Mary-Jane

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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Reactors on Navy vessels, since at least the 70s, are very safe. They are closed systems and are completely sealed in compartments surrounded by feet of shielding. While some negligible amount of radiation does get through, it's half l
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
I have no skin in the game; didn't even read the article. "You're just being contrarian so you're wrong" is a weak and lazy retort. I did appreciate that op provided a counter-perspective though; that's rare.
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Science, indeed any intellectual thought, won't progress without contrarian views challenging the/your status quo.
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
A conservative wanting to limit the power of government? Shocking! Seriously though, this position is consistent with conservative beliefs; why do you find it hard to believe? Even the infamous Rush Limbaugh opposed letting the government f
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
> Due to some [reason], an overpopulation calamity hasn’t yet happened and we might coincidentally stabilize at a level that’s somewhat close to what maximizes average utility... Given the birthrate trends in developed countries, it&#x27
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Given the context, I suspect the parent was referring to the overhead caused by managing incompetents. Given the choice between working with an asshat who knows what they're doing and a moron who doesn't understand the basics _and
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Thought experiment: how would you feel if YouTube banned all pro-trans content? ...or pro-choice, or anti-Isreal/Jewish material? It doesn't matter to me if you're against companies censoring any of these things. Be aware tha
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
That's right. Cos money is the root of absolutely all all evil, everywhere, for all time!
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
"Hey Whitey! Check your privilege!" You're right, there's no insult intended when people say that. Apparently whiteys have thin skin too!
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
The data suggests western countries _are_ leading the way on plastic waste disposal. It's high time we started helping others, don't you think?
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
It's usually government types (DoD, FDA) pushing for this stuff, and lots of it. The thinking appears to be, "The more the paperwork, the better the product".
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Google FI user. I can confirm it fantastic great for international travel.
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
I was expecting the same, so I was surprised when it wasn't. Why would you be disappointed?
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
I'm sure the comments were made in jest...
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
You can't be serious.
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Poppycock! A. Private companies cannot force you to do a single thing! Governments have entire agencies and departments dedicated to keeping people they deem dangerous in line, using a list of powers up to and including the right to take th
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Not many neanderthals around these days. Just an observation.
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
...but perforce get so many other things wrong....
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
What 'greater good' can possibly be achieved by having to literally write the same app 5 different times?
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
Negatory. Us shovels more funding per student into its public schools than almost any other country. That funding is spend poorly, mostly on administrative functions that no doubt demonstrate in great detail how great each school is. https
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
All the FAANGs are American companies, and they've all been pushing the boundaries. What do you feel America has lost in this respect?
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by Mary-Jane 5y ago
FYI, CTOs at startups often directly interview and hire technical candidates...
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
It would be nice if articles like this appeared in non-conservative media. Unfortunately, theses days, the only way to find articulate conservative perspectives is to visit conservative outlets.
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
Exactly! We play games against bots all the time to improve our own skills; why wouldn't the same tactic work to improve our own knowledge?
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
Government is not an effective tool for societal change in democracies because, by definition, they require society to want those changes. For instance, although homosexuality has been a political issue for decades, gay marriage was never l
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
That's makes no sense... Why do you do it? Are you trying to speed up the revolution?
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
This is a great post. Not the text of course, but it's implications. See, the people you think are stupid actually agree with you on this point -- and very likely see you as stupid. Statically, both of you rarely engage the other, bu
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
Given the political bent of this forum, I'm curious how people would react to the fact that the same argument could be applied to the prevalence of guns in America, e.g. gun ownership has been steadily increasing since the 50's, b
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
So you're saying if there were multiple causes and one of them was corrected, his numbers wouldn't catch it, right?
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by Mary-Jane 6y ago
You are making very general statements and treating them as if they apply to the entire homeless population. If you have an interest in fixing problems you should appreciate that people's circumstances vary and so will solutions. The p

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