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adamio

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    Comment #19533102

    This must impact quality at some point. Either driver competence will decline or vehicle maintenance will be dangerously put off.

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    Comment #17328160

    Manufacturers selling on Amazon should include QR coded key that can be verified as authentic

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    Comment #16565027

    > The whole reason for the African slave trade was Malaria as the European "slaves" (poor indentured workers) could not survive in the US south Do you have any references for that?…

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    Comment #16515078

    Convenience is just another word for removing waste. Wasted movement, or time.

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    Comment #16438135

    There's claims the plastic ban bag in San Diego led to a Hepatitis outbreak https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/2017/sep/08/stringers-pl...

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    Comment #16270201

    It's hard to beat Amazon on diversification, specialization would be the only way. Until they acquire you

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    Comment #16227521

    To be pedantic dogs are pretty selectively bred by humans. Raptor vs Wolf might be more apt

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    Comment #16214506

    This same article could have been written 120 years ago about Automats https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automat

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    Comment #16209780

    indirectly with chip suppliers

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    Comment #16205281

    who is this hypothetical poor man who's so bad at managing money that an exact total of the amount he's spending will cause him to overspend ?

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    Comment #15857645

    Customers could really benefit if YouTube has some competition

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    Comment #15857426

    If we do find life there, it’s only a few assumptions away to find the great filter is ahead of us

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    Comment #15853924

    Maybe survivorship bias

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    Comment #15802145

    Repressive collusion to fix salaries and restrict industry movement, doesn't really inspire your employees to try their best

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    Comment #13851856

    You stopped advertising and still had passive income of 10k monthly ?

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    Comment #13829973

    how would that account for time dilation? your argument would actually be improved by switching it; That matter is an abstraction to measure comparative rates of time.

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    Comment #13669571

    "Borg? Sounds Swedish"

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    Comment #13126588

    I usually re-frame the question to the chocolate cake context. Like, I have a real weakness when I run into something puzzling, I can't help myself from solving all of it.

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    Comment #13015984

    "If you need to use Esc to force an app to close, you can switch to another app and try Option-Command-Escape. You can also choose Apple menu > Force Quit." https://support.apple.c…

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    Comment #12922646

    Yes but I'm thinking of the type of scheme people use to lose weight. "If I dont lose 3 pounds this month I'll owe you $10" but for email or media usage

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    Comment #12921424

    A premium for checking email is an interesting concept, I could see people wanting to sign up for this now as a way to reduce the compulsive need to check for new emails

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    Comment #12884899

    Most of the article is copied from this http://www.danpink.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/FLIP-Manif...

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    Comment #12868622

    Customer lock-in is Apple's entire value proposition. Buy in to the ecosystem and we'll provide the best experience that gets better the deeper you go. But yes leaving it is starti…