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> There are upper class Americans in particular who basically work extremely long hours (80-105 hour work weeks) to game the system, with no net productivity gains whatsoever compa…

I mean, all observations involve a subject. The question is whether there are other subjects that can observe an object and reach consensus about the object. If yes, then, in my vi…

Agree that "arbitrary" was a poor word choice, but it seems as though he meant something like "subjective", which is consonant with the rest of the article. I think differentiating…

> Kail created and controlled a limited liability corporation called Unix Mercenary, LLC, This is like if Bernie Madoff named his firm Ponzi Holdings, Inc.

Its best to punish only one side of a bribe arrangement -- usually, the one granting access in exchange for cash. The reason is that the more parties that have a strong incentive t…

I think he's referring to a specific etymology of OK (specifically, one that was in a dictionary he had).

>> Unsurprisingly, USA near the top with 1780 hrs worked annually by the average worker According to the chart, US workers work < 1% more than the average for OECD countries. There…

You realize "privileged" in this sentence is a vacuous epithet and has no bearing on the term's origins in sociological criticism, right?

This is not really true. Here's the National Organic Program: http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/nop . Anything sold as organic in the US has to abide by these guidelines. Here's the …

"someone who the state claims, without presenting evidence, is actively trying to kill american citizens" FTFY

"Civility" enforced by a coercive state is no civility at all; it is the protection of the interests of the politically connected against the interests of everyone else.