onetwofiveten

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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
The shaft passer shown here has never been used in real life. The mechanism that's on each of the spokes of the cog has been used in real life to allow cables to pass each other (just imagine one of the spokes and the obstructive shaft
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
I think it's a bit like saying all morbidly obese people can simply stop eating food and then they will lose weight. It's technically true, but it's unrealistic to the point of being vacuous in itself. In this case saying &qu
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
I think that romantic notion is just a part of childish naivety. When most people grow up they realise the government doesn't serve the public's interests. However, I don't think we should abandon the romantic notion that the
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
This is a pretty empty argument. It's up to the United States to decide all of its policies. So what? That doesn't make it unreasonable for outsiders to comment on how stupid or broken they are. Similarly broken policies in other
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
Having a Jewish father doesn't make you Jewish. Only people who have Jewish mothers or those who convert to Judaism are considered Jewish. If the agent thought he was being inaccurate then the agent was just being ignorant.
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
It's weird you say people can't be trusted. Do you really think that's true? Some people can be trusted. Some can't. People tend to follow based on charisma more than anything else. Unfortunately I think charisma is a re
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
You're construing the facts against the convicted. You didn't even finish the sentence you quoted. After he went to jail, that guy turned his life around and became a productive valuable member of society. They say he killed someo
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
It's not that people thought Google weren't a company, they thought Google was a company with a long term vision that valued reputation and quality. Google had/has a reputation for paying clever people to produce innovative p
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by onetwofiveten 13y ago
I don't think that's the case. Google is a relatively young company and its entire success grew out of smart people recognising good quality products and embracing change. It happens that Google is now changing in a way that ultim