angusangus

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by angusangus 11y ago
https://nwurban.wordpress.com/2010/12/20/cyclings-impact-on-... TLDR: Health benefits of cycling are believed to significantly outweigh health risks on average.
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by angusangus 11y ago
Thank you for providing the name for that concept ('Third Place'). It's been on my mind that these are becoming particularly important for people who work remotely and therefore don't even have a 'Second Place&#x27
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by angusangus 13y ago
I'm interested in this distinction. It seems to me fairly self-evident that actions which chill debate or discussion limit political expression and an informed electorate, thereby fundamentally impinging on democracy. Why then disting
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by angusangus 13y ago
Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Radiohead made some of their best music without any major label deals or marketing budgets. Extraordinary music does not require or benefit from commercial-scale budgets. It's always been made, and always will b
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by angusangus 13y ago
> they should have put out the 39 minute version as is As the previous commenter said, they did . Wikileaks' stated journalistic method has always been to provide editorialized/pre-digested material along with complete unedite
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by angusangus 13y ago
Indeed. See eg. http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/18/prison-small-business-ent-m... and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272... Money quote: "Oddo al
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by angusangus 13y ago
The 'civil' in 'civil disobedience' refers to disobeying the civil government, not disobeying politely.
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by angusangus 13y ago
It seems to me that the difference is not so much 'where those people are put' but rather that there are support mechanisms that help the majority of at-risk people before they deteriorate to the level of homelessness or mental disability t
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by angusangus 15y ago
I use a keyboard that has a similar layout to that in the images above (ctrl to left of A, tilde on home key at top right etc). It's called the Happy Hacking Keyboard and is made in Japan by a Fujitsu subsidiary: see here http://en.wikipe