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Comment Re:Primitive Agriculture (Score 1) 303

Well said...and to add to it a lot of US military power is already projected into nations that have those critical resources. If the US relies on food from volatile nations you almost guarantee future military interventions to ensure those nations keep sending that food. Global trade is great for items that are not critical for day to day living; water, food and energy can spin up wars very quickly.

Comment Re:Give back the grants (Score 1) 238

I'm curious to know what do you think would have happened if you did apply for the patent anyway? Could you have done it without your supervisor's knowledge and would the patent have been awarded to you instead of the university? I don't have any familiarity with this area but was always curious about the social contract of research and patent awards in the university setting.

Comment Meta Ironic-Man! (Score 1) 163

"I like the rest of you have been lied to," Reddit user avoca wrote in a thread titled "BE ANGRY" on the City of Heroes subreddit.

So you are upset that a select group of mysterious individuals comes together in their secret lair (aka server) to fight criminals and they have to hide their identity to avoid repercussions spilling into their normal life. I believe that describes every player's fantasy of City of Heroes. BE ANGRY...more like BE JEALOUS!

Comment Re:That's a hard sell (Score 1) 87

What the hell are you talking about?!? India is one of the largest consumers of gold primarily used in local jewelry (https://www.thehindu.com/business/india-gold-demand-seen-rising/article23763376.ece). Its pretty common to see trucks, cars and tuk-tuks blinged out with all sorts of decorations. If anything the iPhone style is too western in its minimalist style. I'm sure the gold phone will sell like hotcakes and if they can have one with 10 colors on one phone that will sell to.

Now you would be correct if Apple were to open a store in an Amish community.

Comment Would someone tell me how this happened? (Score 5, Funny) 69

We were the fucking vanguard of the galaxy. The Solar System was the place to be. Then some other system comes out with 8 planets. Were we scared? Hell, no. Because we hit back with a little thing called Pluto. That was a honey of a planet with a sweet ass name. But you know what happened next? Shut up, I'm telling you what happened—the bastards downgraded it to a dwarf planet. Now we're standing around with our cocks in our hands, selling 8 planets and a gimp. Gimp or not, suddenly we're the chumps. Well, fuck it. We're going to 12 planets...and a moisture strip.

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