travmatt

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by travmatt 9y ago
In addition to what everyone else is recommending: fermented vegetables like pickles or sauerkraut, especially organic and homemade such that you can see the culture in the jar as well.
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I've had success with blowing on them before I whack them - I remember hearing they also use changes in the air pressure as a cue to move.
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Tangential, but I was very confused by the chants of "the Jews will not replace us" during the nazi rally in Charlottesville. It was more understandable in 1920's & 30's Weimar Germany, given the social and economic
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>The refugee crisis unfolded years before Russia even entered the conflict. Accusing them of creating it now is silly. Nor did Russia have a large air base in Syria until last year. Nor did the Russians supply or use chemical weapons. In
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Also of note is the attacks on hospitals, al-Assad's very deliberate strategy of gassing civilian populations, Russia's use of non discriminatory weaponry such as barrel bombs, and especially their advocacy of political instabilit
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By your peculiar logic cops are the proximate cause of crime because they are most frequently in areas where crime has occurred. And doctors are the cause of disease since they are near sick people most often. Or it may be possible that the
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This is what people mean by strategic interest. But trying to say the Syrian proxy war is over a pipeline is saying the tail is wagging the dog.
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>relatively liberal (relative to an alternative) We're talking about the al-Assad ruling family? The same family whose literal policy is to raze towns that shelter any opposition, and are currently literally gassing their own citize
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Syria is also home to a large Russian airbase and contains strategically/economically important warm water ports - Syria is a very valuable Russian ally, probably why the prospect destroying that relationship is so enticing.
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Broadly, America has traditionally supported Sunni leaning states, most notably Saudi Arabia. Russia has traditionally supported Shia Iran, and both the powers are competing for influence within the region. In the course of the Arab Spring,
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So all Russia and Iran are doing is just trying to defend against ISIS? That's certainly one interpretation I suppose.
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Angela Nagle recently talked with Ezra Klein on his podcast, and that was one of the major points she made - how much of the alt-rights use of irony and satire draws in a lot of people who are then exposed to the larger ideology
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You can also run your build in chrome canary and step through in the debugger: https://medium.com/webpack/webpack-bits-learn-and-debug-webp...
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>I'm in the middle of the biography of Robert Moses, "The Power Broker" by Robert Caro If you're finding you're learning a lot through that book, I'd also recommend Caro's series on LBJ. It's utter
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Difference being charity is strictly voluntary and therefore people can give strictly to people they deem deserving.
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Then you go into a special category, where you go from fighting to find a person to talk with, to having banks designed to more easily accommodate your dropoffs.
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This would seem a good statistic to cite when trying to show the comparative inefficiency of the American system.
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Just wait till China steps up and the world can get a taste of their style of economic warfare.
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It's not particularly surprising that a country several times larger than another pays more money for health care. Are you saying the per capita cost is higher?
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Many Americans simply do not see fellow Americans as people deserving of compassion, much less resources.
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Yea the situation in America is different - they'll charge you thousands of dollars for tissues after your hours long wait time.
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I believe Dan Geer also gave a keynote a year or so ago at Blackhat (or Defcon) arguing for a similar framework.
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I'm similarly fascinated by the use of the passive voice when they are describing Wells Fargo committing more crimes. Imagine if the crime was committed upon them instead: "Bank robber uncovers that he robbed bank for more money t
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If you liked the righteous mind you'd similarly enjoy "The Dictators Handbook" by Bruce Burna De Mesquita - he explores how rulers looking to maintain power are all driven by similar incentives, and similarly provided a clear
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Also, having to refine and articulate your thoughts
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Clarity of thought isn't something I'd associate with lots of LSD. Typically I find chronic users struggle to articulate their thoughts and appear 'spacy'.
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Isn't the body very good at maintaining homeostasis? Meaning you could eat an alkaline diet, but if your body composition is such that you have such a given acidic composition then your body has processes to maintain whatever it's
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I had seen wappalyzer recommended in the context of webapp pen testing and have used it since - Is recommend it as well
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That wasn't the comparison to andrenaline though; rather, that both 'zones' are states that you may consciously place yourself into.
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"""" The negatives are obvious; less sociable, more easily irritated, wanting to be by yourself. After you've spent a day in the zone, you're not really "party material". """ That hits

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