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by tha_nose 8y ago
It most definitely is not illegal. Many colleges have race and gender based quota systems. Governments have race and gender quota systems. Many federal, state and local governments set aside X percentage of their contracts solely for minori
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by tha_nose 8y ago
"Students attending schools located near and downwind from busy highways had lower rates of academic performance, higher absenteeism and higher rates of disciplinary problems than those attending less polluted schools." Is it beca
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Everyone here is celebrating "people leaving facebook" as if it is a victory. People are simply moving from facebook to instragram as instragram is viewed as more "hip" and "young". The title could be "Ins
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by tha_nose 8y ago
The data clearly doesn't not say what you claim. As for trending? I wouldn't call anything going from 1.9% of deaths to 2% of deaths as trending. Focusing on the 2% rather than the 98% seems also doesn't seem to be sensible.
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by tha_nose 8y ago
There isn't a "safe or bug free" codebase in any language for any complex software project. The only code that you could possibly verify as "safe" are simplest of programs. There is always a trade-off between comple
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by tha_nose 8y ago
About 1.9 million deaths in the US. About 45K or 2% of those are suicides. https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/deaths.htm And people here are saying that is the national emergency? The US is nowhere near the top in t
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Sometimes I wonder if all journalists do is browse reddit all day. Invariably, something I see on reddit gets a "news" article a few months later. The last blockbuster apparently has an official beer too. https://www.re
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Who is denying that sleep has rejuvenative benefit? I'm not. I know that sleep has a rejuvenative benefit. Please try reading my comment or following the thread. I'll paste it here : "I was specifically addressing his point a
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Or it's just cnbc social media team spamming social media. Anything is possible in this brave new world.
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by tha_nose 8y ago
The Central Bank isn't regulated, isn't transparent and certainly doesn't have any external auditors either. I don't think you understand how cryptocurrencies, central banks and regulations work. Also, regulations doesn&
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by tha_nose 8y ago
There is no denying that sleep is beneficial and I agree with that assertion. I was specifically addressing his point about the drawbacks of sleep - "There are several survival drawbacks from sleep, as it leaves one vulnerable.".
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by tha_nose 8y ago
How is that any different than the new yorker or traditional media spreading lies and hate about jussie smollet, covington or any other incident and causing mentally unstable people to attack others? I find it strange how new yorker feels t
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Is that why reddit is so popular? It was "toxic" and yet it grew and normal people used it in droves. Your argument contradicts itself. Most people don't mind reddit or usenet or the "toxicity". It's a handful
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by tha_nose 8y ago
What about it? What you find "toxic", others might not find "toxic". That's my point. And if there is "toxicity" in usenet, don't use it. Or use the newsgroups that you find less "toxic". Bu
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Actually, sleep would have been evolutionarily beneficial to us since we can't see well at night and it would keep us out of way of predators at night. Sleep wouldn't be a drawback, it would be a benefit to our survival. It's
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by tha_nose 8y ago
"Detoxify"? Reddit and the internet was fine until the establishment decided to take control of it and censor it. If people didn't like reddit's or the internet's "toxicity", they wouldn't use it. Nob
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by tha_nose 8y ago
The problem is that "civilization" and "china" are hard to define. What we can say is that chinese civilization came into existence a long time ago. Then a serious of dynasty ( some not even "chinese" ) like th
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by tha_nose 8y ago
There really isn't a "western civilization". It's a fairly recent geopolitical term made for political purposes. There is greco or more expansively greco-roman civilization that we adopted, but that doesn't make us
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Interesting point. But I wonder, why not expand the oscars by including all movies regardless of platform? Make the oscars, a movie awards and advertisement show and the emmy's a tv series awards and advertisement shows. If VR takes of
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by tha_nose 8y ago
You put a lot of trust in multinational corporations. Given the history of price fixing, cutting corners, etc to make an extra buck, I'm not sure I'd be so trusting. If your assertions are correct, then competition is unnecessary
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by tha_nose 8y ago
You bring up an interesting point. What makes a movie a movie? Does it matter where a movie is watched? Most movies are watched on monitors/tv. If I watch Infinity War on netflix, is it not a movie? If my local theater runs a weeklong
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by tha_nose 8y ago
That's because all of those countries adopted US economic model of development ( aka protectionism ). We used protectionism to protect our industries and helped them grow. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protectionis
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by tha_nose 8y ago
That's true. However, if we look at one's peak, your 25 yr old self had a higher peak than your 35 yr self. If you had exercised as a 25 yr old self and reached your potential, you would be physically better than your 35 yr old se
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by tha_nose 8y ago
From a narrow physical aspect, pretty much everyone peaks sometime in their 20s. Your brain is a physical organ and it declines along with the rest of your body. Like your eyesight, endurance, strength, etc. It's the inevitable biologi
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by tha_nose 8y ago
Research has shown that anti-bullying efforts may lead to more bullying. Similar to how the anti-drug (DARE) program may have to led to more drug use. The counterinuitive unintended consequences. https://www.uta.edu/news&#x2
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by tha_nose 8y ago
I think it was Michael Jordan who said he was at his physical best at 25 but 35 was when he was playing his best basketball. Though he declined physically, he made up for it with his knowledge of the game and experience. Though at 55, you a