pasttense01

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by pasttense01 2mo ago
Considering the very poor treatment options available, I would rather live in blissful ignorance.
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by pasttense01 3mo ago
The best solution is to have uniform federal regulation with no state laws. The not as good solution is to have state regulation. Note this means companies will generally adopt policies nationally to meet the requirements of the big, restri
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by pasttense01 4mo ago
Only a very small percent of cases go before a jury; the vast majority are decided by a judge by himself.
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by pasttense01 4mo ago
Something many people here miss: UCSD is a selective institution. UC San Diego’s most recent published first-year acceptance rate is about 28.4% for fall 2025, based on 136,740 applicants and 38,846 admits. UCSD’s own admissions page also s
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by pasttense01 5mo ago
"Turning a whole lot of flights into energy and carbon-saving train trips is a huge benefit." It's a question of what gets the most bang for the buck. Suppose you spent $230 billion on replacing fossil fuel with renewables fo
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by pasttense01 6mo ago
In this case they were using very expensive munitions which go exactly where they were targeted to go; they were not using cheap, dump bombs which have a wide margin of error.
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by pasttense01 8mo ago
So why doesn't ChatGPT rely on higher quality sources as a default?
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by pasttense01 8mo ago
Walmart bought out jet.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet.com
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by pasttense01 9mo ago
Natural resources aren't that important anymore. Look at Singapore with essentially no natural resources, but a high standard of living for example. And the U.S. has strong natural resources, but they represent a fairly small portion o
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by pasttense01 9mo ago
Switch to an AT&T MVNO that gives you a lot more than 5 GB of hotspot for less than $80/month: https://prepaidcompare.net/
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by pasttense01 10mo ago
Haven't you followed Trump's tariffs policies at all? He wants big tariffs against Canada and Mexico and almost everyone else.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
The battery plant was just to make batteries for EVs. The Trump administration has made clear it is anti-EV, so the Trump administration would not consider this a significant loss.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
But only a small percent of people work in those highly specialized jobs.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
While companies will raise prices as much as they can, remember there are many competitive AI companies--so free market competition will keep prices in check.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
The people getting MRIs are sicker than the general population so the facility should have people available to help getting people up after being scanned.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
All we want is accurate titles, not clickbait ones.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
If you ask: out of all the studies which have done well in mice what percent lead to successful drugs for humans: the answer is a very small percent.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
There are several rocket launch companies; Blue Origin looks like it may be the closest competitor.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
What I read elsewhere is that members of the committee serve a 4 year term. Since Biden's term was 4 years this means that all members' terms ran out sometime during Biden's term--so either new members were appointed by him o
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by pasttense01 1y ago
The President of Harvard University is a Jew. Do you really think he is going to allow Harvard to engage in anti-Jewish policies?
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by pasttense01 1y ago
They will to a certain extent, but the substantial majority of the funds are restricted (for example buy art for the museum).
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by pasttense01 1y ago
Some of us don't want to have a dozen plus separate physical tokens (one for each of bank/credit card/tax, etc sites with sensitive financial information we have).
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by pasttense01 1y ago
Apparently you are not a homeowner--as they have large numbers of these small jobs.
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by pasttense01 1y ago
The key point is that it is REPORTED crime which is down. I think that every year fewer and fewer people are reporting crime--because overwhelmingly it is futile to do so--so only report if it is required to file an insurance claim or it is
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by pasttense01 1y ago
No. In rural areas dollar stores are the cheapest around. I guess you are not familiar with small town prices. In urban areas dollar stores are more expensive than Walmarts--but there is something to be said for getting in and out of a stor
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by pasttense01 1y ago
No, DG customers can shop elsewhere. Everything they sell is available at Walmarts, supermarkets, convenience stores, hardware stores, drug stores, online, etc.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
No, we are not thinking Elon will voluntarily leave; we are thinking Trump is very fickle and could easily dump him. Remember what happened to Steve Bannon in Trump's first administration?
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by pasttense01 2y ago
I think puppable is referring to a traditional bus following a traditional bus route.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
Generally it's economic to install broadband in urban areas, but not in many rural areas--so the rural areas need to be subsidized--and rural areas are the least likely to be woke and/or socialist.
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by pasttense01 2y ago
But sooner or later almost everyone uses the services of the federal government: so when there is a month additional delay in their VA medical appointment, a two month delay in getting an IRS tax refund check, a really lousy experience when

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