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by tbihl 5y ago
Not me, but a coworker of mine is the only guy in my office who hasn't been vaccinated (rest of us got second dose at end of January) because of adverse reactions to past (milder) vaccinations. He correctly assesses that he's in a
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by tbihl 5y ago
Addressing legitimate problems of hardship can be dealt with from the other end, by channeling resources to those people. In the mean time, higher prices mean that supply isn't interrupted, and for the vast majority of people that mean
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by tbihl 5y ago
In past times (not to my knowledge anymore), countries at war would provide letters of marque to private ship captains, authorizing them to attack enemy shipping and keep the proceeds. That is exactly what Russia has done. What would it loo
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by tbihl 5y ago
I really want to be supportive of pipelines as a better option than trains or trucks, but it's really hard to do when things like this don't result in enormous payouts against these companies. The US legal system is not capable en
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by tbihl 5y ago
The far more plausible story that I've heard: it had no effect on the control network because there's only one-way communication, but the one-way was only enforced at software level, so they weren't taking chances with leavin
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by tbihl 5y ago
Yeah, unfortunately the games that go into extortion mean that fighting back only makes sense (a) on such a long time scale that no one is considering it while being extorted, or (b) because it's the right thing to do.
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by tbihl 5y ago
You know what's way more effective at stopping gas hoarding so it's available for someone who really wants/needs it? Doubling the price per gallon. Anti-price gouging laws caused the shortage, just like with toilet paper and
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by tbihl 5y ago
You can see that it's Washington Post, well-known both for its ideological bent and its owner, as is generally the case for all major news outlets. As I see it, you should (1) use it understanding that; (2) pick other major news public
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by tbihl 5y ago
>Care about our national housing shortage? In nearly every city there exists a small angry mob that works to block every development project, and this job tends to be loudest and angriest about middle to low income housing and apartments
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by tbihl 5y ago
The world is complex sometimes. We can both be at fault and be a victim of unfortunate circumstances when bad things happen.
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by tbihl 5y ago
Always is.
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by tbihl 5y ago
Without the overhead of reaching many locations, fewer engineers/technicians can more efficiently operate the whole thing remotely.
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by tbihl 5y ago
Is that like how the banks all got serious about evaluating their risk carefully after the first time [1] they saw their models, and consequently their liquidity, evaporate? Obviously I agree about your dissatisfaction with the other propos
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by tbihl 5y ago
Thinking about the cost per calorie of apples versus oats, to pick an example that works for me, I would say the answer is very much yes. And ultimately, from the plant's perspective productivity should be a question of efficiently sto
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by tbihl 5y ago
Scarcity is a necessary outcome of hedonic adaptation in a finite world, and thus an immutable fact of human existence. Given that, culture is really the solution to problems of cheating. Which, of course, is not a technical solution either
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by tbihl 5y ago
Having fewer people is only good in the scenario where you cannot organize people and intermediate disputes effectively. Having more people leads to things like electricity, transportation technology, computers, modern medicine, and space t
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by tbihl 5y ago
No, because a Ponzi scheme is one in which early investors are fraudulently paid "returns" out of the contribution of later investors. This is just speculation or a bubble (which I guess you could call "open Ponzi scheme&quot
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by tbihl 6y ago
In my city, my wife and I got phone notifications telling us to sign up. I've had my second one for 2.5 months, but my wife signed up immediately (SAHM, 27yo, no risk factors), and was able to get a next day appointment. The operation
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by tbihl 6y ago
Hopefully. If they do get solved, it'll be by further pushing people away from roads with walls or other barriers that prevent crossings.
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by tbihl 6y ago
Isn't rail by its nature more hub-and-spoke oriented than driving? That should lend itself to far fewer miles. In any case, the interstate system is way overbuilt. Duplicating its footprint with rail would not be a good idea.
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by tbihl 6y ago
I've frequently looked at switching to an iphone for the longer software support, but iMessage is a consistent deal breaker. As I understand it, you can't set a default SMS app. In my case, I can't use Signal as a secure plat
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by tbihl 6y ago
Smart Audiobooks handles offline audiobooks in every format I've thrown at it. ReadEra is my recommendation for offline pdf/epub consolidated reader.
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by tbihl 6y ago
If you've never been in a place intentionally built like this, chances are you've still experienced the effect in the shape of a brick house. Especially in the spring, when the sun is strong but before it's warm, it'll s
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by tbihl 6y ago
The location finding would be by RF emissions, not visually.
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by tbihl 6y ago
The service would be highly susceptible to DF of the outgoing traffic, but could probably be managed on the basis of set up, transmit, run away quickly before they find and arrest/kill you.
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by tbihl 6y ago
So, we'll first put aside one thing, which is that the Catholic church provides very few guarantees for making it to hell,from, far as I can tell. There's some humility of saying that our lot is not to have full understanding of h
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by tbihl 6y ago
I agree that that wouldn't do as a confession. I believe that would be considered an invalid confession, just like withholding grave sins that you didn't want to talk about. My disagreement is in the idea of permanently accepting
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by tbihl 6y ago
Viewing pornography is equally as likely to be grave sin (I say equally likely because the act is a necessary but not sufficient condition for meeting the definition of mortal sin). I don't mean to downplay that pornography is a negati
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by tbihl 6y ago
I admit that I have only participated in a minority of all the churches in the US, but I have never attended any church where your statement would be consistent with doctrine on hell, sin, or homosexuality.
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by tbihl 6y ago
+ shipping and returns expectations + chance of refunding your small purchase 3X to lie for a seller in your review.

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