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by thursday0987 6y ago
> Women couldn't sign a mortgage in the US in the 70's. yeah you're going to need to provide a source for such a ridiculous claim. My grandmother has owned her house for much longer than that. * edit: all you downvoters ne
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by thursday0987 6y ago
> The defense system is called MOSE, the Italian for Moses, a name derived from the more functional Modulo Sperimentale Elettromeccanico, meaning Experimental Electromechanical Module. lol i get a kick out of articles like this. why not
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by thursday0987 6y ago
in america, moose are elks. in europe, elks are moose.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
another interesting way to look at is to look at the other basic of life: transportation. can the average 25 year old in any given era afford to purchase their own vehicle? It is arguably way more affordable to be able to own your own car n
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by thursday0987 6y ago
> Mostly, because we know that there were eras when women dominated programming, typing, debugging, documentation, etc. wasn't this the same era that women were mostly secretaries and programming, typing, debugging, doucmentation, e
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by thursday0987 6y ago
why do you consider AirBNB, Doordash, Coinbase, Instacart, Gusto, and Reddit as losers? All of those are very successful in my eyes.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
thats not how tariffs work, thats not how international trade works, and it has never worked that way. there is no right to any goods or services provided by a foreign entity. none. prove me wrong by providing a link to a law, treaty, or ot
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by thursday0987 6y ago
except in the case of baking cakes, at which point the government will force private companies to do something they didn't want to.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
maybe the "followers" you know don't go into detail about policy because they can tell you just think they are motivated by hatred and bigotry and know that any detailed discussion with you will be pointless. "don't
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by thursday0987 6y ago
how is facial recognition any more of a violation of privacy than signing a lease? the landlord already knows who you are and they already know that you live there.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
in my opinion, "Hexonia" is a slightly better variant (at least on Android). The graphics are better, it uses a hex grid instead of a square grid, and the game play is slightly better. Polytopia is better in some ways - some of th
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by thursday0987 6y ago
> In my experience, people don’t really seem concerned about security; > But since finding a storage place is already a pretty standard part of the local Craigslist/OLX website in these countries, there isn’t much room for a new
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by thursday0987 6y ago
sorry, but no. children are 100% human.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
94% is actually a really low number for support. that means that 6 out of every 100 people can't use it. Roughly 10 million people visit HN every month. that means that about 600,000 people can't use it just on HN alone.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
if by "the US" you mean "the federal government of the united states of america", than the words you are looking for are "constitutional republic". if by "the US" you mean "the collection of vari
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by thursday0987 6y ago
this is a pointless example. it doesn't render anything, and therefore doesn't have to deal with React's render cycle. also, you shouldn't use useState unless you want it to rerender, which you don't because you&#x2
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by thursday0987 6y ago
its weird you assume that upper middle class households don't shop at walmart. Walmart is cheap, but often high quality for staples. They have a good to great organics food section, their toiletries section carries high quality diapers
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by thursday0987 6y ago
> Terrorists prefer simpler approaches. that is a very dangerous assumption to make.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
he may have lifted his plots, but Shakespeare created 1700+ of modern english words [0] Shakespeare can definitely be considered "original". [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare's_influence#Influ
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by thursday0987 6y ago
Robert Greene, the author of the book, did a bunch of original research and analysis. He then synthesized his findings and wrote a book. The author is the original source.
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by thursday0987 6y ago
"in a jetpack" is just a colloquial way of saying "wearing a jetpack". other examples of this type of language include: "Do you see that man in the suit over there?" "the suspect in body armor was describe
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by thursday0987 6y ago
how about using the actual definition of facsism instead of your version, which is wrong and biased? from Merriam Webster dictionary: Definition of fascism 1 often capitalized : a political philosophy, movement, or regime (such as that of t
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by thursday0987 6y ago
did you even read the SEC announcement? it is literally the first bullet point: * add a new category to the definition that permits natural persons to qualify as accredited investors based on certain professional certifications, designation
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by thursday0987 6y ago
heres a lesson that Americans learned a long time ago: a government powerful enough to give you everything is a government powerful enough to take everything from you.