sfbing

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[–] sfbing 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So ... we were supposed to skim instead of read. Mea culpa -- I was reading instead, trying to understand the arguments and get the points. I was weary by the time I got there.

[–] sfbing 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Aha! So YOU are the reason AltaVista died!

[–] sfbing 6 points 1 year ago

I don't think that it actually answers your question, but I would like to point out that the sun is a mass of incandescent gas: a gigantic nuclear furnace.

[–] sfbing 5 points 1 year ago
[–] sfbing 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Other comments and replies have been alluding to this, but this is the only one that described the mechanism.

[–] sfbing 2 points 1 year ago

So, the taillights with the reflectors that were the little asterisks were gone by 1962? Those were not uncommon when I was young. I had always liked them.

[–] sfbing 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Google for "Intuit lobbying."

It's not literally bribery; it's corporate America at work. Effectively bribery, IMHO.

[–] sfbing 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

... and chips (Frito-Lay).

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