pucke

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by pucke 8y ago
"McDonald's" will not hire just anybody. I lived in Seattle for almost 8 months before finding a low-level wage job. The McDonald's argument is what entitled people say to poverty stricken people who are suffering. Also
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by pucke 8y ago
To be fair that line of think is a problem here on HN, among millenials, and among older generations as well. Americans in particular, but our species as a whole need to learn to separate the ideas of success and merit.
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by pucke 8y ago
Re: the last paragraph; judging something for what you want it to be rather than for what it is defeats the purpose of engaging with those media.
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by pucke 8y ago
There are still plenty of labors of love all over the place, but my own personal experience is that if you create something as a sincere act of self expression or love for [x], people don't bother with it. I think a lot of what the in
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by pucke 8y ago
Artists upload lossless audio to the internet all the time. I don't understand how anybody can even be bothered to argue their opinion on this matter. A lot of you guys sound like jerks though.
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by pucke 8y ago
This was a major influence on the life and work of William S. Burroughs. I am overjoyed to find out this is still occasionally in print. I had always wanted to read it but been under the impression it was long unavailable. Thanks so much
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by pucke 8y ago
Advertisers pull their ads to flex their muscles in the tv industry all the time.
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by pucke 8y ago
I would expect fairly similar rates between cider and wine, since the yeast are metabolizing the sugars. Edit: stupid autocorrect
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by pucke 8y ago
Most of the sugars present in the wort (or juice in the case of wine or cider) are consumed by the yeast who produce alcohol and carbon dioxide as waste products