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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> In China’s test-dominated system, exam scores determine where students go to college and what careers they can pursue. This is only true for the masses. The children of political and business elite have special privileges and greater o
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
TCL/Tk is used heavily in finance/wall street.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Sure, but then what would "journalists" at theatlantic have to write about? Journalism today is all about writing nonsense and throwing on Facebook, Google or Trump on the headline for views.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> I'd say that historically billion dollars fortunes got diluted between the 10 children then the next generation Throughout history and across most cultures, it was usually the first born son who got the father's legacy and th
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> All that said, I expect FB (the social media network, not the company) to peak and shrink, at some point. It just seems more like something that exists for a certain period of time. Probably true in the US. But FB is still growing over
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Here you go. Reddit was always bigger than snapchat. They are about the same size as twitter. https://www.statista.com/statistics/272014/global-social-net... Note that FB owns 4 out of the top 6 social media platf
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> but perhaps to interact with a more diverse group of people. Your FB is probably far more diverse than reddit at this point. Maybe reddit 5 years ago, but reddit today is a propaganda platform for a political party and ideology. It&#x2
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> There's lots of innovation and quality tech in Europe. I agree. > We just don't see it because Europe has much greater diversity of language and culture than North America. This means that companies can target a niche in t
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Having studied philosophy, I can say with some confidence that your comment is the straw man, not mine. My comment may have flaws, but the straw man fallacy isn't one. Also, it's been my experience that a particular segment of the
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> Front-end and back-end are pretty arbitrary labels. I disagree. These are somewhat loose business standards that people have a general idea what they mean. The confusion mostly comes with the middle tier ( aka the interface between fro
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
That is ridiculous. We really have to address the bias/extremism in the tech hierarchy and their shortsighted foolishness. Gab did nothing illegal. All this does is opens up godaddy to pressure to start suspending other "offensive
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
If you have two houses paid off, then you are way ahead of the game. So I wouldn't take any advice from any of us and just keep doing whatever it is that got you where you are.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
I wouldn't have sold also, but IBM paid an 80% premium. Not exactly cheap.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
It's impossible to say. We can realistically only see the broad strokes of history. 1. We know that the west was running a significant trade deficit with china. To such a degree that we finally decided war was the only option. We know
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Thanks. Honestly just the headline and the link to the subreddit is all we needed. Dedicating an entire article around a subreddit seems like overkill.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> Since the time to IPO is so much longer than the average tenure at a tech company It is inconvenient for those looking to IPO for a windfall, but keep in mind that most startups aren't looking to IPO but to be bought out. Only a t
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Well HSBC ( Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation ) was created by the british after the opium wars to launder opium money out of china to the west. If any bank is adept at procuring drug money, it's HSBC. It's a shame how lit
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> America has a problem with right-wing terrorism. We really don't. > What I find the weirdest, as a foreign outlooker is how it’s defended. As a foreigner, what makes you think you know what america is really like? Just because
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
This is also a problem with twitter and reddit too. It's one group of extremists on twitter and reddit pushing another group of extremists to other sites. Lets not pretend that twitter and reddit are any less toxic and extremist ( espe
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> but everybody talks about electric cars. Everyone talks about it because that's where the market is. If you think scooters and electric bicycles are the future, you should liquidate all your assets and start up a scooter/elec
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> They get a college degree, but never learned critical thinking skills Hard to imagine anyone getting a philosophy degree and not being able to think critically. Especially from a decent accredited school. > Maybe the issue is colle
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
It's not that they say there isn't global warming. It's that they say it's just mostly part of the natural climate cycle. Just as astonishing as "climate change deniers" are the "climate change fanatics&qu
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
What if traffic lights turn into ad platforms? And everyone waiting has to watch the ad before the light turns green and everyone can move?
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> I feel a very palpable rage when I envision a future where I buy a car and a few years later ads start popping up on its display. How fun would it be if you had to watch a 30 second commercial before the car starts? Or even to open the
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
It's one of the reasons why US and mexico are major oil producers.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> "We are likely to see an increased bifurcation of the world into two camps - 'pro-China' and 'pro-US'", says Blaine Curcio, founder of Orbital Gateway Consulting Why just two? If our stranglehold on the wo
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
Yes. They are a private company charged with making money for their shareholders. They are supposed to be greedy and get as much money for the shareholders. That's their only reason for existence. Actually, that's the reason for e
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> The article also claims that "unexpected mortality" of 1.1% of its portfolio could bankrupt it. If a lot of people die suddenly, this could cause another economic crisis in the US. Isn't that just a feature of insurance
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
You can also use pdf printers available in linux distros and even windows now.
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by liftbigweights 8y ago
> I think there's a rather big difference between myths and things we don't know with absolute certainty. Except when we have a preponderance of evidence indicating otherwise. Your claim is akin to someone claiming that the pin

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