namlem

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by namlem 8y ago
There's never been any sleep or food deprivation at any retreat I've been to. They keep an early schedule because that's what they used to. The routine that parent described is basically normal for your typical early bird.
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by namlem 8y ago
No one has the moral right to monopolize land. Land is not the product of human labor, it should not be possible to hoard so much natural value. If people want to own land, they should have to pay a steep tax for the privilege.
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by namlem 8y ago
It's not that hard to assess land value objectively. You can just base it on neighboring properties.
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by namlem 8y ago
Messing with the power/gas hookups. Failing inspections on petty grounds. Mandating certain expensive repairs or maintenance. There are ways.
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by namlem 8y ago
This is why we need a land value tax. If she wants to hold onto that property, she should have to pay out the nose.
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by namlem 8y ago
Tobacco is viciously addictive. Nicotine on its own is only mildly addictive. Tobacco contains MAOIs that potentiate nicotine.
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by namlem 8y ago
Technically the federal government can only impose penalties for recreational cannabis. Medicinal cannabis is also federally illegal, but congress has prohibited any resources from being allocated to enforcing prohibition against medical ma
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by namlem 8y ago
So are Canada and Uruguay. UN treaties are meaningless, they're purely for show.
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by namlem 8y ago
I hope they succeed, because they'll just end up isolating themselves to their own little echo chambers, sparing the rest of us from having to hear their drivel.
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by namlem 8y ago
Our ancestors took away people's ability to earn a living, and sometimes much more than that, because of their ethnicity or sexual orientation. People can control what opinions they voice in public. No one is forced to make racist stat
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by namlem 8y ago
Nicotine by itself is also substantially less addictive than tobacco. Tobacco contains MAOIs, which significantly enhance the addictive potential of nicotine.
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by namlem 8y ago
Teenage smoking is not back. Teenage nicotine use is back, which is not the same.
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by namlem 8y ago
Cats have been observed passing the mirror test. One popular hypothesis is that they can recognize themselves, they just don't care. That or some cats are capable of recognizing themselves and some aren't.
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by namlem 8y ago
The cleaner wrasse has long been known to be extremely intelligent. The fact that scientists are questioning the mirror test because of this fish is more telling of their credibility than the test's. The cleaner wrasse even engages in
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by namlem 8y ago
Sargon has promoted ideas of "race realism" as well. I'd say that's a far right position.
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by namlem 8y ago
California banned them and has only benefitted as a result. Why should other states not do the same?
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by namlem 8y ago
I use those features all the time. A lot of people do.
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by namlem 8y ago
We could potentially supplement the LEDs with fiber optics that deliver natural sunlight underground.
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by namlem 8y ago
The visual system was often cited by proponents of intelligent design as evidence of god. But the mammalian visual system is an absolute mess. Anyone who designed that would have been fired on the spot. The octopus visual system, on the oth
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by namlem 8y ago
Boys instead fall into other toxic communities, like incels. The youtuber ContraPoints made a great video about such communities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD2briZ6fB0
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by namlem 8y ago
I've heard this type of story way too many times. People getting sucked into some social media community and becoming anxious, fearful, and bitter. Social media is much more dangerous than we bargained for it seems.
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by namlem 8y ago
Reddit has user pages now. It's a bit rough, but it can pretty much fill tumblr's functionality.
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by namlem 8y ago
Trademark regulations are fine. It's just patents and copyrights.
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by namlem 8y ago
Not really the best way of going about this sort of thing. Voting in elections and referendums is fraught problems and unhealthy incentive structures. Sortition, via the formation of citizens' assemblies, is a superior model of democra
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by namlem 8y ago
Africa is a mess for a number of reasons. Western imperialism is probably the biggest, but there are plenty of other. Tons of deadly parasites and diseases and a general lack of good arable land in most places are also significant factors.
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by namlem 8y ago
Legged are impractical now and for the near future, but I suspect the cost will decline substantially within 10 years.
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by namlem 8y ago
Only for wage labor. You're still free to contract for a flat rate.
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by namlem 8y ago
Yes, this sort of thing is exactly why I believe that Derek Parfit was by far the most important philosopher of the past century.
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by namlem 8y ago
Netflix has pretty wonky UX as well. I'm always frustrated by it.
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by namlem 8y ago
In NJ we actually use an algorithm to determine whether someone gets bail. The system is designed so that most people are released with no bail, and the algorithm uses various risks factors to determine bail for those who do get pretrial de

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