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  1. What a stupid argument. All that matters in college is if you are willing to pay the price and do the work. If you score a 20 on your ACT because you hated high school but got an A in your college classes because you studied your ass off, does it matter? ACT is simply a test of knowledge not ability to learn. Sure, you may have to take some remedial classes when you start college to catch up but that doesn't mean you aren't college material.

  2. Re: Should be simple enough to try it on animals on States Turn To an Unproven Method of Execution: Nitrogen Gas (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Informative

    You've apparently never been around a pig farm in real life. They make those sounds when their distressed by new things. Unfamiliar locations, being stuck in something. They dont make them from being suffocated by nitrogen. Nitrogen doesn't give any signals to the body there is a problem. You simply pass out. Google OSHA nitrogen accidents to find out how quickly and how dangerous it is.

  3. Re: Random on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Job hunting is stressful. Not always in a good way. Not knowing if your risk losing your residence, your car, or where you're getting your next meal from is incredibly stressful and does make it harder. It's hard to give a good interview when your only thoughts are, "don't mess up, don't mess up....."

  4. You must not go to reddit much.

  5. Except that terrorists use it to find vulnerable people in order to grrom them into their beliefs.

  6. Re: Can somebody who knows more about this on Planting GMOs Kills So Many Bugs That It Helps Non-GMO Crops (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Quite easy. I can eat onions. Onions can kill a dog or cat. They have a compound that causes red blood cells in dogs and cats to rupture. Just because it's poisonous to them doesn't mean it's poisonous to me.

  7. Re: Make the entire year DST on Many US States Consider Abandoning Daylight Savings Time (newsweek.com) · · Score: 1

    Actually he is correct. Though, the rotation isn't constant. It's called a stellar day. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wik...

  8. Re: Because they've abandoned their claimed prin on Google Explains Why It Banned the App For Gab, a Right-Wing Twitter Rival (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    Supporting some one's right to say something does not mean you support that view. I support the right for anti-abortion protestors to say their message in a public space, but I'm pro-choice. I support the right so someone with an opposite political view of mine so say what they believe, even if I don't agree. I like being surrounded by opposing views to my own, because it challenges my own assumptions and allows me to improve myself, or it allows me to identify thing that I intrinsically disagree with.

  9. Re: Because they've abandoned their claimed prin on Google Explains Why It Banned the App For Gab, a Right-Wing Twitter Rival (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    That fight has already hit the supreme court. Certain things are illegal when it comes to free speech. Inciting violence is one of them. Free speech doesn't mean I have to listen. Free speech also doesn't mean free from consequences. The only way to effectively address speech we don't like is to allow it to exist in a society that allows open discord on the subject. As soon as you make it illegal you create the need to keep it in private which only strengthens it. If you aren't exposed to contradictions to your belief you cannot change your belief. Surround yourself with the same view, creates a stronger reality of that view.

  10. Two wrongs make a right?

  11. Re: Never will work... on State Legislators Want Surveillance Cameras To Catch Uninsured Drivers (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm about average on a decent bike I can only maintain 15-18 mph but it isn't easy. Especially for 100 miles. On a better bike with less rolling resistance maybe, but now if be looking at a $3k plus bike.

  12. Modern aircraft auto pilot does have the capability to land aircraft.

  13. Re: a person is a person on The US Can't Leave The Paris Climate Deal Until 2020 (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    No the issue is how much of China is rural populations that don't use any significant amount of carbon. Do we, the US, have a carbon problem? Yes, absolutely, but you can't compare single measures like total output, per capita output, or a similar singular measure to determine which pollutes more. They only give a general comparison on their own.

  14. Re: How the fuck on Developer Accidentally Deletes Production Database On Their First Day On The Job (qz.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As a manager and supervisor I wouldn't put you out on the floor without a senior to ensure you could handle and to QA the work. The first 6-12 months are hour learning and trust building phase. I expect mistakes during this time and I expect your peers to work with you on new projects to ensure those mistakes don't happen .

  15. Re: Seems reasonable. on Harvard Pulls Student Offers Over Online Comments (go.com) · · Score: 1

    Now you're venturing into protected class type scenario. The difference is you can choose to be an asshole and spout asshole things. You cannot choose which organs you were born with or the color of your skin. That said, I believe a private university SHOULD have the right to say what they will allow on their campus but only if they refuse ALL forms of federal grants and aid.

  16. Re: Fuck yeah on Tesla Fires Female Engineer Who Alleged Sexual Harassment (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Just because you don't find her attractive doesn't mean other me don't.

  17. Let's not let logic get in the way though, right? I've never met a coffee addict who lost their job and turned to blowjobs on the corner to get their next espresso. Sure there are deaths attributed to coffee but its affects can't be compared to truly mind altering substance. It's not even on the same level.

  18. Some men don't always have issues getting an erection when there is physical contact, irregardless of their desire to. Not only that, you obviously haven't dealt with investigations and issues around sexual assault and rape. Woman on Man happens more than people realize and gets brushed away due to people with opions like yours. It does happen. It's still a crime.

  19. Re: Not a problem on The FBI Defends Deploying Malware From A Tor Child Porn Site (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1

    Entrapment is coercing someone to do something they wouldn't normally do. This is not entrapment.

  20. Re: One semester on New Research Says Starting University Classes at 11am or Later Would Improve Learning (qz.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I hate when people have this view on the military. We are not mindless robots, nor are we trained to be. Sure, initial training seems like it, but it's only because at that level you don't necessarily have the whole picture of what needs to happen, what's happening, and how to complete the mission. There are times where you need to follow orders and times where you can question the current plan.

    I rank this right there with all military are conservative, racist, violent, or arrogant.

  21. Re: Hmm on Boy, 4, Uses Siri To Help Save Mum's Life (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Did you miss the part about it being a 4 year old? They don't always know, or understand, how everything works.

  22. Re: That org is garbage on Snapchat Wanted $150K To Not Run NRA Ads On Gun Control Group Videos (thenextweb.com) · · Score: 1

    Absolutely.

  23. Re: ATM could sell you an adjustable rate mortgage on 'Robots Won't Just Take Our Jobs -- They'll Make the Rich Even Richer' (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    No, the problem is two fold. Consumers who don't understand and lenders who are willing to push the wrong loan on them.

  24. Sexism is assuming someone has a specific role or ability based on their sex and you discriminate against then for that. Harassment us a much more grey area but the general gist is its all about perception. I worked with a guy fired for harassment. Woman came in monday morning complaining about lower back pain. He asked her what happened. She said she had her eggs harvested over the weekend. He asked a clarifying question, "You mean your ovaries?" Four hours later he was escorted out by HR for asking about ovaries. Now knowing the guy, there was probably more. Ny wife was also fired from a position for playing a video to a co-worker about our then 5 year old son saying he learned about sex from Mike Rowe on dirty jobs. Someone nearby complained.

  25. You mean things we created supplements for? Sure fresh fruit is a better source but using outdated conditions that we have many, many ways to fix, that's a weak argument. Hell potatoes have about 20mg of vitamin c per 100 mg. It's not a hard vitamin to get as you make it sound when the average person needs around 90 mg per day.