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I know that story doesn't really go anywhere, but it was a big deal to me!

If Gen Z has 50 million people, then this map shows that they are not moving.

23K is only 0.046% of 50 million.

All together, only half of a single percent have moved, according to this graph.

Seems like everybody's staying put, and this map means nothing.

Bananas are shipped green, and in refrigerated shipping containers. They ripen them in warmer containers at Port.

From that moment on, the clock is ticking.

Pythagoras supposedly thought beans contained part of the human soul. He refused to eat them, and forbade his followers from eating them.

Supposedly, as he was chased out by an angry mob, he was stopped in his tracks by a field of beans to his ultimate peril.

It was my understanding that they essentially kidnapped his son under trumped up weed charges, and ultimately forced him to change his tune publicly.

Every American is 12 now. I don't know what's causing it, but it's becoming truer and truer.

It definitely seems to go against the spirit of how the company is being promoted.

They sell themselves as being user-oriented. There's a million things these companies could do to make money off of your data, and this one claims to sacrifice all of that for the good of the user.

Now it turns out they are using shady anti-user marketing practices, which is almost to be expected for a for-profit company in this day and age. It does not align with a model that claims to have the user's best interest at heart though, which is how they promote themselves.

I have been testing the waters on my home PC, and was thrilled to see the live USB in my bag.

It might be time for me to bite the bullet and load it on my laptop too. I am beyond fed up with Windows at this point.

The minimal software compatibility issues were the only thing holding me back. (and GeForce drivers...)

Having moved from an urban to a rural area, I can anecdotally say there is more to it than just education (though that certainly may be a factor).

Universities scare the conservative faction because they think they are hotbeds of indoctrination, but in reality, the openness people and new ideas occurs largely through socialization, not from any curriculum.

Rural areas rarely encounter that degree of interaction with that variety of backgrounds and beliefs. It is embarrassing to be ignorant of the outside world when you are socialized with so many people that seem to know more than you.

Once your mind is open to the wider world, a lot of the smaller beliefs have to be shed. I believe that is one of the reasons that one of the strongest variables associated with political persuasion is a university education.

It's socialization, not indoctrination, and not just a matter of education.

Tunick’s case also raises ongoing questions about what constitutional rights can be invoked at the border, which the U.S. government has long asserted is not U.S. soil until a person is authorized to enter.

So do the laws apply at the border or not? If he has no constitutional rights because he's supposedly not on U.S. soil, then he couldn't be breaking U.S. law, since he technically isn't there...

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Colbert Report was a pointed jab, and obvious satire. King of the Hill almost had a loving admiration in it, without the implied harsh critique or judgement that satire normally holds.

It's lightweight, open source, and does exactly what it's supposed to.

I kind of legacyed my way into it. It was the first thing I grabbed after uTorrent went to hell decades ago.

What is the advantage of qbit over it?

Pretty sure they were being facetious

2009's "Black Dynamite" (I had to look it up)

East of Eden by John Steinbeck.

It is a bit lengthy, but it seems like each interaction is written around pithy wisdoms interwoven into the lives of interactions of the characters.

Each time it happens, it's like stumbling upon on a gemstone by a river, and keeps me anticipating the next unfolding of the plot.

It exposes a structural disadvantage that plagues liberal politics. The hard right can simply point to images and tell a straightforward story, however true or false. Liberal politicians must choose between explaining context, embracing social complexity, and fussing over minute statistics, or allowing the hard right to gain ground by deferring to their narrative.

This is the crux of the issue. Partially the fact that

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

, but also the fact that that reality is complicated and nuanced, while political rhetoric is not.

Conversations inevitably degrade to the level of the dumbest people in the room, and on the internet, that leaves it at about the level of a 12 year old.

Couple that with the fact that narratives are more powerful than data, and it leaves the conservative stance as the most compelling, despite it being the most false and most damaging...

I like where this list is going, having read all those. I'm curious what else you would add to it!

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