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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I assume by OP you mean chipotle_coyote, which, reading their comment again, does not propose any specific policies and in fact explicitly disclaims knowing the specific best policy for the policy outcomes that they desire, which is anythin
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
It's a bit hard to answer the "dirtiest fuel you can find" case specifically, because there are a number of areas where EVs are more efficient. The biggest difference is probably the fact that the internal combustion engine i
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
Hmm, would it be possible to avoid it by using no SIM in the device and WiFi/VoIP only (whether mobile hotspot or some fixed internet)? It would mean an extra device to carry around but if country detection by native apps is in your th
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I would posit that it may be because of your statement in your previous comment about "something they can't control" and it is possible the person replying to you finds it relevant whether who their partners are is something
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
Sure, I don't doubt that Tesla, Inc probably could have bankrupted itself without really producing anything at scale if Eberhard didn't get forced out, especially given the GFC happening at the same time, and it really sucks that
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I don't really care to advocate much for wealth taxes since I don't particularly like them over other options. I just don't think imposing wealth taxes (even if they're progressive to the point that it's higher than
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
Most of the rah rah billionaires shouldn't be allowed people are just proposing a wealth tax from what I've been told. If I'm wrong I'm open to hearing about it.
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
It would seem quite an essential liberty for a democratic polity to be able to impose this thing called "taxes". I suppose it's up to you to decide whether that is compatible with the rule of law and property rights.
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I understand it perfectly fine and I'm still supportive of taxing and regulating billionaires. I just don't see why it would be an issue. Private credit loans now commonly feature payment-in-kind provisions, I see no reason why th
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I think their statement is useful to contextualise what people consider leftism though. Looking at Musk's actual political actions, it seems like leftism (or at least the part that directly affects him and his companies) is when regula
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
The rocket company is probably more technically impressive anyway but I am disinclined to accept the attempts to rewrite Tesla's history. Maybe it was necessary to force the actual people who started the company out for it to survive a
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
> I think what it does is let people play video games and watch porn. I don’t think the majority of the population is untapped entrepreneurial potential. I don't think rich people are inherently more entrepreneurial so I don't
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
> Yeah I’m not sure “people gather knowledge and guidance from their families and culture” is on the table, or desirable. Are you missing something like "getting rid of", as in getting rid of that is a way to make things more e
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
There is nothing physical about any financial transaction (except some electrons moving I guess), that doesn't mean that they aren't supposed to approximate something that happens in physical reality. A billion dollars is control.
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
Traditionally, the value of a security is a prediction of its future cashflow to perpetuity discounted by a capitalisation rate. While it is true that some securities these days are sold as something not dependent on future cash flows, and
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
"Life isn't fair" as if we are physically prohibited from making it less unfair...
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
It's possible to have more than one reason for getting $75 billion from public markets. Paying off $20 billion of loans from people you don't want to owe money to (who, as far as I could tell, SpaceX borrowed money from to pay off
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
I don't think putting the scale of dollars aside is reasonable when the entire point is contingent on the scale being at least two orders of magnitude higher and sole proprietorships usually don't scale to the point where fines fr
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
If an investment relies on new investors to pay previous investors and exaggerates the underlying value of the investment, that is known as a Ponzi scheme. I don't think we should legalise Ponzi schemes as long as they're fun for
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
Doesn't SpaceX charge 2 to 3 times their internal cost to external customers? ISRO is still more expensive, IIRC they charged ~US$60 million (roughly $6000/kg) for the OneWeb launches whereas after the recent price hikes SpaceX is
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
If a conviction really happens wouldn't the very fine people just invade the capitol again?
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by Alpha3031 4mo ago
TIL fascism is when you let states regulate gambling because of the public interest and lack of public benefit.
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by Alpha3031 5mo ago
I feel like the closest analogy to leaving everything set to the default would not be an out-of-tune piano but one that you've left in 12-ET instead of retuning it to just intonation in the key you use. Vim on default configs is still
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by Alpha3031 6mo ago
> you can get a good discount by going to that one mall kiosk instead of the Apple Store. Apple actively impeded third-party repair shops though. Oregon had to outlaw parts pairing for them to change that practice.
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by Alpha3031 6mo ago
Isn't Apple supposedly entering the market this year though? By the time any regulations has passed, they'd probably already be established. Though I agree I don't really see too much point in making batteries quick-swappable
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by Alpha3031 7mo ago
MLS would be the primary standard for group messaging these days with the usual guarantees right? (PFS, backwards secrecy, etc) As I understand it from the RFC, large groups was an explicit design requirement and costs are supposed to be as
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by Alpha3031 1y ago
What if you take that risk by putting "crypto" in it? I think it might work out for our founder here but I am not so optimistic about the results for any of the poor schmucks suckered into this scheme.
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by Alpha3031 2y ago
A comment from Jimbo Wales on WMF Legal's reasoning for the temporary takedown can be found on the on-wiki discussion on the topic, the reason given is to preserve the Foundations ability to appeal: > Hi everyone, I spoke to the tea
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by Alpha3031 2y ago
There have been only about 6 office actions involving content for that 20 years, so one can imagine it might not be much of a priority to spend an entire afternoon doing something they don't expect to use even once a year.
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by Alpha3031 2y ago
Britannica still exists. You can find it at https://www.britannica.com/

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