longblack

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by longblack 7y ago
I think the sentence is referring to aircraft that have been forced to land by the enemy, in contrast to "grounded" aircraft that had not taken flight. I haven't worked in aviation so my understanding of terminology could be
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by longblack 7y ago
Both of these are just coping methods to either have the situation not exist or be trivialized for a period of time as to make living with it easier. I don't know of any evidence to say either method is objectively better. By removing
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by longblack 7y ago
I previously worked in an environment where iPads were distributed to staff; the team responsible for supporting them had toothpicks on hand for this exact reason. An argument may exist for lint etc being harder to clean out of a USB-C port
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by longblack 7y ago
I like your car engine analogy; car's have the same level of widespread use as computers, yet I would wager a large percentage of people would struggle to perform much in term of car maintenance. Anecdotally, I know a multitude of peop
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by longblack 7y ago
I think your reasoning here is flawed. People do not all need to develop skills in all aspects of life. By keeping someone from experiencing physical violence you may prevent them from learning how to defend themselves, but by many this wou
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by longblack 7y ago
There is definitely a strong aspect of relationship with the barista/staff as has been mentioned. In addition Australian's are known to be coffee snobs, anecdotally I've found even those that are not big coffee drinkers tend
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by longblack 7y ago
To say ethics are arbitrary is to say that there is no reasoning behind them, which is basically the opposite of what ethics truly are. Ethics are commonly a "system of moral principles", said system and principles being the reaso