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>This sounds so obnoxious and short-sighted. The intent is to be obnoxious. But I'm not seeing how it's short sighted. >If I own a business that doesn't align with your values, it's one thing to boycott and protest
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>For not allowing a comment on their platform? Really? Huh, I thought it was obvious to folks as to what people are upset about. It's not about preventing a comment on their platform. And of course they can limit whatever comments t
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7y ago
>The folks that care should really be Key words there.
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7y ago
But, a business does not make decisions. The people of that organization make the decisions. We must pierce the veil and hold the individuals accountable. Start picketing their house, where they eat, everywhere they go. The folks that care
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7y ago
>users will abandon Facebook for platforms that do support it Assuming someone already has knowledge of Facebook's past activities, then they are likely already gone. If they are still using the service, it's unlikely this will
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7y ago
Right, so like all things in life. Use the advice as a guideline and experiment to validate.
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7y ago
Maybe, but that’s more of an excuse than a true reason. It means their methodology for determining caloric content is flawed and they aren’t turning the right knobs to find accuracy. At which point they should work with a nutritionist.
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7y ago
Some people do have a sensitivity to salt. I am one of those people. Excessive salt does weird things to my body. My grandmother is the same way.
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7y ago
I'm suggesting we launch a mental warfare campaign on the guilty. The system is bought by folks like these. If you think the system will punish them, then I suggest taking a look at precedence for folks like them. It's not in the
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7y ago
I bet we could easily figure out where they live.
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>Mobile phones continue to work during a disaster as long as the base station batteries hold out and that’s with cheap base stations serving very large amounts of idiot users Maybe? There are numerous accounts of inoperable service when
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7y ago
Right, which sadly means it is not bound by any logical structure and will likely be very unbalanced. Ex, Enron execs went to prison for years, yet no one died due to their actions. Big Pharma knowingly oversells a highly addictive substanc
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7y ago
Maybe? I know I make about the same as my uncle did working for Ernst & Young (in DC) during the late 90s early 2000s. However, neither of us were/are in development.
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7y ago
> But, if everyone is streaming at the same time, if there was going to be an issue, it would happen if caps existed or not because at some point during the month you're going to have nearly all your customers with data to use. It&#
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7y ago
I appreciate the civil discourse you and I are having! >You can't look at this as a local problem. It's a problem that's going to affect every country in the world, because eventually all of them are going to have a stagna
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7y ago
>What matters is the shape of the population pyramid that social programs require. You will need to have more younger people than older people and the population growth in the developed world simply isn't enough. All of that is ridi
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>Actually we are hurting for more humans depending on what you want. For example social programs are built with very generous population growth predictions. Social security is solvent to 2035 according to our own government estimates: It
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7y ago
I think you know the answer. They aren’t.
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>Red meat was classified as Group 2A, probably carcinogenic to humans. What does this mean exactly? In the case of red meat, the classification is based on limited evidence from epidemiological studies showing positive associations bet
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7y ago
This comment really highlights why the term SDN is pointless and needs to die. You are talking about something completely unrelated to topic of the article.
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>but the internet infrastructure itself? Kind of. The Internet is similar to a chain link fence. Every link in the chain needs to perform its role as expected, otherwise shit breaks. In the case of the Internet, there are many ISPs that
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>And yet, everyday, we give more and more power to governments... I think we should be careful about blaming government itself. But instead focus on the _people_ that make up the government. It seems there is a serious lack of equal repr
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If making coffee is as simple and quick as pressing a button, then I doubt the convince would save enough time for any of the activities you mentioned. We also should also not forget the extreme sacrifice in quality that comes “quick and ea
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>Just imagine something like cannabis lounge where you could take mushrooms in safe setting and if you feel overwhelmed you could talk to a trained staff member. Not necessarily a psychologist, just someone who can guide you through the
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>But, what if there's no where to move to? We live in a time and age when voters and the govt that represent them are ever more stingy with land usage. I wouldn't be at all surprised if we end up with no-where to put the mobile
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>They clearly want to push their more casual all-in-one headsets and don't care much about the enthusiasts and gamers that helped get Oculus off the ground in the first place. I'm a little surprised they have taken this route.
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8y ago
The RFCs for the SMTP protocol call what is read by the server. Reading RFCs is fun :)
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8y ago
Hah, yes! It seems my brain stopped working today.
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>Even though smoking is in the same category as processed meat (Group 1 carcinogen), the magnitude or level of risk associated with smoking is considerably higher (e.g., for lung cancer about 20 fold or 2000% increased risk) from those a
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>It seems like a much better solution to this 'problem' is let cows live outdoors and graze on grass. With the number of cattle on this planet, this would require an insane amount of land. >FDA should mandate that all cows r
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