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Be simpler, people. Old Navy, Zero Exposure, Merona and Levis. Cheap and somewhat crappy, but worth every penny.

Who gives a damn about what is good for business? Businesses are (very) important only up to a certain point, until their interests start to go against the interests of the people.…

If you are too nice and polite, you show a weakness. Dealing with someone who has unlimited power in a limited area is difficult business; I usually act as a polite but a dangerous…

> It's like saying "my neurons aren't conscious therefore I am not conscious", which is clearly not the case. You need to read Searle's works again; his point is actually the oppos…

Consciousness does not have external signs; I have not a slightest idea what it means "act like you're conscious"; a paralyzed person is conscious after all. The only reason to bel…

Your view on singularity largely depends on your relationships with John Searle Chinese room argument; I accept it, and do not find Kurzweil views convincing.

Mind is different, because you do not want to create a zombie, that acts like a human, but an actually conscious system.

USSR has always had ground floor shopping on the street facing residential buildings, also major bus stops have convenience stores attached.

If you want affordable, build dense, urban cities; not NY style rows after rows of 2 story building, separated by roads, but USSR style large 4-6-9 story blocks, build from concret…

This is called Flea Market.

Inbound bowel movement.

Yes, you are right, but your quote was not complete, so I got confused.

Doesn't what you just cited mean that Lexapro is anticholinergic?

SSRIs, contrary to the article are all potent anticholinergic.

Benadryl trips are always bad. No abuse potential.

Plains indeed are special case in terms of hi-tech jobs. However, PA or TX or NC are inexpensive and still have stuff going on.

If I stop drinking coffee for 2 days, the first cup I'll drink will end up in diarrhea.

Democratize art!

Permanent residents even allowed to make monetary donation.

Great stink of 2016: Milpitas Sewage Plant and Alviso Dump.

Railroad companies are old, arrogant businesses, who would never consult anyone.

It was used during the Cold War, because it was important to simplify, demonize the enemy. Russian Ivan with bottle of vodka, in a tank, driven by a brown bear with ushanka creates…

The problem with PTC, that the railroad companies are totally incompetent in making this, demanding, knowledge intensive kind of software. I know people charged with this at a larg…

Don't underestimate either. Soviet/Russian rocket engines are still better than American.

USSR. Russia has never been falling apart. Calling USSR Russia is HLN/Fox level discussion.