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by polski-g 2y ago
Decline of state capacity after the 1978 abolishment of the Civil Service Commission. There were poor gatekeeping controls in place afterwards and employee quality gradually declined. Now anybody with any sort of intelligence, drive or ambi
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by polski-g 2y ago
This is like saying climate change will lead to extinction of chickens. Salmons are factoty farmed and are an integral part of the food supply. They are not at risk of extinction.
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by polski-g 2y ago
I think what these studies show is that being fat is really, really, really bad for you.
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by polski-g 2y ago
I personally have never seen a data center with a smoke stack. But maybe the writer visits different DCs than me.
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by polski-g 2y ago
The characters were NOT generic. They were the most strange and bizarre characters ever seen. If they were generic Soldier man and Nurse lady the game would have done quite a bit better.
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by polski-g 2y ago
He kinda was? Kicked out of the Academy, and every comedian calls him a bitch everytime he's mentioned.
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by polski-g 2y ago
Did those countries engage in censorship by vote of the legislator or by decree?
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by polski-g 2y ago
It's really good at code
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by polski-g 2y ago
It might just be mutational load due to people having kids much older.
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by polski-g 2y ago
You believe that police abuses originated in the late 1980's?
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by polski-g 2y ago
The data is sitting in northern Virginia in a data center. It's no longer in Europe's jurisdiction.
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by polski-g 2y ago
In some industries, like vehicles, if the product has a malfunction, the government requires the mfg to issue a recall and repair the issue, even long after the warranty ends. And same thing with children's toys via the CPSC. Yet in so
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by polski-g 2y ago
The IPCC report itself says they extreme weather is not caused by climate change, and that the warming of the planet can be useful.
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by polski-g 2y ago
There was a nuclear deregulation bill that passed 98-2 a few weeks ago.
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by polski-g 2y ago
Why not use https://github.com/bobranten/Ext4Fsd ??
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by polski-g 2y ago
When controlled for testosterone levels, how do the suicide rates look?
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by polski-g 2y ago
Then they can spend the $400/hr on a lawyer to draft a response to the small claims court request that the consumer should refile with the AAA. Then the consumer could send a reply, and they another $400/hr lawyer will have to rep
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by polski-g 2y ago
A web browser is an unbelievably complex piece of software. So complex that there are now only two. And also so complex that there are weekly updates because there's so many security holes.
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by polski-g 2y ago
I don't know why they needed to do this. They have the corpse of the shooter, just press it's thumb on the phone to unlock it.
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by polski-g 2y ago
"Toughen up buttercup" works fine when there is labor surplus. But during labor constraint the workers have all the cards. If it costs $30k to hire a new employee like it does in tech, you better treat them nicer than something li
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by polski-g 2y ago
You are awakened in 1000 years and tortured for eternity by CyberGPT 1000.
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by polski-g 2y ago
Are any of these conditions present in North Korea and Iran?
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by polski-g 2y ago
This isn't novel. We've known the disastrous effects of plastic clothing since 1993: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8279095/ 15% of dogs ended up sterile after wearing polyester underwear for 24 months. Stop
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by polski-g 2y ago
Compromise and deal making. How do you get your wife to agree to a 92" TV if she refuses initially?
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by polski-g 2y ago
> We have a lot of things that need doing in this country which can't get done when obstructionists stand in the way. California has spent over $100bn to build 1600 ft of high speed rail over a decade. And it wasn't Republican
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by polski-g 2y ago
Some parks have rules against smoking, grilling, flying kites, bringing dogs, playing lawn darts, being there after 9pm (that's the trespassing part), and yes, even camping. And those are all voted on by elected officials. If you don&#
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by polski-g 2y ago
The homeless have permission to be in many places at many different times. If they are unhappy with the current place and time limitations then they should vote for representatives to change such limitations.
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by polski-g 2y ago
Why is that relevant? People who do own things do not get to trespass; people who do not own things, likewise, do not get to trespass.
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by polski-g 2y ago
On property they own or property they have been granted permission to occupy.
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by polski-g 2y ago
3 of those things are simply trespassing.

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