pacifist

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by pacifist 8mo ago
Reminds me of the movie Office Space.
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by pacifist 1y ago
"the China story will stagnate if a serious effort at helping the bottom half of Chinese does not develop" So 800,000,000 people raised out of extreme poverty is a lie? Sounds like the bottom half is being well taken care of over
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by pacifist 3y ago
My fathers's dear friend Stese was close with the old brewmaster at Anchor Steam. He was in his 90's at the time and one day he told Stese to start following him around the brewery and watch how he did things so he could take over
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by pacifist 3y ago
Also Aaron Mate. He won an Izzy Award for debunking russiagate.
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by pacifist 4y ago
Or Assange.
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by pacifist 4y ago
I'm afraid that we're going the wrong direction on this. Purple Sea Urchin's(probably from ship ballast) are decimating the kelp forest on the west coast of US. Same with our terrestrial forests only we are the ones doing the
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by pacifist 5y ago
Do you have any examples of a successful technological solution? We've never been here before so there are no examples in either category. It's clear that we need massive changes in behavior to stop dumping CO2 and other more pote
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by pacifist 5y ago
The same people who benefit from this relationship need to pass the laws that kill the goose. Maybe you think there are enough honest politicians to pull it off. I've been been around long enough to have been disabused of that notion.
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by pacifist 5y ago
The Matrix begs to differ(I saw it in a movie so it must be true).
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by pacifist 5y ago
Don't be discouraged by posts in this thread. Yes, you can make a difference. I've been driving a biodiesel for 20+ years. I hardly drive these days anyway. As a dev you're in a good position to pull it off. Just stop driving
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by pacifist 5y ago
Why would you want advertisers? Advertisers are part of the problem.
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by pacifist 5y ago
My bad. Should have RTFA. We're talking about 3D here.
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by pacifist 5y ago
A sphere in the mathematical sense is the 2D shell on the surface of the sphere you're thinking of. So, no height, no volume.
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by pacifist 5y ago
> Noobs typically need protecting from themselves. Whenever I hear this I start looking for my wallet.
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by pacifist 5y ago
This needs to change.
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by pacifist 5y ago
Oh, you were condescending from the start. So yeah, no need. don't expect another reply. It's been a real joy interacting with you.
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by pacifist 5y ago
He is citing Bellingcat - an outfit that has been thoroughly discredited and who's only use is as a cutout for spy agencies to spread their lies. Not ad hominem. Just facts. Here is the definition in case you were wondering: ad hominem
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by pacifist 5y ago
Bellingcat? Really? You know they're a cutout for the western spy agencies and can't be trusted ever. They get debunked on the regular. The guy that supposedly runs it says he got his training playing video games!
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by pacifist 5y ago
> As an aside, I really dislike the increasing use of "tipping points" Tipping points have been part of the conversation all along. They are a reality we have to deal with. Sounds to me like you need to come to terms with that
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by pacifist 5y ago
> Earth is not overpopulated Beg to differ. Exhibit A: climate change. Your solution would not ameliorate climate change. In fact it would likely exacerbate it. We need as much of the land as possible to be rewilded(left alone to maximiz
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by pacifist 5y ago
I love my tree. It's a beautiful old Red Maple that shades my house in the summer and sheds its leaves in winter to give me mulch for the yard and more access to the waning sun.
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by pacifist 5y ago
I'm not going to peruse that list because I know how the Dems kneecapped Bernie: with super delegates. During Clinton's primary run against Obama the super delegates kept their mouths shut until the convention. Which is how it was
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by pacifist 5y ago
4 or 5 people at the top of the DNC resigned because of saying mean things about Sanders and invitations to avante garde art shows? That's not how it works.
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by pacifist 5y ago
Unfortunately analogies to The Matrix abound in the US these days. Most people get their information from 6 mainstream media corporations that were left(down from 50) after the 1996 Telecommunications Act eliminated restrictions on monopoli
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by pacifist 5y ago
4 or 5 of the top people in the DNC including DWS resigned because of revelations of corruption in the emails. How did you miss that?
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by pacifist 5y ago
Context is needed: Assange was the darling of the Dems until they won the presidency and started getting hit with leaks via Wikileaks too. So yeah, political affiliation does count, on the part of the Dems. And no, this stuff doesn't h
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by pacifist 5y ago
Really? How about socializing all of medicine.
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by pacifist 6y ago
"but the slow change of attitudes and policy in the US" as shepherded by the mainstream media. Yes, we disagree as to the complicity of the media and criminal justice system. I believe that they sold their souls for a paycheck a l
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by pacifist 6y ago
I typed this into duckduckgo: "big pharma lobbies against drug decriminalization" and got this: https://www.leafly.com/news/politics/the-top-5-industries-lo... I wouldn't care to venture a guess as
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by pacifist 6y ago
Really? How about in the case of armed robbery? Or murder? Can they choose not to arrest? Yes, but there will be serious consequences. BTW I voted for it too.

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