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by oatmeal1 3y ago
In Seattle at least, this wouldn't be surprising. Criminals with 34 cases since 2014 including allegations of attempted rape out on the streets. Why book someone when the cases go nowhere? https://youtu.be/bpAi70WWBlw
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Insurance company drops customer saying a 'drone' took photos of clutter in yard [video](youtube.com)
26 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|3 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Cheesecake Factory, similar to Costco, is the ultimate example of how you have to know the rules to break the rules. I read the article. It doesn't read like he understood 'the rules' at all. > Overton told Thrillist
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
It's crazy how many features Twitter is pumping out with so many fewer people.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Driving through the Rocky mountains will reduce mpg significantly for an internal combustion engine as well. Do you mean it will reduce the mpg because of reduced air density, or because of temperature as well? I thought the efficienc
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Also IMHO it looks horrible.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
This would be much more problematic if the ultra-rich expected to be prosecuted to the full extent of the law. Then they'd have much more incentive to flee prosecution.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Very interesting! I hope I never get to use this information! ;)
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How to Spot a Rip Current [video](youtube.com)
10 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|2 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Even if we went 100% renewable today we would still be consuming vastly more resources than the earth can handle. The priority should be reducing needless and wasteful consumption. That means getting people out of cars and onto bikes or p
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
We don't need tribalistic comments like yours.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
When people vote for politicians based on moral appeals instead of practical qualifications, corruption is much more likely; politicians don't have to do a good job, they just have to appear to be on the "good" side.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
It's hard to fight a war if half your country is too fat to serve in the military.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I'm not sure existing journalists could do it, but perhaps this can act as a call to action for a scientist to start a blog or YouTube channel that analyzes scientific discoveries, and/or fact checks existing journalists' int
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Since apparently people enjoy the USCSB Youtube channel, I thought I'd post IMHO their most interesting video: In a twist of fate, multiple errors in the manufacture of the Blowout Preventer cancelled each other out, meaning the Blowou
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Deepwater Horizon Blowout Animation (2014) [video](youtube.com)
2 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|1 comments
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The Danger of Popcorn Polymer: Incident at the TPC Group Chemical Plant [video](youtube.com)
191 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|83 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Because the government could simply tax those with wealth more and use taxation as a means of redistribution. I don't think the word "simply" applies when you are suggesting the government take money from billionaires wi
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Strongly disagree with this comment. The most powerful monopoly one can hold is one entrenched by the will of the government. Every time the people have asked the government to step in and regulate healthcare, corporate lobbyists have cra
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> I don't mean to spoil the fun, downvote me if this is not in the spirit, but it took me way too long to figure this out and others may be as slow as me and save some time by reading this comment: I believed it too. The thing is,
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Cars should also have their performance limited when on public roads. There's no need for your car to be able to accelerate to 60 in 2.5 seconds or go over 100 mph. If you want to track your car, there should be licensed officials th
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Here's a Frontline documentary that concerns crash compatibility - but with tractor trailers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LyaWzOesXk
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I think most people tend to simply put themselves wherever they think the "middle" is of any political issue. The "middle" being whatever they think the middle of their "in-group" thinks. Out-group's opi
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Unless we find a way to counteract this Charter schools. Competition. Of course education sucks when there's no competition.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Personally, I think professional basketball would be better if they established a maximum average height for the players a team puts on the court at any one time. Watching players that are unskilled but extremely tall isn't very excit
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
There might be a Streisand Effect to this. Also, it's a bit hard to get morally outraged when if the mod devs had hired a voice actors that sounded like the Skyrim characters, it wouldn't be theft of voice, even though it had the
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Frankenstein Veto(en.wikipedia.org)
3 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|1 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> I'm not even particularly fond of the humanities I just don't understand why you wouldn't fight for the allowance for your peers to start families, god damn! What the GP said was that instead of taking a cash option that
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
One of the reasons advertisements are frequently so annoying is that they're designed to be noticed by motorists at speed, so they're very large.
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Why social media is being blamed for fueling the riots in France(apnews.com)
3 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|1 comments

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