myowncrapulence

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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Silicon Valley spent the last ten years building platforms whose natural end state is digital addiction. In 2016, Trump and his allies hijacked them. I wouldn't call it "hijacking" when that was already the intended p
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Yep and people will buy the cheaper produce from South American markets boosting the economy down there. Similar to how people buy Chinese manufactured products in Wal-Mart then complain about manufacturing being overseas.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
If it was more cost effective, that would happen already. Produce prices will likely rise if this becomes an issue.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Clickbait title. tl;dr "The destroyed object had a chemical composition similar to Halley’s Comet, but was 100 000 times more massive than its famous counterpart."
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Same. I come from middle class parents who could certainly afford to pay my way but chose to make me learn how to stand on my own feet. Certainly strips the world of its sheen when you see how people treat you if you are perceived as poor
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Is this the case with card games at casinos? I'm under the impression card games are completely random and cannot have designated odds (except for basic rules like dealer holds over 17 in blackjack). In this sense wouldn't card
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
And the funny thing is? This post is going to be rank-banned and thrown at the bottom of this comment section. Sure, upvote the submission here, but don't be blind to the glaring hypocrisy of the site you're doing it on. F
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Ease-of-use /= dumbed down
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Ease-of-use /= stupid
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
He's actively demonstrated he doesn't want help
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
This is why companies that can properly classify their user base and serve compartmentalized/customized products to those specific niches flourish. If you are making a product for everyone, you'll eventually dissolve. This is wha
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Protests will be banned, people will be put in prison, violence will be quashed by even more violent means "Our country needs more law enforcement, more community engagement, and more effective policing. Our job is not to make
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
You can stop being male. Is it ok to ban you from the country? It's acceptable to ban ideas and religion from countries? Holy shit what happened to America..
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Yeah I suspect they're starting to overcharge for their greatest strength: their software (macOS/Apple suite of apps). While I used to fawn over their minimal interface and simple UX, they've been adding a lot of unnecessary
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
The wiki for Anomie is fascinating. ".. characterized by a rapid change of the standards or values of societies (often erroneously referred to as normlessness), and an associated feeling of alienation and purposelessness. He believed t
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
for the fact that it syncs with my google everything, across all devices, google accounts, etc. Shudders My god that's the last thing I'd ever want and exactly why I avoid Chrome and Android devices.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Black money is clearly a problem in India "Black money" will always exist as long as goods and services humans find valuable are illegal. Altering legal transactions to thwart "illegal" transactions will actuall
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
But schools are made up of the children that attend them.. If a gifted child ends up in a bad school, he can certainly boost their esteem and encourage competition among intellectual thoughts. One good seed can really foster a lot of inspir
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
I've been using Firefox for years without any problems and find it much better (just as fast, more privacy-minded) than chrome. I honestly don't understand (from a consumer standpoint) why people complain about Firefox. I can und
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Why are you applying your very rare and individual use of space to an entirely broad city layout write-up?
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Why would you hide your email from your colleagues? .. using some IRC client as our chat app Try IRCCloud, it's extremely simple and much better than Slack in almost every way.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Slack is the poor mans IRC. The Dropbox of messaging apps. It's easy but if you want to hide your email from public view or customize anything good luck. Slack is notoriously ignorant to customer requests.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Exactly, I even addressed this in my argument. People react and comment before digesting fully.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
The share of total national income for the middle class has been in decline for 50 years. The piece of the pie that the middle class represents is shrinking. https://cdn.americanprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/201
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Hosting trade secrets on a cloud-based service, where any Asana employees can monitor your activity, where Chinese hackers (yes, that fear-mongering term actually applies here) can get to your trade data, pre-copyrighted/patented ideas
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
You just described the entire American Economy.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Don't give them any ideas
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
.. isn't "the voice of the white house" the voice of the nation? You seem to believe the White House wasn't voted into power and somehow does not have America's best interest at heart. Don't forget to remain ju
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
Interesting this only used 11tb worth of video. Makes me wonder what this could produce with youtube's entire library.
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by myowncrapulence 10y ago
I mean, they could only be "worthless" to our current application of said patterns. Maybe in the future, those patterns will find use in quantum computing or cryptography or other avenues. For the mathematician a pattern will be

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