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by mahranch 13y ago
http://www.reddit.com/gilded You can see "gilded" comments in real time. Gilded is when one user gives a month of reddit gold to another user (it doesn't include people buying it for themselves). I'd say
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Isn't that even more of a reason to remove the article? It was posted to more than 1 default subreddit, including /r/worldnews which is larger than /r/news. That means you're going to have multiple submission
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" Banning the article _was_ censorship. " Technically, that's correct. But technically, you can call those square things floating in my coke "water cubes". It's not the term I would use, but it's technical
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That's the problem with articles like these. They're written by people who, at best, only have a vague understanding of how reddit works. This article in particular isn't too bad, but the previous ones I've seen were lau
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" content is simply too controlled to be useful. " Really? I believe the opposite is true. I think reddit needs more moderation. I wish mods wouldn't be as afraid to lay down the ban-hammer. I think the mods of /r&#x2F
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It's easy to say "Oh, you shouldn't need moderators" but the reality is, you most certainly do need them. It's like saying "Wikipedia shouldn't need mods or admins". I couldn't see wikipedia exis
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Radiation is only a minor concern, astronauts in the space station experience similar radiation doses. I assume if it's cheaper to get things into orbit [with the elevator], it's also cheaper to shield the entire contraption. Clim
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" Slashdot Media is doing badly " I've always believed that admin moderated link aggregators have a ceiling as far as traffic/popularity goes. And so far, I seem to be correct in that belief. Sites like mefi, /. and
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" what will be successful in 25 years, will have to be completely unrelated from what Google is doing now " I know very little about SEO or website design, but isn't google already kinda tipping their hand to what the future
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I'm sure they could do it now, no Moore's law required. The technology and parts are already available. I think the lack of 60-120Hz has more to do with keeping costs down. Low production costs translate to lower prices for the co
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" The only reason it isn't fair is that the site disappears from Google for the BRAND term e.g. [rap genius]. " How is that not fair? They were caught attempting to cheat google. Not only that, but cheat their competitors and
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> Pushing Keynesians economics to the max Because clearly austerity worked for them during the "lost decade". If anything, Japan is a case study against austerity. Their economy is showing big signs of improvement with the in
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> Climb the ladder and then throw it away so that others can't get to where you are. Well that's a little disingenuous, no? I know the intellectually lazy like to point out how the west didn't have any restrictions 80-90 y
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" MSG is especially worrying because there are some studies that show negative effects of MSG " Have you read the actual studies? There are no "mixed" studies, they're all conclusive. One of the biggest studies done
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That's only a sliver of its intrinsic value. It also has value because the rest of the world (rather, their governments) recognize it, accept it, and buy/sell it. The U.S. government is one of the pillars lending strength to the d
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" since there will only ever be a limited number of BitCoins " While it's true that there is a limited number of bitcoins, it's a misleading claim since they can continue to add decimal points. According to FAQ on the bi
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"did you work in a traditional Japanese bigco?" Yes & no, I actually worked for several companies as a consultant. Only one of them I would consider "traditional" but I didn't spend much time interacting with th
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" Where in Japan were you living? " I was bounced around a bit, but most of my time was spent in Tokyo, Sapporo and in Hachinohe.
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The MSG allergy is a myth, plain and simple. There have been plenty of scientific research studies done on the substance, and they found absolutely nothing. I don't know why this myth has persisted so long in popular culture. I compare
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Depression is over-exaggerated in Japan. It's like those reports on how the salarymen work these long and crazy hours and are ready to throw themselves off a building any minute but it's massively overblown. Virtually everythin
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" they always think they know what's better for you than you do. Take your nanny state regulations and bother someone without their own brain. " Do you think people should be able to own and have their own nuclear weapons? Ho
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"Clearly the money could be better spent working out new ways to kill people remotely from an armchair on the other side of the planet." You jest, but space is the new way to show off your nation's military prowess. It not-so
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Those deductibles include dependents (children & spouses) which the previous plan did not. They weren't even covered under the 2013 plan.
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But now your brother won't be dropped when he does fall ill or get cancer. That was a common tactic among insurers. You didn't dot an I correctly on one of your forms? Dropped. And now that you're dropped, good luck finding a
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by mahranch 13y ago
A search on google for the term "how obamacare has helped people" provides over 24 million results. Here are couple reports you can read at your leisure: http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/six-stor
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Still not seeing the plan side by side, or seeing the other options/plans that were offered in place. The article only mentions a couple dollar amounts. As ck2 says, everything that's been tossed around (that I've seen) so fa
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"I think it's good advice, but I also think it is wrong." But our example is the exception, not the rule. That doesn't prove him wrong however.
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I'm going to go against the grain here and say that it's not just that "everyone does it", it's more about the fact that everyone will do it, regardless of the circumstances. Consider for a moment what would happe
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" don't we need to understand the /actual/ creation of space and matter in totality " Well, there are some hypotheses on what caused the Big Bang in the first place (and as a result, all of space, time & matter)
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Wow, that's fantastic. I recently published my own book last month and had a similar experience. Not quite the same profits (heh), but overall it was a great little adventure. I don't really do any marketing or promoting, I'm

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