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Bluntly, yes. All those soldiers sleep, eat and live in a larger community. All those civil servants live in neighborhoods. Even if we accept that the entire military would just fo…

Kudos for finding your own path. Your drive and determination will take you far in life, much farther than if you had just went with the flow, went to college, and followed the nor…

Marketable skills are easy to learn, it's the thinking behind the learning that is tough to get. HOW to think is much more important. And I'm not at all sure that that can be taugh…

If that were true then teaching how to take the test would have resulted in a larger jump on scores.

Thank you for taking the time to explain it to us!

But who determines the cost? Who amongst us does not produce CO2? YOU are the customer if each of these externalities that you are arguing against. Are you willing to shoulder the …

Stop! Stop! You're breathing my air! That kind of thinking leads to a Logan's Run scenario. Instead, why not think of it as a part of life and work to find a solution that doesn't …

Polygamy leaves a very angry pool of low status males. Not very good for those in power

I think we need to slow the pace of immigration, to preserve our culture.

Except for the millions that died.

Sure it is. It's only unsustainable if you restrict the population to a limited area (ie - Earth) There may come a time when we don't NEED a larger population to support increasing…

I triedVS Code and found it to be not as enjoyable as emacs. Sure, it makes some things easier, but emacs is light years ahead in functionality. I think most of the shortcomings co…

It takes less effort to not be offended

Black-body absorption, ie : asphalt. Urban heat bubbles are real.

Loans.

Not sure why you got downvoted. It's an honest observation.

Card decks are a much smaller problem space than the entirety of the Earth and factors affecting it's climate.

Cloud formation is also thought to inversely correlate to sunspot activity. With the lull in solar activity, that very well could be the cause.

Ah, but "chance favors the prepared mind", so it IS possible to improve your luck.

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Oregano is a big hit with bees in my area, plus it's great for cooking!

Google can't monetize it if they can't read it. Why do you think e2e email encryption is still not the default.

Eating more fats will cure the hunger.

Or just do what we do best: adapt and overcome

He interfered by telling a truth that politicians would rather have remained unknown. He embarrassed the Clinton campaign