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Re:Zoom towns and the new housing market for the two Americas on Saturday September 12, 2020 @08:09PM (#24457047)
The "nuclear family" is an extremely modern concept.The extended family is what is old as civilization itself.Sure, nuclear families existed 5000 years ago. But, it was far more common to live with your extended family.
Fair. This makes sense. I didn't think of militaries as companies.

I guess the ideal situation is when your goals align with what the company wants out of you.

This is satire right?
The Milgram experiment only proved how easy it is to fool the world by publishing lies. Read the validity section https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milgram_experiment
The Three Body Problem and it's sequels by Liu Cixin. The series is called "Remembrance of Earth's Past".
Most of the TV consumption is from the elderly[1]. Maybe they're the ones who need to put down the remote?

You're absolutely right about reddit though.

[1]https://www.statista.com/chart/15224/daily-tv-consumption-by...

Re:Make Linux Fast Again (2019) on Friday April 10, 2020 @11:21AM (#22833913)
Can you explain why this is dangerous? Is it because there could be executable code in what's returned?
While I'm not sure I agree with your point about liberals "destroying" organized religion, I agree that churches (and other place of worship) unite local communities and the members look after one another.

We should really be putting far more effort into building similar non-religious communities. Things like book clubs, hiking clubs, or anything that involves shared interests.

Long Bets (longbets.org) would be one. Unfortunately, the minimum period there seems to be 2 years.
Re:Why I Keep a Research Blog on Monday January 13, 2020 @06:22PM (#22039900)
So like Facebook or YouTube comments (downvotes on YouTube don't really do anything) ?