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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Sam could never have a selective memory about such a thing...
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
It's dangerous to allow people to read source content for themselves. You can't have them drawing their own conclusions!
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They aren't enforcing it and won't enforce it because it's not a priority when fraud is committed against your average citizen.
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They just need to close the "light truck" exception that allows vehicle manufacturers to skirt the rules with SUVs and trucks. They won't though.
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They won't make sure it doesn't happen again to someone else.
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Fraud perpetrated against the little guy isn't of concern to the government.
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> And as the housing market moves 20%+ in a year in some places all you've done is kick the can down the road to figuring out a value of X Again, X can move with the market.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
The issues you describe could all be nullified by making a simple change - The price the person can purchase your property for must be X% greater than the fair value you declare. If you set X at 10% then there is no chance for property inv
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I think that's just the nature of meditation. Basic breathing and body scan works for me.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
As a patient of more than 10 therapists, none has proactively discussed with me the effectiveness of therapy, nor discussed how their style of intervention may make my depression worse. For me as someone who has thought about the past far
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
More training is unlikely to fix it. Someone can pass the training and still take out their cell phone while driving. Having a system where everyone basically has to drive to live a normal life (no matter how irresponsible or dumb they a
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> “I have ordered a complete siege on the Gaza Strip. There will be no electricity, no food, no fuel, everything is closed. We are fighting human animals and we act accordingly” - Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant11 > Mass killing
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
As an amateur birder, I'm looking forward to names that are more descriptive.
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> The problem is that you can't punish a car. You can punish the manufacturer of any item that creates an excessive danger to the public. Lawn darts aren't intended to be thrown near people, and don't exist anymore because
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> But a VC would rather set that money on fire to have a small chance at a 100x return. Blaming VCs for public policy failures is fair when they lobby to create those public policy failures. In this case, it seems like their efforts (li
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I wonder what fraction of nickel or other precious metals is effectively never used. With oil or grain, those will expire, so physical delivery is taken often.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Ha.
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If 3 different companies showed up to put out the fire, you'd get a fair deal for the cost of putting out the fire, because they'd have to bid against one-another, but I take your point otherwise.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> This is one of the most prevalent and destructive delusions of the libertarian ideology: that the marketplace and the private sector are actually better at delivering important services to the public than the government. Drivel.
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We need more of this on both sides to limit the influence of the gullible and dim-witted on our future.
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If you ask "why do they hate us?" the answer is usually in a history book.
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"Conspiracy theorists" isn't one group of people. "Conspiracy theory" is just a label applied when anyone believes something outside the Overton Window.
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Even if that is the case, it's better to have charter schools than none. Then at least the disruptive and/or violent kids that are unmotivated cannot disrupt the learning of kids that are motivated. That being said, the existence
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I'd like to read the full statement. Of course CNN doesn't link to it or provide the full text. The actions of Hamas are beyond unconscionable, but unconscionable acts by Israel in the past arguably caused the recent terrorist a
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Context and intent matters, but context and intent are very subjective. Justices are apt to read the context and intent that they want to interpret legislation in a way they personally think would be beneficial. If you want an example of th
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Data from the National Science Foundation shows that only 20 percent of computer science undergraduate degrees in the U.S. are given to women Using "given to" instead of "earned by" is an interesting word choice. Al
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Fire retardant has killed thousands of fish, endangered salmon species(king5.com)
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Generally agreed, but the noise from cars is mostly friction and turbulence (and honking/sirens). Switching to electric won't solve that.
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Never watched Idiocracy?
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My claim is basically that someone sneezing doesn't mean that they have the cold. And even if they did have a cold, the sneeze could be caused by something else. Not once did I say or suggest climate change is not real, or could not ca

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