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eighthnate

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    Comment #15855315

    Why? I thought the comment was a joke. The guy claims his wife has 2 masters as "Play Therapist". That's like saying I have two bachelors in Computer Science. Don't you see how abs…

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    Comment #15855296

    Is there a doubt? You don't think more than 50% of women want to experience being pregnant? Why do you think wealthy women like marissa meyer and angelina jolie choose to become pr…

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    Comment #15848067

    > My wife is a Play Therapist with 2 masters degrees in the subject. Sounds like one of those useless professions where you have to load up on credentials rather than accrue knowle…

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    Comment #15848054

    Isn't this just tautological nonsense? This applies to everything. If you have 1 friend rather than 5, you can focus and be more creative with that 1 friend than 5. If you have 1 s…

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    Comment #15847997

    > I would like to see western governments treat Chinese censorship as non-tariff barriers to trade when negotiating trade agreements. Considering the west censors also, the chinese…

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    Comment #15847945

    > I think the problem is deeper than the author suggests. Not only are certain groups of people not getting the resources they need, there is also the matter of a cultural disconne…

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    Comment #15847846

    I'd say the reason why we are miserable is because of the media and the increased consumption of rubbish clickbait from the media. We are miserable because useless journalists have…

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    Comment #15839069

    Same here. Not sure why you are being downvoted.

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    Comment #15839049

    > Being in politics is supposed to mean being a public servant. That's what the powerful tell the naive. Politics is about power and money.

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    Comment #15839035

    They are ugly and they are noisy hence why most people don't want them near them.

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    Comment #15838987

    > Could you imagine something that equalizes the playing field more between men and women? It really wouldn't because women would lose the societal benefits of being child bearers.…

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    Comment #15838843

    > it's that businesses accept data as identity. Even worse. It's that businesses accept it and the individual bears some or all of the liabilities and hassles.

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    Comment #15833516

    > A C/C++ program is usually an order of magnitude longer than what a FAUST program would need to be. That's true for all functional/scripting languages vs imperative languages. Th…

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    Comment #15833491

    Sure. But most people don't understand that. They think it is like the nobel prizes in science - based in achievement.

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    Comment #15833450

    > Fortunately, USA still has robust immigration (despite political efforts), so we have nothing to worry about, compared to Japan. Really? So the population has to always increase?…

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    Comment #15833405

    Using prizes to push a political agenda. What could go wrong? Remember the nobel peace prize to obama for nothing? Or the clock in the suitcase boy a few years ago? Yes, lets ruin …

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    Comment #15833369

    > and it's just a political hitpeice It is a political hit piece no better than awarding obama a nobel prize before he did anything as president. I'll make you a bet. There will be…

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    Comment #15827485

    That's all tech giants in pretty much all countries. And not just their own people, they spy on foreigners too. There's a reason why russia and china kick out foreign tech companie…

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    Comment #15827322

    > Can't Uber continue to operate at a loss for a few years until they can switch drivers for self-driving vehicles and significantly reduce cost instantly? Sure. Uber can survive y…

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    Comment #15827207

    Likely not. It'll most likely be India as they are the largest generics manufacturing nation by far. India is to generic drugs what we are to non-generics. Israel is another major …

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    Comment #15827067

    > Naturalized citizens cannot be deported unless the government first proves in an Article III Federal Court that they obtained citizenship fraudulently and the court revokes their…

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    Comment #15827029

    If there is anything more toxic than social media, it's traditional media. If you value your mental health, uninstall facebook, end your subscription to NYTimes/WaPo/news media, tu…

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    Comment #15821228

    The clickbaiting never ends. WaPo is worse than youtube pranksters.

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    Comment #15821200

    > I like to joke that I have more documenting showing my legal right to be in the US than my wife's grandmother. You are mistaken. Your wife's grandmother ( assuming she is native …

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    Comment #15821137

    It's an op-ed piece by a highly biased individual in washingtonpost. It's meant to push a particular position, not to espouse truths or facts.