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tailgate
11y ago
Generally they would just take the factory: "nationalization". You try getting a businessperson to work for free.
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tailgate
11y ago
You wouldn't hire someone solely because of a nerdy hobby?
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tailgate
11y ago
At this point I wonder if they're better off selling their house and moving to Mexico or something.
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tailgate
11y ago
I think you're missing the context in which "people have it pretty good" is said. It's not a statement made by itself out of nowhere, but as part of a moral judgment, to claim people today have right to complain about w
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tailgate
11y ago
It's a pretty screenwriting 101 level of symbolism. Why does that make it brillant?
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tailgate
11y ago
It's somewhat shocking that smart people will believe this with the only proof being a man who died over 40 years ago.
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tailgate
11y ago
Would you ever trust an app that was linked to your identity and stored a list of places you visited? Be careful what you wish for.
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tailgate
11y ago
As a native English speaker who is hard of hearing, I can echo his pain with phonetics. I learned most of English from reading and writing, and I say a lot of words incorrectly. People I am talking to that do not know me well often treat me
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11y ago
> Also, I think the commutes are somewhat blown-up. Plenty of cheap places in San Jose that aren't much more than 40 minutes away if you avoid rush hour. Leaving aside the question of whether or not 40 min is a reasonable commute, y
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11y ago
Games are sadly just on the cusp of developing a true arts culture - but we have yet to move out of the consumer mentality, where the only value of a game is if you were entertained by it at your most base level. It also doesn't help t
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tailgate
11y ago
In what universe is learning to drive a "few" hours? At minimum most courses I know of have 10-20 hours of lecture type instruction.
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tailgate
11y ago
I think more likely they're referring to Perestroika and Glasnost leading to the 1991 failed coup. Does anyone who matters seriously believe the above myth?
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tailgate
11y ago
Generally some version of spinster, future crazy cat lady, etc;
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tailgate
11y ago
I met an one of the entrepreneurs behind the jitterbug(now known as a different company). Initially they focused it at parents wanting phones for their children, but now it's mostly for the elderly. He said they failed at their market
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11y ago
Instead of the asinine speculation currently below your comment, I thought I'd post a helpful link explaining Obama's relationship with the surveillance state. http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/12&#x
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11y ago
I grew up after the open source revolution of the 80's and 90's, but my parents did not get internet until I was in high school. At one point though, I read "How To Be A Hacker" and tried to emulate that world when I sta