AlexeiSadeski

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by AlexeiSadeski 13y ago
I doubt the radiation will make it through your tin foil hat.
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by AlexeiSadeski 13y ago
This is the opposite of news. The fact that whites actually benefit from affirmative action, to the detriment of Asians and Asian Indians, has been well known and obvious for a long time now.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
>I'd really like to see some reputable articles to back up your assertions, purely because I've not heard anyone make them before. I don't mind if you don't provide them, of course, you don't owe me anything, I'd just appreciate it if y
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Meritocracy is a bit childish.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
One needn't coin the term to have created something. Marx came after Smith - Marx's writings were in response to capitalism. Smith's writings were in response to mercantilism/cronyism/protectionism/imperialism.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
You'd be surprised.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
The disconnect is indeed quite remarkable. The US governments will likely hit a wall soon - further tax increases on the rich will possibly yield little/no new revenues. Many suspect that a VAT and higher taxes on the poor/middle class - wh
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Table 4.5, found at the bottom of this article. Article is from a think tank, but the table is lifted directly from an official OECD report. http://taxfoundation.org/blog/no-country-leans-upper-income-... It is common knowledge amongst al
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
That depends. The US taxes the poor / middle class much lower than the rest of the OECD, but the rich more. So if you're poor / middle class, then your taxes are much much higher than if you were in the US.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
The US has a monopoly on paying for medical innovation.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Given that Smith created capitalism in order to argue against cronyism (NOT socialism), it seems odd to criticize capitalism for cronyism.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
It's already decently popular.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Life expectancy is not really related to health care.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Of course you pay for it. Don't be silly.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
You mean a race to the top :)
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
When that energy which has been beamed down from space is used, it WILL give off heat. Long term, climate management will be necessary regardless.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
There is much, much more solar energy than wind energy for us to harvest.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Assuming all observed warming is anthropogenic, the amount of global warming caused by the cumulatie emissions of all of America's cars ever: 1/40th of 1 degree Centigrade.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
These sorts of cases - in which families accuse the police of complicity or incompetence during suicide investigations - are not exactly unknown. I recall reading accounts of a similarly "suspicious suicide" several years ago. It also inclu
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Things are odd, yes, but I imagine that suicide cases are quite frequently odd...
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Families of the suicidal always blame everyone else.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Woah... I'd assumed that the 1.5hr charge was with a standard charger... Does using a "Supercharger" stress the battery?
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
>How Musk can act incredulous over assertions that the Model S is impractical for US intercity travel while acknowleding one hour fuelings every three hours is beyond me. Bingo.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
That sounds like an extraordinarily small amount of degradation. Sufficiently small, in fact, that I suspect that your capacity measurements may be off. Capacity should decrease 5-10% per annum, from what I've read.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Elon's own arguments are absolutely killing the credibility of electric cars: -Turn the heat down for more range? Who the heck wants to drive around cold in an extremely expensive car? -Drive slowly? Again, what? Elon is simply agreeing wit
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
I hope you're familiar with the costs of battery attrition which accompany owning a pure electric car.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Of course it is. Stop at the gas station for five minutes, fill 'er up, and go on my way.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Elon's complaints have been silly from the get-go. When a company reviews your car, they don't use the standards which you want them to use. They don't do things precisely as you want them to. Reviewers make mistakes, they are new to the eq
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Remarkable that the French & English won WWI when you look at the year 1900 map. Between Germany, Austria, Ottomans, and Italians, it seems that ~75% of the at war landmass was on the German side.
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by AlexeiSadeski 14y ago
Different people have different goals in life. Just because others chase GDP or work all day doesn't mean that you have to.

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