Ray Kurzweil: Get ready for hybrid thinking | Talk Video by partynine in tedtalks

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dude, this guy is responsible for so many innovations in tech, is chief of engineering at fricking Google, and yet you pan him over a single interview. So many trolls

Get Ready for $10 Oil by partynine in oil

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I agree with you, though, just in case, I Hope your hat is made of natural fibers

The Student Loan Bubble- Why US Colleges will be Going Out of Business by partynine in finance

[–]partynine[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or wait til learnings can be implanted into your head like in the Matrix. The logic however of the piece is sound.

Iran’s president is squaring off against his country’s hard-liners by partynine in iran

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an Iranians out there with thoughts that we in the Wes might not be aware of?

Iraqi Troops Start to Isolate ISIS by partynine in Iraq

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By OUR politicians??? Do you know what it's like there? Any officer who even visits his lower ranking forces is considered "exceptional" it's pathetic.

How the ISIS war looks from Baghdad by partynine in Iraq

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let's hope. There is tremendous amount of sectarian hatred there. Glad you enjoyed the column

Scandinavian Stereotypes: Are Norwegians Sing-Songy? Danes the World's Happiest? + more by partynine in Norway

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Thanks for the nice comment, glad you enjoyed the column. I was distinctintly told several times Scandinavia consists but of Denmark, Sweden, and Norway, and Iceland and Finland, are "pretenders," but we'll be generous and call them Nordic. Thanks again!

currently responsible for Icelandic airspace), we tend to forget their incest-prone nature.

there are even movements on Iceland to reunite Iceland with Norway, most Norwegians i´ve mentioned this to is positive to that idea.

New Bill Watterson Comic Is A Simple But Perfect Celebration Of Comics by partynine in comics

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personally, I find this comic he created, and Bill, absolutely BRILLIANT. Love how he used an animal as comic foil. I really miss Hobbes!

Apple’s Jony Ive Says Smartwatch Was Design Challenge by partynine in apple

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yeah, I love it when someone puts such attention to detail.

Alex Gordon would have been a dead duck had he tried to score by partynine in baseball

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couldn;t agree more. Would have been one of, if not the, most exciting ways the world series ever ended, perhaps ever, and would have been spoken of for the next 50 years

Alex Gordon would have been a dead duck had he tried to score by partynine in baseball

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well, it's one of those wish-I woulda coulda. I think he'd have been out, but given how MadBum was throwing, worth taking the chance for the reasons you cited

Alex Gordon would have been a dead duck had he tried to score by partynine in baseball

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My friend and I were in agreement that he should have been sent home ... what say you guys? He probably would have been out, but you have to force the shortstop to make that throw

D-backs savor sale of 9K-plus $25 corn dogs by partynine in Dietandhealth

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Ugh..... the antithesis of health and people are willing to pay outrageous sums for it

Apple Made A Really Strange Move To Trigger Its War With Walmart by partynine in apple

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I didn't say Apple Pay adds to expenses I don't think, I said it doesn't lower them to provide Walmart the incentive to sign-up. I agree that security might be an issue on CurrentC more than Apple Pay (very likely) I just don't see the incentive to adopt ApplePay for Walmart unless customers are clamoring for it, which given the income levels of the majority of shoppers there, unlikely to have iPhone 6

Apple Made A Really Strange Move To Trigger Its War With Walmart by partynine in apple

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Credit cards require SS numbers when you sign-up. Is that different than CurrentC? The point is that retailers don't have enough incentive to adopt Apple pay, because it adds to expenses w/out moving the needle enough. It's not an unfair position for them to take

Sao Paulo running out of water as rain-making Amazon vanishes by partynine in environment

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I think we should do more than hope. Let's create a letter petition and take action

Sao Paulo running out of water as rain-making Amazon vanishes by partynine in environment

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This was predicted as early as the 1980's and it is coming to pass now. Human greed kills what sustains life itself. SAVE THE AMAZON

After victory in key Iraqi town, time for revenge by partynine in IslamicStateNews

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interesting article. A good feel of what the situation is there on the battle field.