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by sosborn 10y ago
> do we really need regional variations in math textbooks? I think there is value in having our population exposed to a diverse range of textbooks. I can't prove it, but I suspect that a homogenous education system would be detrimen
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by sosborn 10y ago
> Of course Alphabet would be a more logical path Why? The only thing we know for sure is that Google has been much less secretive about its desires. That doesn't mean that it is further ahead or has a better solution (and for the r
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by sosborn 10y ago
> As a CO resident, maybe you just haven't noticed how shitty our drivers are ;) I've lived in many places, including Colorado, and let me tell you – drivers are shitty everywhere :)
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by sosborn 10y ago
The reference to wasting time was about internal recruiters. OP is advocating for the use of external recruiters.
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by sosborn 10y ago
Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful
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by sosborn 10y ago
Again, what does that have to do with "being green"?
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by sosborn 10y ago
What does "being green" have to do with suicide rates at factories that are, by and large, in line with rates in the U.S.?
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by sosborn 10y ago
From what I gather some of the appeal is that what we've been doing doesn't seem to be working, so why not shake it up? I don't agree with that statement, but I can see why people fall into it.
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by sosborn 10y ago
You are allowed to be "no smoking." It doesn't say that you can't smoke, which is the only possible interpretation of the second option.
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by sosborn 10y ago
The real reason I shop on Amazon? Every other website spams those damn surveys when all I want to do is browse products.
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by sosborn 10y ago
> Sure but is there really a big difference between these sentences: Yes.
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by sosborn 10y ago
> allowing people to build so many houses that the market price gets driven into the ground I live in Honolulu, Hawaii. Prices here are RIDICULOUS, but this is the last thing I want. At some point growth has to stop or we will lose what
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by sosborn 10y ago
Of course, eating that 300 calories of snack is easier than either of those options :)
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by sosborn 11y ago
> It's a bad report across the board... Just to put this into perspective: > quarterly net income of $10.5 billion
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by sosborn 11y ago
Well, that's a bit apples to oranges. You don't have many options for sending shit into space.
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by sosborn 11y ago
If we argue that regulations don't stop criminals (DRM etc) then doesn't it also hold true that regulations wouldn't stop do-gooders? (sorry, not the best word).
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by sosborn 11y ago
Unfortunately, after a while it stops being "news".
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by sosborn 11y ago
How is it any different than a retail mall charging rent based on square footage and revenue?
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by sosborn 11y ago
> The biggest problem with it though is how effective it can be at influencing policy against the public interest. The thing is that "public interest" is hard to define and dependent on each individual. Someone lobbying for a n
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by sosborn 11y ago
A good real estate agent you can trust is worth the 3%. They can foresee potential roadblocks, help you navigate the somewhat complicated process and really find you your dream home. The real trick is finding one of those agents.
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by sosborn 11y ago
it's a setting.
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by sosborn 11y ago
The problem isn't Facebook. The problem is that the community center decided that maintaining a website wasn't worth the cost and/or the effort.
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by sosborn 11y ago
> whiting out the night vision required to properly enjoy the show Doesn't the very first firework do the very same thing?
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by sosborn 11y ago
> I am shocked sometimes to see empathy here for anyone that would execute you by cutting your head off, stone women and homosexuals, and rule a nation with an archaic religion. I don't think the empathy is really for that group. I
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by sosborn 11y ago
Did you read the article at all? > There are night owls among us — whose whole circadian schedules are shifted later — and morning larks, who are shifted earlier. (If you're curious, you can assess your chronotype with this quiz her
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by sosborn 11y ago
Please explain why you think lobbying = corruption. Lobbyists can certainly be corrupt, but there is nothing inherent to lobbying that equates to corruption.
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by sosborn 11y ago
>I think the Everest situation is actually a little sillier, in that you have a bunch of people coming home saying "I climbed Everest!" and everybody forgets the little detail that they had personal staff prepping their every w
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by sosborn 11y ago
> Just because something is pretty, doesn't make it good. I understand that you are taking a shot a Apple's focus on design, but what part of Safari makes you think they sacrificed function for form? If you don't like Safa
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by sosborn 11y ago
> going in to Walmart. Oh my god, the horror! You might be mistaken for a filthy peasant!
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by sosborn 11y ago
> "Whales" (as a fishing metaphor) You probably already know this, but for those that don't, this phrase was borrowed from the casino community. Seems apt, no?

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