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931.
by tropo 10y ago
Well, is there a fact-checker that doesn't claim Trump's very unenthusiastic acceptance of war with Iraq when asked by surprise on the Howard Stern show means that Trump is somehow lying when he says he didn't support the war
932.
by tropo 10y ago
Trump actually promised to surround himself with experienced people, so "a white house full of career politicians" should not surprise anybody. It's keeping a campaign promise. There was little protest vote. This was about co
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by tropo 10y ago
That would help. Another problem is the type of people who would take this job. They must be literate, but not able to find a better job. This will be people with degrees in English, journalism, and similar -- giving a pretty obvious politi
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by tropo 10y ago
This sort of attempt to control the resource usage of Japan (oil, rubber, etc.) is why Pearl Harbor got attacked. Starting the next world war is probably bad for the environment.
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by tropo 10y ago
The fact that they "will say what you want to hear" places limits on what you can gain from torture, but the limits don't make it impossible to accomplish anything. The most obvious case is getting a password. (or lock combo
936.
by tropo 10y ago
not more time to spend with your parents though
937.
by tropo 10y ago
Cuba has people in a different climate, with a different culture, and different inherent susceptibility to disease. If we were to supply Cuba with bacon double cheeseburgers and unlimited soda refills, that life expectancy would not be so h
938.
by tropo 10y ago
You may find it disturbing, but mainstream USA is 100% on board with it. They aren't uninformed either; they just have different priorities.
939.
by tropo 10y ago
The same goes for the world. If we don't burn the stuff, the price will go down. Some other country will burn it. We might as well have a nice economy while the world burns. There is no stopping this train.
940.
by tropo 10y ago
Well, where will your parents be going? They are getting older. You won't have them forever. If that doesn't spend all the money, good! You'll be needing it. Starting a new household is full of expenses. That includes minor t
941.
by tropo 10y ago
Yeah... I suppose the "logic" is that stuff involving 9 could connect up with stuff involving 0 or 9. Since all other 1-digit answers seem more distantly related, and the answer has to be 1-digit because 2-digit hasn't been c
942.
by tropo 10y ago
Similar problem from a local school: "__ - 9 = 9" The teacher would accept 9 or 0 as an answer, not 18. A parent (with math degree even) who was volunteering pointed out that 18 is correct. The teacher ruled against this, arguing
943.
by tropo 10y ago
That way we get reduced productivity, meaning we need to devote more land to crops and less to wilderness or whatever. Also, what you can do in a labor-intensive garden is not going to produce affordable food for billions.
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by tropo 10y ago
Example: some GMO crops are more tolerant of compacted soil and weed competition, reducing the need to till the soil. Tilling the soil requires enormous amounts of diesel fuel, with obvious bad environmental implications. By reducing the us
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by tropo 10y ago
And there you go, 59% to 30%, showing who fears a loss of power if a scarce service suddenly becomes less scare, dropping in value. With greater availability of alternatives, power relationships change.
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by tropo 10y ago
Next time, call the news media. Be sure to pick places biased each direction. If time runs out, I suppose 9-1-1 is an option.
947.
by tropo 10y ago
Suppose the election ends, and it's time to verify the seals. Oops, they are broken. Now what? All the seals can do is cast doubt on the results. You can't bring back the voters to try again. Even if you could, time has passed and
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by tropo 10y ago
You also need the may_alias attribute to prevent other problems. Data written as int may be read as char, but going the other way is usually a standards violation. (an exception being if you had used char to implement a memcpy-like function
949.
by tropo 10y ago
Well, how about the same ID you'd need to board a plane or buy alcohol or deal with being stopped by a cop? Let's start with that. To reduce forgery, match the ID against an image of it on a computer. Better yet, scan it into a co
950.
by tropo 10y ago
It's an UNKNOWN problem because we refuse to effectively detect it. It could be huge, it could be tiny, and we just don't know. One side assumes the problem is huge, especially when they lose, and wants to take effective measures
951.
by tropo 10y ago
Improper votes being cast is the norm. Roughly half the voters will do it intentionally!
952.
by tropo 10y ago
That was "On another day", probably about 10 days later. On the day in San Francisco, I finally found a place to park in some super-rich residential area miles away from where I had started. At that point I parked, but only to res
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by tropo 10y ago
For such people, transportation can't be good if it is public. Never mind the fact that it is transportation. Being unprotected in a city is threatening. Walking counts. Sitting in a park counts. Note that city and non-city have differ
954.
by tropo 10y ago
Age, gender, disability, and political outlook all affect your perception of safety. This in turn determines if "freeing your mind to read, doze, whatever" is possible, or if instead you keep a very firm grip on your belongings wh
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by tropo 10y ago
The economic value of surrounding businesses is increased because customers, employees, and suppliers are all able to be there. They have a place to park. Two examples: The last time I was in San Francisco, I wanted to stop and eat. I drove
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by tropo 10y ago
San Jose at 4 million would have no water pressure. In the bay area, only San Francisco has significant water rights. The rest of the area has to stay low-density.
957.
by tropo 10y ago
They last 30 years, but you replace them every 10 years because the home insurance company demands it. In some areas, roofs older than 10 years are uninsurable. An expensive roof would be a mistake, even if it can last 1000 years, because y
958.
by tropo 10y ago
You probably used UK-style joined-up writing. Americans tend to use something like D'Nealian cursive: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%27Nealian It takes time to correct a student's mistakes. If this isn'
959.
by tropo 10y ago
In a properly functioning free market, the company should be doing badly! They might like to earn a nice fat profit, but that isn't what the rest of us like. Competition should get rid of that. Having business difficulties is the expec
960.
by tropo 10y ago
Yes. It's teacher-by-teacher of course, not part of testing, and without defects being pointed out in later years. Instructional materials show examples but don't bother to explain which aspects of letter form actually matter. For

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