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people deserve politeness. I'm not convinced the police force in the US is that racist. The majority of crime is committed by Black people. Are the statistics racist? He seemed to …

Maybe you're right... maybe it's my own bias since the only times I've interacted with police have been positive. Maybe if you're stopped regularly, then it's hard to keep your tem…

Never put down to malice something that can be attributed to stupidity or bugs. Far more likely the recording software is crappy and sometimes skips back a second or two. The probl…

He asked her nicely if she could put out her cigarette for his benefit. She in return started ranting about how it was her car etc. I don't care if she has the right to remain smok…

Would it be so hard for her to just do what he asked instead of blowing things up... I really don't understand the absolute lack of respect some people have for the law and other h…

It certainly is me who benefits. In 2 previous jobs, I found out what others at the company were making. OK, they were managers, but still, it just made me pissed off. It didn't ma…

Maybe it's different here. In the UK it's considered vulgar to discuss money or how much you earn.

Nothing good comes from knowing other peoples salary. Only jealousy, resentment, unhappiness, and greed.

"the cost of lost discoveries"? Things will get discovered eventually, by people who are passionate about them.

As a fellow reply states, using "Space travel" as a means for general R&D is pretty damn inefficient. You would have a similar result if you poured money into alchemy research - lo…

I completely agree. But it's a pursuit individuals should pursue. If you want to go explore mars, go ahead! I'm sure it'd be great fun. But it should absolutely not be anything to …

If you're going to force people to pay money, through taxes, grants etc, to explore space, then it should have some material benefit.

Stadiums benefit millions of people. Jet fighters save lives. Finding out that there's water on mars, or some single cell organisms on pluto, does nothing apart from fill a few fut…

So we find out there's some creatures on Pluto that are roughly the same as frogs. How does that impact anyones life? It'd be an interesting fact, and maybe fun if we could move so…

Well, agree to disagree. The average person doesn't really care if there is or isn't water on mars, or if someone spent millions of their dollars taking a photo of pluto. Year afte…

Is it worth millions of dollars to know that? Nope. It's rich people playing with their toys.

I have both. If I need maps/browser/camera, I use my android phone, and moan at all the crappy UI issues and endless updates etc. One of my worst gripes with android is just how of…

Look at sewing machines though. They used to be made of cast iron and wood. They were built properly, and it shows. They still work 50 or 60 years later. Modern day sewing machines…

What if they decide to remove a feature like Android removed "silent mode" as a feature... Also, software will always be more buggy than hardware. The more software there is in som…

This is an awful user experience though. Look at mobile phones. An old Nokia 3210 or something, just works. It does everything fine. It works as a phone. It was designed from start…

People will always use "old tech". "Old tech" often just works. Flawlessly. I have a dumper truck I borrow from next door. Crank handle, diesel. It just works. Starts every time. N…

Habits like reading every scientific paper and worrying about them?

I agree. I'm just saying that just because someone is a lawyer, and has a reasonably high salary, doesn't necessarily follow that they're swimming in money.

Rich people don't just swim in money you know. It's fairly likely they'll have far more expenses than poor people. So they might have a better pension plan, pay a gardener. Might s…

Also if you sleep well, and live 25% longer, that 25% will be when you're old, senile, and unable to do anything useful. Studies about sleep are often just crazy. When did people s…