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by omonra 12y ago
Long article about how Europeans wronged Africa in the past to preempt any talk of movement restrictions from Ebola-affected areas to the US. Because racism!
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by omonra 12y ago
You can no more be genetically superior than just 'better'. It's a meaningless proposition since it doesn't specify 'better at what'.
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by omonra 12y ago
1. You should really bother to look up the answer instead of climbing on a soapbox - GDP per capita in SA has been climbing. 2. His point- that certain countries were much better run while colonized still stands (check out Zimbabwe for exam
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by omonra 12y ago
But funny enough, there is no fixed number of cabs in London now.
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by omonra 12y ago
I think things should be taken further - he should be charged and executed for failure to adhere to the politically correct feminist worldview.
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by omonra 12y ago
Yep - they absolutely prove your point.
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by omonra 12y ago
First mover disadvantage - London tube system is the first in the world. So many design choices from the 19th century made still haunt the system today. For example I read that they only have one track in each direction - so repairs can onl
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by omonra 12y ago
Color me cynical, but I think that most of opposition to Uber stems not from desire for safety but simple desire to protect the incumbent profits. Moreover - the 'community' isn't really choosing anything. Instead it's s
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by omonra 12y ago
But clearly the issue here is not compensation for the workers. The issue is cost of license. Consider this hypothetical: 1. Country A - taxi license costs $300,000. Average ride costs $30, driver keeps $10 after paying off the license mort
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by omonra 12y ago
You have to realize that most companies can't really say what they think on most issues. It's a lot easier to pay lip service to an idea that you consider stupid than risk public opprobation by saying what they actually think. The
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by omonra 12y ago
So apparently there are "many studies show that companies with gender and ethnic diversity tend to be more creative and more profitable, because varied perspectives help them design products and services that appeal to a diverse, world
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by omonra 12y ago
Because it gives them something to bitch about. I bet that all guys in that company had nicknames. She got one for someone who was considered the most beautiful person the planet - and she's upset about it.
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by omonra 12y ago
I'd recommend The Origins of Aids - it's a great book (wrote for the laymen) that explores this very topic. Fascinating read - published a few years ago.
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by omonra 12y ago
Is it just me or does the writer experience a sudden breakdown of logic half-way through - ie when he gets to modern times? "The exclusion of these women has not only reinforced stereotypes about women and technology, but has arguably
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by omonra 12y ago
In UK pubs you normally order food/drinks at the bar and pay upfront. You get the drink right away and food is brought to your table once it's ready. This is even better - as you don't have to stand and wait at the bar for yo
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by omonra 12y ago
Those scores are relative - it means that men on average prefer women of other races. This is a known phenomenon: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0191886910...
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by omonra 12y ago
I'm actually curious if there are greater cultural differences between Americans of different races (say black-white) than between Europeans from different countries but same class.
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by omonra 12y ago
I must have expressed myself poorly. My point was that people reading NH are advanced users and everybody on the thread (at that point) was unhappy with lack of options. Ie that phones just keep getting bigger without adequate options remai
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by omonra 12y ago
I just visited Sweden where I learned that cars are not allowed to park 10 meters from the corner. I could be wrong on the 10m (someone on the street just told me when I was parking) - but the idea that cars should not be parked adjacent to
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by omonra 12y ago
Put me down as the 8th. My take is that 100% of advanced users have a problem.
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by omonra 12y ago
One can judge if the author is honest or not for himself. I would offer the readers the essay he penned 21 years ago in 1993: http://johnmearsheimer.uchicago.edu/pdfs/A0020.pdf There he goes at length to explain why Ru
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by omonra 12y ago
This drivel passes for journalism?
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by omonra 12y ago
With age people start to consider opportunities from the Expected Value perspective.
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by omonra 12y ago
You can call it an ice skating competition - doing so doesn't make it more true. Instead - can you name 5 people who are at the top of the LNR / DNR with their respective citizenships. I'll give you a little help: 1. Girkin 2
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by omonra 12y ago
I'm a Russian speaker myself, so am well aware of what is going on. And I won't let you call it civil war. All leaders are Russian soldiers, all weapons are from Russia, etc, etc. There probably are 20-30% locals, even less among
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by omonra 12y ago
1. False. The events in Eastern Ukraine have been planned by Russia a decade ago (ie there are photos of Russians waving flags of 'Donetsk Republic' in the mid 2000's). Same with annexation of Crimea - Russia just used the op
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by omonra 12y ago
The fact that you put Syria and Ukraine in the same sentence when describing 'revolutions' shows that you're fairly brain-washed. If not by Channel 1 - then by the paid bloggers that dominate Livejournal top pos list these da
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by omonra 12y ago
How many elections were held in Gaza since then? It might be a difficult concept to wrap one's head around - that someone might come to power via democratic means and then proceed to usurp the power by killing off the opposition &
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by omonra 12y ago
Don't you think that stupidity is a relative term? Ie every society will have 50% of the population that is below the average intelligence. And the lower quartile be considered outright stupid - because the rest of society is not tailo
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by omonra 12y ago
I'm not a fan of Star Trek, but curious - where are all the stupid & lazy people in their universe? Ie have they been bred out, are they back on Earth and the show doesn't dwell on them, or what?

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