m_myers

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by m_myers 16y ago
I can't stomach the level of discourse on /r/worldnews or /r/politics. I'm too young for my blood pressure to spike like that.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Hmm, that's not what I meant to communicate. And now that I try to rephrase it in my head, I see that you're right about the relevance (or lack thereof). I was trying to say that there can be a difference between, say, blacks and whites (an
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by m_myers 16y ago
I refuse to click that link. I'll just guess the contents based on the title.
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by m_myers 16y ago
I don't think communism is inherently unjust. When practiced in its ideal form by people with no selfish instincts, it could be quite a nice system. Capitalism is simply a way to harness people's natural selfish motives for the good of so
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by m_myers 16y ago
Not scientific, no. But many people self-identify by race and model their behavior on those who look like them . Not all. But many.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Related: The Nerd Handbook by Rands In Repose. http://www.randsinrepose.com/archives/2007/11/11/the_nerd_ha... I fit only about half of the things he describes, but that half is so spot-on it sounds like he's been stalking me.
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by m_myers 16y ago
If you'd stopped at the last comma, I'd be right there with you.
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by m_myers 16y ago
The proposals that I have seen (including http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax ) call for a standard deduction of sorts, so the tax burden on those with low income and hence low spending would still be minimal.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Yeah. Um. Is there a third option?
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by m_myers 16y ago
Hmm. I wanted to post a link to one of the comments (currently the second-newest), but apparently his comment system doesn't have permalinks. So here's a copy-and-paste: --- MikeStansky ( http://dilbert.com/users/MikeStansky ) Dec 27, 2010
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by m_myers 16y ago
More like "if you stay poor it's probably your fault".
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by m_myers 16y ago
Ha! Excellent. Although I might like to add a ♨ in there (technically the hot springs character, but it could also be melting snow).
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by m_myers 16y ago
The funny thing is that the high prices did drive competition -- modern synthetic diamonds are virtually identical to the naked eye and are just as good (if not better) for industrial machinery. But thanks to some really good marketing, p
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by m_myers 16y ago
It's in the Symbols & Dingbats subrange, along with the comet (☄), the cloud (☁), the umbrella (☂), the hot springs (♨), all the card suits, all the chess pieces (both white and black), a few musical notes, and various and sundry others
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by m_myers 16y ago
> Microsoft in the 90s How long did the "monopoly" last? Were consumers injured by it? > Standard Oil Standard Oil was huge because they were cheaper than the competition . Kind of like how Wal-Mart did it. Is that a bad thing?
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by m_myers 16y ago
I would argue that safety regulations are not at odds with the laissez-faire model. Laissez-faire is not the same as anarchy; injuring another person -- including through faulty products or workplace hazards -- should still be punishable.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Untry harder. ;)
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by m_myers 16y ago
I'm not familiar with Gawker, but just looking down the list, it appears that there is an 8-character limit on passwords: 124 swordfis 108 spiderma 98 chocolat 90 elizabet 88 butterfl 79 basketba (among othe
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by m_myers 16y ago
bows Idiocy accepted, sir. (Tired of the same old "Hungary for Turkey" non-jokes? Or just bitter about that whole Ottoman occupation thing?)
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by m_myers 16y ago
This sort of thing seems to happen a lot. Corn ethanol, anyone?
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by m_myers 16y ago
Mmm... Turkey...
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by m_myers 16y ago
With the Blackberry and giant keyring accessories.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Not just aged, but space-aged!
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by m_myers 16y ago
We should have gone with the turkey like Ben Franklin wanted to.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Have you tried Progress Wars ( http://progresswars.com/ )? It's a slightly cheaper way to get one's fix of filling progress bars.
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by m_myers 16y ago
clap clap
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by m_myers 16y ago
From the comments: Why for heaven's sake are you writing "FaceBook" instead of "Facebook." I will assume you are not an avid user of this so-called "Book." [Ha! Busted. Indeed it is not practical for me to be on Facebook. I have corr
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by m_myers 16y ago
I love multiple-choice tests where someone that I disagree with most of the time gets to pick the options.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Raising the minimum age wouldn't hurt people who are already retired. But that wouldn't stop the AARP from mobilizing its entire membership against it, of course.
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by m_myers 16y ago
Yes, terseness is definitely not among Java's virtues. Your way looks a lot more fun to write than mine -- it's amazing what a little well-placed syntactic sugar can do.

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