whinenot

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by whinenot 3y ago
Even if it's a wash dollar wise, staying employed often means you get healthcare and retirement benefits AND the career progression that ideally comes with long term stable employment. Trying to hop back on the treadmill after a 5-10
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by whinenot 3y ago
Find: Das Replace: Dash Find: Bangalore Replace: Brixton Edit time: 1 minute Result: Problem solved.
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by whinenot 3y ago
It's illegal to grow alfalfa in Saudi Arabia. That's why Fondomonte Arizona was created by the Saudis to grow alfalfa in the unregulated and easily paid off state of Arizona.[0] [0] https://www.washingtonpost.com/p
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by whinenot 3y ago
At least the farmers have to pay something . At least one company gets all the water it can for free in California.[0] Not a bad deal for a bottled water company! [0] https://spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/la-times-
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by whinenot 3y ago
> A lot of these tracks were also recorded over unlicensed beats/samples That's the killer, right there. For example, the Beastie Boys album Paul's Boutique probably could not be released today as it samples an incredib
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by whinenot 3y ago
> use of a saxophone in modern pop music Ahh, the halcyon days of damn near every 80's Top 40 hit.
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by whinenot 3y ago
Enrique Iglesias was called out by Howard Stern for crappy vocals in his concert 23 years ago (good lord!).[0] Enrique explained that they overdubbed some of his songs so much in concert that you couldn't tell he was deliberately sing
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by whinenot 3y ago
Sully's 'Miracle on the Hudson' is (largely?) attributed to his skill as a glider pilot.[0] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549
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by whinenot 3y ago
Less bots and troll farms, perhaps? That may also be a consequence of overall user activity dropping like a stone.
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by whinenot 3y ago
Don't forget the drug war. Miami wasn't built up just for local Floridians.
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by whinenot 3y ago
> Mexico has it's problems Like being completely compromised by the drug cartels and effectively a narco-state?[0] [0] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/mexico-s-former-defense-...
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by whinenot 3y ago
You must be new here. Many companies keep ex-C-levels nominally employed as 'consultants' so their stock can vest (which is typically the bulk of their compensation) and avoid any expensive/public lawsuits. It's paying
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by whinenot 3y ago
We tell them to build . There are planet scale transformations underway and we need another incarnation of the WPA to help mitigate the impacts. For example, the pine bark beetle is ravaging the forests of the Sierra Nevadas. Millions of
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by whinenot 3y ago
Well, we wouldn't want the Okinawans and Yokohamans to kick us out, after all.
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by whinenot 3y ago
My friend who was killed by a repeated drunk driver might have argued otherwise. If you can't drive responsibly, it's in society's interest to make sure you never do.
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by whinenot 3y ago
>Someone apparently felt that was worthless. There is a significant probability that mom was tired of hearing "I'm gonna move it out of the garage, soon" and just said to hell with it.
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by whinenot 3y ago
>It's harder to reverse-engineer an unconscious process Aside from some basic life support systems, don't almost all movements start with conscious effort? Whether you are deliberate about the exercise or not, you practice and
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by whinenot 3y ago
600+ tribes in North America and there is no evidence of pre-contact written language for any tribe north of the SW desert border.
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by whinenot 3y ago
There are so many tipping points and cascading effects at work that I doubt we have any real understanding of everything that is happening at the macroscopic level, nor even if we did could we battle everything everywhere all at once. I su
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by whinenot 3y ago
It's not just conversations around the dinner table. It's also how you get started vis a vis introductions to the right people, prized starter jobs and educational pathways that may not be widely known (eg, an internship at ___ w
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by whinenot 3y ago
Simple? Not if Furiosa is programming the start sequence.[0] [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uq5rQlfEcjY
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by whinenot 3y ago
Some people may view this scene[0] as overly dramatic, whereas I think it's perfectly understandable once it happens to you. [0] https://youtu.be/nJ_pVgV1EZQ?t=216
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by whinenot 3y ago
I once had a wasp hiding near my center console start stinging my arm as soon as put my arm down as I started driving. Fortunately, I was still in my residential neighborhood so I was able to pull over and jump out of the car without causi
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by whinenot 3y ago
As long as they never leave Russia, they're fine... for now. But even Snowden knows Putin's imminent fall from power could upend his extradition protection.
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by whinenot 3y ago
The typical American's biggest monthly expense is housing. Owning a house drastically reduces your monthly expenses. If you're young, out of work or on a fixed income, minimizing that expense can have an enormous impact on your
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by whinenot 3y ago
I personally avoid living near interstates. The noise, the pollution & the walkability around them generally suck. YMMV.
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by whinenot 3y ago
If that interstate was never routed through that neighborhood, would members of your family be financially better off today? A fully paid off house unlocks a lot of financial freedom for the current occupants and potentially generational
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by whinenot 3y ago
Because the US has systematically disenfranchised ethnic minorities over the course of its history. Any time there was a non-white person or community that was starting to become prosperous, the power of the state could be used to crush th
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by whinenot 3y ago
> What caused them to crash? Because nobody has figured out an autopilot that doesn't shit the bed once in a while? I'm betting on taking a nap in the backseat is just a universally bad idea when nobody is driving.
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by whinenot 3y ago
Ostentatious displays of wealth. The well connected often want you to know how well connected they are.

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