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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Where is the sub 30k Tesla? Being able to design a car such as the model 3 is a huge feat, no doubt. However execution is equally as important, and no matter which way you slice it, GM hit the market first. It is not always fair, the innova
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Right, which is why I am _not_ saying that the EU is in any way homogeneous. What I am saying is that _neither_ the EU or the US are homogeneous. And the same treatment that is applied to the EU when claiming that a certain culture describe
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
If I walk into a government building in my state, I will pick up a pamphlet which has notices in English, Spanish, Russian, Vietnamese and Arabic. I can walk down a street and hear each of those languages being spoken. Are you really going
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
There is a great variation in the United States. A country of 300 million people, where each state has a unique culture and identity. For some reason, "American" is often generalized to be a caricature that I, having lived in the
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Maybe less "negative" and more "non-constructive". It is a personal annoyance of mine when a reply points out a flaw or misunderstanding, but does so behind a veil of ambiguity. It completely passes up on a chance to edu
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
I am not the OC, but I think he was going on about how you apparently attributed a certain level of "reason" to evolution. His contention is that evolution exists free of reason. I think you two are disagreeing on the term reason.
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
You continue to miss why I brought those up: I brought up the homelessness and potential reasons for the lack of homelessness in my original comment because the author posited those as proof that SFO is broken. I was _responding directly to
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
I know its an age old internet adage to not feed the trolls.. How am I not listening to his opinion? Or yours, if I were so kind as to categorize as such. I conceded that China has many strengths, many of which the US can learn from. How is
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Not at all. I am conceding points where China is ahead. Yes, their transportation infrastructure is improving at a pace far greater than the United States. I won't take that away from China. You and the parent are missing _my_ point. T
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Not being smug towards China at all, they do many commendable things. However, the author did not use the militarization of police, or mass incarceration as negative points in the US. He used the homelessness, drug use and mental illness al
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
I can not disagree with this article more, and I do not mean with his experiences, that is fine, embrace your feelings. But to pretend that China _solves_ these social problems is a farce. China _jails_ these social problems. China _forces_
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
The problem is, you are ignoring the very real social and political problems in China, either because they are hidden from your view or they do not impact people like you. San Francisco has social problems, but they let their social problem
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
I have often wondered if NPR or public radio in general is motivated to pander to a demographic. By this I mean, consider the leaders of the organization have demographic data on who is most likely to pledge support during their quarterly p
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Please keep comments constructive. This does not help the original questioner, who may not understand why it isn't a fantastic analogy. Please either refrain from the negative commentary, or enhance the conversation by clarifying why y
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
It is generally considered inappropriate for a mental health practitioner to offer a diagnosis without formally seeing the patient in question, so I doubt that someone who has the knowledge to make an assessment would take the leap and brea
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Right I agree. But admitting that may change how we view the issue. If we accept it isn't these faceless near-criminals throwing garbage at us, but rather advertising companies producing ads that work. Still, I do not know what to do a
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
Right, but the web is the great democracy. And in the great democracy, the will of the majority wins outright. I believe, that a majority of the folks on the web today are alright with these ads. Much like the ads in Creative Computing spok
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
One aspect of web ads that nobody seems to mention, especially with click-bait articles, is that people click them. They work, and they work very well. Within the insular world of tech people, it all seems so absurd that anyone would be int
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
I understand that its slightly beyond the scope of this article, but it is important to note that many, many people give informed consent for Google et al to track their location history. Both Google Maps and Google Photos insist on enablin
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by salmon30salmon 10y ago
To be entirely fair, it is very easy to not be motivated by money when you have enough to last a lifetime. Sure, there are certainly many CEOs who use money as a measure of success, but its not like Mr. Musk is living in project housing and
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by salmon30salmon 11y ago
I feel the same way. Every few months I will have a moment where I think, "I really shouldn't be using this small screen 14 hours a day, lets hook up my 22 inch monitor" and I use it for all of 8 minutes before I switch back.
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by salmon30salmon 11y ago
I think this is interesting, from a planning standpoint of today. In Portland, there is a huge effort to focus on pushing biking and transit as opposed to improving the quality and capacity of our roads. I find this interesting, only becaus