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by syshum 5y ago
I dont believe anywhere did I talk about distracted walking. I was talking about distracted DRIVING
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by syshum 5y ago
Did you read the comment I replied to, Their exact statement was that the government has a compelling interest in curbing obesity because they pay for health care.. jeez, context matter.... Further it is completely logical conclusion that
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by syshum 5y ago
"At Speed" what kind of speed are we talking, but "At Speed" chances are the type of vehicle make very little difference. At best the augment can be made for very very very low speed accidents.
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by syshum 5y ago
I dont know about you, but I think a better use of time would be going into preventing pedestrian vehicle contact, then trying to ruin the vehicles people love.... (and make no mistake, adopting the changes people want to these vehicles w
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by syshum 5y ago
Thank you for highlighting why I will never support government healthcare. I do not wish to live in a world where the government is monitoring and regulating what I have for breakfast, "for my own good" No thank you, I will pass
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by syshum 5y ago
No, there is clear correlation between increased Smart Phone Adoption and the increase in Pedestrian Fatalities. many people want to blame the increase in SUV or worse F150's because they have a flat front, this is moronic on a number
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by syshum 5y ago
>>-like the obesity epidemic--rather than cars. The key here from a government standpoint is Obesity impacts the life of the obese person only. Where as bad driving will kill other people, infact often does not kill the bad driver in
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by syshum 5y ago
And you believe both of those are justifications for violating an persons Body Automomy, their human rights not to have medical treatments done to them with out their consent? That seems to be a very Authoritarian respone, and one that has
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by syshum 5y ago
Except you can use PSRef from lenovo and find out most of that info including if the model you bought has soldered memory or not...
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by syshum 5y ago
This is all true, however my comments was comparing them to modern competitors on the market today, not the older ThinkPad which IMO is an unfair comparion and it unlikely IBM would have continued or been any different in the modern market
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by syshum 5y ago
They do have ThinkPads that are certified to work with Linux, ship with linux, and have Nivida Graphics The W541 is not one of those models... Lenovo has one of the best websites for looking up their models, and configuration. I am not awa
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by syshum 5y ago
I am torn... Do I thank RedHat for Linux support on laptops, or do i hate RedHat for killing CentOS....
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by syshum 5y ago
>>Those who are anti-vax for any preventable, deadly disease choose their individual freedom over their community's safety. Such is their right. In turn, it is the right of the community to protect itself against the risk these p
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by syshum 5y ago
I dont know I used both IBM Thinkpads, and Lenovo ThinkPad's including current gen. I do not find Lenovo ThinkPads to be any worse than the business offers from Dell, or HP. In some ways they are better, in some ways there are worse I
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by syshum 5y ago
Given that I started this discussion I think I have a understanding of what is under discussion. The main thesis that was/is being debated is one on corruption and the feedback loop between government and corporations. For which I con
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by syshum 5y ago
>>How about conscription? I would argue forcing people to join an armed conflict is a much bigger transgression on your freedom than a vaccine mandate, would you not? First and foremost just because government has not used its power o
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This is a very simplistic explanation of limited liability, and absolute does not cover all situation for which government shields companies from liability. For example EPA, and other government agencies have all kinds of regulations that c
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by syshum 5y ago
Nationwide roads are not bad. There are some states that are worse than others for the roads. Most of the big stories however have been about Interstate system bridges which are funded by mostly an 18.4c per gallon tax on gas and a commer
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by syshum 5y ago
>>So which is it? :) Again it is applicable to both, you asserted it was only conservatives that have this trait, I contend it is both. >>Well I'm in the UK I am sorry ;) >>Yet you reacted when I mentioned conserva
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by syshum 5y ago
So we have come full circle, and you are basically restating my original thesis. Government created corporations, corporations are not a free market invention. With out government there can be no corporations as they are simply a fictitio
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by syshum 5y ago
I see the fundamental issue here. You are looking at from a perspective of what the government should be doing for you, where I do not believe the government should do anything for me. I look at from what the government is or can do to me,
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by syshum 5y ago
I dont think is a conservative / liberal thing. Yes some conservatives have a greater reaction to 9/11, and seem to be more suspectable to external threats / rhetoric like Islamic terrorism, china, russia, etc. However when i
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by syshum 5y ago
>>Government is less powerful nowadays than it has ever been since WW2. I absolutely disagree with this. Under what metric and what government are you referring to. US Federal Government has continually and unabatedly has increased a
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My mentality seems to be very different from the norm, because none of those things cause me any stress at all. I think about them from a Policy stand point, I may recycle or by a sustainable product because I know about climate change, but
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by syshum 5y ago
>>“If you want to change the system,” Gilovich said, “you’ve got to make people think in systemic terms.” or put another more accurate way, if you want to take money from people, you have a dehumanize them, abstract them away into a
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by syshum 5y ago
The problem here is the unyielding reality that power corrupts. This is true if this power comes in the form of Government, or Corporations. Society today has self feeding feedback loop that is going to continue to grow where in government
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by syshum 5y ago
And you do not think there will be not Union, and Political issue with Automating away one of the largest employment sectors in the nation? For crying out loud we still build tanks that the military has not wanted for years because its a jo
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by syshum 5y ago
80K for a owner operator is shit, he is not bring home 80K in salary, out of that 80K he has to pay for the Truck, Fuel, Insurance, Repairs, Self Employment Taxes, License Fees, and a whole host of other things My Guess that is eating abo
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by syshum 5y ago
Let me know when they manage to automated cross country freight trains, then we can talk about when they will have automated interstate trucks, let alone intrastate trucks (which make up probally 60% or more of the driver jobs) in 2060 th
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I dont know how reliable these indeed salaries are, I also know many many many drivers that are making less than 50K a year putting in 50-60 hours a week (or more) and are away from their familes for 5-7 days at a time

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