mason240

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   by mason240 11y ago

   >As I have consistently said, that may be the case. Just like it may be the case that the moon landings were faked. >unless you're both one of a very select group and violating an explicit confidentiality agreement by posting her
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   by mason240 11y ago

   I didn't dismiss anything. I was remarking that it's unusual to see "only taxpayers should be allowed to vote" coming from someone on the left.
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   by mason240 11y ago

   Or if you have pay for the costs through social safety nets.
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   by mason240 11y ago

   This isn't the first time I've read this idea of only allowing taxpayers to vote be floated by someone on the left. There's been a weird number of things like this that I've seen bubbling up, like extreme anti-union rhet
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   by mason240 11y ago

   It is untrue. A businesses in foreign countries CAN sue a national governments if pass protectionist regulations that favor domestic businesses. For example: The US can pass environmental regulations blocking all logging on Federally owned
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   by mason240 11y ago

   >For example, if businesses in foreign countries gained new rights to sue national governments if the governments act in a way that costs those businesses revenue, That is completely untrue.
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   by mason240 11y ago

   What's frightening is the amount of ignorant fearmongering on issue. It's embarrassing that even this site has succumbed to it.
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   by mason240 11y ago

   Actually, this third stage of life between childhood and adulthood is new phenomenon. (Broad generalization incoming) Before the industrial revolution, teens would have spent most of their time around adults (like their parents), and very l
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   by mason240 11y ago

   More accurately, there are a few of you that support rent-seeking.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Rent seeking through regulations designed explicitly to eliminate competition is not suddenly ok because you perceive them as "blue collar." It's unreal that people would attempt to defend this.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Great satire.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    > regulations are bad for you, the consumer, and good for a small group of rent-seekers (like taxi drivers) FTFY
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Freedom of speech and the First Amendment are two different things, but I suspect you already know this.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Twitter Mining. No matter what subject you writing about, you can quickly find a tweet from someone who said something stupid about that topic.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    I've found that the further down the article the actual quote is, the more likely that the writer's interpretation is misleading. First sentence >then suggesting the country would have had stronger economic growth if it had sta
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    by mason240 11y ago

    I did the reverse and found the same is true the other way.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Unfortunately the got lumped in with PVT Manning.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Are there any accurate tools out there for comparing networks? I used to have Sprint, but switched to Verizon in 2013 because they had poor coverage in the Twin Cities, and no coverage in outstate Minnesota. Now I want to switch back becaus
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    by mason240 11y ago

    I built my own standing desk for at home and simply bought a tall, barstool-height chair.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Only because new groups came to dominance in Anatolia and Mesopotamia. The Late Bronze Age Collapse is a real thing that affected more than just Greece and the Aegean. I've seen lots to crazy theories behind the cause if it, but never
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    by mason240 11y ago

    So the answer is yes, you would like to share a cell and living space with someone who has a history of hurting or killing those around him.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    Would want to share a cell with someone who has history of hurting or killing others?
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    by mason240 11y ago

    That seems like a very appropriate response to someone with a history of killing others.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    I know many people who would.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    You simply can't in good faith compare the averages of the two groups because the range is different. You are treating a range of people from destitute trailer park residents to Bill Gates as a homogeneous group.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    It's pretty clear the domain of this discussion is first world, Western countries of Canada, US, and the EU.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    One Paul Graham's more well known essays talks about how, in general, being cool and being a nerd both take a significant time investment, and to be good at one you have to forgo the other. http://paulgraham.com/nerds.h
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    by mason240 11y ago

    >You seem to be taking a pure statistical approach yet ignoring OPs specific complaints with tech workplace That's what smart people do: ignore anecdotes, look at actual data.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    It's kind of ironic of OSS, isn't it? Someone develops an OSS platform, a corporation monetizes that platform, and it's the corporation that is now receiving all the praise.
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    by mason240 11y ago

    I think the cause and effect are reversed. Having destructive financial habits are going to cause you to have "life that sucks." Whether it's buying too many lotto tickets, smoking, driving buzzed drunk on a regular basis, ec