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by squozzer 13y ago
Good luck to Kerik on his reform crusade. But now that he's an American dalit, please forgive my pessimism.
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by squozzer 13y ago
I would only say this -- sticking to facts, avoiding emotionally-charged or conclusive words (e.g. "dishonest", "evil"), and -- perhaps extreme cases -- not naming names makes the claim of disparagement much harder to st
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by squozzer 13y ago
US invasion imminent.
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by squozzer 13y ago
the whole notion of blind studies I would love to see implemented not just for tech startup funding, but jury selection, and a few others I'm having trouble imagining at the moment.
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by squozzer 13y ago
I haven't flown since before 9/11, and I didn't like the airport experience too much then. I'm sure I'd like it less now. But I keep in mind that the airplane + TSA still saves a lot of time compared to trains, boat
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by squozzer 13y ago
Been there, done that. It might be worthwhile to use Earth-to-Moon travel as a benchmark -- such as we used "crossing the Atlantic" or "New York to LA". Otherwise, what's the use? 1) I suppose we could build factori
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by squozzer 13y ago
I think the conclusion is wrong. Many people care about many things. But most of us aren't really equipped to lead a movement, and most self-organizing movements lack the focus and ability to put aside differences to achieve more than
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by squozzer 13y ago
The ruling seems to have put the kibosh on legal redress. Now the question becomes of what to do next. So how does one neutralize something like an NSA? Where are their pressure points?
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by squozzer 13y ago
I like this idea a little better -- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/9243318/Container-living...
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by squozzer 13y ago
Keep in mind, a lot of jobs have transparent (or at least published) salaries which hasn't seemed to render negotiation tactics ineffective or, for that matter, raised the maturity level of people holding said jobs. For example, profes
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by squozzer 13y ago
I see another premise. Which is, without knowledge, one has fewer options to resist violence. Now as to the utility of the knowledge provided, who can say?
702.
by squozzer 13y ago
In simpler English it wasn't the deflation that nearly destroyed the world economy, it was the near-destruction of the world economy that triggered the deflation.
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by squozzer 13y ago
Roger that. AutoZone uses an iPad in their stores for yeoman duties. And today I checked into a potential employer's office on a kiosk tablet. Some other vertical markets -- car diagnostics, tuners.
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by squozzer 13y ago
I like trains. Really! But maybe the proper question is not, "Why build high-speed rail?" but "Why travel at all?" Especially the example given about those who live in Barcelona and commute to London by air. Probably not
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by squozzer 13y ago
My fear is that touting a certain number of bits in the instruction set as a proxy for technological leadership will bite Apple in the ass. It's never been something they emphasized with much success -- e.g. the early PowerPC chips wer
706.
by squozzer 13y ago
Interesting idea, but it seems to have a trade-off -- instead of negotiating a single (or perhaps a few) relationships, you have to negotiate about 20. It sounds a lot like a n*(n-1) problem.
707.
by squozzer 13y ago
I wouldn't count on it. The US govt has enough media lapdogs who would shout down any calls to ground the fleet. I predict we won't have much longer to wait before the hypothesis is tested.
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by squozzer 13y ago
used to go mammoth hunting with my bros but it wuz too much dangerous work so i thot about how to catch lots of smaller critters instead. then i dug holes with stakes in them and set big tree branches to fall down and kill critters. that wa
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by squozzer 13y ago
theguardian.com excepted, of course.
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by squozzer 13y ago
His crime was being capable of displacing Kim Jong Un. Almost every monarch in history had a purge of uncles and male cousins.
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by squozzer 13y ago
US invasion imminent.
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by squozzer 13y ago
tl;dr: It depends on who does the picking and the assumptions they hold. In both cases, the entity with less power (PhD, male) initiates the selection, and the entity (company, female) with greater power says yea or nay. A way to work aroun
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by squozzer 13y ago
I would say this is a symptom that could be explained by Turchin's structural-demographic theory -- that is, increasing competition for resources (including political power) produces measures that even in earlier, more violent periods
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by squozzer 13y ago
You give 'em a broadside from your 74, board their vessel, and hang the survivors.
715.
by squozzer 13y ago
"Nothing is beyond our reach" - except subtlety, obviously.
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by squozzer 13y ago
The problem with distinguishing agents provocateur from real terrorists lies in the proof. Enough real terrorists / revolutionaries / gangsters exist that one cannot assume governments acting as the sole generator. And reasonable
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by squozzer 13y ago
Generally the distinction between gangster and terrorist depends on the motive. But the methods don't differ much.
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by squozzer 13y ago
He does seem to reinforce the stereotype of the eccentric physicist, e.g. the rumor that Einstein couldn't tie his shoelaces.
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by squozzer 13y ago
Funny I should find this after mopping and scrubbing my kitchen floor (I have a Y chromo, BTW.) I like a certain amount of cleanliness and order, not Felix Unger levels, so I handle my assigned areas to the level I like and no one seems to
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by squozzer 13y ago
I think we are all in this together, whether we acknowledge it or not. Bombs fall on enemy and sympathizer alike. To me the question is, "Who decides the allocation of the burdens and benefits?" That answer is obvious. And it&#x27

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