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pacifist
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Comment #46805509
Reminds me of the movie Office Space.
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Comment #44047683
"the China story will stagnate if a serious effort at helping the bottom half of Chinese does not develop" So 800,000,000 people raised out of extreme poverty is a lie? Sounds like…
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Comment #36305047
My fathers's dear friend Stese was close with the old brewmaster at Anchor Steam. He was in his 90's at the time and one day he told Stese to start following him around the brewery…
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Comment #36236871
Also Aaron Mate. He won an Izzy Award for debunking russiagate.
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Comment #34213833
Or Assange.
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Comment #32381580
I'm afraid that we're going the wrong direction on this. Purple Sea Urchin's(probably from ship ballast) are decimating the kelp forest on the west coast of US. Same with our terre…
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Comment #29720601
Do you have any examples of a successful technological solution? We've never been here before so there are no examples in either category. It's clear that we need massive changes i…
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Comment #29281559
The same people who benefit from this relationship need to pass the laws that kill the goose. Maybe you think there are enough honest politicians to pull it off. I've been been aro…
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Comment #29126197
The Matrix begs to differ(I saw it in a movie so it must be true).
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Comment #28601732
Don't be discouraged by posts in this thread. Yes, you can make a difference. I've been driving a biodiesel for 20+ years. I hardly drive these days anyway. As a dev you're in a go…
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Comment #28588189
Why would you want advertisers? Advertisers are part of the problem.
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Comment #28349516
My bad. Should have RTFA. We're talking about 3D here.
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Comment #28347748
A sphere in the mathematical sense is the 2D shell on the surface of the sphere you're thinking of. So, no height, no volume.
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Comment #28143349
> Noobs typically need protecting from themselves. Whenever I hear this I start looking for my wallet.
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Comment #28123347
This needs to change.
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Comment #28032038
Oh, you were condescending from the start. So yeah, no need. don't expect another reply. It's been a real joy interacting with you.
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Comment #28028521
He is citing Bellingcat - an outfit that has been thoroughly discredited and who's only use is as a cutout for spy agencies to spread their lies. Not ad hominem. Just facts. Here i…
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Comment #28020779
Bellingcat? Really? You know they're a cutout for the western spy agencies and can't be trusted ever. They get debunked on the regular. The guy that supposedly runs it says he got …
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Comment #27938343
> As an aside, I really dislike the increasing use of "tipping points" Tipping points have been part of the conversation all along. They are a reality we have to deal with. Sounds …
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Comment #27722399
> Earth is not overpopulated Beg to differ. Exhibit A: climate change. Your solution would not ameliorate climate change. In fact it would likely exacerbate it. We need as much of …
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Comment #27719501
I love my tree. It's a beautiful old Red Maple that shades my house in the summer and sheds its leaves in winter to give me mulch for the yard and more access to the waning sun.
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Comment #27718960
I'm not going to peruse that list because I know how the Dems kneecapped Bernie: with super delegates. During Clinton's primary run against Obama the super delegates kept their mou…
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Comment #27718140
4 or 5 people at the top of the DNC resigned because of saying mean things about Sanders and invitations to avante garde art shows? That's not how it works.
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Comment #27717675
Unfortunately analogies to The Matrix abound in the US these days. Most people get their information from 6 mainstream media corporations that were left(down from 50) after the 199…
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Comment #27717594
4 or 5 of the top people in the DNC including DWS resigned because of revelations of corruption in the emails. How did you miss that?