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by vivekd 9y ago
I didn't mean we can treat for AIDS better with legalization, I mean we can treat for AIDS better because of improved and more accessible AIDS treatments that have emerged in the last decade and a half
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by vivekd 9y ago
Counterpoint, overdoes deaths increased during some years and drug use has markedly increased: Also the chart supporting less overdose deaths seems to be actually a chart about all drug induced deaths, and not just overdose deaths, which me
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I wonder why there aren't more EV trailers on the road, a trucking company would be more willing to absorb the higher initial costs of an electric truck in order to save on fuel down the line. Is it because EV can't effectively c
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by vivekd 9y ago
I think enough people recognize the ethical issues inherent in designer babies enough that we are in no danger of reaching that point. I think the tech could have great applications in livestock and curing genetic defects.
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by vivekd 9y ago
Maybe it's the Indian in me but I thought it was great. Yes quality is not going to be as great as a shot that takes hours to set up, but at the same time, do we really need top quality for every single photo? Do we need to spend hou
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Canadian vowel pronunciations are shifting(msn.com)
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by vivekd 9y ago
So wait, this means that if it weren't for safety and emission standards I'd be able to go out and buy a new car for 4000 dollars and a used car for a tiny fraction of that? I get that others want safety, but for me that's n
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by vivekd 9y ago
what about Boston Dynamics, the military contractor. There's also Festo, Fanuc, Reis, I'm sure there are a ton of other robotics companies that we don't hear about because most robotics companies are marketing to very specif
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This data isn't in context, it's not fair to take data like the negative impact of resettlement on its own without also looking at the benefit provided by the projects to the poor.
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by vivekd 9y ago
It seems fickle as hell to withdraw on a client's case just because you can't eat at your favorite high end restaurant anymore. Still considering the way I've seen a lot of lawyers behave, it doesn't surprise me.
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by vivekd 9y ago
I don't understand, why don't you just notarize the form and send it back to them, notaries are really cheap.
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Life on Mars may be impossible due to toxic martian soil(time.com)
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by vivekd 9y ago
No he's not a bot, I deleted the part he criticized because I thought his criticism was fair, I indicated that in my reply to him.
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That's a fair point, I edited my comment to get rid of the part about intellectual property violations in response to your comment.
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Kalanick was absolutely right to be panicking about self driving cars. The reason we pay a little more for taxis and ubers is that we have to pay for the person driving the cars. With a self driving taxi service, and no need to pay for a
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by vivekd 9y ago
I still enjoy 3d movies.
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by vivekd 9y ago
Model 3 won't have a radiator, it does have a battery cooling fluid but it's not fair to think of that as automotive fluid because it doesn't have to be replenished.
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by vivekd 9y ago
That would be highly illegal stock manipulation and people would go to jail if they were caught doing that. Also Goldman Sachs, would lose their credibility and with it much of their business.
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>Tesla doesnt make a mass market car - even their basic sedan, starts at 35k - I can buy a nicely equipped Taurus, Fusion, Malibu , Impala, Camry or Avalon for less than that - and from a size perspective its far closer to a Prius or Vol
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but fewer people also means less of a burden on infrastructure and hence less infrastructure spending thus evening things out.
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My answer to the Fermi Paradox is that it seems to be human conceit that alien life intelligent enough for space travel would want to contact us. If our species really is typical, there is no reason for them to contact us above the many ot
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by vivekd 9y ago
Forcing moderators scrutinizing terrorists to use their real identities was a stupid, stupid idea that I hope facebook will change going forward. Perhaps facebook can look into getting some sort of anonymous identity for its moderators. At
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by vivekd 9y ago
But if the high level accademics don't move to access on their own, government certainly has a large role in encouraging and incentivizing them to make the change, especially considering they provide a large amount of funding for acade
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by vivekd 9y ago
>Christianity is quite focused on the idea of good and evil. Norse mythology was never like that. Norse mythology was never like that. There was no evil devil. The world was divided into order and chaos not good and evil. What? Why do p
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by vivekd 9y ago
If you are looking to learn python on the smartphone SoloLearn has a great free app that can give you enough to get started. It also has sample programs you can run in a simulated python programming environment so you can get your hands di
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by vivekd 9y ago
I think she's taking a very charitable view of things. She was constantly interrupted by the moderator in a way that the male speakers weren't. There was differential treatment and it didn't sound to me like the moderator wa
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by vivekd 9y ago
Koreans and others studying the Talmud are sort of one off rarities. Nearly everyone who studies the Talmud is a Jew doing so for reasons related to religious or cultural identity.
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by vivekd 9y ago
The fact that it claims to check spelling and grammar seems suspect to me because if it really were even at least as good as Microsoft word at good at checking spelling and grammar they would have spun it out and sold it as a spelling and g
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by vivekd 9y ago
>Politics often requires compromise. But potential planetary catastrophe is not a political issue and not an issue that allows for much compromise. Sure there is political hand wringing about whether it is really happening and what its
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Genuine or not he's a businessman and Tesla is company that sells ethics. A big part of its selling point is that it's a more ethical alternative to gas powered cars. If it comes out that they behaving unethically with regard to

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