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by throwaw-zxcvbn 1y ago
Do you hear more from people that made money in crypto or that lost money?
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 1y ago
While doing my PhD at a top-tier college, I went to their health center for psychological counseling and said "I can't study and concentrate well, I don't sleep enough, I don't do enough exercise, I eat crap, and I drink
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 3y ago
Oh my. On apostasy, a) the PDF of Judaism doesn't mention it, b) for Christianity, "The pages provided do not contain specific information on apostasy", but "but based on the general understanding, apostasy is viewed as
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 7y ago
If the policy is "don't accept money from American child sex traffickers that abuse American children", then fine, return the Epstein money and ask for the head of everyone that took money from him. If the policy is "don
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 7y ago
FWIW, I am pretty sure that the rich cavorting with pretty young women (and some of it in an exploitative manner, and some of them under 18, and most of it for compensation) is going on in a lot of places, and certainly in many parts of the
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 7y ago
It is not easy. While at university, I once went to the university shrink and said, look, I have no motivation, I can't get myself to go to the gym and exercise, I don't manage to get a good sleep rhythm, I eat crap, I don't
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
> The first text he was assigned was Nietzsche’s “The Birth of Tragedy”; unlike “all the confusion of mathematics,” it immediately struck him as clear and perfectly rational. Bad sign...
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
Apple replaces a laptop battery for free under Apple Care if its capacity falls below 80% of design capacity. (Note that it's measured using Apple's diagnostic tools, not using the value displayed in the System Report). Assuming,
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
I wonder, by the way, whether the surge of this phenomenon is an outgrowth of social media. In discussions with young women of modest means in countries with limited opportunities and huge income inequality (ie most third world countries),
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
Not true. There are relationships (for example between mother and child) that are not based on reciprocation. Nothing in the definition of the word "relationship" implies expectations or getting something in return. It's a sy
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
It's not only how strictly you keep tabs on things, the nature of the exchanged "goods" changes as well, in particular it becomes more asymmetric. In an equal relationship, both contribute economic resources, emotional suppor
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 8y ago
FWIW, this is rampant in many parts of Asia, too, with a similar discrepancy between traditional culture (Confucianism in China, Catholicism in the Philippines, Buddhism in Thailand, Islam in Indonesia, ...) and today's realities. Seve
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by throwaw-zxcvbn 10y ago
> I guess those people are just too stupid to know how bad it is in the US? US marketing is the best in the world, no doubt; maybe "mistaken" or "deceived" is more accurate than "stupid". A few observations: