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I love your response, and would only want to add: I only care about how much other people make because it helps inform me in terms of what I can work towards for my own paycheck, and it shows me what the organization values.
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I took the above content to mean that a Democratic president would already have ties to the Whitehouse, and maybe be familiar w/the tool already, hence more comfortable with it and willing to keep using. It didn't read to me like
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The worst bit about this is how they held it against you as well. I've had a similar experience (over much smaller amounts of money) and it caused nothing but trouble for me. Revealing your salary to your co-workers is just a good way
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Off topic: The interesting thing about that video to me was how closely it mirrored the rhetoric from the opening of the 'Three Body Problem' as the Chinese revolutionaries tried to force a college physics professor to revoke scie
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This is a hugely important point. Allow me to back it up with a little story time. I took a job a little over a year ago at a company that I knew was struggling financially, but saw opportunity for a lot of personal growth. To give you some
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The problem with the utopian version is that centralization of power pretty much guarantees it won't happen, hence the failed states. It's like how benevolent dictatorships are one of the best forms of government, but you never wa
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There's a huge distinction here you overlook: Private enterprises vs the government. Honestly, I think it should be fairly easy for companies to let people go, and ideally we worry more about making sure they do a good job of offering
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Well, I don't care about their personal dealings, and I tend to not worry if the phrasing of their communication is less than tactful, but I do think a lot of private conversation about public matters is held by those in power, and is
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Most strength training programs prescribe how much weight you're going to lift on any given day. I can tell you how much I'm going to lift today, and I can tell you how much I'm going to lift on Friday. In that context the an
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The FBI did. James Comey announced before congress that she had pretty much lied about everything, including having classified material. If you go to youtube and search for something like 'Comey vs Hillary lies' you should get a v
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Can I just point out as per source 1, that as a public employee, she doesn't just get to decide to destroy records? Further, she claims she wanted them deleted then, but never clarifies if they were deleted at the time of request or wh
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No worries about being on mobile. For my part, I've made the mistake of replying to your responses to other people, which is kinda dumb and confuses our conversation. So I'll take the blame if it all unravels. Without further ado:
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Indeed. How does education and income correlate though? We're talking about millions of people here, not a handful, so the chances of it being a bunch of above median high school drop-outs seems exceedingly unlikely, no?
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They're not mutually exclusive (monetary and ideological motivations), and they're actually both true. Not all the time, not unceasingly, but both still present. If they were motivated purely by money, they'd all be promoting
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To review, the point of this sub-thread where I posted: >> This level of premeditated collusion with the media is not even up for debate at this point. >Ooh, me, me, I debate it. This is a dumb thing to say and you should feel dumb
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But how is that a defense? Surely by that token you have no complaints about anything in the world. Just because a person does something unethical for a reward doesn't mean their actions are justified, just rational. The whole purpose
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>You and I must understand entirely different things when we read the phrase "premeditated collusion with the media." Agreed. >Those media organizations and those journalists may have editorial and personal opinions on who t
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>How do you go about working with someone that is uneducated This is a myth. [0] >with someone that is uneducated, and often proud of this fact, raised to believe all other races are a blight against life as they know it, and often ar
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I'm intrigued. How could DNA provide evidence of rape?
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It would depend on which position of Duke's they were talking about. If they say they agree with his stance on race, then yes, they're a racist. If they agree with his stance on tax policy (I assume he has one), then no, there&#x2
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A five year old could at least disarm you with how cute they are.
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>Ooh, me, me, I debate it. This is a dumb thing to say and you should feel dumb for saying it. It makes no sense and is not based on anything. Insults do not qualify as debate. His claim is based on, or should include, the portions of th
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Honestly, I consider it kind of tragic. I have some friends who are massive Cohen fans, and even they have to admit that it's just not good music. It's too late now, but I think it would be amazing if he had redone those albums at
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I've never waded into JavaScript, so I'll take your word for it. I've heard some...surprising...things about JavaScript, so I'm not really taken aback that this might exist. I'm referencing a time when I was in scho
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The people down-voting you clearly haven't listened to 'Jazz Police'. Seriously, he's an excellent songwriter, but much of his music is ruined by the choices made in terms of 80s synth stuff and disappointing backing voc
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Any technique that produces these results will be made illegal, unless you're in a position already to keep it from being so.
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Then you're as bad as he is. Especially given that he's already acknowledged he shouldn't have done it. Indignation doesn't make you right, it just makes you stubborn.
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Yeah, there's an obvious lack of details in the story that should preclude judgement of the poster. I've seen people write things like: if (true == true) I won't be mean to you about it, but I can't promise I won't
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I'd like to back this up. I went from a ~6/12 company to a 0/12 company, and man is it painful. I knew going in it was going to get low marks, and saw it as a challenge to try to push it to 6/12 level if possible (a nice
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Now being a strong first amendment advocate is a position that puts you on the right? Nationalizing things puts you on the right? Bizarro world indeed.

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