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by xlm1717 11y ago
That was far far more the Soviets' fault, not "our" fault.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Started off interesting, then ventured off into conspiracy theory territory.
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That's weird, worked for me.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Click the web link below the title, then click the story in the google results. Pay wall goes down.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
> 2015 is when web development went to shit. Web development used to be nice. You could fire up a text editor and start creating JS and CSS files. You can absolutely still do this. That has not changed. So yes, everything I’m about to sa
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Those are A LOT of generalizations you're making.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
The way I had to take out loans when I went to college, I knew how much more in debt I was getting every semester and the total debt. I had gone to a public university in the US. Since I had scholarships, I had to take out "only"
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by xlm1717 11y ago
>>I don't see a reason to bring your political leanings into a discussion of straightforward economic cause and effects. Because political leanings are leading to economic policy decisions.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
From some admittedly not very scientific research into this, it seems that different forms of magnesium are absorbed differently by the body. It is claimed that magnesium oxide is poorly absorbed by the body and can lead to more side effect
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Also this: "A very large amount of maintainers leads to infighting, procedural foolishness, and ultimately a very slow advancement schedule." Sounds like the no-confidence vote that many wikipedia editors signed last week.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Exactly. Someone has to be keeping this inane drivel alive.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
> the movement — which has dropped off sharply the past two years — may be more anti-Republican than antiwar, a U-M researcher says You don't say...
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by xlm1717 11y ago
At least in the US, I think monopolies are part of the problem. Every once in a while, you see a story about how a big telecom lobbied to prevent a small local broadband ISP promising gigabit internet from taking off.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
After reading this, the motivation behind his Gervais Principle series makes more sense.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Even this is an understatement. I would really have loved to read it in paragraph format. As a numbered list it got tiring.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
It sounded like a big part of it for the author too was getting two projects canceled. You want to be the guy with the next killer product, and when you think you have it, the higher ups in the large, prominent company you work for decide t
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by xlm1717 11y ago
I tend to notice the same thing. What I choose to read on Medium is from the posts that it decides to bring to my attention, either on the front page or through the email newsletter. I would bet posts with a lot of egotism tend to get more
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by xlm1717 11y ago
I can't quite put my finger on it, but I think a big part of why I don't like Medium either is because it's popular. Yes, it's going to sound hipster-ish to say the posts started out interesting, but now whenever I see a
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by xlm1717 11y ago
You can still read the article. They're just using it as an opportunity to sell a subscription.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
If I understand correctly, this line of reasoning states that because animals can't make the choice, we can't make it for them (we could feed them all kibbles if we wanted), but since humans can make the choice, then we should m
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by xlm1717 11y ago
It's interesting that one of the articles in the header says "Why Spin Is Good For Democracy". Seems Krugman takes that hook, line, and stinker. I personally would reframe the luck argument into one based on scarcity of resou
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by xlm1717 11y ago
>The last line stands out the most because it presumes there could be a winner. How can that be if you're the one who's making the rules? Reminds me of a quote from Stargate SG-1: "The only way to win is to deny the battle
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by xlm1717 11y ago
You're trading one filter bubble for another. Unless you want to see how the population of another country experience propaganda, I don't see how it could be useful. You could do critical thinking on any source, not just alternate
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by xlm1717 11y ago
They do this for their own safety. It might not be fair if what is in someone's background check doesn't reflect who they are today. They may be truly remorseful for red flags that show up. But then again, they may not, and the wo
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Going by what you typed here, I can't help but think you might be going about it the wrong way. When you talk about not being attracted to the people who talk to you or are in your age range, are you going purely by looks? Maybe if you
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by xlm1717 11y ago
To be fair, of course they're gonna make it look horrendous. It's a reality show, after all!
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by xlm1717 11y ago
Yes we caused climate change, yes we need to do something about it, no that doesn't make us special.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
If we found a human from Mars, that would transcend these academic discussions, as it would be the discovery to upend all history. As far as the cancer thing goes, scientists are already studying genes from a lot of non-human animals.
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by xlm1717 11y ago
The simple answer is: because Keynesian economics doesn't work.
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They should get Japanese engineers to come in and build the apartment buildings then. Tokyo is still standing.

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