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by unclenoriega 8y ago
The thing about the Electoral College is that it's not really used these days to go against the will of the people in any real sense, but merely to distort the popular vote a little based on how the electoral votes are apportioned. As
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by unclenoriega 8y ago
Thanks for the link. I hope that catches on in more places.
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by unclenoriega 8y ago
It might be possible to have a system that allows you to prove that your vote was counted, but if you want to prove it was counted correctly , then you open the door to vote buying and coercion. Edit: It seems that technologies now exist t
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
"The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun." http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3703 I, too, will li
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Makes sense. "Whom" is my go-to example of an English word that is on its way out.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Ah, but then you have to definite "appropriate".
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Cryptographers have invited this by using "crypto" to mean "cryptography/cryptographic" in the first place. Without this meaning, "cryptocurrency" couldn't have formed and been shortened to "cryp
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
If you look at the image in the article, 23andMe includes Scandinavia in northwestern Europe.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Dates to the 15th century, in fact. https://www.etymonline.com/word/people
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
While high-fructose corn syrup is a widely-used sweetener in the US, I don't think most people would call it sugar.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Cane or beet sugar is sucrose, not glucose (although glucose is a constituent of sucrose.)
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
> Spend your money on riotous living – no tax; leave your money to your children – the tax collector gets paid first. What about sales/excise/VAT taxes? This letter seems disingenuous at best.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
I live just outside a town of 3000 (in the US). My wired (cable) connection costs $44.95/month ($54.95 without cable TV) for 10/1 with a 500GB cap. Edit: I meant to imply that 4G would be more expensive. After checking briefly, th
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
> at a certain age the wolf dramatically changed compared to the puppy That's a good way to put it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoteny#In_domestic_animals
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
Homicide is generally a state-level crime in the US, and each state may have its own names and definitions for specific crimes.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
It's comments like this that make me want to stop paying for things. Some pirates can be converted. Some can't. No need to be overly broad.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
The neoteny is real.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
> it does seem that the US is determined to look inward for solutions instead of looking to what works elsewhere. American exceptionalism at its worst.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
I think the book you are referencing is The Healing of America: A Global Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer Health Care by T.R. Reid.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
I'm sure you're correct, but be warned that starting a response with 'you do realize' is likely to make you sound like an asshole[0] 0. http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=you+do+realiz... .
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
This is it. In a largely secular society, an atheist group makes no sense, but in a largely theistic society, an atheist group is natural.
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
It seems like cheating to make a statement like this using "Judeo-Christianity". Judaism seems like a pretty different philosophy or worldview from Christianity. And, of course, both have evolved over time based on the needs of th
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by unclenoriega 9y ago
I don't think that the ideas "Intelligence + Education == Secularism" and "religious texts are useful" are mutually exclusive.
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
youtube-dl seems to work https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
So light and fluffy!
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
You'd think so, but it's actually more expensive because you don't get the experience of buying a Klein bottle from Cliff Stoll.
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
> I understand your meaning, and I know everyone else understands your meaning. Still, I need to clutter the discussion with misguided pedantry. This is what I see when I read your comment. https://www.merriam-webster.com&#x2F
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
While sometimes HOA rules can get a bit ridiculous, are you really saying you can't understand why someone would want to pay a tax in order to allow a governing body to enforce a common set of rules (and provide for public spaces)?
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
There would seem to be a big difference between paying someone to do research and paying someone to sign their name to a research paper you wrote. Also, it's not really surprising that drug studies are industry-funded for another reaso
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by unclenoriega 10y ago
Probably taxes, where all SS funds have always come from.

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