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Comment · 2 years ago
Clear gets you to the TSA agent faster but not to a precheck line. It just helps you skip the initial line.
Comment · 2 years ago
nobody said that farmers don't want their tractors to work when the cell network doesn't.
Comment · 3 years ago
Is wearing a burqa radical? Are books that have inappropriate language radical? Are transgender rights radical? It’s a slippery slope. Banning access to information is dangerous.
Comment · 3 years ago
who gets to decide how "radical" is defined and what is classified as "radical"? I certainly agree with leaving it up to the parent.
Comment · 3 years ago
cause and effect still doesn’t necessitate a “why”, just a cause. once you start leaving a realm where empirical evidence is not possible, I think you’re more into philosophy which…is a world of its own. in any case, I appreciate the discussion. have a good one!
Comment · 3 years ago
The question of “why” could be a human construct. There doesn’t have to be a “why”.
Comment · 3 years ago
So uhh…how does one go about using it?
Comment · 3 years ago
What do you use it for 5% of the time then?
Comment · 4 years ago
What would you recommend as a better alternative?
Comment · 4 years ago
what is “black” in this context?
Comment · 5 years ago
That should be the question because we don’t know if the drivers being inattentive actually lead to anything bad happening, I think. If the drivers are inattentive but there is no downside to that, then it doesn’t really matter.
Comment · 5 years ago
I have Frontier DSL. It was sold to me as 16MBps, but I corrected the salesperson that it is actually 16Mbps. In any case, I get about 12Mbps on a good day. A modem reboot seems to help it speed up for a bit.
Comment · 5 years ago
They have also always had unlimited uploads for free at lower quality.

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