crowdpleaser

5 ms·

1.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
+1. We should make sure that our allies get access to our best technology and weapons platforms and obviously we can commit to defend them if they can commit to defending themselves (places like Germany need to step up to the plate) but Ame
2.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
I agree that there's a cosmopolitan bias, but I'm extremely skeptical of the claim that journalists writ large are motivated by a sense of professional ethics and are exposed to people from a variety of backgrounds. I don't t
3.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
We would expect parcel prices to increase with upzoing - land becomes more valuable if more people are permitted to enjoy using it. That's the behavior that encourages developers to make multi-family housing.
4.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
I think any level of descriptiveness is fine as long as it's consistent. If a Chinese thief is an "Oregon Student" then I want a Chinese surgeon who saves lives to be an "Oregon surgeon".
5.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
"Just following orders" was a valid excuse until the Nuremberg trials.
6.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
Yeah, but thrust to weight really matters too. I'd be floored if two Russian engines had anywhere near the power to weight ratio of the F-35 engine. But the Russian engineers are very good, they've done a great job of designing co
7.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
Probably not at any scale beyond serial production, even then, there isn't a Russian powerplant that would offer the thrust/weight performance required for the plane to perform. I'm sure some of the materials on the F-35 woul
8.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
I ain't racing to 60. I'm racing to ~120-140 and seeing how long those Teslas can hang with a machine that's optimized to go fast and far
9.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
Come and take it. Good luck chasing me in an electric vehicle.
10.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
Agreed. What we're seeing from the thought police is a resurgence of puritanism. With various degrees of success, religions can put guard rails on puritanism with 'love the sinner hate the sin' messages, it's not apparen
11.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
they told me if Trump were elected we'd see open racism and they were right!
12.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
+1. Many of us working jobs we don't really have 'passion' for are doing it to fund the things we are passionate about. I really hate it when people talk about how they need public subsidies to follow their self-gratifying dr
13.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
If they live in a place with walking access to a shuttle (and enough walking distance amenities that they don't need a car), they're paying a lot in rent. I wager you're paying more for car insurance than you spend on gas - c
14.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
>Aside from housing, cost of living isn't that different, at least if you don't have kids. Things you buy from Amazon cost the same. Maybe it'd be a different situation if I had children. Transportation costs are much high
15.
by crowdpleaser 7y ago
Degrees themselves may not have much value, but the value of the degree is that employers can use them to offload discrimination to schools. Through disparate impact legislation and jurisprudence, employers can only consider job applicants
16.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
It’s subjective of whether it was better or worse. We better get sex robots quick or who knows what’s going to happen when more guys are more frustrated.
17.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Is this any surprise? Since early 2017 people have been alleging that the Obama DOJ was biased in the 2016 election in favor of HRC. Beyond shielding her from criminal charges and protecting people in her circle, they and the FBI got a fish
18.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Is there a way to help? The brain power going to waste is awful.
19.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Does Facebook claim to be a content-agnostic middleman? I know we accuse them of it, but they pulled some GOP / Trump ads for being sensational, that hardly sounds like a dispassionate middleman.
20.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I think I can provide evidence of this, but I'd like to use a double-crux and put both of our beliefs on the table. If I can show you criticism of a scientists' work in a natural / mathematical science field that emphasizes t
21.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
https://www.sacbee.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/erika-d-smi... Improving a blighted neighborhood is racism. If I were to displace a minority from “their” neighborhood, I would have done a racist act.
22.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Is it any surprise? I don't want to be accused of being a racist so I can't move into affordable urban neighborhoods with too many 'underrepresented minorities'. I like peace and quiet, you don't find that in the ci
23.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
First-class air travel in American is in decline because American corporations can deduct business class airfare more easily than first class airfare. IIRC, the only domestic airline in America with first-class is American Airlines. The oth
24.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>Does this rural Midwest area have an active police presence? Not anything like you'd see in a more developed area. We had a county sheriff - I recall going months without seeing a law enforcement officer, I think we had a police to
25.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Do the drug cartels have better funding? Mexico's Federal Budget was $314 billion dollars last year, estimates put America's illegal drug expenditures in the region of $100 billion [0], I imagine a lot of that money stays within t
26.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>One of the answers is money. It would be convenient if it were true, but I don't think money is a great explanation. I come from a rural area in the Midwest, the people are very poor (even poorer than the urban poor) but have a lot
27.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Why can't Mexico perform the basic state function of protecting its citizens from organized violence? Drug rehab may sound like a panacea, but as it's practiced and administered in America, rehab centers seem to respond to their p
28.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Mexico has a firearm homicide rate of ~6.3 murders / 100k people / yr. The United States has a lower rate, 4.62 murders / 100k people /yr [0]. If American guns are the problem, why aren't the gun homicide rates high
29.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
This doesn’t sound very inclusive. If inclusivity is so important, why do the loudest advocates for it eschew it whenever they get the chance to turn the tables?
30.
by crowdpleaser 8y ago
It probably does have a larger margin, you'd be shocked at how little it costs automakers to add some features / content. IIRC, an Escalade's interior costs ~$1,000 more to manufacturer than a Suburban's interior. The ru

More ›