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by starkd 4y ago
Also, boys are not less affected by this than girls. They are just affected in different ways. They are more likely to act out in anti-social ways.
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by starkd 4y ago
But stating an opinion as fact is not evidence he thinks there is truly only one theory. It is just how many people talk. Everyone knows he means there is only one theory that he can think of to explain it.
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by starkd 4y ago
People can live without electricity, but only for very brief periods of time. If we had to go extended periods, I don't think it would be a stretch to say civilisational collapse would be immanent.
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by starkd 4y ago
>> And even when projects are approved, developers often discover they need to pay for new transmission lines to deliver power to residents and businesses. Those transmission lines often face further permitting delays. Just discoverin
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by starkd 4y ago
But don't they also export much of that agricultural output? Maybe the citizens do not eat it, but they sure are dependent on its exportation. Not like farmers can easily switch to something else.
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by starkd 4y ago
>> just for the joy of eating something that tastes nice That is an example of assuming the worst about someone else with whom you disagree. Taste is not a minor factor. It is a major part of life. Life rituals, commmunity are built
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by starkd 4y ago
Italians recognize that food is just as much about taste, enjoyment and life satisfaction than it is about nutrition. Suppose we could have all our meals with just a pill and still fulfill all our nutritional needs, would it be better? No
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by starkd 4y ago
One factor I am suprised no one seems to be mentioning is taste. In the absence of quality tests for how well lab-grown meat serves as a nutritional substitute, I would think taste would be a good metric. Perhaps even better than tests,
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by starkd 4y ago
Which of these companies is using open hardware/software in their products? I wish it were true, but somehow I doubt that is going to happen.
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by starkd 4y ago
But it is rather deceptive. Seeing your bill jump after driving somewhere that does not conform to your usual schedule feels constraining. People don't consult their policy before driving somewhere. They expect policies to be somew
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by starkd 4y ago
Well, thanks for the strawman. When you debate in strawman arguments, you block constructive debate from moving forward. The issue is one of judicial discernment. It is the ability for a supreme court to make up rights not written into t
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by starkd 4y ago
It also can be argued that overturning Woe v. Wade was good, because it put it into the hands of legislators. It was shitty law because it instituted a right where none was. Thus, it kept legislators from legislating on an evolving issue
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by starkd 4y ago
But isn't that true of most any game meat? I've heard that bear meat can be tough and grisly, but I was told it depends on how you butcher it.
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by starkd 4y ago
>> When the problem is defined as too many carbon emissions, the solutions will be optimized to reduce emissions. When the problem is defined as too little education and bodily autonomy, solutions such as schooling and birth control m
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The Malthusians Are Back Over-Population Worriers are joining an ugly tradition(theatlantic.com)
4 points by starkd 4y ago|3 comments
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by starkd 4y ago
No way. Maybe at one time, but her comments in recent years put her way out of that category.
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by starkd 4y ago
He did lose money while in office, but some point to his deal with the Saudis for $2 billion for the LIV golf project he started with Greg Norman. But that seems to be more of an investment than a payoff, but that remains to be seen.
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by starkd 4y ago
You can't possibly be this naive. The people giving them money have access to power. Even a former president has plenty of contacts within the government as well as the public stage. They can be enormously persuasive on issues with t
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by starkd 4y ago
Always found it suspicious how Al Gore became worth $100 million within two short years of leaving office. Clinton too.
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by starkd 4y ago
The turning point was the Clinton administration. Before that, no former president would dare sully the office by accepting honorarium or speaking fees. At least, not nearly on the scale Clinton took it to.
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by starkd 4y ago
People generally do not respond to insults. It only takes a little imagination to see how you react when someone swears at you. Invert the situation. It is a basic empathy test that they fail.
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by starkd 4y ago
Its not just the age. Unless you have been studying/working with those topics within the last 6 mos or have accumulated a working habit in the area over many years, your working knowledge of any one topic is going to be quite superfici
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by starkd 4y ago
No idea what a random forwards is. Look at what David Sacks has been saying. There are many benefiting from this war. Neither Russia nor ukraine are on that list.
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by starkd 4y ago
Its a proxy war because US is using Ukraine as an convenient excuse to take Russia down a few pegs militarily. US Rep. Dan Crenshaw-TX admitted it, saying that its a way to fight Russia on the cheap with no American casualties. Of course
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by starkd 4y ago
The manipulations within the state dept. by Victoria Nuland are well known. She was literally caught on the phone planning who was going to be pushed as the next leader. By labelling it a conspiracy, you are simply trying to disparage a v
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by starkd 4y ago
And that completely ignores how the world really works. You are perfectly content to risk WWIII. It is not 1945 anymore. You are risking a nuclear conflict that would be absolutely horrific.
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by starkd 4y ago
Huh? Dan Crenshaw has been all in on this war in Ukraine. He even openly admitted that it was a golden opportunity because we could fight a major geopolitical adversary on the cheap by just sending weapons with no American casualties - com
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by starkd 4y ago
That's the point. The people behind The Bulwark don't believe "this coup nonsense" because they are pushing for war there. All the writers there are always pushing for military solutions to everything.
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by starkd 4y ago
Business Insider is not credible. Its a rag. They had the basis for peace talks to begin. Biden Administration decided to use it as a cheap way to damage Russia militarily with no American deaths. But massive Ukrainian deaths they find
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by starkd 4y ago
No, no problem. Just an observation.

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