sdinsn

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by sdinsn 6y ago
> This shouldn't be down-voted. Just because you don't like something Lenin did doesn't mean all his observations are wrong. He is probably being downvoted for saying that consolidation will lead to feudalism. That is a ri
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Large companies have easier access to debt. And in a low rate environment, solid returns from debt are pretty much guaranteed.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> is airborne stable in aerosol form AKA, it's not airborne. If it requires water particles to host the virus, its not airborne.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Aerosol transmission is the main vector. Yeah. And that's not 'airborne'.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Facebook is banned in China... > The US has permanently lost China's technologists and entrepreneurs at this point. What? We never had them. China's economy is closed and state-controlled.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
They aren't forcing it to sell or close. If the US bans TikTok, TikTok will still exist in other countries.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Tax law is complex and change frequently, it would have to track 50 states + federal tax law.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> making it less likely that we'll notice new astronomic phenomena or inbound city-killer near earth asteroids. That is such a ridiculous claim.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
California state tax is very high, and it doesn't go towards aircraft carriers.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
And Cook is being honest: everyone can negotiate with Apple about their fees. Don't be shocked if Apple doesn't budge, because you actually have to offer something to make it worthwhile.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> lying about it to Congress When did Cook lie about it to Congress?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
But they didn't say that. I don't understand why you are making up fantasies.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
But you can buy food with the extra money from your tax deduction last year. Meaning, your problem is only a one-time, short-term problem. You aren't arguing in good faith if you try to use that to discredit his proposed solution.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Everyone has a name, but not every name is recognizable to the average person.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
The US-led coalition won the Gulf War. In fact, it was a very decisive victory.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> fifty years ago if you were a US citizen in a foreign nation you were nigh untouchable. Even the countries of most ill repute wouldnt dare to upset you. Arresting, imprisoning, or torturing an american meant incurring the wrath of a na
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by sdinsn 6y ago
What do you mean, "how so"? Federal unemployment is $2400/mo.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
The federal government is already sending out $2400 per month to people who are unemployed.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> They have the funds to bail people out just like they did in the last recession. Uh, what? The US is $26 trillion in debt. We also are bailing people out anyway- the extra federal unemployment made unemployment benefits worth more than
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Or do you think there's some option that is still support but not specifically enterprise and doesn't cost anything? Yes, Amazon backports security updates to Amazon Corretto (fork of OpenJDK 8 and 11)
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> while we're pretty sure intelligence is genetic to a super high degree. No? There are tons of studies about childhood development that focus on intelligence being affected by their environment / upbringing.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> now it's completely gone. ...From newer versions. Old JDK versions have been kept the same, and Java 7 & 8 are still in heavy use. > you can now only get support for JWS if you pay or if you go through a third-party. Not ev
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by sdinsn 6y ago
You're missing the fact that Russia has been militarizing space longer than the US has... Russia is not responding to the US, the US is responding to Russia.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Why would anyone with a brain hand over proprietary information?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Because Sweden's economy relies on exports. They have economic damage when their neighbors lock down, independent of their own lockdown status.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> The fact that Sweden’s death rate “far outstripped that of other nordic” countries (all else being equal) would tend to indicate the Swedish strategy failed, no? Why are we only comparing Sweden to other nordic countries?
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Why does the postal service need to turn a profit? It doesn't have to turn a 'profit' in the literal sense, but it needs to make more money than their current spending because they have to pay future pensions.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> Is Amazon going to run ships around the Great Lakes to deliver mail to vessels moving between ports? No, because using planes to deliver to regional distribution centers is much more efficient. > Is FedEx going to send a truck an a
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by sdinsn 6y ago
> specifically cites a role for the federal government in operating a postal service. It specifically grants Congress the power to operate a postal service. Just because they have the power doesn't mean they have to do it.
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by sdinsn 6y ago
Disagree. You can't just tell your customers "my product doesn't work because of Microsoft, go complain to them; even though it's possible for me to work around it, I'm choosing not to".

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