throwaway_4ever

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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
RoC only claims that because any deviation from their existing policy is "declaring independence" and what China wants as an excuse to invade and kill millions of people. Which is only ridiculous and unknown to consumers of China
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
When the topic of Palo Alto came up, ex-Soviets seemed to think that's where Gorbachev lived.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
When the topic of Palo Alto came up, ex-Soviets seemed to think that's where Gorbachev lived.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
The alternative of mentioning it's "caused by" every single time because of a slight probability increase doesn't seem right either.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
The US is the least racist country in the world, evident by the most multiculturalism found anywhere. There are rural farming towns with more religious and ethnic diversity and equality than Amsterdam.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Slight caveat to "complete" transparency: https://youtu.be/-5SWvaKGULo?t=249
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Sure, but so do natural forest fires. Aren't trees growing and burning down a natural full cycle with zero overall greenhouse emissions impact?
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Student loans will be 15% interest if they're dischargeable. Practically every 22 year old will graduate with $50k in debt, declare bankruptcy for a free $50k, and then in 7 years will be off the record and be able to buy the cars and
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
It's a little annoying to do it each time, but please always put a disclaimer you're the founder / project-creator when recommending it.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Yes, but you also really need Postgres and that's now an extra $9/month too. $0 -> $16
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Chevy Spark: https://www.chevrolet.com/cars/spark Nissan Versa at $15.5k: https://www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/cars/versa-sedan.html Kia Rio and Hyundai Accent aren't too far off at $16.5k
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
You need to look up what surrogacy means. The surrogate women is doing the "pregnancy" part, with prior agreement and IVF from a different couple.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Palantir CEO on that: https://youtu.be/MeL4BWVk5-k?t=185
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Something has deeply deeply changed in society for a fertility rate to go from 6 to 0.8 in 60 years, the living memory of a single life. Before, society grew with the average working age person only needing to half support an elderly retire
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Hmm. I’ve lived in the Bay my whole life but I guess lack of (b) meant my social circle was always local normie friends or coworker FAANG types. Guess I need to (b), get more internet cred, and actually branch out to internet people rather
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
No, I misspoke by saying “every single person.” It’s true that direct off-market sales can avoid paying realtors and two parties agree amongst themselves. Depending on jurisdiction it’s around $2k for all the title transfer, notary, and oth
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Liquidity is a huge problem in real estate. Right now, every single person forfeits 5-6% of their home value every time they exchange homes. That's $20k on average. Reducing the spread on homes by providing liquidity would be a huge fi
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
> just by going to enough house parties with seasoned founder attendees Do you think this is realistic getting access to these just by living in the Bay? I don't think so.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Look no further than Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov’s daughter, Elizaveta, being an assistant to far-right Aymeric Chauprade, a French Member of the European Parliament. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aymeric_Chaupra
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
> He has pulled biggest crowd in pakistan history. All can be seen on YouTube. This is the same flawed argument that US Republicans use on why Trump couldn't have gotten 46.9% of the 2020 popular vote, but he did, and is thus, unpop
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Lutherans are 70-90 million of the 1 billion Protestants. You've barely nudged the numbers of disagreement even if Lutherans and Catholics agree entirely. All the disagreements on the most core aspect of Christianity are found here: h
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Yet, even you quote man himself rather than the perfect Word of God. Should not something as perfect as the Word of God be the most simple, encouraging, and enlightening on such a crucial matter of Christianity itself? The evidence before u
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
> For example, these two popular (and probably the most important!) verses have very clear meanings: > For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
https://www.toptiergas.com/licensed-brands/ says: "All retail locations within the licensed country must meet the high standards of the TOP TIER™ program."
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Not Quik Stop, Andoil, Speedway, Maverik, etc. The exhaustive list is here: https://www.toptiergas.com/licensed-brands/
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Excessive regulation causes (1). With developers able to match supply to demand, there isn't any return from a deteriorating asset. (2) Land value can appreciate while housing prices dramatically fall when the land is able to be better
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Regulation prevents supply from meeting demand. Developers can't use plots to develop huge apartment blocks, asymptotically decreasing land cost to a fraction. This causes the supply/demand imbalance to increase prices for decades
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
Yes, I do. Austria-Hungary only invaded Serbia because they had the support of Germany. Germany's invasion caused the civilian death tolls across the continent. No German and Austria-Hungarian invasions, likely no mass murder.
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
"Historian Joachim Remak[0] says: 'The nation that...can still be held least responsible for the outbreak of the war is France. This is so even if we bear in mind all the revisions of historical judgments, and all the revisions of
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by throwaway_4ever 4y ago
> housing and medicine have shown us are that wholly free markets Both of these examples are some of the farthest things from free markets. Try to build an apartment complex and run a medical service on the ground floor. Them being so fa

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