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As a Slav, I actually really enjoy giving and receiving smiles (from strangers and friends). Also, I find Americans (especially in the service sector) a lot more smiley and cheery than Canadians, so it's more than US vs Europe, I think it's a uniquely US trait (I lived in all three)

I found this bit interesting: "Admittedly, the dynamism of Western capitalism depends upon people who work with missionary zeal, who refuse to accept that a job is merely a job. It must be something more — a vocation, an adventure, a journey to higher heights."

He has something there. Easiest way to make people your slaves (this is a metaphor, in case it's not obvious) it's to convince them that pushing papers in some dreary cubicle for peanuts is somehow a mission, a source of pride.

In addition to previous answers, Melinda is working hard on giving access to contraception to the women. In fact, contraception is her "signature issue" (in her own words).

Is it really necessary to refer to the women as ladies in this context?

I counter your anecdotal with this anecdotal: Einstein and Bukowski were plenty creative while working in an office.

I disagree. I'm less familiar with the smaller countries (on average), so I would prefer to get smaller countries when I play, and learn something new, rather than get china or india every few plays. Neat concept, i like it.

because it's much bigger than sales tax in any of the us states?

this is actually great advice. what would you recommend reading?

> with few or none of the benefits (space, isolation, safer neighborhoods, etc) that suburbia brings.

isolation is a benefit?

> But one thing's for certain, being active certainly prolongs life.

you forgot to say "on average" here.

I think that definition here is: subjective well being.

I think that the key to socialising is taking genuine interest in other people, not "pretending to care for the sake of socializing".

They also conflate STEM with IT in this article.

I find it interesting how many people mentioned smells when describing their first impression.

right. freedom to move is a basic human right, and should be recognized as such. My hope is that in a 100 years or so, we will view these times as barbaric, and be shocked at the fact that at some point in history people couldn't move freely, as we are shocked by slavery today.

Can someone explain how flags are applied? For example, today a post where person is asking for a job got killed, but I have seen same posts (people looking for a job) before that were left on the front page. Why was this one killed?

I just read and loved the anecdote from "Go Fuck Yourself." :)

yeah, I'm imagining her saying: 'aw, that's nice' with a deadpan face.

why do you say this? nothing in his post implies that this was what happened. in fact, he says that he joined as vp, which i read that he wasn't the original founder.

oh, ok, I apologize, I missed that.

I see what you are saying, but he wasn't 'thinking out loud', he was speaking at a conference, and I would find it hard to believe that he didn't have a prepared speech. I think this was exactly what he wanted to say, whether he realized how it sounded or not.

she. the authors name is barbara oakly.

Sure, but if you base your comfortableness with giving the access to your property to someone, not on their rental history, or credit info or interview, but on the fact that they are say, black, you are discriminating, and you are probably a racist.

but why are they doing this?

i actually hate it when i invest time on a website to do something, and then in turns out that i need to do something extra (pay, register, etc) in order to finish transaction. feels sleazy to me.

So, I should pay them to have my data in order to sell it.

but how do you justify not paying the wages earned?

Per your third point, in fact, I am interested in reaching people who are not "top applicants". It's easy to know who the people on top of their profession are, and there are plenty of events for them. I am interested in people who are not "top", whether because they are not interested in mainstream success, or because they just haven't succeeded, but are doing things that I would find interesting, or they have valuable experiences to share, but I don't know who they are, or where to find them, because - they aren't well known.

I even thought it would be interesting if all the applications were anonymous, so people are selected only based on the thing they are currently doing / interested in, without knowing their identities, gender, age, etc. to eliminate bias. But I guess that would creep people out a bit.

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