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by pnut 11y ago
As someone who spent a decade there and moved on, I second this sentiment. Austin has a homogenous weirdness and a southern corporate consumer culture, and its fabled affordability is a thing of the past.
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by pnut 11y ago
"You get used to it. I…I don’t even see the code. All I see is blue squiggle, green squiggle, translucent squiggle."
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by pnut 11y ago
Right, and Facebook totally swears not to archive all conversations for "market research" and optimization. Seriously, their reputation for doing whatever they want with your information is well earned, what business would willing
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by pnut 11y ago
That may be technically true today, but it feels a little like parents taking credit for their child's accomplishments. That distinction means less and less as time goes on, anyway. After learning from a billion human lifetimes, and be
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by pnut 11y ago
The only constitutional voting test is, are you a citizen of voting age, who is not a felon? I would rather see that test applied as a prerequisite to run for public office.
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by pnut 11y ago
From the article, Johnson Controls is now a foreign-owned company, and consequently: 1. Cannot lobby the US government any more 2. Is not eligible for future bailouts 3. Could rightly be slapped with $150M/year of import duties to make
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by pnut 11y ago
Double clutching, seriously? That is some niche hardware you are driving - all manual transmissions are synchromeshed nowadays, unless you're driving a racecar maybe.
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by pnut 11y ago
That characterizes so much of SF... highly competitive, OK, not great.
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by pnut 11y ago
501c4s, aka SuperPACs are nonprofit "charitable" organizations. It's not like the government confiscates 100% of wealthy people's money as soon as they try to do good, it just taxes it like it does for mere mortals, when
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by pnut 11y ago
I can't argue with their rationale or yours, but would be totally comfortable with Pfizer being barred from lobbying now, as a foreign corporation, plus being hit with import tariffs. No reason US law has to open taxpayers to blatant e
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by pnut 11y ago
Your statement presumes a lot, for instance that sovereign debt under all circumstances, is an existential threat. The United States has been in deeper debt (as a percentage of GDP) before.
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by pnut 11y ago
And yet, I'd rather have a third Obama term, than any of the available candidates.
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by pnut 11y ago
For years I was misled by statements like this, into thinking that immigration is a decision you can make one day, and just polish off your passport, pack a bag, and flip the middle finger to your place of origin. Who knows, maybe 40 years
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by pnut 11y ago
I could use some extra doe!
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by pnut 11y ago
Whatever, Michael Jackson came out of the womb singing! Sha-moh!
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by pnut 11y ago
Colgate tastes like sugar to me, I can't use it at all.
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by pnut 11y ago
If it's allowed in the regulations, and they want to win, they will use it, end of story.
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by pnut 11y ago
I've got an uncle who works construction. He's adamant that his free time not be spent doing physical activity.
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by pnut 11y ago
Why not read both? There is some correlation between the quality of a publication and the quality of the comments section. NYT is head and shoulders above the Economist in this regard.
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by pnut 11y ago
That MAV experience does not sound appealing at all. 43 hours, standing up, no food, no toilet, no sitting down, no stretching your limbs. Riding on top of a metal rocket. Surrounded by millions of miles of lethal void.
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by pnut 11y ago
In addition to this, I meant that OP's assertion implied there is a commonly agreed upon list of core responsibilities assigned to the federal government. Practically all of the major political battles ongoing today in America are to c
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by pnut 11y ago
That is an opinion, not a fact.
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by pnut 11y ago
I sincerely hope this is a joke
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by pnut 11y ago
US businesses will do one better! 0-hour workweeks for everyone, the second robotic slaves are economically advantageous!
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by pnut 11y ago
Pretty sure they can via SBIR program, if it's still around. edit https://www.sbir.gov/
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by pnut 11y ago
Well duh, surveillance is core to US National Security. Obviously it comes with some thorny opportunities for abuse, but in the scope of national defense, it would be malpractice not to develop every capability possible. Your enemies won&#x
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by pnut 11y ago
Prestige and money laundering, of course!
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by pnut 11y ago
I thought defectors were also executed by opposing armies? Who would want a known traitor in their ranks?
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by pnut 11y ago
Seriously! Giant pieces of cardboard are included for free with other products, as packing material. But cool idea.
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by pnut 11y ago
Kicking and screaming is the only way US business forfeits anything. We fought a civil war over slavery, for god's sake.

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