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by squozzer 8y ago
or burkas.
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by squozzer 8y ago
AND a judge has to put their name on it. Granted, IDs of judges are kept secret for certain courts, BUT nothing stays secret forever, e.g. Stasi records in the former DDR.
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by squozzer 8y ago
We could (and maybe should) demand in trade deals that if you ship us plastic, you take it back. Easy to enforce? I dunno - why not require country of origin for packaging? But assuming that won't happen - sounds like an opportunity fo
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by squozzer 8y ago
It's already happened.
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by squozzer 8y ago
Let's keep tabs on Sam Lavigne as well.
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by squozzer 8y ago
Part of the problem also seems to be the use of experts not to explain or even predict but to manipulate events and to hide downsides in service of that manipulation. E.g. Free trade - easy to love for consumers, economists, and people w
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by squozzer 8y ago
Not to pick on Amazon, but isn't Bezos someone who would support Seattle's intent here? And how much would it have cost Amazon, considering their revenues and the fact their Seattle workforce is ~10% of their total workforce? htt
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by squozzer 8y ago
Some of it has to do with realistic expectations, money-wise and as means to other ends such as scholarships. A project that might help US Soccer is to poach good athletes from other sports who would have trouble getting a scholarship in th
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by squozzer 8y ago
It was always Fumbles.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I have my doubts. It always seems more expensive to work against the 2nd Law of Thermodynamics than with it.
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by squozzer 8y ago
In the end, you (or your heirs) will spend the money. The only questions are when and on what. It's my belief that saving some money is good because it gives you options when times get tough. But, I fear that having a large pile of c
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by squozzer 8y ago
Did not know The WaPo has a blog called The Monkey Cage. Simian metaphors seem to be all the rage in the social media as of late.
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by squozzer 8y ago
And increased vulnerability to the younger and stronger.
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by squozzer 8y ago
What I didn't see in the comments is that CarMax has probably the best selection of vehicles in a given area. To those who know exactly what they want, it doesn't matter as much, but for those who want to compare a RAV4 to a CR-V
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by squozzer 8y ago
I'll wait until Gothic becomes a thing again.
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by squozzer 8y ago
The article doesn't mention the percentage of colonscopies among 50-year-olds that find something bad. If say it was 30%, that sounds like a great reason to start sooner. 5 - 10% maybe not so much.
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by squozzer 8y ago
https://gizmodo.com/5899502/the-quietest-place-on-earth-will...
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by squozzer 8y ago
Some of us who lived in the 1970s have been subjected to unrelenting psyops for 40+ years, mostly in the service of selling things, including political products. It surprises me every day that we aren't in full-throated, Molotov-lobbin
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by squozzer 8y ago
Also, Econ 101 is essentially a naïve exercise in optimizing price-demand curves (find where f'(x) = 0), which assumes prices always converge on a supply-demand equilibrium point. Another model, found in utilities, fixes the cost poi
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by squozzer 8y ago
Thanks for the turn on! I like the Strandbergs!
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by squozzer 8y ago
The bodies, though beautiful, look impractical. But some of the bridges and pickguards I find appealing.
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by squozzer 8y ago
It's not bad. But people who worry will always find another magnet for their anxiety. Now mine is health (still good but can't say the same for some of my peers) and employment / retirement (they are beginning to fuse as a co
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by squozzer 8y ago
I think before MIT or anyone else decides to support or oppose any regime, they should ask themselves, "What are the reasonable alternatives?" But first, an aside - I wish I could remember the name of the YouTube video that descri
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by squozzer 8y ago
The story gripping, the take lucrative. But, in the end, Benter turned a diversion into a job . Still, well played! :)
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by squozzer 8y ago
"Is the movie in 3D?" "No, but your face is!" Today we would consider his role in Valley Girl as stalkerish.
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by squozzer 8y ago
I long for the days when someone who realized they were rich would say, "I'm going to spend 90% of my money on sex and drugs, and waste the rest."
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by squozzer 8y ago
I am not sure retraining is necessary. Even in states where weed is legal, they probably want to clamp down on "illegal" (untaxed) weed. No one has to go to jail or even lose their stash - I expect a fine would suffice. That pushe
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by squozzer 8y ago
Free will may well be an illusion. I prefer to think of the Universe as deterministic but unpredictable. Because we can't see everything behind the events that happen around us. People with more comprehensive knowledge of quantum mecha
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by squozzer 8y ago
I am not so worried about AI exterminating us - because they depend on electricity and they would probably like to keep meatbags around for reboots and such - unless they figure out how to train other primates to replace us.
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by squozzer 8y ago
There might be another reason. Fighting Hitler essentially caused Great Britain to give up her empire. In a way, Hitler was a liberator to the Indians.

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