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Comment · 3 years ago
Neither do I, but the rest of what I wrote does.
Comment · 3 years ago
The argument is that writing the parts in a consistently increasing or decreasing precision order makes more sense.

So these are good.

- year / month / day

- day / month / year

And this is bad.

- month / day / year

Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
In my experience, the twitter police scanner communities are dominated by racism and general hatred towards cities and city government (excluding police and other rescue).

Is Citizen the same?

Comment · 3 years ago
Yes.
Comment · 4 years ago
Japan's population is something like 98% Japanese ethnicity.
Comment · 4 years ago
Didn't you and parent both say "to keep costs low"?
Comment · 4 years ago
How is this any different than any other technological innovation which has made a job obsolete or otherwise allowed fewer people to do more work?
Comment · 4 years ago
"Cash is not fungible."

What do you mean?

Comment · 4 years ago
Maybe this a dumb question, but is the AirTag configured to Notify When Left Behind except when left at your home? I've never heard an AirTag beep before.
Comment · 5 years ago
I don't think you need to search for a psychological explanation.

I think it is probable that many people think the benefits of Lego far outweigh the benefits of cryptocurrency mining.

Comment · 6 years ago
Comment · 6 years ago
Our family has also found this to be true for Catan Junior. It's a great game on its own with quite a lot of replay value, so we end up sometimes playing Catan Junior even though everyone has the ability to play Settlers of Catan.
Comment · 6 years ago
If anything, my comment was a false analogy, not a straw man.

Your comment was arguably a straw man, however, as it attacked a point which the article did not make (i.e., Hong Kong should not be responsible for itself) instead of any of the actual arguments (which focused on the benefits to the United States: strategic, economic, and political).

Comment · 6 years ago
At what point are the people having heart attacks responsible for stopping them? The people having heart attacks need to treat them themselves, not run away to a hospital.

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