ArturSoler

11 ms·

61.
What Alcohol Actually Does to Your Brain and Body(lifehacker.com)
123 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|48 comments
62.
WWII Color Pictures(freeforumzone.leonardo.it)
14 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|8 comments
63.
NoSQL Took Away The Relational Model And Gave Nothing Back(highscalability.com)
77 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|89 comments
64.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
All that was not funded with money that appeared out of nothing. It was paid with money taken from people, and which would have been spent in even more productive things from their owner's judgement.
65.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
I think your calculation is not correct. Your calculation is (300000 km/s)/(12761 km) = (23.5 (1/s)) Note the result is s^-1, not ms. 1/23.5 is 0.0425s, or 42.5ms, so that latency is not possible.
66.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
And this is indeed a good thing. Capital that was malinvested during the boom period has to be accumulated again to return to previous productivity levels. The method to accumulate capital is saving.
67.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
That makes it different as law is concercened, but one is as legit as the other.
68.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Everything can be overpaid. It seems like he is denying that. I think what he really means to say is to don't negotiate too much where you can have a great profit. In fewer words, not to be penny-wise and pound-foolish.
69.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Will some integration be done for those of us that search on the Chrome navigation bar instead of opening google.com in the first place?
70.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
> For example, what force is required to copy a movie? The force is all on the side of lawyers and policemen arresting people to compel them to treat a very, very long number as property. Strawman. Libertarianism does not defend the ide
71.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
> it would be interesting to see what the return is on the average tax rate You won't see it. It's not possible to know how receivers of government action value it without selling them for a price (ie, not being government action).
72.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
I guess you meant to say that they have low time preference.
73.
How to Remember People's Names(lifehacker.com)
1 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|0 comments
74.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
What defines government is not hierarchy: it's coercion.
75.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
That is a big problem with communism, but there's one even greater: the calculation problem. Without property, there is no trade. Without trade, there are no prices. Without prices, it is impossible to know how to efficiently allocate resou
76.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
> (Oh, and capitalists can't be anarchists.) Explain why.
77.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Rationality in an economic sense does not mean "logical". What it means is "purposeful".
78.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
A reasonable existence is a completely subjective value. Someone with a $5/hour wage today would live better than some kings some centuries ago. So it does not exist that "minimum amount of money". Society takes a loss. The less wealth is p
79.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
It is not a net benefit. It is a net loss for society, as less wealth is produced, so society in general gets poorer. It is also a net loss for those that become unintentionally unemployed. The overall salary mass is not raised, but reduce
80.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Setting a minimum wage makes some people's wages rise to it - AND, unavoidably, it also makes some people unemployed. Because not all employers extract the same value from the same workforce, those more efficient will be able to afford the
81.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Native Americans sold Manhattan for $24 in 1626. It may seem a low amount, but invested at an annual 6% that would be over $125 billion today.
82.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
The CPI index is highly "massaged" (looking for a lower than actual value). A better inflation measure would probably be compare commodity prices then and now (copper, silver, gold, oil, etc). Of course that is compensated partly with produ
83.
Year Without a Summer(2minsaday.com)
2 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|0 comments
84.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
That's an idea I haven't thought about. My opinion is that the index page goal, when not logged in, is to maximize sign ups. I'll think about it and probably do a test. Thanks!
85.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
2MinsADay is the side project I've been working on for some time. There's still a lot of work to do, but I've decided to stop waiting for it to be more complete, as it was already some kind of mental evasion. The concept of the site is to h
86.
Tell HN: I'm launching 2MinsADay.com - Learn new concepts in 2 minutes a day.(2minsaday.com)
2 points by ArturSoler 16y ago|3 comments
87.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
That would make everyone poorer in the long term.
88.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Good to find something that government is effective at.
89.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
In a libertarian society, BP would just need to compensate the owners of the properties directly affected (ocean and shoreline). Fishing business would then not pay those owners to operate in their property and lose an opportunity, but they
90.
by ArturSoler 16y ago
Risks should not be ignored. Doing so promotes risky behaviour and misallocation of resources. If a supplier of a company agrees on limiting liability on the corporation, as they do now by obligation, that's ok. But if you commit an agressi

More ›