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by trentnix 7y ago
Bingo. The less objective their evaluations are, the easier it will be to hide the cronyism, bribery, and racial bias. Going to be a lot easier to discriminate against Asian kids when you don’t have to notice their test scores are better th
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by trentnix 7y ago
The Chinese media spread the rumor, and they are an extension of the Chinese government. Whether they started the rumor is immaterial.
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I think the 'OMG so much disinformation!' storyline is a tempest in a teapot. I won't speak for the rest of the world but the entire United States has effectively shut down thanks to an invisible threat that almost certainly
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First, let's point out that each signed on the Paris Agreement. Mercy.
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And your plans for those who won't work with you (for whatever reason) to address the collective struggle are...?
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by trentnix 7y ago
So, the people that have been warning us for 50 years were .. actually correct. No, they weren't. We didn't end up in a mini ice-age. The glaciers in Glacier National Park did not disappear. The polar ice caps did not melt. Wide
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I think it's antithetical to individual liberty to destroy our shared life support system. It's about as antithetical to liberty as you can get. You're creating a false choice - support action as you define it or be in fa
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by trentnix 7y ago
It's really pretty simple - the prognosticators of doom have a very poor track record. I posted this elsewhere in the thread, so apologize for the spam for any readers who saw it twice: https://cei.org/blog/wrong-a
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"If that holds true it would put 400 million people at risk of annual coastal flooding by 2100," said Prof Shepherd. At least the prognosticators are getting smart enough to make sure their predictions can't be assessed unt
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Agree, let’s establish the basics. Here is the definition of monopoly : the exclusive possession or control of the supply of or trade in a commodity or service Dress it in as much nuance and confident language as suits you, it doesn’t ch
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by trentnix 7y ago
I think you’re confusing monopolistic behavior with unethical behavior. As the parent said, the existence of a strong (larger!) competitor means Wal-Mart isn’t a monopoly. My local Wal-Mart has a Super Target and Kroger right across the str
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by trentnix 7y ago
Well said. And it should be noted that even when the monopoly does not exist, regulation and government intervention almost always favors the larger players in the market. In many cases, they are the ones writing the regulations . Those re
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Overclocked to 450! Way more bang for your buck!
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All business is difficult. Modern business is impossibly unpredictable, while traditional markets, as scarcity decreases, become commoditized. Lots and lots and lots of grocers, butchers, book binders, farmers, and blacksmiths went out of b
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by trentnix 7y ago
I think the benefits are obvious. Lets say you have 10 bugs and they are prioritized in order from 1 to 10. Bugs with the priority 2, 3, and 6 have been given a severity of P0 (a ship-stopper, as the original post described it). Bugs 1, 4,
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by trentnix 7y ago
AT&T was broken up in 1982. Call quality is quite a bit better since then. In the country, we had a party line up to that point. Same location today is still rural but has digital telephony, high speed Internet, and multiple cellular pr
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I'm sure this isn't all of them, but it's a good start. https://cei.org/blog/wrong-again-50-years-failed-eco-pocalyp...
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Summer Sea Ice could end this decade, and the glaciers in Glacier National Park will be gone by 2020, too. https://nypost.com/2020/01/10/the-telling-tale-of-glacier-na...
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by trentnix 7y ago
Politics infests everything, so inevitably all economic news is propaganda to be twisted however is deemed appropriate. When unemployment is high, the house organs lament the poor people out of work. When unemployment is low, the house orga
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by trentnix 7y ago
It’s certainly a good thing if a 60+ year old can go to work because he/she can’t pay the bills or whatever other reasons they choose to add income. And when jobs are plentiful, it’s inevitable that wages go up as well. Employers are
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by trentnix 7y ago
>Let's say there is a clause we just can't find each other on. No worries, we can jointly decide to walk away. If I paid you and you're not willing to budge, then I'm out $25k if I walk away. It doesn't keep the
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by trentnix 7y ago
And that's certainly your prerogative. Your preferences aside, a "no shop" clause is the norm.
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The LOI, at least the ones I've read, prevents you from discussing sale opportunities with anyone else. It's called a "no shop" clause. Before the LOI? Go crazy.
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by trentnix 7y ago
The world of business brokers is 75% charlatans and 24% outright frauds. Good ones do exist, but bad ones are abundant. If you need a broker, find one via a referral from someone that has sold their business via a broker.
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Agreed. It’s perfectly acceptable for a business to ask for (or even demand) earnest money when signing an LOI. The buyer, via the LOI, is asking for the right to negotiate with you exclusively. That’s worth something and if they refuse, th
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by trentnix 7y ago
The report is the product of considerable work involving 73 interviews of 59 people and more than 610,000 documents and emails. That's 10,000 documents and emails per person interviewed. How is that even possible?
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by trentnix 7y ago
>You could answer this question: >>Is it easier or harder to fight discrimination in, say, employment when, "We don't hire negroes," is stated upfront, compared to when black applicants are denied for "cultural
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It appears I can't answer your questions to your satisfaction. I live in the deep South. I provided my (not limited) experience and exposure to professional environments as evidence. And that experience, and the application of Occam&#x
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>How do you figure? Is it easier or harder to fight discrimination in, say, employment when, "We don't hire negroes," is stated upfront, compared to when black applicants are denied for "cultural fit" reasons? E
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by trentnix 7y ago
I struggle to buy this line of thinking that, somehow, the epidemic of single-parent (and no parent) households among blacks (or any ethnic or economic group) is the consequence of discriminatory systems or conspiracy or racism. Such system

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