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I always thought calling it MDMA denoted more purity vs Ecstasy, but I was never a candy kid.

> Legislation was passed under President Obama that made it a legal requirement for trains carrying hazardous flammable materials to have ECP brakes, but this was rescinded in 2017…

The ping has been around since '83.

Sounds like ambergris.

> Another way to reduce envy is to realize that, ultimately, it's luck all the way down. There are plenty of talented, hard-working people who will never see even moderate success …

https://www.americanoversight.org/watchdog-demands-details-o... "[F]lew to Barcelona to collect a bribe before passing this regulatory change" seems too strong a claim, but there s…

> A completely different question is whether vendors like Apple will refuse to support something like this because it circumvents the need to deliver via the app store (and the $$$…

I'm glad to know other people have this experience and find ways to share it.

> I'm convinced that React only has a role to play in SPA's (or self contained widgets) Convinced by what? Many do use it outside of SPAs.

> Incidentally, insofar as "fake news" is real, it is highly unlikely to have any major effect I think this study is too limited. The problem is not that a single article changes m…

> The idea of "fake news" is propaganda What do you call information that is produced to resemble reputable news sources but contains very little true information? Is there any sup…

That doesn't list a lot of people who would have known him. Not hard to imagine people being committed to a cause while the lore is still being built.

> I am reminded of Fulton Sheen's comments on Jesus - a man that claimed to be God is either a liar, a lunatic, or God; to say such a man is a great teacher but not God stretches t…

I think this is brilliant social satire come to life. Can there be a block chain of people who "trust" a source within the net and where central claims originate?

Just looked into it and there is a Chrome app. It can be started from the Mac Launchbar and runs in its own window. Not native, but feels close enough for this type of thing to me.…

I definitely think we should if we can have very good plans for how the data is kept secure, how access is granted, and oversight- all from separate organizations that report to ci…

Even better than cell records would be this: http://www.radiolab.org/story/eye-sky/ And I think I'd actually be ok with this method if our military/police/political leaders had a b…

Eh, yeah, I'm just not sure it's that simple. In the article, he points out that Tesla's been given a lot of taxpayer money plus a lot of incentives for buyers to make their produc…

Any dissenters around here? We're going through this stuff now in Georgia. I like the ideal of trying different market approaches than your competitors, and I generally think busin…

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Yes, they're worthless, but, anchoring effect.

I'm certainly not saying this was a fake post. Though it's possible, I guess. I'm just saying that the internet is a tool of war. And for those purposes, it's helpful that informat…

> Are war crimes what 'right to be forgotten' is all about? Of course not. I think OP is just pointing out that there are pros and cons. OTOH, if I were leading a technologically s…

Looks great and I was wishing for exactly this tool last week. It seems to be having trouble saving with Evernote, though. Is it just me?