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Thanks for the info. I'll be paying attention to see if any of the specific details in this case come out. If it's anything like the stuff you mentioned then yeah I get it.

The actor acts, that's his portraying. He's not saying fake it till you make it. If you're a programmer you need to "portray" your programming skill.

Anyone can find a job to survive, even in the depths of a horrible recession. I suspect the disconnect is a lot of people who say "eat food" really mean "drive a $60,000 car."

I wish the article would have talked more about the alleged danger this environmental group posed to warrant a 6 year plant like this. Did these environmentalists make threats, act…

I think people are more disgusted by how self serving the "plant" is. Rosa Parks sat in the front of the bus to support a movement. Ahmed Mohammed brought a dismantled clock in a s…

It's unfortunate that the "hoax" label on this clock story is being considered by some a conspiracy theory. All it takes is 15 minute to look into the political history of the kids…

I think Ahmed and his family forfeit their right to the "American way" when they decided to move to Qatar after receiving an outpouring of support from the American public (includi…

Might as well just say metafilter in general and be done with it.

I wouldn't count on it. Knowing how this stuff works they'll probably spin it into an outrage blog and then a book deal.

>Psychologists are not taught statistics in their curriculum. That's just outright untrue. Maybe you have good points somewhere else in your comment but saying such nonsense makes …

I'd rather have a corporate bookstore than an independent one. My personal experience with independent bookstores is that they're usually biased about their stock and can be even m…

There's something to be said for the experience of browsing bookstores (especially ones that stock things other than just bestsellers).

Because the drivers are paid a lower wage under the assumption that they will get tips. If you want to be righteous call the manager at the place you're ordering food from and comp…

http://www.huppi.com/kangaroo/CIAtimeline.html enjoy

I would say that you are in the minority of Simpsons fans if you dislike "22 Short Films About Springfield" and especially "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" which is frequentl…

I believe that's a paraphrase of the quote "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels" by the model Kate Moss

All of the train cars on the MTA L line were made between 2006-2010 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R160_(New_York_City_Subway_car...

I was under the impression that this is what psychology/psychiatry is supposed to do by charter. Most professionals I know in the field take the attitude that a patient's psycholog…

I think you're being a bit overly pedantic about the use of the word rational. Yes, everything you're saying is true, rationality is framed by the individual's goals. That said, I …

I've heard this quote before in various forms but I don't like it. The luck applies to those who are already doing everything right. The other people are "failures" because you can…

Why not just deny the transaction if it can't be paid in full? The bank isn't doing you any favors by letting you pay with money you don't have, they know they'll be getting that m…

I wonder if making your social media account mimic a spam bot would get it flagged for deeper deletion on the host servers.

And when the system inevitably doesn't self-correct it just turns out that the people at the bottom get screwed. Nothing new there.