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by unishark 6y ago
Money laundering means the money was illegally obtained. In this case it was allegedly stolen from a bank. It doesn't matter who steals or launders it for the definition.
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There are malls like this in the US. Such as places called "Galleria". But these seem like much more expensive projects that clearly can't be built everywhere, while the typical mall is really just an american version of an e
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by unishark 6y ago
I've lived in a few different suburbs and generally there has always been a mall within a mile or so. Certainly never dozens of miles. Jobs are different since you generally don't work at the nearest one.
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by unishark 6y ago
I think they meant white as in of European ancestry. It applies as making one obviously not of Japanese ancestry.
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by unishark 6y ago
I've been to Japan a few times and it is nothing like that. People are very rigidly polite in public. You may feel self-conscious because you stick out like a sore thumb, having to duck under lights and doorways and stuff, but people w
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by unishark 6y ago
It's plausible that it's what some people were personally thinking (or a better word might be "LARPing"). But for the reasons you point out, it's not realistic to suggest that the loftiness of the goal implies the d
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by unishark 6y ago
> Selling oil on the free market disproportionately benefits those that own the means to process and resell it further. What is the basis for this comparison? Compare the profit margins of a gas station (tiny) versus the profit margin of
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by unishark 6y ago
Private investigators have to do this routinely. Of course they are probably self-employed. OSHA laws require companies allow bathroom breaks though.
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by unishark 6y ago
That story is probably due to coronavirus travel restrictions, given it is from last May.
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by unishark 6y ago
From the user's perspective, these are the same benefits the parent poster was referring to however. Giving people the most value for their money is indeed a huge moat for competition.
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by unishark 6y ago
You can't counter my train of logic by using the same points I used to support it, at least not without providing something more. Both "high risk" and "low risk" behaviors are qualitatively the same; they create a r
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by unishark 6y ago
I agree with everything you said except the last statement, which is an assertion, not logic. Since you agree that one cannot avoid creating risk, what is the logical value of introducing the idea that risk is "harm"? You can just
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by unishark 6y ago
Another miss. Now you have it backwards. I am not defending speeding (good lord). I am pointing out that legal behavior is risky too. Therefore your point about risk equating to harm is useless.
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by unishark 6y ago
It seems you missed both my points. 1. People do indeed willingly put themselves at risk by driving on a public road, which was in the same list with the cosmetic surgeon. And doing so also puts others at risk. 2. The degree of risk is what
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by unishark 6y ago
You can't have an accident without a risk of accident first. Risk and harm aren't always inherently crimes. For example a cosmetic surgeon harms people and exposes them to unnecessary risks. In contact sports people willingly subj
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by unishark 6y ago
Depends how scalable it is. For some products you need to accurately predict how much you can produce and sell. So targets are a matter of everyone executing their part on schedule.
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by unishark 6y ago
Isn't that a bit like evaluating the cost of coffee based on starbucks prices? We also don't know how recent this story is. When I was a kid, in the days before gentrification and gourmet-everything, there was a doughnut shop near
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by unishark 6y ago
I think the business use of the word "value" already implies the ability to make money from it. But consider what it means to make money. Suppose you invent technology whereby those people doing their things most of the time can b
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by unishark 6y ago
What is the new meaning of the word "courage" then? I presume it just means a decision other than the "safe" option. It's a bit melodramatic, perhaps, but not really a new definition. From an individual perspective,
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by unishark 6y ago
They generally have a much better resale value compared to other brands too. People are still buying old macs on ebay.
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by unishark 6y ago
> If you were to drop all of your ongoing side projects to work with a political candidate that asked for your help, would you really try to argue that you're not at least somewhat tied to that candidate? Not if they were willing to
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by unishark 6y ago
Engineering education is a fairly sizeable research field with their own conferences and journals. STEM education also.
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In the US, I recall the ringing sound for the caller being different depending on who you were calling. I understood it to be generate by the remote station, powering their ringer via the line. Presumably you could still get different ring
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by unishark 6y ago
> Can we do away with this myth that patenting something will somehow put knowledge into the open. They said it's the purpose of the patent system, not the real-world effect. It's very important to remind people of this purpose
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by unishark 6y ago
The fees are half for small businesses, and 1/4 for "micro entities". If you only want a US patent it isn't very expensive. Investors want to see patents which implies they have value, even if it's an uphill battle
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by unishark 6y ago
No they aren't very cheap anymore. You always can get the same manufacturing done elsewhere. It just may not all be available in the same country.
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by unishark 6y ago
For that kind of price at an internet cafe, which may be outdated info anyway, you'd probably just get a chair at a shared table. The reclining chair and a little private cubicle would be quite a bit higher for an entire night, probabl
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by unishark 6y ago
Your argument is basically that since something is hard it is impossible?
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They were talking about illiteracy. The "low literacy" stat is dominated by people at level 1, which is not illiterate.
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by unishark 6y ago
Suppose someone, for example a depressed person, wants to use it to monitor their emotional state and use various automated responses like notifications or distractions to help maintain an emotional state they want?

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