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We disagree with how we want our taxes spent. As long as the government is paying into it, I'm not convinced you would feel any differently if it was a charity or not. > It uses a …

They may not be more noble, but they're a necessary part for the people you describe as nobel. Charities, non-profits, and USAID workers, are there to distribute funds, do research…

Are musicians/bands seeing success on Patreon? Are they releasing music monthly or just using it to communicate and receive recurring support? I try to support bands I follow as mu…

I can't speak to food, but 50% markup is a good rule of thumb for manufactured goods in department stores. It's a big markup, but that markup pays for distribution to individual st…

That potato burrito was fantastic! I wouldn't recognize that place by name, but I still remember how good that burrito was. Kaimuki has had some great places come and go. Years ago…

Adding to this, Rosberg took advantage of the "win as a team" culture to win his championship. He fought a psychological war with Hamilton where the team refused to take sides. It …

I believe other teams do copy this, but not in driver pairings. A different F1 example are the pit crews. There's no time or space for blame if a pit stop is messed up. In the firs…

Other long-form movie content - Movies with Mikey ( https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtB-nx5ngoNJWEzYa-yXBg ) thought provoking movie commentary with a great visual style. Patrick…

One aspect of the clarity that an NPR article [0] mentioned yesterday was the sensor design and software required to take non-blurry and non-distorted images. The size of the satel…

I don't think there is any take away for consumers. This seems to be an explanation for why certain cables do not work and how to avoid this issue when designing electronics that a…

Someone posted this [0] on an article from another website. It's NASA's method for taking these sorts of pictures from the ground. The process for taking airborne images is probabl…

Ready made meals are usually higher in sodium and fats than fresh cooked meals. Edit - https://www.consumerreports.org/food-shopping/supermarket-pr... The article doesn't call out …

One aspect of a carbon tax (or the tax discussed in the podcast) is a steady tax increase. I guess the intended function is to have the tax revenue stay the same even with declinin…

An episode of Planet Money[0] mentioned that some economists believe income tax is not ideal. Their thinking was that taxation usually discourages the action that is being taxed. W…

For anyone interested in more information about the history and tensions behind the project, the Offshore podcast (a podcast that examines race and identity relations in Hawaii) pr…

It might not be that simple. If the story was done properly, Bloomberg received information from a source that they were able to verify using other sources. Maybe they saw parts of…

> What about people who don't need a basic living wage, like students who still live with their parents? Why should they be pushed out of the market? Part time work. You can work 1…