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by papermill 8y ago
Yeah, they say that every election cycle. Remember Ron Paul? Bernie Sanders? Remember the "small donors" for Obama? Nobody remembered them and neither did Obama. Super PACs are growing. Not sure where you got the idea that they ar
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by papermill 8y ago
Independent journalism maybe. But corporate journalism isn't a check on government or corporate power. The NYTimes doesn't check power, it represents power. It is power. I think it is time people stop pretending news companies are
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by papermill 8y ago
This is one of the problems with money in politics. As money becomes more important in winning elections, politicians' interests align more with the "moneyed interests" rather than the voters or even the public. The house of
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by papermill 8y ago
Thank you.
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by papermill 8y ago
This is simply historically false. From Galileo and copernicus to even the scientists positing germ theory in the 1800s, mavericks who fought against orthodoxy have been persecuted. Even today, in our colleges, "mavericks" are pun
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by papermill 8y ago
I wonder at what point the relations are so tightly correlated that we can safely say it is causative. At this point, can't we say the link between energy consumption and wealth is pretty much causative. Or at the very least, energy co
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by papermill 8y ago
How did you learn? Is there a youtube tutorial? I tried to cut my hair once and things turned so bad ( uneven, botched, etc ) that I just ended up shaving my head.
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by papermill 8y ago
I'm not the one being disingenous here. And that's not journalistic integrity. They initially stood by their false slander and only changed it after significant backlash. Journalist integrity would be the economist not lying and
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by papermill 8y ago
That's interesting but how do we know it due to smell rather than sound or other senses? I've read that dogs and other animals can also anticipate earthquakes because they can hear or feel the earthquake earlier than humans.
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by papermill 8y ago
That reminds me of the housing boom from 2003-2008. House values doubled or tripled in many areas. Then the financial crisis put a hurt on the housing industry. I can't help but feel that necessities like housing, food, transportation,
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by papermill 8y ago
That's the problem with all media, not just social media. Pretty much every diet fad and health recommendation you get from traditional media has been debunked. The only difference is that traditional media doesn't allow for count
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by papermill 8y ago
If there is no substance behind the enthusiasm, then it can't last because it has no legs to stand on. I agree that there are tons of fake nonsense on all media, not just social media. But that doesn't mean everything on media is
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It's because the crowd here is very old. I think the average age is in the 40s or 50s. It's essentially CNN's demographic and a significant number of journalists and media people here. There really is nothing "Hacker&quo
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by papermill 8y ago
"Western" disease is caused by high intake of processed foods, soda, etc. It isn't the vegan diet that helps. It's removing processed food, soda, etc. You can be an omnivore or a carnivore and remove processed junk food
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by papermill 8y ago
If the interest is artificially generated or fake, it will fade quickly for sure. But I wouldn't say we shouldn't trust online phenomenon. Online phenomenon is why Obama and Trump got elected. Trump has effectively bypassed the tr
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by papermill 8y ago
Doesn't every tech worker face burnout before they reach 30. Especially in silicon valley or the startup scene. Why should it be any different in china. It's pretty much high risk, high reward. The startup I worked at, we all slep