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rossenberg79

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    Comment #19931529

    I would like to pose an alternative conclusion: if you aren’t bored by web development you likely haven’t discovered far more interesting opportunities. Web development deals with …

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    Comment #19920135

    My main problem with programming interviews is that I can’t use external references to do them, which is totally not how I work. Even if I know how to solve something off the top o…

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    Comment #19916522

    I know a cybersecurity professional who was contracted by a hedgefund to investigate the claims by reverse engineering and present a report so it’s not entirely unlikely.

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    Comment #19898651

    Because if you live in the first world, like most of these companies, you will feel the effects of climate change the least. Climate change is a bigger problem for developing natio…

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    Comment #19894837

    > Better times than ours. Not sure why it’s necessary to make a slight against our times? Even Osama Bin Laden was given a proper burial at sea, and he wasn’t even a soldier, he wa…

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    Comment #19894065

    For those who do not see the danger of advanced AI generated text being rolled out everywhere, imagine a web where you have to carefully read everything you see in order to determi…

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    Comment #19891402

    Men and women tend to be happier in arranged marriages. It is one of the best ways to find a high quality mate quickly.

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    Comment #19891391

    No, civilization is not becoming inhospitable to humans, this is literally the best time in history to be alive, civilization has never been more hospitable than it is today. We re…

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    Comment #19879821

    No, it isn’t. And I’ve said this before, a 45 year old has a grip on life that an early 20 something can’t even conceive of, especially if they’ve just lived a fairly easy life sai…

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    Comment #19873013

    Research in pharma is expensive, you can easily spend billions and have nothing to show for it. Where else do you think all that money comes from?

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    Comment #19870992

    Logically maybe we shouldn’t, but humans aren’t known for doing everything logically. If you know someone is in trouble and you have the ability to rescue them it is human nature t…

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    Comment #19870935

    > The US public has been subsidizing pharmaceutical research for the entire world with these inflated prices and hopefully that changes soon. This is what some people refuse to ack…

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    Comment #19870908

    12% is not that low, but hardly weeks worth of energy needs.

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    Comment #19861936

    What if you are low on fat stores?

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    Comment #19859675

    I stopped doing fasts because even though I did notice a boost to my productivity, most of it was due to not having to stop in the middle of the day to eat or waste time thinking a…

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    Comment #19856273

    Indeed, as housing becomes prohibitively expensive everywhere that people want to live in the US, I doubt someone living off basic income will even be able to afford any kind of ho…

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    Comment #19856221

    They can still do those things, but basic income isn’t something for you to be taking risks with, it’s the income you need to live , and should be spent as such. Anything else is i…

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    Comment #19856194

    > I believe people know and should have control of how they spend a basic income. Why? If it’s not being spent on those things anyway isn’t the person just making a financial mista…

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    Comment #19856184

    Not really, all property is still owned by the individuals exclusively.

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    Comment #19856167

    Have any proponents of Basic Income policies ever proposed instead of handing out money, we hand out tangible assets instead? A basic house, clothing, food, access to education and…

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    Comment #19850737

    This is what the Brazilian people asked for. And I’m willing to bet if anyone who disagrees spends some time living in the hard areas of Brazil, they will agree with it too. In the…

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    Comment #19850701

    I think there’s a clear difference between “poor guy in the wrong place at the wrong time” and gang members dealing drugs and toting firearms .

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    Comment #19850603

    Probably should replace the word “people” in the title with “criminals” to be more specific, and less click-baity.

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    Comment #19849123

    It may not always pass. Sometimes you get DPDR and you’re trapped in an endless hell from which few escape. Be careful out there.