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by mowenz 9y ago
Perhaps a clever, yet obviously comedic, idea. But which foods will cook at a warm temperature that wont at a cold?
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>By the same logic... It's a very fair point. I just wanted to note something about this that is part of a broader pattern of something I notice about HN posters. They will generally argue in favour of personal liberties, and even g
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It's hard to be scientific about this. For example, you wrote of Singapore being unhappy, but in my experience in Singapore people seem really happy. A lot more than in the States, as far as I can tell (and especially far, far less ang
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Yes, it is cultural. Money/greed on the supply side. Lack of happiness on the demand side.
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I have had the same thing in the past. I'm not even good at chess (compared to good players), and I wasn't getting better--I wasnt studying my games, I was just trying to escape and distract myself. Totally unhealthy in my case. I
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by mowenz 9y ago
>[...technological advancements] created a "value gap" that deprives the recording industry of royalties they believe should be theirs. Creative destruction is healthy and necessary for the function of economic progress. Reco
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Financial traders are still buying and selling goods and services with a counterparty. Even here, we still can observe that in most cases (except those where government interferes, or perhaps with organized crime) the counterparty is also e
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Voat is actually far less moderated, though, and honestly, almost nothing is censored there.
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by mowenz 9y ago
Thanks for responding, however I'm still confused. That is--I have no formal training in physics, but to my hobbyist's mind: interactions between subatomic particles creating scenarios where energy is produced in perpetuity eithe
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by mowenz 9y ago
Yes it does. From google: Vindication: "proof that someone or something is right, reasonable, or justified." A whistleblower is not a whistleblower unless they reveal wrongdoing. Edit: For example: Snowden is by definition a whist
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In such a scenario, where would this energy come from? Or am I not understanding this properly?
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by mowenz 9y ago
>Vindicated whistleblowers should get a raise and a promotion. Instead they are the subject of prolonged acts of revenge. I absolutely agree with you, but there's a bit of a nitpick to be made here--but an important one: From Google
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They work very hard to provide a valuable service to people in need. Contrast that with what exactly is provided by healthcare insurance executives, bankers, lawyers, lobbyists, and certain departments in government. To be blunt: once you n
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The definition of a business is an entity which provides goods/services to consumers. The typical moral distinction b/w a business and other entities which make[1] money is a business (presumably) does it within the constraint of