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    Comment #46604584

    Also, these ultra processed foods set up unrealistic expectations of what "good" food should taste like. years of eating UFP ruins the taste buds. So, once you start eating real fo…

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    Comment #41174684

    and let's not forget the increase in crime that SF has experienced. Even department/CVS/etc stores have had to close due to the increase in crime. Suburbs on average have less crim…

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    Comment #38131198

    this is really sad. as I will ONLY be buying an EV in future (it's EV or nothing). i certainly don't want another ICE, that's for sure. I guess i'm in a tiny minority, yet again.

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    Comment #38117993

    but judging how awful the targetting is, I don't think anyone watching your screen as you browse should be able to make any kind of conclusions of you. if anything, the ads we rece…

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    Comment #38117283

    i get the having control of your data part (at least for address, name, social sec #, phone number and email - those are really important). but i could care less if an algorithm kn…

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    Comment #38117111

    yeah, i really don't get why people are so against personalized ads. As a user of these platforms, I feel the ads are already nowhere near targetted enough and now looks like we'll…

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    Comment #36408095

    why not just allow the price of water to accurately be reflected in the prices that farmers pay for water? if they paid more for water, they'd use it more wisely and more varieties…

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    Comment #35908951

    where is this whole below minimum wage thing coming from? Everytime, I take an Uber or Lyft and calculate the hourly earnings of the uber driver minus vehicle miles, uber's take, a…

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    Comment #35891829

    there are legitimate technical reasons as to why a roll out would happen for one place rather than everywhere at once. I just think it's remarkable how people can take any piece of…

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    Comment #35891465

    It is a salary cut because the dollar is worth less every year. It's already lost well over 99% of it's value in the last 200 years (a time when the average house cost 800$). So, i…

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    Comment #35891369

    i thought the answer was Jack welch philosophy of management: always overhire and then prune 10% of your workforce every year. the theorey goes that way, you keep the best and loos…

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    Comment #35880831

    plus you know it's organic, whereas the grocery store's "organic" label sometimes has some give to it. Some wheats for example, aren't entirely organic.

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    Comment #35880096

    whether or not you save money and how much you save depends on how much your regular job pays. Sure, a google software engineer will be better off just buying all their food. but s…

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    Comment #35879982

    there are many things that absolutely are scalable to the entire human race, at least outside of the city. Permaculture asks nothing of you but your effort. The "massive amount of …

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    Comment #35879910

    that sounds like a fantastic way to grow up. I wish I could raise my kid in this kind of community. permaculture has so much to offer people.

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    Comment #35718748

    Nutritionists will tell you what really matters is what type of fat/protein/carbohydrate. It's not one or the other. You need to eat plant based whole foods protein, fat and carbs …

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    Comment #35241987

    Jack welsh school of management: you've got to reward the top 20% and layoff the bottom 10%, about once a year. this is very much possible when there's an oversupply of labor.

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    Comment #35240645

    It always comes down to two things: Land cost, and building cost. You get those two down and you'll see housing costs come down. Land cost can be brought down by building furthere …

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    Comment #34915781

    but how do you avoid it completely? "Hazardous PFAS chemicals contaminate the drinking water of up to 110 million Americans and the blood of nearly every American." How on earth ca…

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    Comment #34915089

    everytime i see something like this I feel disgusted about using paypal. I'll definately sweep funds out of there even more frequently now. financial institutions that don't unders…

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    Comment #34912412

    and we could solve this problem by creating new cities/towns. Why on earth, can't we do that anymore? for most of human history we were able to do that, now all the sudden everyone…

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    Comment #34776632

    well, people already do that with their news feed.

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    Comment #34419518

    old media is a dieing industry so desperate to kick big tech into the ground, they'll do just about anything. I've seen their scathing editorials on big tech: it's getting pathetic…

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    Comment #34319788

    It's so true: * I can't even install Netflix on my Iphone 7+ anymore (the phone practically brand new, it is less than 6 six years old!) * Screens in cars replacing usable buttons,…

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    Comment #33927645

    based on the chart, the amount of VC funding is roughly equivalent to what it was the last 3 years prior to the last. I don't see why this is such a disaster.