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by momokoko 7y ago
The PR was intention. Apple is the greatest marketing company in modern history. That stand and the entire Mac Pro now has a perception of super high end. Where it has no compromises on quality and price. Genius yet again from Apple. Look a
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by momokoko 7y ago
I think its just that non-remote work is considerably more common so you are much less likely to find people openly complaining about it because their needs are mostly met. Online discussions always amplify the decent of the minority becaus
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It could be more a product of the current economic system that requires both parents work full time jobs and have a career path. Its possible that in the future we could see a different system that actually increases birth rates. Also, dema
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by momokoko 7y ago
No. Not even close. https://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/about-our-products/product-...
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by momokoko 7y ago
> your entire shopping needs won’t be met by the available 365-branded foods Absolutely false. That is the entire stated purpose of the 365 brand. What 365 does not cover is produce and meat. Meat is definitely more expensive at Whole
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by momokoko 7y ago
This is a massive misconception and nicely illustrates how much people are influenced by branding and merchandising. Whole foods 365 brand is actually cheaper than many grocery store generics. The data is available online if you want to exp
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by momokoko 7y ago
I was not talking about policy _at_all_. I was giving some additional info to a specific person about their specific situation. Why are you doing this? How did we now arrive at a tangent about UBI? What does UBI have to do with how that spe
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by momokoko 7y ago
I think you are forgetting that with rental properties, the customers are typically the landlords not the tenants. And we know from history that landlords will often install things that their tenants would much rather they didn't. Airb
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by momokoko 7y ago
What does any of what you just typed out have to do with the original comment about someone who drives for GrubHub for supplemental income and feel that they prefer to be an independent contractor as opposed to an employee? You are complete
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by momokoko 7y ago
Consumer loans with compounding interest should be illegal. The human brain is incapable of conceptualizing it and it results in inescapable debt once a person starts to fall behind on payments.
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Not to mention that the US Dollar and the UK Pound are much more attractive for foreign investment than the Japanese Yen. We can easily measure this by comparing Japanese bond demand with that of the US, UK and Europe. Not to mention that J
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by momokoko 7y ago
> What's the alternative? Stop discussing things that are still happening and affecting people, because some different people discussed them last year? Discussing government regulation and taxation may have been discussed by every
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by momokoko 7y ago
I think you might want to look into, if you have not already, a topic referred to as "gift culture"[1] The hard reality, that someone like myself believes, is that open source works because most actors try to be considerate of oth
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by momokoko 7y ago
> This feels like a double standard that in practice just means that you would prefer it if people with contrary opinions to yours would shut up. No. Those opinions on either side of the debate have been done to absolute death online.
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No. The comment was off topic. I was replying to an individual. And then someone decided to add a reply to my comment with typical internet free market talking points. I was not discussing these debated to death boring religious debates abo
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by momokoko 7y ago
I'm sorry, but this all just sounds like free market ideology. We are saying the same thing. You just think someone needs to be at fault and there are good guys vs bad guys. I'm talking to an individual. Please refer the comment I
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by momokoko 7y ago
I really get confused about this. I wonder if it is because I'm a bit older. Plenty of part time employment is like that. For example, many people that work retail or service part time have very flexible schedules. They typically have
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by momokoko 7y ago
Because sometimes looking to the future steals important moments from today. There is a balance between today and tomorrow that should never be taken lightly.
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by momokoko 7y ago
Why? In what way do we need to even preserve humanity? There is such an assumption and gloss over with space exploration. Why? This doesn't mean humanity is terrible but all of life and simply matter evolves into new things. To attempt
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by momokoko 7y ago
I do. But those are all things still end up with parents and the students. If you have a single mother that works odd hours and can't do basic algebra, it's very unlikely you'll excel as a student. That isn't a judgement
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by momokoko 7y ago
If you've ever dealt with public transit planning, at least in the US, you'll see that often the budget is 50%+ simply real estate. The way land rights work in the US this actually cuts massive costs out of a project. Its not too
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by momokoko 7y ago
Lamda school picks winners from the outset. Public education doesn't get that option.
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At will employment and contracting voids all work boundaries.
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by momokoko 7y ago
I think EdTech forgets that student success has much less to do with schooling(home or otherwise). This is why education has bounced from trend to trend over the last 50 years. Because we constantly think we've found a silver bullet, b
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I'm not sure reading the phrase "genital analyzer" makes me feel like you are giving an unbiased description of the events. In the future I would highly recommend overnight Amtrak service. At most someone may ask for an ID. A
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They are not given a choice to "refuse to do so". It is not an option. Please explain how they can "refuse to do so".
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Why would someone not pay their bill if they could? You realize that their wages will be garnished and bank accounts frozen, right? So they will be forced to pay as much of the bill as they can. There is no distinction between "can&quo
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by momokoko 7y ago
That was entirely unintentional in connotation. Please refrain from picking fights. It is very unproductive.
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As was mentioned in the article, many users of emergency rooms do not have health insurance or are on government funded health care. There is a law in the US that an ER can not turn down someone that needs care. So emergency rooms end up fl
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by momokoko 7y ago
The type of person that wants to climb Everest is what I refer to as "Checklisters". They have a list of things they want to do so that they can impress others and they run through that list collecting prestige points. Its the sam

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