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Re:Why I Left IBM to Work on CockroachDB on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:26PM (#25131695)
Hopefully, once they get acquired, they'll be forced to change it
Re:Prediction Markets Beat Polls on Tuesday November 17, 2020 @07:01PM (#25131544)
lack of trust of polling. also there are risks of outing oneself as a Trump supporter in blue areas outweigh the risks of outing oneself as a Biden supporter in red areas.
Re:Asteroid Bennu may be hollow, according to a new study on Saturday November 14, 2020 @10:42PM (#25098043)
this is not Reddit
What did you mean by swt? Surely you are not making fun of Islam in a completely unrelated thread.
Re:Fact Checking on Vote Claims Going Viral on Social Media on Friday November 06, 2020 @10:32PM (#25013044)
Take note of the party all of these erroneous vote claims came from.
Re:Cracking the knuckles is probably harmless on Sunday October 18, 2020 @05:07PM (#24821142)
does this paper account for the externalities?
this is a much more depressing number. steel and cement are necessary to the development of all nations, designer clothes are not.
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Re:Family instability fuels rising nihilism among young men on Thursday September 10, 2020 @09:38PM (#24438335)
Sorry, I don't know where I was going with this. You'll have to excuse me.
Re:Family instability fuels rising nihilism among young men on Thursday September 10, 2020 @09:34PM (#24438315)
Did you grow up in a city?
> Population growth hasn't been the problem for decades.

Of course it is. Populations always eventually demand development, aka "westernization". So as the world population grows, so does the consumption.

link is broken now.
Re:Politically-correct witch-hunt is killing free speech on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @12:16AM (#24117104)
please don't ever assume bad faith on this site. I'm from Canada, so the 2S throws off a lot of Americans. 2S is two-spirited and comes from Indigenous culture.
Re:Tracking Pico Balloons Using Ham Radio [pdf] on Saturday July 11, 2020 @01:25PM (#23803839)
Re:Why Big Tech Is More Competent Than the US Government on Thursday July 02, 2020 @03:31PM (#23717052)
> Is More Competent Than the US Government

Not setting the bar high, are we?