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by topmonk 7y ago
Just type into google "drugs developed from amazon forest" and the results appear above the search results right in an answer box. No need to wag your finger.
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by topmonk 7y ago
The Google Translate android app has a magic camera that recognizes translates and replaces the text in real time in the video feed. That's pretty cool.
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by topmonk 7y ago
It's still considered the safest form of tobacco out there, and the increased risk of mouth cancer is quite small to non existent. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/30/business/studying-snus-a-...
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by topmonk 7y ago
Have you ever tried Swedish Snus? It's supposedly healthier than smoking, and no need to spit like chewing tobacco. If you try it. make sure you get fresh stuff before you pass judgment, because it ferments inside the package if left o
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by topmonk 7y ago
Great idea, maybe you could write a report on it. Seriously, what is it going to matter what a few semi-anonymous comments on the internet are going to say? The news media has all the exposure and presumption of telling the truth, whereas p
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by topmonk 7y ago
There are some mods for ksp that make things more realistic, including a real solar system and more realistic rockets.
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by topmonk 7y ago
But this behavior is like killing the Golden goose to get at the golden eggs inside. It's extremely shortsighted.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Children used to be a way to support oneself in retirement. The more children you had, the better chance that at least one or two would be around in adulthood to take care of you. Affluence means you have the means to take care of yourself,
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by topmonk 7y ago
We're they raping in order to replenish their armies? The claim is rather far fetched.
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by topmonk 7y ago
How can you not have a demonitized gap? Advertisers aren't going to want to have they ads on content that hasn't been vetted.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Exactly. An example of this, covfefe being translated to " ̄\_(ツ)_/ ̄ in Google Translate as an Easter egg. This compromises the entire contents of the root folder named "Election Tampering" This is silly stuff
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by topmonk 7y ago
A better option would be to start publishing content to another platform enmasse. Not only could they hold out longer, it would strike right at the heart of YouTube's main advantage, which is to be the defacto video platform.
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by topmonk 7y ago
You can call it a "service to bondholders" but just because a company does something doesn't mean its profitable and there isn't much profit in this, as far as I can see. It's like if you had 6 people who owned a pi
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by topmonk 7y ago
We're not talking about profits here. Companies are borrowing money to buy back their own shares. And this trend continues to accelerate. Debt to GDP is at an all time high right now. An index fund, or someone who is buying-and-holdi
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This doesn't account for low information investors, though. To buyback stock the company has to make an offer that enough investors are willing to sell. Once investors start to do so at these higher prices, the stock price goes up. To
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by topmonk 7y ago
This trend of borrowing money to buy your own stock reeks of market manipulation. Corporate debt to gdp is at a record high, and they're funneling the money into stock buybacks and dividends. I don't know why this isn't of in
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by topmonk 7y ago
How about a dated signed explanation that had to passed around and signed by a bunch of public institutions. Heck, to keep other countries from complaining, some could be an international.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Comparing Venus to Earth is silly. Venus's atmosphere is mainly carbon dioxide. On Earth it is a trace gas , measured in parts per million. Carbon dioxide blocks a narrow spectrum of radiation. It acts a lot like food coloring dye mix
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by topmonk 7y ago
You understand that China is unlikely to just leave the cash sitting around, aren't you? That money will probably end up being dumped on Forex crashing the US dollar.
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by topmonk 7y ago
But what happens to all that cash they would use to buy the treasuries with? Where is that $1.1 trillion going to flow into?
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Hong Kong protesters shooting lasers to thwart Chinese facial recognition tech(mobile.twitter.com)
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by topmonk 7y ago
There is quite a difference between a steady stream of income, and some far off reward which you may or may not be able to achieve. Nearly anyone can do the former, but only a few have the luxury to attempt the latter.
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by topmonk 7y ago
It was possible to do so before that date, but you could also not treat it that way, as well. The IRS then released guidance that after Jan 1st 2018, it was not acceptable to do so.
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That story is from 2017. I don't think it passed.
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A giant ponzi scheme then? When it finally hits a brick wall, there are going to be that many more people on the earth to suffer the consequences. There has to be another way.
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Archived version https://archive.fo/TRUSa
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by topmonk 7y ago
Not for the Quest, but you can play N64 games, including golden eye using the dolphin vr emulator: https://dolphinvr.wordpress.com
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by topmonk 7y ago
It doesn't say it's for commuter flights, just that those will be the first they'll try them on.
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Whoever takes the armrest first gets priority. It may cause your lifetime happiness to have a little more volatility but since everyone has the same random chance of getting the middle seat, still fair.
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by topmonk 7y ago
Just a quick note, you can use Ctrl +[ rather than Escape. Saves your fingers from constantly having to reach for that corner.

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