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Still field hockey. Or for a slightly different twist, Lacrosse.
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EVs are the product of big auto manufacturers as well.
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Sadly the old folks with power started out as gullible youngsters too, and the cycle shows no sign of stopping.
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The environmental movement between 1970-1990 made great changes in the way people lived. What stopped it was all out effort by the fossil fuel industry to ensure nothing would affect their profits. I bet you can think of ways to reduce carb
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Optimistic of you to assume those who are setting up a regime of unchecked power will simply give it up in 4 years.
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> It's not uncommon for people born in countries with dysfunctional governments Think of the United States during the Great Depression, for instance. Today’s 80 to 100 year olds were born in that era.
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In case this isn’t sarcasm: it isn’t. For those who don’t remember that era: https://www.theregister.com/2012/11/08/twitter_epic_traffic_...
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All this doge stuff is about tech though?
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War crimes are an example of not following the law. (And we frequently let them get away with it anyway.) Not that I’m in favor of any of this, just saying the analogy has diverged from the topic at hand.
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If you can’t tell that is satire then you owe it to yourself to keep better informed about current events.
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Consultants don’t get absolute power to make changes unilaterally.
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A heat seeking missile is not equivalent to AI-powered automated target acquisition.
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Those muscles got their energy from government stimulus.
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Why should we set our slaves free after 10 years, when we can work them until they collapse in the fields and die there?
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I’ve lost track of the argument here. I was actually thinking of Hunt and Liddy, who did nothing of worth after their infamy. I don’t think the actual burglars did either?
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It’s not that the absolute figures are all you need to know — you might want to look at how many more people Medicare serves for instance. It’s that without them you’ve got nothing to go on. I’m also inclined to agree it’s. as we spend more
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Because then you can start to ask questions about whether the absolute amount has been inflated to create and absolute amount of wealth for the executives and investors.
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“Both sides bad” is well know play from the “…and we want to keep things bad” playbook.
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It’s disappointing we don’t get any further investigation into this he said/she said argument. The cynic in me is inclined to believe the company is denying it to the press without regard to the truth, because they can. No one will hol
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> a terrible era where everything you do is free for someone else to say no to, because "we all pay for that". Yes I greatly prefer the current era, where everything you do is expensive and someone else can still say no.
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Single payer schemes don’t usually forbid private insurance either. I don’t see the advantage here.
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That’s generally true of political operatives. The problem here is having such activities in his past makes him an exploitable by criminal organizations or foreign adversaries who would seek the sensitive information he now has access to.
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Good reporting here. Clarifies why the kid was fired for leaking documents - it was specifically for leaking internal corporate documents to a competitor. The details about cybercrime discords involved in SWATting and DDOS attacks are fasci
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> Mass flagging doesn't change this. It literally does. The majority of posters won’t ever see flagged posts.
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Imagine if this standard was applied to any other topic. “We’ve already had four Rust topics this month, better flag any new ones!” This article is not the same news as the others you’ve listed. It’s disingenuous to claim they’re all the sa
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How would he know the passwords weren’t changed.
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You’ve neglected any discussion of democracy beyond the executive branch.
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Exposure to other races through integration increases understanding and reduces the tendency towards prejudice. Makes sense?
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You would think family support aligns with conservative values, but no. The conservative value they’re most interested in the freedom to be homeless and starve on the streets if you can’t stay employed.
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> I do think DEI programs somehow greatly streamlined a meritocratic highlighting of talented folks from diverse backgrounds. This has been my experience as well. It’s sad that it feels like the contrarian opinion. Thanks for taking the
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