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Not quite sure my statement and yours must be at odds. There is a diplomatic solution to all wars. Likewise, there is virtually always a political reason for every war. If those in power wished, war could be avoided in nearly every situation.

That said the evil, greed, and/or anger of our leaders ensures wars will always be around. But I don't have to participate in them. In the face of an equal force, I'm happy to stand my ground. In the face of an overwhelming force, I am not too proud to flee.

All war is an unneeded evil. I do not need to look at dead and mangled children to know that war should not exist.

Though not a measure of IQ, the USA used to require landownership as the litmus test for voting. It might be a similar enough metric.

Smart people are equally greedy and corruptable.

It was my understanding the the new direction isn't advertising but KYC and payments.

That's "sickle cell trait" which is when you are only carrier but do not have the disease. With the disease, malaria is even more deadly.

US Congress would never condone this, even if Argentina's did.

My uncle always said you have to put your watch onto the rest/stand that comes with it as those are designed to hold the watch at the optimal position.

I never understood what he meant since I've always worn a Casio F-91 for as long as I can remember.

True or not, there is something very clearly wrong with her and my heart goes out to her. If true, she's got one heck of an uphill battle if she desires anything from this other than ridicule.

Her current profession/circumstances would suggest some significant childhood sexual abuse.

FWIW the article never says to join at the app level. GP read wrong or something. The article says to shift logic to the application.

Eh, this is only up for question in non-academic debate. Virtually all academics regardless of their position have moved beyond this, sounds like you're working with 80s and 90s talking points still. We have Roman, Jewish, and other contemporaries who have written either directly of Jesus or have spoken of the events that occurred in such a way that it's really no point arguing against the existence of the person named Jesus.

My insistence on only driving cars made prior to 2005 keeps making more and more sense.

(2005 is just an arbitrary date I settled on, nothing significant about it)

I always avoid those kiosks. I prefer a cashier to a screen to the point that I simple do not shop at places which do not give me the choice to checkout with a human.

Yes that's right however usually shifts get moved around to accommodate. My father worked for a large fire department, so my understanding is probably skewed by a department with a lot of resources.

Most professional (non-volunteer) fire fighters work 24 hour shifts. This includes three meals and an 8-10 hours of down time. It wouldn't be too uncommon for a fire fighter coming off his day to et mandated another 12 hours, totalling 36 hours.

Sucks, I agree, but this is not 36 sleepless hours. Likely he had 10-12 hours of rest in his 36 hour shift. It is not the same as if a desk jockey worked 36 hours straight.

This is largely illegal here in the USA too. This article neglects to point out the fact that everyone except for the railway workers are either police, fire fighters, medics, or nurse which are professions that have legal exemptions from laws governing overtime and such.

The rail workers are not pulling 80 hour weeks, the article says they can only work 4.7 hours of overtime in a week, so 44.7 hours a week. Only emergency services and hospital staff are exempt from the laws that protect people from this sort of stuff.

You're telling me that hot water is a utility in Iceland? You don't just get a cold line and heat it with your own water tank?

> has launched a page with information in Icelandic, English and Polish

Does Iceland have a large Polish population?

It wasn't so bad for me when I started in college. Everything was prepared in the cafe and had calorie count on it. When I graduated and got married we started making all our own food and that was when it became depressing for me.

I lost a lot of weight on a calorie restricted diet, from 215lb to 165lb over the course of a few years. But I gave it up because counting calories is soul sucking. I much prefer things like intermittent fasting or keto, I can think about what I am eating less and it's really raised my quality of life.

Wikipedia is good? I find it a mix of good info and blatantly slanted. Not even just in political articles.

> cambridge.org

Ah, say no more

Bad idea, but even if implemented someone would have to elect to use the CA still right?

Not OP, but it's a pretty American perspective to see Europeans as very complacent with what their government does. If not a joke, this is probably where the sentiment stems from.

Then they should encourage European companies to do it, no legislate and muscle their way in.

Hydraulics are extraordinary.

Great until it encounters the fabled "This Side Up" box.

Interesting strategy. Can't amend a legal document? Just make the portions you dislike illegal to print!

Huh TIL

Ah so one makes UV light just an innocuous, annoying purple and the other makes it like the inside of a tanning bed.

Sure, I guess it does have a more generic meaning these days.