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winston  ·  3994 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Small Business Owner Explains the Hard Facts of Obamacare to Employees

A legitimate question, by the person that posted the link. How is that a troll?

The democrats gave Bush a free pass in the wake of war crimes and domestic spying allegations so as to not set a dangerous precedent. Still, none of the mentioned investigations relate to Obama specifically so there is a difference.

winston  ·  4012 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Against local food | MattBruenig | Politics

It sounds as though for you, buying food locally is about quality and convenience and not about ecology. I think there is more to why people buy locally than is emphasized in this piece. I don't think it is "primarily about environmental impacts," for most people but it's about eating good stuff.

winston  ·  4012 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: We Are Not Aquatic Apes

When presented with an interesting topic, the media will swoon. This is an interesting topic, it is fiction but it is interesting fiction.

winston  ·  4031 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Love it or leave it.. and possibly lose it!

Did you take part in the photographs in the link? Assuming you work for the BLM, what lands do you preside over?

winston  ·  4042 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 25 Least Visited Countries in the World

Just tried to post this. There are many on the list that I would like to visit.

winston  ·  4057 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: THE RESTAURANT AT THE START OF THE UNIVERSE (6/7): The bed and breakfast, 2115AD

When is the next chapter to be released?

winston  ·  4119 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hiya

I have a twitter account. In my feed I see what I want to see. I have a hubski account and in my feed I see what I want to see. I ignore tags and I ignore users that don't interest me. My feed looks the same today as it has since I joined, interesting and full of good content. I found this post in the global posts. I don't think growth will be a problem. People that want to "circlejerk" can and will and I won't have to see it. Fine by me.

winston  ·  4129 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Airplane Reading - Old Man and The Sky

Nicely written account. Some people have the ability to remain calm in the most trying of situations. It makes me wonder about the old man's life experiences. What has he gone through that tested him so greatly that a potential plane crash doesn't unnerve him?

winston  ·  4130 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The State of Hubski: 2012

Loveski.

winston  ·  4135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Snow Fall: A story of surviving an Avalanche.

Can't decide if I found the design helpful or distracting but it was certainly an interesting way to present a narrative.

winston  ·  4135 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Interesting Graph from the Wonkblog: Causes of Violent Death by Age

The upper right hand corner is sad.

winston  ·  4158 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski stickers and AskHubski: holidays

Thanks. Guess I need to find me a secularist color.

winston  ·  4158 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski stickers and AskHubski: holidays

    because being red, green, blue, or yellow would be leaning in favor of one religion,
What religion does each color represent? I never realized this.
winston  ·  4160 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Ask Hubski: What was the greatest scientific discovery of 2012?

Higgs

winston  ·  4166 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: More cowbell

I've seen this before but it was worth seeing again.

winston  ·  4167 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Burning Man Zeitgeist

While that is a nice video, I still prefer the John Lithgow reading.

Did the guy at Mystery Brewing mention why there was such explosive growth of Craft Brew recently?

winston  ·  4176 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: David Byrne Plays a Building

A musician could likely play this percussively pretty quickly.

winston  ·  4185 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Romney's Tax Plan is finally out!!

Clever

winston  ·  4189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Consequences of Machine Intelligence

Just read an article in Forbes titled *End* of the Engineer? which starts off

    The great companies of tomorrow will be built around something else: a competency of customer understanding.
Seems like a bandaid, not a solution. But at least there is the recognition of a problem.
winston  ·  4194 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Consequences of Machine Intelligence

Is the 2045 immortality that Singularitarians believe will occur one that will sustain humans biologically or just consciously? Meaning, will our bodies be rejuvenated via electronic nano-cells or will it just be from "downloading" our consciousness to a computer?

winston  ·  4194 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What happened when MPs took a maths exam

It would weed out an alarming number of humans regardless of occupation. If our politicians are to be a reflection of the electorate, why shouldn't they be idiots?

winston  ·  4200 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Human-Powered Helicopter: Straight Up Difficult

From a percentage of population standpoint, it may not be much of a variant. I can't think of any people that would fit the Renaissance Man title though.

winston  ·  4208 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: A Human-Powered Helicopter: Straight Up Difficult

da Vinci was a visionary. Who is the da-Vinci of our times?

winston  ·  4218 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Romney Goes On Offense, Pays For It In First Wave Of Fact Checks

Unfortunately, facts are no longer necessities when seeking the highest office.

I didn't mean to paint the Dutch in a negative light. I've only ever had good interactions with your countrymen.

    the Dutch are very proud of their language skills
there is nothing wrong with this, more people should take pride in such things.

While they may not have cornered the residential market, their patents would eventually make the Compass Company a lot of money. According to Wikipedia they eventually were bought by Radio Shack. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_Compass

Perhaps what you are experiencing is that English speakers are less likely to criticize than Dutch. Could it be that simple?