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by mason240 10y ago
I have a Surface Pro with a touch screen and found it to be very useful and natural to use. The Surface is plugged into a dock for all my heavy work, so I'm not using the screen anyway. If I am using it as a laptop for more internet-br
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>First, parties are clubs and they can have their own rules about their internal elections and campaigns. Literally no one is saying otherwise. This is such a tired and ridiculous strawman.
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>The DNC isn't even a government, wasn't the whole point of WikiLeaks to hold governments and their leaders accountable? Something tells me you would not be making this comment if they released leaks that implicated "evil&
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by mason240 10y ago
It's almost like they have a nuanced view on the role of government where it is involved with building infrastructure and not being heavy handed with regulation and not spending large amounts on welfare programs.
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by mason240 10y ago
I would much prefer 3 10 hour days, and I would be be able to accomplish more in that time than over 5.
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by mason240 10y ago
We would still have the same capitalist economy we have right now with private property, profits, working for money and profit, private ownership of capital and the means of production, ect. It's not socialism at all, unless you are sa
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by mason240 10y ago
> intended to provide political cover for the elimination of social programs Yeah, because that's the whole point of UBI. It removes all the middlemen, all the politicians/ideologues using those programs to buy votes, the welfa
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by mason240 10y ago
I was wondering how long it would be before UBI started to be attacked by the far left, considering it will cement capitalism the basis for the economy and make all forms of socialism obsolete.
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by mason240 10y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/wikiinaction
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by mason240 10y ago
It's not true in the US anyway.
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by mason240 10y ago
I had a similar epiphany when I started to learn programming (I was about 27 at the time). I realized I was spending all my time just incrementing numbers in a server. Since then I've dropped almost all gaming, reducing it to about 4 h
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by mason240 10y ago
>In any case, it's inadequate for the era that we live in. >There's more to free speech and freedom of expression than avoiding "repercussions initiated by the government", especially these days where large private
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by mason240 10y ago
> the free speech right only covers repercussions initiated by the government. No, because freedom of speech and expression is a concept central to Western culture. The First Amendment is just one specific implementation of guaranteeing
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by mason240 10y ago
Or move to a different, saner city.
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by mason240 10y ago
>but I also feel that people like the Bay Area because the Bay Area has exceedingly become a status symbol .
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by mason240 10y ago
It's one of the plots on The Expanse , a reality grounded SciFi set about 500 years from now. A large Mormon colony ship is being constructed for a one way, multi-generational trip outside the solar system.
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by mason240 10y ago
I guess the dozens of people talking about in my social media feeds are all corporate plants. Who knew!
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by mason240 10y ago
It's a meaningless buzzword, much like "neocon" was during the 2000s. Both have actual definitions, but are never used appropriately.
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by mason240 10y ago
This is massive win for privacy.
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by mason240 10y ago
FM radio is the only reliable way to listen to broadcasts of local sports.
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by mason240 10y ago
Exactly, they warned that the EU would be as punitive as possible. Their reaction to Brexit it shows that was necessary.
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by mason240 10y ago
The EU and Eurozone are two different entities. The UK is not part of the Eurozone.
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by mason240 10y ago
An honest person trying to do her job wouldn't set up a private email sever to get the ability to delete incriminating evidence in the event of a subpoena.
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by mason240 10y ago
We are referring to Social Security type programs, not private pensions. I'm 32 have little doubt that my private retirement accounts will be seized through taxes by the time I retire, but that's a different issue.
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I was referring the SS reference.
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>UBI ought to replace things like food stamps and welfare. Not healthcare or retirement benefits! Why would you receive extra retirement payments on top of UBI? That would defeat the entire purpose of UBI.
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by mason240 10y ago
Unless it serves as a replacement for almost all handouts, it wouldn't even be UBI.
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That's why the President spoke last week about how we should be raising boys to have less confidence.
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by mason240 10y ago
It's clear now that there was no "Iraqi resistance against the US," or else the would have stopped "resisting" after the US left. It was clear then too, but it obvious now that the proto-ISIS "freedom fighter&q
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by mason240 10y ago
I thought of a variety of ways to respond to this, but really this make for a great pro-car argument on it's own.

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