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That's not really a relevant argument here as insulin costs <$5 to manufacture.

I think it just is a regular two-lane roundabout? We have one of these nearby me in Cleveland, it works pretty well. https://www.google.com/maps/place/41%C2%B027'58.2%22N+81%C2%...…

>“But given your access to the MTA map on the MTA website, and the substantial similarities of your map to the MTA map, the only rational conclusion is that your map is based on th…

Do they also charge people who drink, are overweight, don't exercise? Seems odd to only single out smoking.

My perspective - I do not want to see ads relevant to my interests. If I want to buy something that I care about I'll do my own due diligence for what a good product is. I don't wa…

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"Devin Nunes' Cow" is obviously a satire account. As the judge ruled, a cow clearly can not tweet so nobody reasonably can believe that is actually his cow. "ZweinerforTexas.com", …

For people interested, the series (and tv show) is called "The Expanse".

Those sound like failed businesses that should close down if they cant function without exploiting their workers.

>The exclusion of sex from gender is an extremely recent development that isn't widely accepted yet. This is not an extremely recent development in the slightest, the distinction w…

I don't know if I would say recently, this distinction started becoming used in the early 60s which was almost 60 years ago.

Gender identity is an emergent social construct, there isn't anything biological about it.

Is THC also bad for pregnant trans men? I suspect it is, so pregnant persons is more accurate.

In the US elections are run by the states, and unfortunately a certain consistent set of them are well known for making it extremely difficult for certain groups of people to vote.…

So the answer is to throw our hands in the air and give up because our ancestors did something we now to be extremely harmful so we have to let everyone else do it too?

If you asked, most people who are arguing for sanctions on Brasil would also support sanctions on America for pulling out of the Paris Agreement. >if you’re going to criticise some…

Actually yes, it has been shown effective: http://comp.social.gatech.edu/papers/cscw18-chand-hate.pdf >We find that the ban worked for Reddit. More accounts than expected discontin…

Considering fingerprint analysis is pseudoscience and almost entirely made up (along with most other "forensic science") [1] [2] we can assume LOTS AND LOTS of innocent people are …

I remember listening to a segment on NPR where it was claimed this was already solved and the "sonic attacks" were actually caused by a specific species of cricket: https://www.npr…

Be careful, you also run the risk of getting assassinated by drone strike like Anwar al-Awlaki did.

Yes, I work on the search team at my work and we extensively use Elasticsearch for many different search services.

>I haven't figured out how they are still releasing a new game every year - they really should be releasing every season, or really, every team, as a DLC. The content is where it i…

Finish the season of Narcos: Mexico first

In the next sentence >District police chief Aidil Bolhassan concedes the results may have changed during the time the poll was active as more people learned of her death.