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by lurquer 6y ago
We’ve all encountered ambiguous poorly-written word problems. That’s a problem with grammar and language; not math. The agenda behind the pamphlet is obvious. I liked this gem from the page at issue: >Schooling as we know it began during
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by lurquer 6y ago
Each of us is heading to our own personal Armageddon. Could happen at any moment. Perhaps the dread and angst is projected into concerns about society as a whole. Easier for some to worry about the coastline of Miami in 100 years instead of
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by lurquer 6y ago
The same should apply for the baseball game they are watching. The less able players should get 4 strikes, the better players maybe 2. Correct? I’m familiar with the illustration you referred to. It’s sad how so few miss the fact that the k
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by lurquer 6y ago
So here's what I fail to understand: why punish Whites? The students had nothing to do with the history of white vs black oppression in the United States. None of them were even here until well after the civil rights movement of the &#
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by lurquer 6y ago
> it is almost immune from confusion because (hopefully) nobody is insane enough to expect YYYY-DD-MM. YYYY-MM-DD both satisfies the American intuitive expectation of month coming before day, I disagree. (Or, perhaps I’m insane...) I pau
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by lurquer 6y ago
So, let me get this straight... Jewelry has been — for the past 10,000 years — gender neutral? And, women have NOT been responsible for cleaning and caring for their own jewelry? Do you ever step outside and interact with people? Have you h
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by lurquer 6y ago
Perhaps the question should be, “Why do women value gold?” Using gold for adornment seems universal. And, it seems to be the females in the culture who primarily wear it. Of course, it’s a chicken and egg kinda thing; do women value it (and
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by lurquer 6y ago
Was just trying to do a pay-by-phone for my Chase credit card... all glitchy and wouldn’t work.
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by lurquer 6y ago
> It’s a rule against someone speaking something they know and believe a priori to be false with the intent to mislead people. If one doesn’t believe in the Holocaust, yet publishes erudite webpages with the intent to mislead others (at
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by lurquer 6y ago
I don’t know what the odds are, but this generic-food thing has come up before on HN. I made a comment and, if I recall, was downvoted... but, I’m going to say it again. ; Namely, when I was a kid, my sister and I were terrified to go into
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by lurquer 6y ago
I miss the old old generic food packaging... It had its own special aisle. Big cans with white labels that merely said “BEANS” or “CORN” in fat black letters. Of course, it was embarrassing to have a cart full of that stuff as everyone woul
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by lurquer 6y ago
> I wholeheartedly agree, but how do you get the other side to listen? Re-education camps seem to be the go-to solution for many totalitarian regimes. I’m not being a smart-ass... the desire some have for others to agree with them can it
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by lurquer 6y ago
> We all waited till we were past 35 to have kids. Many people were grandparents by that age 150 years ago. I too have many friends who waited until their 30s to have children. Most ended up in IVF (or adopting.) Fertility (not precisely
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by lurquer 6y ago
Ah. I see. So, the regular power disruptions and blackouts in California and the Northeast are caused by these regions’ “independence, both from big government and from Texas.”
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by lurquer 6y ago
From the article: “ The crisis could be traced to that other defining Texas trait: independence, both from big government and from the rest of the country.” Funny. I thought it was traced to a freak statewide ice storm that caused less disr
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by lurquer 6y ago
> This is the same as like in Latin America where the poor are literally allowed to die. Guess what? They get guns, knives, whatever and kill in much higher numbers. Are you talking about zombies?
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by lurquer 6y ago
Your comment is akin to saying “it’s so embarrassing that Plato was having thought experiments about spelunking.” Your comment — and the one to which it responds — is cringeworthy.
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by lurquer 6y ago
I don’t understand the economics of it. They must... some business plan must certainly demonstrate the wisdom of this. But I just don’t grok it... a pre-fab can be trucked in and thrown together in a couple days, plumbing, electrical, and a
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by lurquer 6y ago
But would a rich and powerful woman want to have sex with you? For millions of dollars? I salute your inflated ego, sir!
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by lurquer 6y ago
Had evolution been behind all this, it would have been far more likely for the cattle to have evolved to produce milk digestible to humans. The cattle whose milk was easily digestible would have been selectively bred by the humans. This art
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by lurquer 6y ago
Ha. I love how ‘global warming’ transmogrifies into ‘climate change’ to suit the argument. Not everything is as big of a crisis as your Facebook posts make out. A few days without power... big woop. The power goes down longer in most coasta
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by lurquer 6y ago
There’s no way this is cheaper than concrete. Unless it’s subsidized in some way — perhaps people paying a premium for the bricks to meet some ‘green’ building standard — this isn’t a viable business. Who knows, though? Maybe the lower weig
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by lurquer 6y ago
It’s a very intriguing post. I, too, have been trying to work out its logical ramifications. I feel, perhaps, that the poster may, at any given time, be in possession of two sets of clothing.
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by lurquer 6y ago
Further Protip: Wipe your hands on your jeans.
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by lurquer 6y ago
Tired of seeing Rome pulled out as an example for everything. Lazy thinking. Similar to how the only example of a ‘bad’ leader is Hitler. I’m sure, in the 2000 years since Rome, that there is probably another political system more suitable
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by lurquer 6y ago
I think India needs a little more work... kinda conveniently zips up from Antarctica in the last few frames.
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by lurquer 6y ago
An infinitesimal fraction of humans have ever owned a slave. I know how the pronoun was intended to be used, and I’m not attributing any ill-intent. It’s perfectly appropriate to use “we” when referring to humans in general; such as “back b
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by lurquer 6y ago
The Founding Fathers sought to “limit and reduce corrupt church hierarchies”? That’s not blindingly obvious. I believe a typical Founding Father would shudder at the thought of the government having anything whatsoever to say about the mann
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by lurquer 6y ago
The Fourth Amendment is worthless. All the information is held by private companies and the gov’t gets the info from them voluntarily. Ditto for the First Amendment. Worthless. Instead of the govt prohibiting speech, the govt just has priva
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by lurquer 6y ago
Google already knows what you look like. And, more importantly, what you look at.

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