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by viburnum 7y ago
Rainforests are damp and don’t burn. Right there in the name.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Yeah, this is just sleazy advertorial, trying to make pesticides and chemical fertilizers sound good by calling them “clean.” Total trash.
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How Amazon Controls Its Marketplace(prospect.org)
3 points by viburnum 7y ago|0 comments
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by viburnum 7y ago
Usually these kinds of articles avoid the obvious fact, that ancient civilizations were based on plunder and exploitation, and that eventually you run out of places to plunder or your victims adapt and fight back. This was surprising becaus
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by viburnum 7y ago
I got halfway through and thought, “good lord, cars are kind of a dumb idea when you think about it,” so thumbs up to the author. Cars mostly solve the problems created by everyone else having cars.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Just ban all ad tech while you’re at it. No one will miss it.
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by viburnum 7y ago
I don't follow this, what's happening?
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by viburnum 7y ago
I stopped buying a lot of stuff from amazon because I don't want to get banned. They just put books loose in boxes now. If I'm buying an $80 art book I want it delivered in mint condition. It might take amazon three tries to do th
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by viburnum 7y ago
South Africa is seen as a success.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Kids are smart, being an astronaut is a dangerous and pointless job, like doing motorcycle stunts or BASE jumping.
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Why Apollo 11 looked so different to black America(theguardian.com)
1 points by viburnum 7y ago|0 comments
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by viburnum 7y ago
Academic publishing is a weird way to evaluate worker performance.
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Generating World Maps for Unexplored 2(ludomotion.com)
22 points by viburnum 7y ago|1 comments
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by viburnum 7y ago
There are four thousand homeless people and two thousand shelter places. Evening out those numbers would go a long way.
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by viburnum 7y ago
IIRC he was the only CEO to end equal benefits to gay and lesbian employees (Perot Systems started when he stepped away and ended it when he came back).
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How Utrecht Became a Paradise for Cyclists(citylab.com)
3 points by viburnum 7y ago|0 comments
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by viburnum 7y ago
I’m talking about the Nordics at the top, with 70% of people in unions, followed by Germany/France/Benelux. Transparency doesn’t give create political power. Coordinating the interests of millions of workers takes organization, an
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by viburnum 7y ago
They found that MIT, Harvard, and Princeton grads publish the most. Those are the most fashionable departments so this is not surprising. I think they proved that the top 30 rankings they are benchmarking against doesn’t conform to prejudic
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by viburnum 7y ago
This weekend I was slogging through a book I had been meaning to read for ten years when I realized that twitter is actually more enjoyable than books.
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by viburnum 7y ago
The countries with the best human welfare indicators also have the highest percentage of people in unions. It’s the only countervailing force against plutocratic power.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Pike Place Market is so great and popular, cities should really build more markets like it (including Seattle).
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by viburnum 7y ago
We hear from CEOs constantly and that’s normal, down to what books billionaires like to read, but god forbid someone representing workers gets a chance to be heard.
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by viburnum 7y ago
I didn’t realize Boeing’s stock had done so well! Now that’s shareholder value.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Singular they has been used in English since about the 14th century.
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by viburnum 7y ago
I took out my lawn and planted a ton of perennials and ornamental grasses. It’s way less work than a lawn (I weed it twice a year, in the spring and in the late fall). It’s full of hummingbirds all the time. And it’s pretty.
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by viburnum 7y ago
Robot cars don’t work, and as long as they share the streets with autonomous humans, they never will. But don’t give up hope, because maybe corporations can make it illegal to be outside unless you’re inside a robot car.
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by viburnum 7y ago
A lot of the anti-bias discourse is aimed at getting people to stop being human and start being libertarian robots.
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by viburnum 7y ago
I think that's begging the question.
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The Fourth Power Rule(cyclelicio.us)
2 points by viburnum 7y ago|0 comments
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by viburnum 7y ago
It’s funny how the word “bully” is used in this context. When it’s your boss giving the orders, that’s legitimate, but if anybody else tells you want to do, it’s bullying. Are bosses just bullies by another name?

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