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Because diversity in energy supply. Lets not bet the house on just one thing..

about 1 hour ago on Google X 'moonshots lab' buys flying wind turbine company Makani Power 1 recommend

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I usually transfer files via AirDroid. I can’t offer a suggestion to fixing the current issue, but if you can’t figure it out, I would use AirDroid as an imperfect solution.

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I don’t see that as some excuse to not fix the do-nothing and bloated agencies as well as cutting unnecessary war efforts and trimming the requisite social programs into efficient machines

SRPuffinstuff for president. Well said.

about 2 hours ago on Oxfam claims $18.47 trillion held in 'tax havens' as EU leaders meet to discuss solutions 1 reply

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This is my reader of choice, has basically none of the features you are looking for though.

FBreader

about 2 hours ago on Is there such a thing as a truly great epub reader for Android?

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Perfect opportunity to show that correlation does not imply causation. Let’s say your friends live in an area serviceable by city water, they are more likely closer to junk food and candy in corner stores than someone who is on the outskirts of town. It can look like one factor but be another. Not saying it’s that specifically, but it could be a million things.

about 3 hours ago on After heated battle, Portland residents reject bid to fluoridate city drinking water

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You know, without the naturally occurring minerals, water would actually be toxic?

Is that a question or a statement?

about 3 hours ago on After heated battle, Portland residents reject bid to fluoridate city drinking water

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To be perfectly fair, do-nothing and bloated agencies account for an incredibly small fraction of the budget. $1 billion is sand off a beach in the federal budget. MC, SS, and defense are over 60%.

about 3 hours ago on Oxfam claims $18.47 trillion held in 'tax havens' as EU leaders meet to discuss solutions 1 reply

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You live in a condo. Go the board and make a rule, you have a vote. Wouldn’t you rather the fine went to your building then the city?

1 day ago on New York City issues $2,400 fine for renting on Airbnb, but the law is still unclear

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It was really interesting! I was very much an outsider looking in, though, so some of it went over my head. The highlight for me was a panel on “brain food” that talked about the ways that different compounds in different foods fit into the chemical reactions that influence/power our brain. It was all very scientific, which was extremely cool, not the kind of Doctor Oz fluff you see on tv. It was so popular that every inch of the floor was filled with people sitting when the chairs filled up. Everyone there was extremely nice, but considering the field they are in (working with people professionally) that didn’t surprise me. Bill Clinton, they keynote speaker, got sick and phoned it in, but I hadn’t registered to see it anyway.

1 day ago on The Special K cure: new tests show club drug's promise for treating severe depression 1 reply

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I agree with you, like Obamacare, backtracking on that kind of stuff is really difficult even without contested initial support. That being said, I firmly believe that corporate interest will make it impossible to even get to the “if they fixed it” stage.

1 day ago on Senators blast Apple in hearing for keeping most profits overseas 1 reply

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If they fixed it, their corporate special interest support would vanish immediately. It’s safer to say you are against it, so the people reelect you, and not doing anything about it, so the corporations continue to support you.

1 day ago on Senators blast Apple in hearing for keeping most profits overseas 1 reply

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Wow, what timing! I saw this research at the APA in SF this weekend and thought it was really interesting. I was there for very tangential reasons, an econ major in a sea of medical doctors.

1 day ago on The Special K cure: new tests show club drug's promise for treating severe depression 1 reply

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I guess a sucker is born every day. I read Tim Cook’s quote and rolled my eyes about as hard as I did when Larry Page sang his kumbaya crap at I/O.

Their job is to pay the least legally allowed. If you believe they are paying a “fair” rate for any reason instead of the minimum legally required, they what you believe is that management isn’t doing it’s job.

1 day ago on Apple and Taxes, real stand up guys they make me proud to be an American