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by lev99 8y ago
> Basically, some people think men should have a right to abdicate responsibility for a pregnancy at least up to a certain point. Are there any specific plans for this that are not harmful to the child or society?
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by lev99 8y ago
In an agricultural society children are an asset. In an industrial or service based economy children are a sacrifice. This has always been my view on why birthrates are declining.
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by lev99 8y ago
What specific right do you want to give men after the point of conception?
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by lev99 8y ago
I wish more people held this view. It surely leads to an increased investment in education.
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by lev99 8y ago
There are other ways to get an extra 2-3 hrs a day that are not bad for your health. Some ideas. * Acquire a shorter commute by moving somewhere closer to work, shifting your working hours to avoid rush hour, or working from home. * Bike to
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by lev99 8y ago
No matter what disease you are worried about, it seems like you need to follow the same advice in your day to day life: eat better, smoke less, drink less, exercise more, sleep appropriately.
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by lev99 8y ago
Demonoid, a private torrent tracker. It had a wide range of quality files and the enforced ratio kept seeders around.
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by lev99 8y ago
The argument for public transportation is not dead wrong nor impeding progress. Expanding bus systems is something communities can do today in order to reduce their carbon footprint and their traffic levels.
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by lev99 8y ago
How will pollution be solved by de-urbanization? Urban citizens have better access to low carbon transportation (Walking, Biking, Mass Transit). Urban citizens are easier to reach in many last mile problems. Power lines can be shared by mo
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by lev99 8y ago
I think BNW's mechanism of control is much more relevant than 1984's. In BNW the mechanism for control is the carrot, not the stick. In the west we are definitely using the carrot.
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by lev99 8y ago
The people that can afford to pay and do not is a less valuable population than the people that can afford to pay and do. Edit: valuable from an advertisement point of view.
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by lev99 8y ago
It's an observation that fits our theoretical models when dark matter is assumed. It's indirect proof. The indirect proof is so overwhelming strong that any rational person will concluded with reasonable certainty that dark matte
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by lev99 8y ago
I don't draw such a strong lines between physical and virtual items. Even in the case where you buy a song, you don't have limitless rights to it. It would be illegal, for example, to buy a CD and use a song from that CD in a tel
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by lev99 8y ago
Why do you feel a strong desire for ownership? I enjoy going to art museums and experiencing visual art, but I never experienced the inclination to purchase any of it. Music to me is a lot like that.
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by lev99 8y ago
Europe has a long history of warfare that seemed to have halted around the NATO. I think the presence of a strong military alliance and the presence of peace have a high probability of being connected.
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by lev99 8y ago
Most of the bases were well welcomed during the cold war. NATO has probably done just as much to insure peace inside it's countries as the EU has.
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by lev99 8y ago
It's on you if you buy it.
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by lev99 8y ago
If at least 98% of your drive isn't partitioned out its going to cause some questions by a curious observer.
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by lev99 8y ago
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. Loewen talks a lot about how whitewashed, and classist history text books are, and why that is the case. A summary of the book is that history textbooks have a tendency to avoid showing anything negative
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by lev99 8y ago
The bad actors could be brought to trial in a United States court, which is a level of deterrent not included in offshore manufacturing. If a US manufacturer was found selling tampered chips then the company itself could be held liable. T
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by lev99 8y ago
It's impossible to prove, but empirical evidence could improve the theory.
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by lev99 8y ago
Everyone is not making that assumption. Asking if photona behaves more predictably while not one is watching doesn't assume there is light in the parent universe. Similarly the article opens up the question that the root universe mig
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by lev99 8y ago
Sounds great, can we get nap pods in US based coworking spaces?
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by lev99 8y ago
I've meet people living in their office for a period of weeks/months. It might technically be against zoning laws, but it happens frequently.
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by lev99 8y ago
It depends on _how_ they took your money, but there are several insurance options available for Identify Theft which includes unauthorized bank withdraws.
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by lev99 8y ago
High profile / high demand games actually were a bigger problem than your stating. However this solves other problems. Reduced floor space usage. Better breath of inventory. Better customer service, you'll always have every titl
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by lev99 8y ago
Yahoo Auction Japan ( https://auctions.yahoo.co.jp/ ) is still very active as well.
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by lev99 8y ago
This sounds like something they should be doing. If someone used a tool or service I provided to commit fraud I would take it as a personal failing. Privacy and security are the reasons I moved from Android to iOS four years ago. After re
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by lev99 8y ago
Just compare hydrogen cars with electric cars and you'll see why people prefer electric. CA has 33 hydrogen refueling stations, so many people in CA could get by with one.
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by lev99 8y ago
If someone is overworked their productivity decreases. If you start cutting hours their productivity will increase up to a point, when they become underworked. What's the right amount of worked? You cannot keep cutting hours and expe

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