moosekaka

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by moosekaka 8y ago
this always amazes me...it is like telling me some population of humans cant raise their hands over their shoulders..
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Why dont American mothers love their sons more? or at least the same as their daughters? (emphasis mothers because in America they have overwhelming influence on the childs upbringing). Heck, Howard Glasser himself shows that giving a boy m
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by moosekaka 9y ago
I would cycle to work if: i) the route was FLAT ii) the weather was DRY (no rain, sleet, snow)
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by moosekaka 9y ago
A lot of the cities in SE Asia weren't even planned with cars in mind, hence narrow roads and lack of space. And then you have these giant freeways springing up haphazardly that bottle necks into these tiny roads. THe result is slow mo
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by moosekaka 9y ago
NO its not...I grew up here and lived and worked abroad in in UK and US for a few years so I can attest to the difference weather makes...especially the humidity. (I cycled in both here and abroad.) And no one seemed to mention...two wheele
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by moosekaka 9y ago
a radical thought along the lines you are going....instead of striving to bring up the numbers of underrepresented group X in field Y, how about we strive to bring up the salaries/status of field Z (etc.) where group X is over represen
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by moosekaka 9y ago
I have often wondered if one day, the skill of underwater basket weaving was suddenly prized by society as highly as STEM jobs are today....would we see the same pressure to have more more X in underwater basket weaving (where X is your und
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by moosekaka 9y ago
maybe not biology, but personality wise (either due to social upbringing/expectations or genetic imprinting etc) I noticed far more men then women who are of the type who are more comfortable to work with things rather then people. I k
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by moosekaka 9y ago
a bit simplified? title would be considered clickbait if it were a webpage.
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Unless the little guys were the original creators of whatever wares you were purchasing from them, their role in the value chain was merely that of a middle man. In that case, what moral, economic or societal benefit would come from purchas
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Bezos dream of shifting all heavy industry and mining to the asteroids would be so beneficial to humanity and the planet, that whatever short term pain (short as in timescale of decades) to either current incumbents business performance or
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by moosekaka 9y ago
I don't understand why the author and many here consider splitting Amazon only AFTER they display behavior that is harmful to consumers (such as exorbitant prices and/or poor service). Reading his article, he seems to be saying Am
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by moosekaka 9y ago
side question...how do short term tourists who might not be able to open a local bank account access wechat or alipay/mobile payments while in China? Are they forced to use just cash?
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Have you never heard of Admiral ZhengHe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zheng_He BTW, the middle kingdom WAS the "influencer on the world stage" prior to the industrial revolution in Europe. You could argue th
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by moosekaka 9y ago
haphazard traffic flow due to lack of traffic safety awareness and road discipline by pedestrians and drivers alike are not exclusive to just India. we have a large Indian population in Malaysia and Singapore... go to their Little India enc
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by moosekaka 9y ago
until India can ensure basic sanitation infrastructure to their population, all talk of leadership in tech is superfluous.
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Hackernews and the English tech media in general tends to be very US/euro centric, but there is a lot more innovation going on in the Chinese market that never gets highlighted in English tech media. Almost like a parallel universe, un
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by moosekaka 9y ago
This is such an ignorant comment...everyone has bank accounts in China, probably more so then in the US. You cant access the mobile payments platform in there without a bank account.
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by moosekaka 9y ago
Obligatory link to yesterdays topic https://gravityandlevity.wordpress.com/2009/07/08/your-body-...
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by moosekaka 9y ago
You must be aware of the elephant in the room....ie your age. Yes its illegal to discriminate but that doesn't change the defacto hiring reality.
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by moosekaka 10y ago
I have done both (shared an apartment and sole renter). I definitely prefer been the sole occupant. Personal space and privacy, not having to wait for the bathroom, sleep schedules, cleanliness of common areas (especially the kitchen, which