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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Conversely, Porsche is named for Ferdinand Porsche and not the female name.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
The new factor that might tip things is more acceptance of remote work.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Yes, for example the Seminoles weren't native to Florida they were bands of Creeks pushed there by the Upper Creeks and Europeans in the 1700s, and were also invited by the Spanish. They weren't even named as a distinct group unti
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
It actually took a lot of hard work in the early days, to prove the model as valid and also defend the legal code and rights that underpin FOSS.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
More than 40 million Americans are on food stamps (govt food support). In reality, many food basics like milk, rice and beans are healthy and affordable.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Its not a scapegoat -- the CDC is extremely well-funded and has a singular mission -- and is doing a quantifiably terrible job. They downplayed the North America risk the first two months of 2020, utterly botched testing but still refused
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
The Haitian Revolution ended as a genocide against all whites on the island, including white abolitionists who were fighting alongside the enslaved. Several thousand French men, women and children were murdered. Edit: The massacre happened
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
If you don't mind my asking, what was your problem and how did you fix it? I've been just...stuck for a couple years. :(
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Invasive plants displace native ones; in the mid-Atlantic where I live, Chinese tree of heaven are everywhere. They crowd out walnut and other hardwoods, they aren't as tall and attractive, and the wood isn't clean burning. Our
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
$35 billion is an EXTRAORDINARY amount of money. It's the economic output of Vermont, a state with 630,000 people.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
The Contributor program lets people decide what "news" to support. Now Google is going to pick which favored news outlets it is going to financially support.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
A company that responded to this kind of solicitation would be unethical, at best, and is probably breaking employment law in the West.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
All citizens of the territories and Puerto Rico have full US citizenship and vote in Presidential elections. Those citizens are free to move to the US mainland at anytime. In fact, living in US territories provides special tax advantages t
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
In fact the US government has employee programs that specifically hire 55 and up.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Most recent? China is destroying traditional Tibet (which it invaded) through mass migration of ethnic Han.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Supported on MacOS through Steam.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Opposite for me, I like Civ 6 far better than 5. Give 6 another run with some of the popular mods.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Try the Historic Speed mod on Gathering Storm. It brings Civ VI into better balance, its a blast, especially if you like the longer game speeds. (I also turn down the storms and turn off city states altogether). But I agree there's
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
There's a huge trade-off that you're missing. Fertility drops rapidly in your 30s, especially for women. I'm middle aged and know many women who waited but were unable to conceive.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
These latest "broadband" efforts look like just another money grab by the same incumbents (Comcast, Frontier, etc) and the same state and federal bureaucracies that have failed to deliver competition and access. Vermont should si
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Please study the actual history of the USSR-- there were multiple genocides of different religions and ethnic groups. Most notable were the pogroms and the death of millions in the Ukraine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki&#x2
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Expanded hunting or culling the population by wildlife officers are another option.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
There's a gap between those folks, though, and the median household which earns $63,000 a year but has almost no savings or stock holdings. The median household wealth is $100,000 and that's almost all housing.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
The US has an obsolete, anti-competitive regulatory regime. In many states, the system allows local governments to grant effective monopolies each to a cable video and telephone provider. So many communities have, at best, two internet pr
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
I don't have land-line internet available at my home in greater DC metro. We survive on LTE hotspots. Praying for the success of StarLink!
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
Bankruptcies are not "structural damage" they are economic progress that transfers assets to stronger or more nimble players. The bailouts are fighting creative destruction and this will reduce the dynamism and long term growth o
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
The other externalities being environmental degradation and, to some degree, labor abuse.
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by mobilefriendly 6y ago
No, if the airlines "go under" in bankruptcy, the assets, airplanes, and people remain-- with new leadership and investors. The dynamic, economic outcome is to let them fail and reorganize them.
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by mobilefriendly 7y ago
More specifically, that small increase is clearing shelves of items normally bought less frequently, like toilet paper and other paper goods.
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by mobilefriendly 7y ago
It is unconstitutional in spirit and practice in the United States for lawmakers to meddle in existing contracts. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract_Clause

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