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There is nothing uniquely American about extreme aggression towards people holding differing views. Although the current state of American society isn't great it can get so so much…

>teenagers are handed an electronic doll to care for for a day or two Not surprised this had the opposite effect. It completely misses what is, in my opinion, one of the most drama…

You are thinking of the problem in a sciencey, evidence based way. In particular for illiterate, uneducated people there is often a huge weight given to superstition and traditiona…

Of course it would be simpler and easier but who is going to pay for it? Cambodia is a nation of around 15 million people and a large proportion of them are affected by iron defici…

>So a company pays a higher cost - but only has to deal with one contract, which saves them effort elsewhere. They have fewer contracts at any given time but also the contracts can…

That's no way to witch hunt.

Why not both? A possible timeline... Machines replace lots of humans meaning the permanent disappearance of a large number of jobs. Wages fall as competition for the available jobs…

In developing countries you are generally dealing with a user pays medical system. So they don't care if you require extensive medical care as you pay for it.

>But I guess it's easy to erroneously conflate Apple's device security with iCloud security. You might be overthinking it. I get the feeling that many people think of "online" as s…

As they say, if you owe the bank $100 you have a problem. If you owe the bank $100 million the bank has a problem.

>The statement says the band members were told they did not have to acquire work visas because they “were in no way going to earn money from it or receive any form of payment.” >“T…

>It won't grow for me It will depend on your specific fund but the funds already in there should be invested in some way. If they aren't doing a terrible job the money will grow ev…

>Super funds only make sense when you have more people paying into them than withdrawing. It feels a bit like you might be confusing the difference between a pension fund and a sup…

>Although you cannot access the superannuation fund until you turn 80 This is incorrect. You can access your super from 65 no matter what. You can also access it earlier under some…

>The first thing you learn about US visa is that it doesn't guarantee US admission It is worth noting that this is true of every country. A visa does not guarantee entry. Your entr…

>Firing for mistakes can make sense in the context of a small company that has to pay enough to rectify the mistake that it significantly impacts the budget. If this cost needs to …

heh, fair point. Command economy advocates aside nobody is saying the free market sucks :)

>That is until the free market goes against what I want. Then the free market sucks! I'm not sure anyone is saying that the free market sucks. People are saying that there is no fr…

>This science branch seems to attract charlatans. It seems like it is incredibly difficult to perform conclusive research around nutrition, human growth etc without violating a bun…

Anyone who doesn't own a mobile/cell phone?

>I don't really know what the job market is there for software development though There is a lot more work in Glasgow it seems. We are considering moving and I get the odd email fr…

>prospect buys your product/service- success! I suspect tying payments to actual user actions, in particularly the user buying something, is the best solution. Affiliate marketing …

>this man had kept this skull he'd found in a cave and then took it across the world >It still had dirt inside of it This is probably because I am Australian but this jumped out at…

>I don't like this guy. Why?

Similarly, the complete removal from the earth of nuclear weapons could potentially make the world much more dangerous. Without the threat of nuclear annihilation conventional war …