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thebigman433
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> Why won't the press report in real units instead of frankenunits Probably because its an American focused news site, reporting to American people, who use and will understand miles as a measurement. It really isnt hard to understa
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What do you think is a better way of doing it? Elections seem like the most fair way to me
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Along with some of the other things mentioned, mostly including the extremely low power hardware, the app is also extremely early in development. The art will certainly undergo many reworks, so they probably dont want to invest heavily in i
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> My taxes doubled last year because of the stupid housing bubble and so we had to raise rent as well. Gotta make a profit here for this investment to be worthwhile Surely you see stuff like this is part of what is driving this very bubb
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> The software is only good because Mac fans join the company and slave hard enough to make it that way. What does this even mean? This could easily just say "they have good software because the workers care about what they are maki
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What makes you think the POS change will happen within a year at this point? Its been continually delayed, and the last word is that it will be "a few months after June"
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Long term the goal probably includes custom batteries, but Im assuming now they arent included because they want to keep costs lower. Teams do get to design powertrain stuff though, which is why you see car manufacturers in it. Good way to
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> Many people would be happy with a larger phone, if it meant you could access it a little easier to repair it — or replace the battery, which most people wouldn’t consider a “repair” — yourself. I am pretty curious to know if this is tr
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Cant speak for the OP, but they mightve been leasing them on year long terms
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> The majority of US citizens agree with the very narrow limits on free speech defined by the Supreme Court Do you mean to say that the majority of people believe this is how private companies should operate? If so, Id love to hear your
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> As far as politics goes Bridgerton is probably the best example which has American racial and gender politics bolted onto I mean how do you say any of this is American politics and not British/Western European politics? Racial ine
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> There are a host of "woke" modern themes that find their way into western media in general I dont see how stuff like this is complained about though, especially since most shows dont actually have more than token representati
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> One of the issues is how much Netflix content just reflect whatever crap is a fad in California politics. I am not even from US, I don't want to hear about Californian political themes in the media I consume What are some examples
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I think it very much depends on how the "failing out" is done. If its just a standard grading scheme and there is the potential for 100% of the class to pass (if they all do well on the content), then I think its actually great to
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Those goals are cool and all, but that doesnt change his poor worker treatment or his massive wealth hoarding, while still trying to change rules so he can have more. Great goals, but in my opinion, a terrible ambassador for tech/engin
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I just ordered a Lyft the other day and was talking to the driver on the way to the airport, he said a common route he drives is from Bozeman (MT) to Big Sky (for the ski tourists), the price is over 150$ on Lyft/Uber, and he ends up g
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> I wonder if we find a billionaire from the top 20 wealthiest who hasn’t at some level No absolutely not. Id even say that you wont find more than a handful of billionaires who havent built their wealth on exploitation. Its such a massi
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Elon Musk is buying Twitter to increase his wealth, mindshare, and influence. He does not actually care about free speech, and its naïve to think that he is buying the platform for "altruistic" reasons. He is also the lead of a co
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That seems like an incredibly misleading comparison at best. There are about a million other variables factoring into that, obviously including the money spent per kid, and the background of the people attending the school.
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I dont think its cynical at all, as someone who has done some work for political campaigns, follows them closely, and studies them. Incumbents keep power within their own party by generally massively outspending their primary opponents, mak
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Generally by massively outspending opponents in the primary.
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> Still far-left in my eyes, but you're not wrong in the general sense, simply because most MSM is far-left nowadays. What do you consider far left? Mainstream media pushes for larger police budgets, high defense spending, defends b
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> I cannot name a single person who has bought a RPi that isn't either a generously-compensated STEM worker or a member of their immediate family. Teachers and students. The Pi has tons of uses in education
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Just because a source looks biased doesnt mean its not factual. Saying "republicans are saying awful things to/about XYZ person", if they were doing it, wouldnt be biased, it would be the truth. And I wouldnt consider them &q
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Is it actually worth buying from that company? Arent they the ones with incredibly delayed crowdfunding projects? It looks like a great monitor spec wise, but what kind of company are you buying from?
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> middle school kids are more keen about their gender or identities, or how awful US was in the past, or their hair color Do you genuinely believe this stuff that youre typing? I know that conservative medias say this and use it as a boo
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Have you played much VR? All of the points you made could technically be problems, but based on my experience, they really arent.
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> Or even the person who should have disclosed. We have to all the way up to an elected official that needs to be held accountable, whether they knew about it or not. How does this really make sense? The biggest wrong here is that it was
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This is not how it works. There are two different toggles, one for the Find My system, and one for just having your iPhone report its last condition. If you dont care about being able to find your phone/devices when theyre off, then yo
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