shipman05

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by shipman05 4y ago
Interesting reaction to the phrasing here. I read OP as framing Lincoln through the eyes of the people who suffered the consequences of his decisions. History is messy. Even unambiguous positives like ending slavery come with a ton of colla
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by shipman05 4y ago
I'd wager it has more to do with portability than anything else. Stealing a car is an order of magnitude more difficult than stealing a bike. A bike can be stolen in seconds (even with the best locks). Stealing a locked car with modern
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by shipman05 4y ago
On its own, no, but for a full featured music service with ad-free YT as an extra perk it seems reasonably priced. Same price as Spotify which doesn't have the YT perk.
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by shipman05 4y ago
It no doubt lacks the customization, but the overwhelming variety of options makes it likely that most people will find something to their liking. YMMV, of course. Personally I've used everything from Japanese-themed Lo-Fi to Skyrim so
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by shipman05 4y ago
I typically stream it and have a curated playlist that cycle through.
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by shipman05 4y ago
Anecdotal, but not all fair skinned people react the same to sun. My wife and her Polish-descended family get a nice golden tan from sun exposure. My English-descended family and I just burn instead. But we all look equally pale during the
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by shipman05 4y ago
YouTube Premium is great for this sort of thing. There are thousands of ambient noise and focus music playlists on there. No ads + music for a reasonable price. I've been a Google/YouTube Music subscriber for years. Every once in
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by shipman05 4y ago
Samwise Gamgee approves.
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by shipman05 4y ago
I've done this, but most of the junk mail I get is from previous residents of my home, even though I've lived at my present address for over 3 years now. I've called some of the frequent mailers and had some success. Others h
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by shipman05 5y ago
This has been my position for a while on so called "vices". Prohibition is ineffective and often does more harm than good, but allowing companies to advertise these products to young people and those who are susceptible to abuse i
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by shipman05 5y ago
Are you arguing that Reagan reined in the military industrial complex? While you may be able to plausibly argue that he reduced government waste in some areas (emphasis on MAY), there is zero room for an argument that he somehow cut the fat
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by shipman05 5y ago
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by shipman05 5y ago
> Pre-Columbian animal density in the Americas was insane, from cod in the east, to buffalo in the middle, to salmon and sardines in the west. People thought it was limitless until it very abruptly wasn't. I'm unsure about the
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by shipman05 5y ago
> standard American diet, which is practically vegetarian already Not by any reasonable definition. Americans consume more meat per capita than any nation on earth. ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by
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by shipman05 5y ago
Spreading out would be the worst case scenario for the environment. (And I'm afraid we might see it due to easy remote work) A single apartment building uses far fewer resources per person than the equivalent number of people would if
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by shipman05 5y ago
Personally, I find living well below my means leads to a great deal of happiness. I never have to stress about money. Never have to worry about losing my job (as long as it isn't a long term loss). I can make future career decisions ba
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by shipman05 5y ago
The KC Star apologized for its past racist coverage last year: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/22/949271163/the-kc-star-apologi...
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by shipman05 6y ago
I have been workshopping a theory that the printing press was far more valuable in the West due to the small number of characters needed for printing the Latin alphabet compared with Chinese characters. I'm admittedly unfamiliar with p
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by shipman05 6y ago
Absolutely a giant jobs program, but, as importantly, it's a conservative-friendly jobs program. Republicans (nominally) care about spending, but make an exception for defense. Democrats care less about spending, and are afraid of bein
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by shipman05 6y ago
I'm not sure this is ends up as utopian as you make it sound. I imagine a lot of people moving out of big cities will bring the big cities with them. First you need your Starbucks. Then your brew pubs. Better roads and sanitary service
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by shipman05 6y ago
Exercise is certainly important, but it takes incredible amounts of exercise to burn the calories consumed during just a single super-sized fast food meal. The amount of exercise needed to maintain a healthy weight while regularly eating 4
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by shipman05 6y ago
Why would the corn lobby be anti meat and dairy? 1/3 of the corn grown in the US is used for livestock feed.
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by shipman05 6y ago
Hot water isn't essential either. Some of us prefer cold showers!
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by shipman05 6y ago
I prefer the F105w-1a.You can get them for $10-15 usually. The "illuminator" EL backlight is worth the few extra bucks IMO https://www.casio.com/products/watches/classic/f105w-1a
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by shipman05 6y ago
Same with 2 year cycles for the House. If the newly elected government acts in a way that the public doesn't like, we can partially replace it pretty quickly. Four year cycles for the house would mean we would have no way of changing c
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by shipman05 6y ago
Low carb doesn't have to mean lots of meat, cheese, and fat. Most people would have positive outcomes from a diet that is 75% whole-food, plant-based no matter what the remaining 25% is.
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by shipman05 7y ago
This future is dystopian (and likely). Sure, there might be a few libertarian or communitarian utopias out there, or maybe even a few safe haven colonies where persecuted groups or sects can live without fear of persecution. But there will
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by shipman05 7y ago
While visiting New Zealand, I heard a type of morning bird that sounded almost like a xylophone. I'm not sure what kind it was. It was the most unique sounding bird I've heard. I can't imagine what it would have been like to
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by shipman05 8y ago
It takes a great deal of training to turn the average person into a willing and able killer, and during every war on record there have been significant propaganda efforts (or religious indoctrination) to make sure the enemy is seen as less
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by shipman05 8y ago
Which in some ways proves the point. Poverty begets poverty. Black Americans are under-represented in the well-educated cohorts of young professionals who get high salary jobs and easily move to high cost-of-living areas.

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