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by EpicEng 7y ago
Not sure how you came up with that. No, I'm for significant tax increases on extremely high income. What I was saying is that change to the tax code is needed because depending on the good will of the rich is just about the most naive
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>If you believe that instead of giving to charity or something that the best use of your money is taxes, why would it matter if there was an official change to the tax code or not? They're talking about solving problems on a scale o
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Solves absolutely nothing because most wealthy people won't do it, and I can't necessarily blame them. If it were me, I'd rather donate money to a specific cause than send more to the fed, and many won't do either volunt
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Comparing a population of ~329M to a city of 1M seems a bit silly. Scale that and you get 121 deaths / million. That's unfair the other way as we're comparing conditions a large city rural areas of the US as well, but since w
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>But if you read the recommendations, you will notice the language talks about how it's basically still on you to not die. Yes, because in a fight with a ton of metal, you will always lose. Of course you need to be careful around mo
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by EpicEng 7y ago
In what way would it not? I'm free to call you or anyone else a jerk if I like, but I'm barred from calling you a pronoun you don't like? As if that in any way would change my view of the issue? As if it's anything more
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>You think I couldn't diagnose that cold I think you'd get the 90% case due simply to the preponderance of people who have a cold instead of some other, more rare condition with similar symptoms. Problem is you'd cause har
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I just bought a new TV and found zero examples of that from any manufacturer.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Didn't you just answer your own question? The market for $5k+ televisions is pretty small, especially when they're unlikely to be better on paper than what you'd get for half the price from another brand.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
> why do you think everyone wants to watch the same things? > why should my subscription fee pay for the license fees of stuff that doesn't interest me? So obviously different people will have different interests... yet you don&#
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Design a better system then, I don't know what to tell you. The lawyers didn't engineer this debacle.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I apparently screwed up on the edit, but only two versions. I do not disagree with you. I can no longer edit. I blame my phone and fat fingers. It's a mess now. The gist of my original comment was "I agree with you".
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I agree
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Edited my response to be less haughty :D
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by EpicEng 7y ago
It depends on the settlement agreement, but they don't typically go back to the defendant. In this case, I found one source without looking up the actual agreement https://www.baynews9.com/fl/tampa/news/2
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I do disagree with you.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
I think you interpreted what I said in the worst way possible, and again, it's incredibly difficult to prove damages. We all know they exist, but if you can prove them you don't need a class action.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
The settlement is meant to be punitive, not necessarily amount to a windfall for you. It's not terribly easy in a case like this to even prove damages. And no, it wouldn't be better to let them off the hook completely. I'm no
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by EpicEng 7y ago
There would be no settlement at all without lawyers taking the case on contingency and fronting the costs.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
That is super goofy, but I promise you, no one in the US thinks it is either.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
So is ice cream, but I wouldn't want chunks of steak on top.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Agreed, but on rye with a side of red pepper hummus?
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by EpicEng 7y ago
It's not a meal anywhere, not sure where you got that idea.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
You have that much disdain for... butter on toast? Where are you from exactly? Mars?
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by EpicEng 7y ago
The entire site is paywalled, but they unlock some articles specifically for HN https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21839936
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Yes, very reassuring for the remaining 99.98% of us, I'm sure. Besides, while it's still a great salary, cost of living for most of those people is insane.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
>Can't really blame the business entities themselves. Why not? Why is it acceptable that the profit motive trump everything else? These people play a critical role in our society. Obviously they have to stay in business, but I'
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Also, those relatively small investments of $100M will add up to a lot over time. At some point people are going to get a bit sour on the idea of acting like an angle investor with tax dollars.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
Sure, and Time Warner is currently the only (practical) reason I can access the internet, though I can imagine a better way.
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by EpicEng 7y ago
To... formally allocate money where it's most needed? Agreed. That is what a budget is for.

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