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by pravda 7y ago
Well, because on average, Asians are more intelligent then whites, who are in turn more intelligent then blacks. So, for example, when NYC has special schools for the smartest minority of students, these schools end up with mostly Asians an
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by pravda 7y ago
>The fact of the matter is that the vast majority of Americans should be getting a lot more sun exposure, not less. Not if you don't want to look like leatherman (or leatherwoman) when you are in your 40s! There are strong aesthetic
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by pravda 7y ago
> If you're lucky you'll get what you pay for with no hassle. Well, then I've been "lucky" thousands of times over!
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by pravda 7y ago
> This strikes me as a bad deal for sellers. ...but a good deal for buyers!
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by pravda 7y ago
>overloaded the Spirit of St Louis Can we use the word 'overloaded' here? Lucky Lindy's plane was custom-built, basically a flying gas tank. It is not like he took an off-the-shelf plane and loaded it beyond its design sp
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by pravda 7y ago
Can someone explain why those big profits don't get competed away? Why don't the corporate employers of the big firms negotiate better prices?
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by pravda 7y ago
>Wasn't it the labor movement that tied many of these benefits to employers? No, it was WWII that did it.
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by pravda 7y ago
Yes, but they are so adorable!
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by pravda 7y ago
That's the power of advertising! You can do it with anything. Spend enough on advertising, and you can get people to hand over $100+ for a pair of sunglasses that cost $5.85 to manufacture. Maybe you are immune, sitting up there on yo
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by pravda 7y ago
You created an account just to make this comment? Interesting. Your "shady practices and user harm" quip makes you think you might be a flack. Did your firm get this article published? Good work! My promotion of Daysoft lets you
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by pravda 7y ago
The other advantage of tipping in cash is that all the money goes to the Dasher, the government doesn't get to skim off any of that money.
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by pravda 7y ago
That is true...but this article is very slanted. And it has all the characteristics of a PR firm pitched article. Spreading FUD about your competitors is a time-honored business practice. These upstart companies represent a threat to the p
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by pravda 7y ago
Looks like a submarine story! http://www.paulgraham.com/submarine.html I wonder who hired the PR firm to get this article published? Was it the optometrists? No, they don't have that much money. I'd guess this a
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by pravda 7y ago
> Fortunately, I only have to deal with yearly eye exams to get contacts Try http://daysoft.com
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by pravda 7y ago
They are kind of 'forced' to do this to compete on the contact-lens-price aggregator sites. Kind of like how hotels have had to add 'resort fees' to obscure the real price of a hotel room. If you want to avoid this nonse
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by pravda 7y ago
Sounds nice, in certain ways. Which country?
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by pravda 7y ago
Gosh, I loved my two Nexus'iz (Nexi?). The 7" tablets. On one I cracked the screen (still works!, sorta) and on the other the USB jack broke (broke it even more trying to solder in a replacement). Inexpensive and rootable. Can y
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by pravda 7y ago
Sugar tariffs are designed to hurt every single American and benefit a few multi-millionaire sugar producers in Florida. Since Florida is a 'swing state', this will never change.
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by pravda 7y ago
>I understand that that was considered quite good insurance and that most people in the USA don't get that level of care, much less at that price. AFAIK, Microsoft 'self-insures', in the sense that they simply pay the medi
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by pravda 7y ago
What does it matter? Are we going to risk the lives of our children based upon a thesis which might or might not be correct? All I know, is that my cousin got high once and you know, he started eating like really weird foods. And then he ju
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by pravda 7y ago
Reefer Madness! Keep your children away from the devil's cabbage! * This unbiased message brought to you by big Pharm and America's alcohol brewers.
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by pravda 7y ago
In that specific case, the police did not consider the confession by itself to be enough to falsely convict Mr Kogut and his two friends. So the police took a hair from the victim, put it in an evidence bag, and testified under oath that th
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by pravda 7y ago
I did not know that. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/07/business/media/rap-genius... I wonder how much they have to pay?
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by pravda 7y ago
"Men who take leave are less likely to get divorced, and have better relationships with their children, research shows." Correlation does not equal causation.
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by pravda 7y ago
I am not justifying, just describing. As far as the other issue goes, Chinese not being creative due to [insert reason here], I think that is just silly. I am sure the British said, "those dumb Yanks, they can only copy, can't cre
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by pravda 7y ago
Well, in the USA, American industry got its start by stealing British technology. At this point, China copying foreign technology is just the path of least resistance. Eventually, China will be doing the innovating.
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Alexa shows private Wyze Cam feed to stranger [video](youtube.com)
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https://nypost.com/2011/12/11/pa-workers-raking-in-big-bucks... On top of $60K year in base pay, you have to consider maybe $50K a year in pension benefits, then maybe $20K a year for health insurance. And th
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by pravda 7y ago
>Assume a low $50k per person/year, That's a very low number to assume! The last time I checked, base compensation for toll takers in New York was well over $120K/year. In unionized NJ, I am sure compensation is about the
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by pravda 7y ago
> Newspapers used to be the gateway of fast changing information. Wrong answer! Here's the correct answer: Newspapers used to have a monopoly on advertising. They could extract enormous sums of money from advertisers due to this. M

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