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by watertom 6y ago
This is hysterical. The Chinese government is their key partner, and is mainly responsible for their actions. They direct the company and then get mad and fine the company.
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by watertom 6y ago
Ah, the Casey Kelso of the Internet: "I have this thing where I say stuff don't really mean."
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by watertom 6y ago
The effects are irreversible. Once the permafrost began to thaw, and that started back in the 80’s, it’s been game over. The permafrost is releasing massive amounts of CO2, Methane, and Nitrous Oxide, in about 10 years the earth itself w
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by watertom 6y ago
Ultimately cryptocurrency is a game, just like the stock market and people will play it like a game, just like the stock market.
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by watertom 6y ago
Everyone keeps jumping on Microsoft, but Microsoft is not the problem. The problem are the Universities, specifically management and the Board of Directors. They see IT as a complete waste of time, they won't fund it properly, they ref
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by watertom 6y ago
If China takes over Taiwan, chip manufacturing is probably the least of anyone’s worries.
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by watertom 6y ago
It's an identification counter measure. It's a small object emitting a bright light. Trying to take a picture or identify the craft becomes impossible.
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by watertom 6y ago
A lot of smart people in this forum. Someone please explain to me how the Chinese were able to identify that that had a new virus. I’ve done pandemic drills with homeland security. They said they way you know you’ve got a new virus float
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by watertom 6y ago
Eliminate capital gains all income is taxed as earned income. Eliminate all deduction except primary residence and dependents. Since all deductions are eliminated lower tax rate to the effective tax rate for that tax bracket. We've jus
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by watertom 6y ago
Why do people respond to the taxation of the wealthy by suggesting that we cut spending? The apologist approach to the taxation the wealthy is just baffling. The rich have been allowed to accumulate wealth because of tax laws that favor the
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by watertom 6y ago
The problem is maintenance, it's a cost center, it doesn't directly generate revenue, so it's been eliminated. NOBODY is willing to spend money for maintenance on ANYTHING, look at our infrastructure. If it wasn't for th
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by watertom 6y ago
Working on planting more trees is nice, but we have a much bigger problem. Phytoplankton are responsible for between 50 and 80% of the oxygen in the atmosphere https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/ocean-oxygen.html Phy
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by watertom 6y ago
Hospitals wish they could destroy your data as well, state laws dictate that hospitals and doctors retain the data, in some states for as long as 15 years. Hospitals would love to treat you as new patient every time through the door, that
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by watertom 6y ago
Unless you work in a hospital and experience the rules first hand I suggest you remember what you were taught in kindergarten, do repeat things you’ve been told because they might not be true. I work in a hospital and I’ve never seen anythi
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by watertom 6y ago
They do communicate clearly what is essential, that's why they write the technical rider. When they band shows up the people at the venue act like everything is OK. The band needs a quick way to assess the attention to detail of the ve
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by watertom 6y ago
So what is your great idea that will succeed where the others have failed?
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by watertom 6y ago
How will market consolidation lead to a smaller viable alternative?
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by watertom 6y ago
Phytoplankton is responsible for 50-80% of all oxygen in the atmosphere. The World wide phytoplankton population has been in decline since the 50’s, down almost 40%. As the population continues to decline it will hit a tipping point and
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by watertom 6y ago
Maybe in the old days not paying your last month's rent would be an option but not today. Nobody who is truly poor would skip out on the last month rent unless they were desperate, because the landlord will find things wrong with the a
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by watertom 6y ago
How prepared are we for any large scale natural event? Not prepared at all. It's costs money to be prepared for things that might not ever happen. No CEO ever got fired for choosing profits, no CEO ever will get fired for choosing pro
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by watertom 6y ago
3 children, we only slept them in their rooms, starting day 10. Naps, day sleep, everything, they slept in their room and in their crib. The room was light controlled, meaning there was no light at all. They quickly associated any sle
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by watertom 6y ago
Wow, Computer Literacy I completely forgot about them. As an east coast geek they they were like a unicorn. When I joined Sun Microsystems in 1990, and I went to orientation training in Mt. View it was like visiting heaven when I got to wa
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by watertom 6y ago
You need your body encased in a Faraday cage otherwise the tin, or more likely aluminum, hat won't be blocking anything. In fact as some suggest it could act to focused the brain controls waves straight to the brain
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by watertom 6y ago
Big tech? How about big information, 6 companies control almost all media in the U.S. The U.S. keeps consolidating, the "spin" is that it's all about lower costs to the consumer by allowing "scale", when it reality
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by watertom 6y ago
Wild is applied because animals behave in way we don't understand and it's much easier to chalk it up to the fact that they act without thought or reason, which we know is not true. Animals think and reason, just because we don&#x
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by watertom 6y ago
In these situations the Police basically have 2 options. - Take into custody (Which could mean being committed) - Shoot I'll take my chances with trained health/mental health professionals who can understand "I took too much&
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by watertom 6y ago
Slowing the growth of greenhouse gas emissions isn’t enough, we need to be net negative, but we don’t have the technology to capture and sequester 40 billion metrics tonnes of greenhouse gases per year, every year.
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by watertom 6y ago
The U.S. was this divided politically before WW I. WW II united most of the country, then the Cold War kept it united. With the end of the Cold War, with no enemy to unite to two half’s of the country it’s back to where we were 100 yea
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by watertom 6y ago
This is like interviewing a dog about the inter workings of the household that owns him.
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by watertom 6y ago
Induction works better than gas. Commercial kitchens have been switching to induction because the new units can maintain precise temperature, it also allows for much cooler kitchens, it’s easier to clean, and it gives them flexibility for s

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