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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Metamorphic rock can come from sedimentary rock.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
I'm not sure about the self centered part. It's not the people at work helping everyone who are promoted. Is the ones dishonestly taking credit for all that work who get the praise and promotions. The self centered ones kiss up, s
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Is because the top tax brackets were reduced so much under Reagan, it made sense to pay out all the profits to a few at the top rather than the hundreds or thousands below. Now is easier with computers but the execs got greedy.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Rent verb 1. pay someone for the use of (something, typically property, land, or a car). "they rented a house together in Spain" synonyms: hire, lease, charter I'd say rent is a better word. Because you're pay ing.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
If you share something, you don't charge. If you charge, it's called renting. They are implying benevolence when there is none. Especially on the part of the hucksters.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Analyst firms take money from their clients and the vendors they analyze. They can't be trusted at all .
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
There should be no street parking when it removes a lane from traffic. seems an awful waste of space for one car that could be used to move vehicles.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Why can't it be that new organisms are bubbling up from the thermal vents or bubbling hot springs all the time? Why do they say every thing came from a single origin cell? Seems like I'd it happened once, it can happen again!
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
The long view is gone. Let's just imagine we cannot stop climate change. Who's working on that problem?
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
I won't work for a company I don't care about. If it's not doing something good and especially if it is doing something bad, I just cannot work there. I feel ill. Psychologically overwhelmed by cognitive dissonance. That
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Ethical behavior is immune to "more compensation than they've ever had before." that's the point. If they are continuing in any way to benefit the operation of a business that does those things then they are morally
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Then they should quit. Stand up for what's right. If the engineers quit, the company can't do it anymore. They are all accomplices. For whatever reason they don't stop and thus their ethics are compromised.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
It is that way.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Is because of memory. Old people remember how things were and want those memories to be continuously valuable. If everything changes they have nothing over the younger competition.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Is not just social media. This is a problem in all aspects of human life. The drive for more more more! Nothing is ever enough.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
What is stopping this from happening? What is stopping Google bombs? What is preventing us from being smarter? From going out and educating ourselves? Thinking more deeply? Finding the truth? Introspecting? Where do we get our thoughts f
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Work as in a win-win for both the employer and the employee. And perhaps you mean "most other peoples" [who are on hackernews]
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
There's also and even more educated group who knows humans only accelerated a natural and enevitable carbon cycle that humans didn't cause nor can stop. Humans can't stop global warming. Then what can we do? What shoul
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Exactly. It's disgusting. Totally unethical.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
I reuse them as garbage bags in small trash cans under the sink, in the bathroom, office, etc. You can reuse small boxes and big coffee cans as the trash cans.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Uber doesn't work. Lyft doesn't work. Airbnb doesn't work. Why would it work for delivery?
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
At least someone on the team should know where the landmines and Booby traps are in the language before you plan a big project on it. If you find out how many and what kind they are after you have gotten half way to the goal then you migh
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Far far far, as in across the Pacific ocean! I saw a documentary that said most of the condos are owned by collections of families, is that right? And they buy third and fourth homes too. They all sit empty. Fueled buy municipal loans. W
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
What's the time line on this getting started? What's the best strategy for investing? Asset allocation? To be specific Near term: < 6 months Short term: 6 Mos - 2 yrs Midterm: 2 years - 5 yrs Long term: 5 years or more what you
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
It helps me very much to read that quote right now. Thank you for posting it. When making my cases at work, I need to frame the talking points from the perspective of how choosing my decision will benefit the person's salary. I don&#x2
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
What about the over priced condos they are buying overseas? What happens when those prices fall too? Serious question.
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Have you seen who represents the people? just have a test we can take to illustrate competence in a domain. Passing the test grants us the right to vote on laws in that domain. Then, those who represent us are those who have illustrated th
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
They are both problems. Just stated in response to the arguments for capitalism. I say capitalism creates a world where ownership accumulates to too few people. We see that in the wealth gap. 6 people own as much as 50% of the all people in
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Me too. A neat part of it is being able to share what I've built and get and feel the appreciation for what I've done. It's not like that in my software life. Like databases are not as... neat to most people but everyone can
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by yeahitslikethat 7y ago
Invest those extra hours inventing something! :) Then you can sell your hours over and over again.

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