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by yostrovs 4y ago
Detroit was designed for rich people. Unlike almost any large city, it consists of large, single family homes, each on a relatively large parcel of land. It was a city, before "the riots," that was one of the richest in the world.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
There's a short book by Christopher Hitchens called The Missionary Position: Mother Teresa in Theory and Practice, which does go into her dirty dealings and doings. Recommended read, as it may very well change your mind again.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
If you strip out all nuance, everything looks the same. They have a military, we have a military. They have courts, so do we. They sail ships through (uncontested) waters, we sail ships through (contested) waters. It's all the same.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Yes, you'd think the car would get the most aggressive when the pedal is to the metal. Instead, I noticed that a strong, but gradual increase on the gas will provide more power.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
But anyone that drives a manual will let you know it's mostly about the clutch and how you use it, rather than choosing what gear you're in. Using a clutch just right can produce amazing amount of torque just when you need it. Aut
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Supposedly there's an genetic link: https://www.23andme.com/topics/traits/mosquito-bite-frequenc...
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Hyperloop seems to have been made to prevent California high speed rail. That the rail was "good" is difficult to make a case for.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
I feel you should have the option to buy gasoline futures at the gasoline station. Imagine buying X number of gallons at current prices and loading that onto a card. You can then pump those gallons from the same brand of gasoline at any tim
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by yostrovs 4y ago
If the nine lines were dashes, they would be able to be solidified through military means.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Ms. Griner violated a law that is essentially identical to the laws still existing in some U.S. states. If she would have been caught with a bunch of cannabis vape pens in Louisiana, the outcome would have been similar. Perhaps a shorter se
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by yostrovs 4y ago
FYI: The correct word in English is "occupier" not "occupant". Occupant is usually used when referring to someone who lives somewhere, such as one who occupies an apartment he lives in.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
He's ready to run a fascist state. Here he is being a Nazi. The end should speak enough for those that don't understand Russian: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xkXVVcPWSU8
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by yostrovs 4y ago
The Simpsons: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=1p6rrn-PimU
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Indeed. When it says "no nitrates added" on a package of bacon, the truth is that about the same amount of nitrates were added, but in the form of concentrated celery juice. So the claim is that juice was added, not the nitrates t
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Moving from one German country to another is not immigration. It's probably less of a change than moving from Nebraska to Texas. The xenophobic quip just confirms why it would have been difficult for you to live in more diverse places.
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Most of the kids at my school hated the school provided lunches and instead chose to bring things from home. Those were paid for by parents, and in our school you made that choice: pay for crappy food or pay for good food you like that was
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Talking about repeal of the 2nd amendment is equally useless when there are probably more guns than people in the US, and there's nowhere near enough support for that. There are some ideas, such as increasing the age of ownership, and
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by yostrovs 4y ago
The contracts were signed in euros. Rubles for sale on the market are controlled in large part by Russian entities. They've been artificially limited in making rubles available, driving up the price of the ruble.
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Population numbers are irrelevant here. The countries refusing to trade with Russia supply the world's industrial technology, including parts such as chips, and systems such as what Siemens makes. Russia can't use central African
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by yostrovs 4y ago
The rubble is worth less than conversion rate, so the buyer forced to convert at the conversion rate is getting a bad deal. He's paying more for a ruble that should be cheaper to buy.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Due to outside countries refusing to sell their products to Russia, the demand forforeign currency in Russia actually fell. Moreover, the legal limitations on currency trade there means that the conversion rate is not true. This is why Russ
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by yostrovs 4y ago
What rubbish Gizmodo has become.
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Are all the consonants pronounced??
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If The Economist is going to print obscenities, it should spell correctly. It's not "pederasti," but "pidarasi". And while I'm here, there is no "t" in borsch.
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by yostrovs 4y ago
Greenspan gave it to the world: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irrational_exuberance
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by yostrovs 5y ago
Keep the fresh eggs on the counter for a week or so before boiling, and your shell will come off properly.
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by yostrovs 5y ago
Did you join the club just to comment about Russia?
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I felt the same anxiety about having to walk our dog when we first got it. But it's totally worth it and doesn't feel as a chore. It's time to yourself, to think about things, to wake up, to give you a perfect routine to star
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by yostrovs 5y ago
Look up Azerbaijan vs Armenia a couple years ago. Most of Armenian armor was destroyed by drones.
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Ukrainians revolt, and then try a new guy. Russians, in the other hand, overwhelmingly support the same guy through everything he does. There's almost no resistance. The population feels they have no responsibility, that the higher ups

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