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by steve19 11y ago
I wonder about the African part. African cultures, and languages, vary a lot. There is zero cultural crossover between Zulus, Marsai and Egyptians for example. (I worked in Africa for a number of years)
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by steve19 11y ago
I don't disagree! In fact I firmly believe that the ends never justifies the means. But I wonder how many people would consider a major war to be beneficial if it lead to real fusion ie. limitless clean energy for the world, the end of
813.
by steve19 11y ago
Many things result in technology being developed. War, for example, creates vast amounts of technology (including rocket technology, satellite etc) , but that is not a good reason to engage in warfare.
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by steve19 11y ago
Maybe one day we will get half decent two factor authentication. You can create an alternative login and put 2 factor on that, but not the master login. In theory you should never have to use the master login, and they have written pages of
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by steve19 11y ago
If an Uber driver did that I would 1 star him. And when Uber contacted me to know why, I would tell them. When a cab driver is rude... its just normal.
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by steve19 11y ago
I guess it would be an appeal of the sentence, rather than appealing her the charges she pled guilty to.
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by steve19 11y ago
Justice is indeed blind. Manning had her day in court. Nobody disputes what she did, or that is was illegal. She pled guilty and was convicted. Now arguing that this is not fair is something else alltogether.
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by steve19 11y ago
It should never have come to this. They have commendable ideals but Tsipras and Varoufakis, and activist and an academic, were the wrong people at the wrong time. What the Greeks needed was old-school politicians who have played the game fo
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by steve19 11y ago
I can't speak to all religious traditions, I would say that in many Judeo-Christian traditions, that is not the case (and again, I can't speak for even a small minority of these traditions) "Why do we do what we do?" or
820.
by steve19 11y ago
"... is why most people avoid philosophy" Billions of people discuss and debate morality every week at Churches, Synagogues, Temples, Mosques and Monasteries etc. I don't think its that people don't want to be asked big
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by steve19 11y ago
So don't punish the individuals but punish their grandchildren because they share 1/4 of thier grandparents DNA. Sounds fair. Now how about we make a family tree of all the anti gay marridge activists so we can punish thier great-
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by steve19 11y ago
See the NFA Act. Each grenade is legally a separate destructive device. Some States outlaw destructive devices, but they are legal under Federal law (with appropriate permits). You don't see people with them because there are not many
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by steve19 11y ago
"Sometimes, they would use motorcycles to surround the police, threatening them with AK47 rifles and grenades." Very, very unlikely. China has an almost complete ban on civilian ownership of firearms. The only exception is for rar
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by steve19 11y ago
The EFF might not like it, and most internet users might not like it either, but being able to track users pays for most of the free content we consume on the internet. Thats just the reality. Less pragmatic people might argue "micro p
825.
by steve19 11y ago
After an hour of staring at a white LCD screen,I think you will see whatever your brain wants you to see ;-)
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by steve19 11y ago
I find amazon excellent. Either by just looking at books I like and seeing what other people have purchased, or creating a wishlist and it suggesting new books. Apps are indeed terrible. The algorithms are shit because people buy shit, so t
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by steve19 11y ago
I don't think you sound callousness. Life is too short to commit crimes and spend it in prison, or be killed because of those crimes... and worse than that bring your family into it. You made the right call.
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by steve19 11y ago
Surley he fears being convicted of rape more. If he was worried about the US extradition before the swedes wanted him for rape, why was he hanging around in Europe in the first place?
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by steve19 11y ago
Where do you personally draw the line between harassment and police enforcing the law? For example, if homeless folks cannot procreate without having sex in public locations, such as behind a bush in a public park, and we accept that bannin
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by steve19 11y ago
I am astounded that the French government is doing exactly what the violent Taxi protesters (rioters?) wanted. This sends a clear message to any other groups: burn enough cars and blockade an airport and you will get what you want. I though
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by steve19 11y ago
Getting older and losing these frequencies has been a blessing. Switch power supplies and old school LCD screens (or the switching power supply used to power them), like those on my palm pilot and other electronics used to really bug me whe
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by steve19 11y ago
Science has not changed, nor has bad science. There gave always been incentives to produce bad science, just like there has always been a moral incentive to produce good science. The religious zeal I think comes from fan boys/girls not
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by steve19 11y ago
... or is it a Broadcom marketing scheme masquerading as a charity?
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by steve19 11y ago
The Pi requires a micro SD, power supply (2a at least), USB WIFI. Once you add all those up, a cheap smart phone which includes a battery, battery charging circuitry, a camera, a touch screen and GSM seems much more attractive.
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by steve19 11y ago
That's the core of the problem, the license means little because the union will generally fight tooth and nail for any teacher that faces discipline. Which would you rather have, a teacher that taught and inspired your 6 year old kids,
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by steve19 11y ago
why does your teacher need a license? background check, sure, but license?
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by steve19 11y ago
can you give some examples of these so called bullshit jobs? you might not agree that military jobs are useful (I think they serve a useful purpose) or the government in general (could be smaller, but it's not all bullshit in my opinio
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by steve19 11y ago
alternatively, they could decrease income tax so that salaries can be lowered but net income remains the same (or even increases) to make robots less competitive.
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by steve19 11y ago
He was 15 years old when he was given full power, and at this point China had already invaded. What he "inherited" with his position is irrelevant to him as a person. That said, feudal Tibet was not a great place to be a serf.
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by steve19 11y ago
"So Abbott and her husband walked into Buddy’s this past winter, hoping to replace the old sofa in their trailer, six years old, its wiring poking through the bottom, cutting gashes into the living room floor." The easy and cheap

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