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by rexaliquid 9y ago
Amazon is not the only large company that objects to apparently discriminatory legislation. Just look at Indiana or North Carolina for examples. It's the market that is influencing social policies, politicians are just responding to th
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
I was skeptical. But there is also a difference between coming across people flying the flag and a desolate place marked with the symbol. In both cases, the symbol means pirates, but in the first case pirates mean danger and in the second
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
Now how am I going to watch Olympus Has Fallen?
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
They are both examples of positive feedback loops that result in abrupt changes to the climate, yes. But, because they are different systems, the feedback loops behave differently. Methane trapped in sea ice is studied and modeled separat
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
I think you are equating "human civilization" with "humanity". I agree that some people are likely to survive a catastrophe, but I don't think that what we think of as civilization is likely to survive a 90% or 99%
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
Our systems of civil society are fairly robust, but at some point those major problems become greater than our ability to cope. Unfortunately, "almost no chance" and "no chance" are not the same thing.
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
The Clathrate gun hypothesis and the thawing of the Arctic ecosystem are two of the "Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" that the US government investigates. These are possible scenarios for abrupt climate change (aka tipping points
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
I'm not sure how anachronism applies to a fictional setting, but have you never played with words to coin a new one? Pulling apart words and putting them back together is one of the more relatable demonstrations of intelligence, imo.
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
I think there is a real benefit for creators of physical rewards when they aren't obligated to fulfill or refund pledges that come in at the very end of the month. They can begin and end shipping earlier, and apply late pledges to nex
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
The problem that charging up-front was created to address was people pledging money, reaping rewards, then dropping out before paying any money at all. With this system, if someone signs up for one month, then drops, the creator still gets
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
> A big problem (that we arguably created ourselves) is a patron could pledge to a creator on the 25th of a month (granting a patron 5-6 days of access), get charged, and then get charged again on the 1st of the next month (granting the
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
The body of the article does refer to the Damore memo. Perhaps the title should be changed to reflect that?
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
I'm curious why you ignored the return request. Was the nature of the product one that made you suspicious of fraud?
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
Welcome to the Cartographers for Social Justice!
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
Positive stories are just as important as the stories of sexism and harassment. One tells us the problem exists, the other reassures us that something can be done about it.
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
> I had studied women in tech for two years as part of my master’s in Sociology degree I don't think the author is extrapolating her personal experience to the industry. Her experience is a personal example of a trend she had previ
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by rexaliquid 9y ago
> I had studied women in tech for two years as part of my master’s in Sociology degree I think the author has more than her personal anecdote to back up her statement.
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
Numbers from the NPR Fact Sheet: http://www.npr.org/about/press/NPR_Fact_Sheet.pdf
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
Wayyy different orders of magnitude. From NPR's self reported estimates, ~10% of the US population listens to NPR radio weekly. Only ~0.013% of web users commented on articles. No telling how many regularly read the comments without
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
Facebook isn't the only social option. Twitter replies are an opportunity for anonymous or semi-anonymous commentary. But, also an opportunity for garbage.
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
Well, it's not all he eats. Just for routine meals. He treats regular food as a treat or experience to spend your entertainment budget (of both time and money) on.
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
AirBnB is great when you can co-locate a household and a rental room. A permanent resident that rents their spare spacetime is an increase in efficiency. The problem is when landlords terminate leases to convert to full-time AirBnB properti
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
That aspect of the game makes Pokemon Go better than other mobile game fads and mainstays. Flappy Go doesn't get you out exploring the areas around you, but catching Pokemon can enable spontaneous discovery of local shops/ restau
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by rexaliquid 10y ago
You'd be surprised.