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brian

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  • Fox viewers STILL imagine that foreign exporters will simply reduce their profit margins to 0, or even go into debt, for the privilege of selling trinkets to Americans.

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  • I'm not sure who you mean is shilling for corporations, but that's certainly not the vibe I got from most of this thread.

    It would be nice to see corporate profits wiped, especially after so much price gouging we've had to endure.

    But why do you think that gouging will stop?

  • Fox viewers STILL imagine that foreign exporters will simply reduce their profit margins to 0, or even go into debt, for the privilege of selling trinkets to Americans.

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  • Let's imagine that it does hurt corporate profits first. Will they survive? Probably the big ones, might be a bit harder for little ones. So the world keeps turning, right? But like you said the end customer will eat some of the costs, so we agree that prices will go up in the end.

    Where's the upside? More money funneled into the government? Paid by the increased prices for the consumer, or some dips in corporate profits?

    I'm not sure that's a win for the consumer normies.

  • Zoom is down 🎉

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  • The DNS system is still just computers/servers, so anything from overloading a server to outright man-in-the-middle type attacks can compromise the DNS (though this is where you'd get into how the DNS communicates, propagates, and distributes trust, which is a topic that I have little knowledge on)

  • Canadian idea, what do you think ?

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  • I think the framing needs to show that it isn't going to be "more work", it's just different work. The people being tasked with this clean up would've been doing something else, not just standing around.

  • What are the exact ramifications and consequences of the recent meeting with Zelenskyy and Trump/JD?

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  • I'm unfamiliar with the mineral rights treaty specifics, but I remember it being said that it was a pretty shite deal for Ukraine anyway, and that it likely wouldn't have been signed anyway

  • If political agendas were released, or summarized, like patch notes would people better understand what they are signed up for?

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  • I only went back to read the comment because you told me you upvoted it. I wanted to make sure it was worthy.

    !it was!<

  • Now vs. 1815

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  • Hyperthymesia seems to be more autobiographical, rather than a total recall of memory.

    That wiki page goes on to explain an example of someone who could perfectly remember a specific day in their past, but were unable to recall what their interviewers were wearing after spending a day with them.

  • Little know fact

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  • Don't forget the kidnapping and holding against their will! Gotta make sure they have time to realize just how rich you are.

  • isitdownrightnow dot com

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  • Personally, I've never downloaded documentation of a programming language, and certainly not any third party libraries.

  • Walgreens CEO Distressed to Learn That Locking Everything Up Keeps People From Buying It

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  • I don't buy locked up stuff because I don't want to talk to people.

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  • Math(s)

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  • You just casually dropping in that 832 is divisible by 8 makes me feel as if there's a small gap in our abilities to do mental math

  • A girl's best friend

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  • I think one of the most common talking points against lab grown is that they are too perfect. "It's the imperfections that are beautiful" or something like that.

  • Police say they can tell if you are too high to drive. Critics call it ‘utter nonsense’

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  • While in principle, I don't disagree. If you're impaired, you shouldn't drive. I lost a parent after they were hit by a drunk driver.

    However, there are monstrously different amounts of impairment. You have reaction times and motor skills, decision making and judgement, awareness and attention.

    Implying any type of impairment to be an unequivocal "no" to driving is short sighted, in my opinion. It's the easy argument to point at any mind-altering substance: caffeine, tobacco, or antidepressants could be classified an impaired driver.

    It's also worth pointing out that even different emotions could dramatically alter driving performance. Not that we would ever think about restrictions on crying while driving.

  • How would you enforce a pay-it-forward scheme?

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  • There's no reason that guilt would be absent from helpinghelp a specific person in need (like your struggling mother example). Plenty of people feel guilty taking handouts and will outright refuse help when they might need it.

    As for the drive thru thing, I think you might be talking about something different than what I've seen/done, which is just paying for your own meal and the people behind you. There isn't any expectation for them to continue some chain, and in many ways it's a bit of an empty gesture (they are just taking that first person's goodwill and passing it to the next in line).

    My interpretation of paying it forward is the premise of receiving something when you're in need, then, when you're able, to give something back. Not to the one who helped you, as that would be repaying a debt.

  • M*crosoft's search engine is borderline unusable

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  • not a typo

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    This amuses me

  • "Rick and Morty: The Anime" New Trailer Announces August 15th Premiere

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  • Amusing that Jerry is omitted from that screenshot

  • This link will never lie to you.

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  • This link will never lie to you.

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  • I guess it's more asking what the alternatives could be. I don't have the answer, and truthfully don't have much of an idea what is out there to solve that problem.

    Is there a system that can get information to someone, maintaining anonymity for the sender the whole way through? Like having an open drop box where you'd be able to put whatever documents you want into it.