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Comment #30132850
You should read some memoires from higher-ups in the military instead of trying to lecture people about something you have no experience with. Military leaders will say they don't …
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Comment #30131621
I think some of it is still relevant, like all the money being wasted buying unnecessary equipment during war time. From what I read in memoires written by generals that retired mo…
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Comment #30131589
It's not with the author. They might have been confused because the co-host was a Marine officer as well.
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Comment #30126371
> The sort of person who has nothing better to spend an extra $600 on than a Peloton is the sort of person who wasn't eligible for the stimulus in the first place. That's not true …
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Comment #30015156
> The only thing NFTs seem to offer is an extra middleman who can make money off of these transactions. Even that isn't new. Valve has been taking a 30% cut of everything sold on t…
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Comment #30013697
I think NFTs are mostly a scam, but I could see people showing them off in some sort of centralized "gallery" type of game. It'd be like how people show off their islands in Animal…
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Comment #29950826
At this point I think the cars are popular because it's considered a cool status symbol, not because it's any good. I've got a co-worker who bought a Tesla and kept having issues w…
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Comment #29950454
It wasn't even just that dealership, it was every Model 3 shipped during a certain time period. Back when it was happening, there were posts about it on the Tesla subreddit. Nobody…
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Comment #29946904
It would have taken you less time to throw the first sentence into Google and find the source than it would have taken you to write your snarky comment. https://swprs.org/professor…
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Comment #29940898
These would have been nice earlier. They've been out of stock for a long time, and I know people who had to use up their vacation days waiting for them to come back in stock becaus…
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Comment #29915793
I think the purpose of the list is much more mundane, and it's just another record they're keeping for compliance reasons. Employee's religious information is private information, …
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Comment #29815035
There are even bigger caveats to that number than what they mentioned in the video. Since all the ratings are based on user reports, there is no standard for what is considered a w…
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Comment #29751185
I love how that site has a Web 1.0 fallback if you have javascript turned off. https://web3isgoinggreat.com/web1
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Comment #29694820
I forget where I read it, but my understanding is that the secret patent would become public if you try to publicly patent it. I don't know if there would be any compensation for y…
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Comment #29684254
Effeminate isn't a synonym for gay, and there is more to war than just pulling a trigger.
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Comment #29605277
I'm guessing you're from Europe, because what you call Deer, the USA call Caribou or Elk, and what we call Deer aren't nearly that big.
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Comment #29605241
Covering your hand in hand sanitizer and lighting it on fire to pretend you're the Human Torch is something I thought pretty much every teenager did.
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Comment #29601453
If you can prove that you sincerely believe in the religion you made up 10 minutes ago, then you'd get the same exemption. It's not like they gave a list of religions that qualify …
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Comment #29601332
At least for federal employees, some of the questions they ask when judging the sincerity of your belief is what other medical procedures you've opted out of because of your religi…
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Comment #29600532
I got banned from IG before I could even log in the first time. I signed up with an email address since I don't have a FB account, and on my first login attempt it said my account …
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Comment #29586221
Steam Deck is just a handheld PC, I'm not sure what support the engine developers would need besides being able to understand the built-in controls.
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Comment #29535768
It could definitely be better, but I think there are more opportunities than most people realize. Joining the military is a big one; you get paid to learn a marketable skill, usual…
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Comment #29510785
I think that may be a reference to Cyberpunk 2077, which Keanu also starred in, being a disappointment based on the marketing.
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Comment #29350858
Skin cancer also has a very low mortality rate if you detect it early, which is pretty simple because you can see it growing on you.
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Comment #29332054
Keyword there is percentage.