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Comment Re:This is why... (Score 1) 134

It's not finding out that the guy is a douche that would get him in trouble; it's going on Facebook in the first place. It would be like asking "What do you like to do on Sunday mornings?" in an interview--it's something that could reveal the applicant's membership in a protected class, and the interviewer should reasonably be aware that it could reveal the applicant's membership in a protected class.

This wouldn't justify an EEOC complaint in itself, but it's another data point that could be used to show a trend.

Comment Re:the real threat will be government intervention (Score 0) 388

You're arguing that freedom and capitalism are good. I'm not sure why you're doing that.

Things like capitalism and socialism don't exist in a pure, undistilled form. At least not in our lifetime. Arguably never. Even when the US was run by Ronald Reagan, even when Ayn Rand followers were running the Fed., the US was STILL a mixed economy.

If you want freedom and non-government intervention, you might get it if you move to Somalia. That's your only choice these days.

Comment Re:Correlation is not causation (Score 1) 320

Interesting thought, though I would expect the difference to be one of magnitude. That is, if cell phones cause cancer, recent ubiquity would cause *more* cancer than the relatively less common use of them years ago. But I would expect there to be a measured, statistically significant increase regardless.

Unless you think it works like a sort of critical mass where you aren't at an increased risk until it gets to a certain level

Comment Re:Deliberately bad? (Score 1) 279

No no no. Do you know how Carbon offsets work?

My company spews out X amount of carbon a year. My Government puts a limit to Y amount of Carbon a year. Since it's detrimental to my business (reducing client base) to reduce my carbon output, I can purchase Carbon offsets so that some of my money goes towards greener projects. Thus I keep my clients Happy and I meet government regulation.

Depends on the industry. Some industries you can only trade the offsets between other players in the industry - i.e. the government sets a max for the amount of carbon offsets issued; so everyone trades until they are happy. People not producing much in terms of carbon can get extra funding by selling (or leasing out) their spare carbon offsets to those that need it for whatever reason.

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