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Ididntdothis
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Comment #23434442
Interesting. Can a state or a county decide that killing people or bank robbery is OK? I am honestly curious.
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Comment #23434216
I can’t imagine Mars soil having any usable nutrients since there are no microbes or any other biological activity. You probably have to bring or produce all fertilization from scr…
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Comment #23434166
Maybe we should eliminate nationwide regulations on theft and violence too? Let the locals deal with these things since they are local issues. That way municipalities with funding …
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Comment #23434084
Very true. Especially the petty drug arrests they have to do are poisoning relationships between cops and citizens.
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Comment #23433897
So we don’t even need to to pay more. Just better management, training and accountability.
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Comment #23433742
I work in medical devices. I don’t have to take liability insurance to do my job. I get training on FDA regulations and if I don’t follow them I get warned or fired. We also have i…
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Comment #23433697
If that’s what’s needed to attract reasonable people into the police then so be it. If we aren’t willing to pay for proper training and supervision then we have the police force we…
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Comment #23433445
"So, we should have the cops take out liability insurance and pay damages?" No, they should get proper training and be held to professional standards.
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Comment #23432665
i don't think the previous poster meant moving buttons around and changing icons as "innovation".
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Comment #23428900
What facts and evidence for what did you present?
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Comment #23423880
At least the municipalities then would have to choose between never ending payouts or fixing things.
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Comment #23423681
Read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket
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Comment #23423150
That’s very doubtable. I would guess biggest cost is salaries.
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Comment #23421872
The companies that are renting their space also have fixed costs.
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Comment #23421644
We may do better than the bankers who like to design fragile systems as long as they can make boatloads of money :)
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Comment #23421514
It should start up when the renter is not forbidden by government to make money to pay rent.
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Comment #23421427
This would make sense to me. Why are some businesses being shut down and have to deal with income losses and others like landlords can keep going and demand their income? This seem…
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Comment #23420867
When I look at this chart I see ups and downs but overall a pretty steady upward trend. I don’t see eights years of Obama misery and then triumph under Trump. That was my point.
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Comment #23420223
“Your "dream" job at a FAANG might be more unpleasant and boring than you've been expecting.” The money can compensate for a lot of unpleasantness. I think finding a “dream job” is…
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Comment #23420150
From what I can see the real problem is that most people don’t care about facts anymore. They just want to hear what they think anyway and the political parties are too happy to fe…
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Comment #23419924
How long does something have to sit still to take a picture? Is there an exposure time?
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Comment #23418034
J++ was actually a real thing. I wouldn’t be surprised if that book had been written.
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Comment #23411271
“It's true that a certain politician shouldn't be trumpeting unproven treatments, but the media seemed to celebrate when that politician was "proven" wrong. Did we forget that we s…
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Comment #23410614
" So you have a general response police unit, which is unarmed or lightly armed (taser / nightstick, etc). They would respond to most situations, and would be highly trained in de-…
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Comment #23409768
Did you read the article? I think not.