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by staplers 5y ago
Brain folding (not size) is thought to be associated with more efficient cognition.
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by staplers 5y ago
Most bank notes aren't "backed by anything". Reserve requirements are now zero for banks. Source: https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/reservereq.htm
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by staplers 5y ago
As with any work, the great artworks do both. They are both immediately striking to laypeople yet also intrigue those deep in the art world.
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by staplers 5y ago
https://climate.nasa.gov/news/2927/examining-the-viability-o... Something a little more simple and using abundant resources.
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by staplers 5y ago
You'll get downvoted, but we punish personal drug use significantly more than catastrophic world-ending environmental crimes.
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by staplers 5y ago
This wasn't charity. It was genocide. Deputy Minister of Indian Affairs in Canada in 1920: "I want to get rid of the Indian problem. I do not think as a matter of fact, that the country ought to continuously protect a class of peo
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by staplers 5y ago
Most messaging platforms/chatrooms won't autoplay video. Which in the context of quick "reactions" doesn't work well at all.
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by staplers 5y ago
Being pro-marxist 70 years ago meant jail time. It's always been this way, just for a different sect of people.
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by staplers 5y ago
But there were no neighborhood activists protesting every foot of track Well, there were, but they were killed/displaced.
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by staplers 5y ago
I'd guess the same thing that stops Senators from trading on inside knowledge of global issues.. nothing
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by staplers 5y ago
That's several steps beyond what most in society are capable of foreshadowing. A society of mad kings (on all political sides) who want anyone not like them "taken away" with little solutions on actually fixing the problems t
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by staplers 5y ago
Not working in tech means it's unlikely you know how the sausage is made. Similar to factory farmed meat. I'm sure if you worked there, you'd be more likely to avoid eating it.
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by staplers 5y ago
where gangs and police forces have started to merge "By 1923 it was estimated over half of the PPB were also members of the Klan." If you research most municipal police forces in the United States, it's always been th
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by staplers 5y ago
Paywall
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by staplers 5y ago
Benevolent dictators can make their dictatorship feel very democratic if they aren't abusing their power. The problem is that benevolence eventually erodes when conflicted interests come to head. Then everyone sees how truly democratic
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by staplers 5y ago
I can't tell if you are disagreeing with me. Everything you said is what was implied by what I wrote.
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by staplers 5y ago
You actually pay for it twice as a taxpayer.
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by staplers 5y ago
This would be a great argument to defend slavery in the 1800's.
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by staplers 5y ago
The ACLU or National Lawyers Guild have a pretty solid reputation for taking action against unlawful policing. Links: https://www.nlg.org/defunding-the-police/ https://www.aclu.org/news/criminal-la
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by staplers 5y ago
I think the idea is that you "pay" the charity instead of the tax man. This in turn allows you to take income from the charity (as an advisor/board member/fake title) so you're getting some back (with 40% taxed as i
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by staplers 6y ago
"Temporary value recovery" interesting way to contradict your original claim. All value fluctuates.
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by staplers 6y ago
I have distanced myself from hn GREATLY over the last year. The decline is seemingly exponential.
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by staplers 6y ago
a company that inefficiently mines a resource that's going to be stored forever and mostly used to speculate I've never heard the Nasdaq described like this. Interesting though.
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by staplers 6y ago
Dogecoin isn't listed on Coinbase. Is NYSE, Nasdaq, or SNP500 selling pumped speculation?
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by staplers 6y ago
Monero is mostly traceable still. Source: https://www.sciendo.com/article/10.1515/popets-2018-0025
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by staplers 6y ago
sells pumped speculation Probably the same type of person to criticize biased journalism.
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by staplers 6y ago
I felt the same when fax machines started being released with internet connectivity. Needless to say all the fax machine companies went out of business because no one wanted internet features associated with their faxes.
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by staplers 6y ago
Everyday this community outs itself more and more as a phony "smart guy club". I stated factual reality and am met with vitriol and attacks. I never said it wasn't slightly better.
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by staplers 6y ago
Something to consider when discussing EV's is that they outsource energy production to industrial/rural areas. Sometimes to "sustainable" sources (hydro, wind, solar) but often to coal, nat gas, etc. I suspect the added
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by staplers 6y ago
Terrifyingly, this isolation makes it easier to manipulate and polarize the population. Paired with capitalistic engagement-hungry algorithms, I see a dark future.

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