mattejade

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by mattejade 3y ago
In my experience you unfortunately just can't put 'surprise' at the root. That's just one form. You'll discover that literally the opposite is also true, and that people will crack up laughing when exactly what they
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by mattejade 3y ago
Almost every expert recommends better diet, exercise and sleep, so I’m not sure why you’re viewing the “go natural” statement as a necessarily anti-expert one.
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by mattejade 4y ago
As far as I'm concerned, the author of this article has not made a strong enough argument to draw such a bold conclusion. They point to patent research, showing that innovation in areas outside of computers and electronics has slowed d
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by mattejade 4y ago
> At the time, there was nobody to compare them to. Why do you assume this? When Sgt. Peppers came out in 1967 -- which we now mythologize as a revolutionary step -- that same year you had equally adventurous records by Pink Floyd, The B
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by mattejade 4y ago
Exactly. It's not that critics weren't able to recognize the genius of The Beatles, it's that they weren't obligated to assume it's there. They could see clearly about how they actually felt when hearing the mus
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by mattejade 4y ago
I’d argue that this sort of career choice intersection is actually not helpful for most. Here’s why. For most people, there are plenty of things in this world that they’ve never tried that they’d enjoy the hell out of — especially if they g
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by mattejade 4y ago
I think many of the people who say that "happiness must come from within" are making a logical leap. It's true, you could go out and make lots of life changes yet still be unhappy. But that doesn't mean /every/
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by mattejade 4y ago
Again: the smoking and sugar consumption rate have both been declining in your country.[1][2] [1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038507/poland-share-of-... [2] https://www.statista.com/statis
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by mattejade 4y ago
The smoking and sugar consumption rate have both been declining in your country (Poland).[1][2] So your statement that the tax is ineffective seems at best unfounded, and at worst, entirely false. It’s possible that there are other causes f
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by mattejade 4y ago
It looks like the writer mixed up SIM cards (subscriber identity module card) with the unrelated practice of security information management (SIM).