverage of it starts at around 18:30 - http://www.pbs.org/video/the-river-styx-january-1964-decembe... It first mentions that Johnson wanted to escalate so had a congressiona
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by knz 9y ago
I'm curious what you feel they left out? I also think there is something to be said about media that is accessible to all and not just those of a certain political persuasion - the people that need to see/hear how futile the war u
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by knz 9y ago
A major theme of the series is how the American public was lied to about the reasons for the conflict and what happened during the war, with an emphasis on how successive Presidental administrations knew that the war was essentially unwinna
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by knz 9y ago
+1 for the recommendation. The first episode should be required viewing for anyone wanting to understand the post WW2 geopolitical world order and how the US became involved in such a mess. The rest of the series (especially once Nixon come
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by knz 9y ago
> The most deadly terrorist group to hit the USA was the KKK, with over 3000 black Americans lynched Not to take away from the terror of the KKK, but 9/11 was more deadly - "The attacks caused the deaths of 2,996 people and the
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by knz 9y ago
As a permanent resident with a pending citizenship application (who came on the visa mentioned at the end of this article), I find this incredibly alarming. I have nothing to hide, despise terrorism and the fanatics that commit it, and wish
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by knz 9y ago
Android Pay is almost always as slow as chip transactions here in Minnesota. The app seems to work quickly but the POS machine is always slow to complete it's part of the transaction. It seems to vary depending upon the POS machine - f
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by knz 9y ago
> are we living on the same planet? Are we? I assume you have never experienced the requests for support from tech illiterate relatives since childhood for assistance with VCR's, PC's, basic cell phones, printers, anything USB
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by knz 9y ago
> A huge advantage of Apply Pay is ... without the hassle of entering a PIN You are forgetting that tools like Apple Pay are not hassle free for most people, especially those outside of IT circles. Millions of people struggle to use anyt
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by knz 9y ago
Laws related to firearms are often similar. The current example is the effort to make suppressors more available. Those opposed are already pushing tales of dramatically increasing crime rates and poaching instead of acknowledging that even
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by knz 9y ago
> Its easy to be nostalgic but it really sounds like sears had already fallen significantly behind by the time they shutdown their catalog. It's not unique to Sears either. I know a few people who work at the Target HQ in Minneapoli

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