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by vharuck 7y ago
My wife is a pre-kindergarten teacher and has asthma. I'm very worried.
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by vharuck 7y ago
Besides #2, most of these would disappear after a couple generations. We've obviously forgotten a lot since the Spanish Flu, polio, and other highly infectious diseases.
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by vharuck 7y ago
>The govt doesn't produce anything, except waste. In the Wikipedia article you cite, the state Governor arranged the effort to make the road. How is that not government? I work in state government, and this type of thing (the stat
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by vharuck 7y ago
Section 230 isn't only for services that handle public posts. It covers any "interactive computer service" [0], which includes internet forums, internet messaging applications, ISPs, and even public libraries with public com
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by vharuck 7y ago
I don't think an economic system should be used as a blunt weapon to punish perceived immorality.
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by vharuck 7y ago
The tax credit can be paid in advance directly to the insurance company on your behalf [0]. Basically, the federal government pays for your insurance. [0] https://www.irs.gov/affordable-care-act/individuals-and-fami...
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by vharuck 7y ago
It's probably intentional, because "git" is also an insult to imply somebody's dumb.
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by vharuck 7y ago
Sounds more like the union added contract terms preventing the business from hiring somebody for position X and "asking" or even "allowing" them to do the tadks if position Y (which might pay more than X). A lot of times
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by vharuck 7y ago
Non-rhetorical question: Is this because international travel has always been a major part of commercial flight, while trains spring up in regions? I skimmed a couple Wikipedia articles and tolerated the International Civil Aviation Organiz
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by vharuck 7y ago
My point is to not judge an entity's power by what would happen if they didn't exist, but what happens because they exist. Google doesn't act the way it does because there's a universal law dictating a Google-like ent
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by vharuck 7y ago
This is like saying the President of the United States has no effect on the country because the person in office is replaced within the span of a day every four or eight years.
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by vharuck 7y ago
Blankets within reach of anywhere we sit at home. Our new house has a programmable (i.e. difficult and sometimes disobedient) thermostat, so this was our lazy solution. Turns out, it's a much better solution. Writing "to do&quot
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by vharuck 7y ago
How often is a lobbying group made of or led by the politician's constituents? My representative requires and verifies the home addresses of town hall attendees, but I doubt he applies the same rule to lobbyists.
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by vharuck 7y ago
>But even if the developers had ethical concerns, they had no recourse but to quit, and be replaced by someone else I'm not saying that everyone who touched the software should be indicted, but there were options beyond quitting. T
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by vharuck 7y ago
What about the idea that the passing on of power (wealth, social, political) is happening less as people live longer? It would explain why the problem's more pronounced in Japan (long life expectancy, culture of seniority).
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by vharuck 7y ago
Dozens of cities in the US will seriously invest money and adopt new policies to become the "next Silicon Valley." One will reach Boston-level success. Probably in a Southern state along the East Coast. Fewer people with CS degr
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by vharuck 7y ago
The "trick" is that the recipe is now part of a larger copyrighted work, so it's covered by the copyright. Of course, I doubt it'd be easy to win a trial if somebody did this unless it was literally copied verbatim.
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by vharuck 7y ago
For recipes, it's possibly a way to qualify for copyright protection[0]. Recipes themselves aren't considered original enough, so authors can encase them in a copyrightable shell of narrative. There might be other reasons for this
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by vharuck 7y ago
I've taken classes at two small private colleges and a community college in the US (total of seven years, mostly part-time, for an undergraduate). None were on the usual elite list. But you're right that I don't know much a
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by vharuck 7y ago
> University is the concept of someone teaching you a topic and then you being able to claim you are qualified in this topic. University is supposed to be learning from the experience of experts. Having a person with experience on hand
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by vharuck 7y ago
I can't know how Warren would adapt her beliefs in the face of contradictory data in the future, but she's done that in the past [0]. She believed in a self-correcting and fair market that would be harmed by many regulations, but
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by vharuck 7y ago
I can't remember ever having a movie in mind and then finding it on Netflix. If I have two hours to kill, I don't browse Netflix to choose from their selection (though my wife does once every blue moon). For me, Netflix is just a
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by vharuck 7y ago
I'd also benefit from this, but I'm for the idea so may be biased. >And finally, capitalism: If it's really most economically efficient for tech to hyper-concentrate in silicon valley, then fighting that will probably prod
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by vharuck 7y ago
>Raising children is an instinct that's hardwired in each of us. Administering healthcare as we do today is a modern technical skill specific to a particular time and place. After hearing stories from my wife, who works at a daycare
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by vharuck 7y ago
One person can be creative in one task and uncreative in another. There are plenty of people who just "clock in, clock out" at work but have creative hobbies. Even if all people are creative in some way, society will work as lon
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by vharuck 7y ago
My fear is these systems promise great results for execs who build models to answer new questions by themselves. And that's just irresponsible. I do forecasting in my job, and use Hyndman's `forecast` R package. I totally rely o
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by vharuck 7y ago
> When nothing you do matters, everything you choose to do anyway is art. So try not to make ugly art. Is that a quote from someone else? I love it and want to properly attribute it when sharing.
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by vharuck 7y ago
I'm thankful for my parents. Because of their planning, saving, and support, I graduated college despite mental health issues, a "I'm thinking of suicide" note, and breaking off a wedding engagement to move back in with
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by vharuck 7y ago
Plenty of things, we just don't often hear about them because that'd be boring news.
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by vharuck 7y ago
My township (step below city) has a .com domain.

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