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by secstate 10y ago
Linking the frequent sending of gun emojis to gun violence would be hard indeed. Perhaps it's not phony, per se, but it is so hilariously ancillary to the actual discussion regarding mental health, access to field combat-grade firearms
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by secstate 10y ago
The best analysis I saw of the TPP pointed out how ironic it is that Democrats with elections coming up are against it, but Obama is for it. The reason? Because if we don't implement TPP, the Chinese will likely create their own trade
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by secstate 10y ago
That's an excellent point, that in order to bring in a robot they more or less pre-meditated executing him in the field and likely means the suspect had not moved to escalate the situation. You don't prep the bomb and then only se
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by secstate 10y ago
God I hope that's not legal. It seems like if it's not a hostage situation, you wait it out. The police department effectively decided to summarily execute the perpetrator, which is a bit Judge Dred, if we're being honest her
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by secstate 10y ago
This. And it's disappointing to see more average power liberal citizens fail to appreciate that the lesson of "have power, will not prosecute" is well understood, almost as well understood as the realities of "driving wh
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by secstate 10y ago
Yes, I do hold the same standard. My faith calls me to uphold the worth and dignity of all people, and showing a picture of a rough and ready man smirking as he's about to bring hell on Earth to another human is not entertaining to me.
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by secstate 10y ago
Erich Maria Remarque on his book, All Quiet on the Western Front: "This book is to be neither an accusation nor a confession, and least of all an adventure, for death is not an adventure to those who stand face to face with it. It wil
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by secstate 10y ago
The problem is that it's not really a loaded question, but a valid response to the idea of an age cap amidst indefinite life spans. How do you propose capping the life span of an adult without the use of a termination agent?
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by secstate 10y ago
Ha! ... quick turn around by Fortune, http://fortune.com/2016/06/18/palantir-hack-buzzfeed/ Bizarre to watch a company move like that ... a bit unnerving in an Enders-Game sort of way. Information manipu
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by secstate 10y ago
Pretty sure the folks of the failed N. American colonies might beg to differ [0]. The earliest settlers experienced food shortages, as their crops either failed or were in appropriate for where they landed and were under attack from folks w
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by secstate 10y ago
My take? Zero-calorie sweeteners have no practical reason to exist. It is a marketer's pursuit to make us consume food in ever vaster quantities while being guilt free. What we should be doing is reducing our sugar intake given that mo
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by secstate 10y ago
For starters, the "people lived shorter lives long ago" argument is based on high percentages of infant mortality. While quality of life wasn't always great, the idea that folks only lived to 30 or 40 is pretty easily demonst
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by secstate 10y ago
I would add to the other comment that there are plenty of ways this doesn't improve your life in San Jose. But the Vox article points out those 70K people who live in a slum of Rio do have the benefit of a working system.
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by secstate 10y ago
Pretty sure folks attempting trans-atlantic or pacific voyages in the Age of Sail weren't always promised land, or food or water. Many died, even more lived in horrible circumstances. Shackleton's Expedition comes to mind as one o
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by secstate 10y ago
Ay, but it's kind of the like the road out of a forest fire. Sure, you can go both ways, but if you don't know what the hell you're doing, or are even experienced, but not an expert, best to follow the directions of those aro
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by secstate 10y ago
Salmonella grows best in places that are kept very close to sterilized, like in fully stainless steel kitchens. The environment in many of these third world locations would be hostile to the salmonella or e. coli that kills us.
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by secstate 10y ago
No, but you have a record of the user who typed 'sudo -s' which gives you an idea of where to start asking questions.
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by secstate 10y ago
Pretty sure Forbes was on this same blog post more than two weeks ago. https://is.gd/5xJ4QY [EDIT] Additionally, they accurately point out that, apart from the VP's rant, uBeam is actually persuing something more akin
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by secstate 10y ago
Nope. This is a marketing move, but one that is not done in concert with actually making the state's infrastructure and utility access and cost any better. I love Maine, I love living here, but it is not friendly to business and for th
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by secstate 10y ago
And so the poettering of Linux continues unabated. You know, Windows once had a really solid way to install apps across Windows version too ...
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by secstate 10y ago
And so it would be better if cities were built according to economic potential? At some point you have to pick a reason for doing anything in this world. Religion is about as valid a wealth generation in the long run.
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by secstate 10y ago
That's totally true, but I would argue the second half of your statement covers approximately 5% of the U.S. population, while the first half covers the other 95%. I'd also add that I am an amateur long-distance runner and just co
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by secstate 10y ago
Amen sir. Seems crazy that the tipping point for the OP was being able to require certain services to have come up before others. That seems a fairly elementary aspect of process supervision. For my money, runit gets the nod for modern synt
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by secstate 10y ago
The idea that fat makes one "fatter" is one of the more embarrassing aspects of modern nutritional science. I'm actually not even sure nutrition science resembles real science, given the 5 year cycle of sodium be bad or good
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by secstate 10y ago
So, Kahn Academy, eh? But seriously, I think the biggest problem with this "future of education" proposal is that it STILL assumes that we consume education, and that all people need all the education. With a digital tutor, fine-t
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by secstate 10y ago
As someone who uses Todoist for personal tasks, Asana at work, and Basecamp for those clients who haven't migrate to Asana yet ... yes. From a pragmatic perspective, I'm not sure this can gain traction. The mail exchange protocol
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by secstate 11y ago
This. And that's why "settling" for a centrist democrat simply slows the slide into corporate ownership of the US. The real issue here is having winner-take-all elections. We'd have a much more spirited public debate if
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by secstate 11y ago
In the long-form radio story, the cop very clearly presents that it was the shooters apparent gender that confused him and nearly cost him his life and the life of the perpetrator. They also noted in the story that officers are briefed on
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by secstate 11y ago
No, the cop on the show explained his reasoning that he expected a young white male. Cops are taught that active shooters are predominantly young white males. You can argue statistics, but the officer in the piece specifically said he was l
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by secstate 11y ago
That's fascinating. I remember reading something a while ago about the loss of regional accents (there's a great "Downeast" accent up here in Maine that no one has anymore, except lobstermen). People like to blame mass m

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