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|people shouldn't have to make choices like this about education. And definitely not in a democracy. With all due respect, that doesn't really make any sense. What about a democracy should keep people from making important decisio
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Perhaps we're talking past each other here. You'll notice from my example that I and my friends all went to college. I'm not advocating against going to college. What I'm saying is there are a lot of options out there an
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I really doubt there's some cabal of rich people that don't want others to understand interest. If anything, it would be to their advantage to have more potential business partners floating around out there. I think the reality is
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One of my favorite things to knock on about is how we live in a capitalist society but our compulsory education doesn't ever address basic finance & economics. Most of these kids have no idea what interest is or what their post gra
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Perhaps one of the silver linings of growing up poor was that I, and my friends, were conscious of money, or its lack. I wanted to pursue a writing degree and knew I shouldn't spend a ton of money on it, so I stayed local and worked to
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There's nothing that precludes people from creating employee owned companies now. Where I live there are several of them, and there's the possibility that the one I work at is going to transition to that. If they don't exist
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'Having purged half the population, we've measured a marked downturn in polarization in Q3 of this year.'
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I'm just asking questions man!
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On Joe Rogan's podcast, he claimed to have a lot of connections in the military and intelligence community. Not saying it's proof of anything, but it does make one think...
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That used to be a big deal for me too. I had a little happy moment back when I rated my 1000th movie. Oh well.
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I have to say, I quit Netflix a few years ago after a long membership, due to security concerns (it was a nightmare at the time). Recently I started my membership up again, and I'm really disappointed with their library. Every movie I&
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This has always been a thing that bothers me. The incentive structure is for me to be more productive than my peers rather than as productive as I can be.
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At least speaking for myself, my compulsory education only really focused on slavery as an American institution and didn't really address it in a broader context. I obviously picked up a little here and there, particularly since I took
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Sadly the surveillance ship has long since sailed :( I'd trade a federal ID for dismantling all the domestic spying.
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Do states not have a 'State ID'? I know we have them in the state I'm in. It's even easier to get than a driver's license and is used for all the same things except you obviously can't drive with it. They'
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I think /r/the_donald is the largest subreddit on the site at this point. It's openly in support of the Republican president. So that seems fair grounds for the claim. On the other hand, a lot of Republicans don't like s
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|Trump supporters may not not have breaking point when it comes to helping those that they don't have a perceived connection to. This is kind of absurd. I think there would definitely be a point where they wouldn't support him on
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From my first comment: |I don't like the restrictions placed on people who were already determined to be legal residents via green cards / visas whatever. Why argue with me about it if I agree with you that it's bad? Also, as
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I don't disagree with anything you've said here, it's pretty spot on in my estimation, I just don't think it's a sky is falling kind of situation. I was trying to answer the question: 'What would it take for hi
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Speaking for myself, I'm mixed on this particular EO. I don't like the restrictions placed on people who were already determined to be legal residents via green cards / visas whatever. Fortunately, I think that's going t
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I remember somebody once posted a weather map of the country here, where he defined an ideal day and counted the number for each area. Seattle actually did pretty well, though this is coming from a Maine resident, so pretty much everyone el
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Didn't Obama just sign an 11th hour executive order expanding the CIA's ability to access the NSA's data on the citizenry? I'm right there with you on the 8 year cycle. I despised GWB, as many did, and voted for Obama wi
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The person he replied to wrote: |You're a danger to the world we live in. The above person is saying he threatens the world, and as a resident of such world, is also being threatened.
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Thanks for tracking this down. It would be one thing if journalists on the science beat were generally accurate and reliable, but they get so much stuff wrong all the time. edit: Do you (or anyone else) know why they choose their zero point
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One of the sales guys where I work has a piece of paper hung on his cubicle which reads: "All purchasing decisions are emotional." It's wrong only in having too narrow of a scope :)
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|their enterprise hosted version still has maintenance outages Even WoW doesn't really do that anymore :)
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So then are there just no organizations other than government that can get done what you want? Why advocate for higher taxes rather than upping your voluntary contributions? I just listened to this [0] Sam Harris podcast episode yesterday s
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Why not just make voluntary contributions to organizations you support? Governmental or otherwise. Why wait for someone to take it from you when you could give it instead?
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I bartended for a couple years (and waiting tables was a part of that). it's actually pretty easy. After their food comes out, ask if they need anything else. If you see an empty glass, ask if they want a refill. Otherwise, just drift
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Yeah, this. As someone who moved out at 18, please don't force people to have to stay in bad living arrangements any longer than they need to.

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