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by mason240 11y ago
What's even more scary is that these policies are being cheered by the left-wing, the supposed defenders of labor.
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China is not happy with current situation either.
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>Every year spent learning Latin in advance of a living language pushes the learning of that living language further out of the critical period of language acquisition. Let's be honest here - nothing of value is lost. The opportunit
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Google Calendar to end SMS notification on June 27th
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I'm always surprised at people's ability to spin positive things in negative light.
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They just started building a new distribution warehouse in the Twin Cities. I'm guessing when it's done we will have same day shipping.
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If they are incapable of controlling their own actions to point that they are being violent to society (as you say they are), then they need to be separated from society.
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>based on a belief that they "chose" to do whatever they did, You don't think that people who commit crimes choose to commit then? What is controlling the minds of murders, rapists, arsonists, ect if not the people perform
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by mason240 11y ago
I think you are being far too pessimistic. In the US we went from sexual orientation being something that was socially acceptable to ridicule or attack with violence, to widespread social acceptance and same sex marriage being law in most o
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I had Lyme disease several years ago and it was quickly cleared up with antibiotics, but not until after a week of intense fever and migraines, joint pain (as in, all my joints), extreme lethargy, and finally the breakout of ring shaped mar
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by mason240 11y ago
Also check out Hacker News 300 and Hacker News 100 on twitter https://twitter.com/newsyc100 https://twitter.com/newsyc300
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It's been estimated that a worker will die for every minute of game time across the tournament. Every minute of play = one dead worker.
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They used US banks for the bribery transactions.
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I really see UBI as the mechanism that allow capitalism to transition in to the post-work work.
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You might have a case for calling it "sharecropping" if Uber owned the cars and the drivers were paying Uber for the privilege of using them. They are not though, so it's a gross misapplication of the term.
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Because one is done by force, one is voluntary.
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That's what Basic Income is.
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They will be brought down when their purchasing power decreases after the cost of living increases.
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No, this even better because it means devs would yet another group middle man to pay off just get their content to users.
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You have unintentionally demonstrated how excessive labor regulation benefits giant corporations at the expense of small businesses and start ups.
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Realistically, how could someone exploit a 0-day in a aviation software?
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Except now you are defining what are acceptable and unacceptable forms of speech. This is exactly what Cameron wants to do.
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There are safety issues with mailing explosives, in particular on planes. Firearms are just metal, so no issues there.
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by mason240 11y ago
More likely that they built modest homes because they needed less resources, meaning they could build more of them.
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Robert'); DROP Table Students; was also not in the database.
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>If they wanted to be revolutionary, they could go for certified non-gmo You meant anti-science, right?
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>there's something very off putting politically about hard-working middle-class families subsidizing ultra-sports cars for the wealthy. It seemed to work out for our current President, who subsidized auto manufacturers through bailo
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It does. If you are concerned with safety issues, then don't go there.
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Oak Investment Partners VC arrested for insider trading now accused of fraud(fortune.com)
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You were perfectly willing to take that risk when using the service for whatever advantage you thought it had over a traditional hotel (price, location, whatever). You lost on that bet. Rather than than trying to decide if you are willing t

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