McScroogy

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by McScroogy 5y ago
You are a liar, at the very least, you are lying to yourself. You ban me for criticising socialism, not because of ideological battles. If you would care about ideology, you would ban the ideological subjects. For example Stallman's ap
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by McScroogy 5y ago
If there is a wealth tax, as is being discussed in many places, it could be taken from you.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Huh, that's nonsense. Every vaccination also carries risks, so there can be no moral obligation if the risks outweigh the benefits. That said, I also disagree with the moral obligation. At the very least, there are also other scenarios
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by McScroogy 5y ago
I thought as much. I suppose some things are riskier than others, but at the moment I really don't know which ones.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Could you point me to an alternative investment that can not lose its value, please?
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by McScroogy 5y ago
I used to feel like you, but I have come back to Java. Other languages have other pains, for example I have physical revulsion against the version management hacks for python or ruby (rbenv and stuff like that - somehow hacking environment
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by McScroogy 5y ago
What do you mean - FSF are bad people?
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by McScroogy 5y ago
It's true that in theory it should be possible to elect another government that chooses not to delegate to the "Ethics Experts". I am not claiming we live in a totalitarian regime because the government decided to consult eth
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by McScroogy 5y ago
The renter does not lose a lot of money. The landlord may end up with enormous debt.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
But how much capital? You also have to consider opportunity costs of putting down that capital. Maybe if I put down one million and borrow another 300k, I can get a low mortgage. But I also lost one million.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
So why don't you buy? I am in the opposite position. I would like to buy something, but I can not find anything that would be worthwhile (mortgages lower than the rent I pay at the moment, or lower than rent I could ask for renting out
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by McScroogy 5y ago
In my opinion companies create such departments to stave off government regulation, by pretending to already do all they can about "Ethics in AI" without government intervention. If those people were hired for that, they failed sp
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by McScroogy 5y ago
As if high level AI researchers would not be aware of the issue of bias. The whole field is about studying bias, really.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
A market working does not imply the creation of unlimited supply. Governments that restrict building are an external factor. Markets can only operate within those bounds. Since land for building is scarce, prices rise. There are other facto
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by McScroogy 5y ago
It doesn't say 60% own a home in a major city.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
The basic need for a house is something different than owning a house, though. If owning a place to live is too expensive, it follows by logic that renting is cheaper than buying. Otherwise for the price of the rent, people could get a loan
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by McScroogy 5y ago
From your description, it seems to me that renting is cheaper than buying. So it seems renters get the better deal. It's a pity if a flat is empty for a year, but that in itself also does not cause a shortage. After all, it was rented
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by McScroogy 5y ago
The rich outbidding poor people is not what is causing a housing shortage. There are only so many houses a rich person can occupy. Even if you assume that every rich person keeps a number of spare houses, there are not enough rich people to
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Huh, how do you know what the rich people of old were thinking? Your argument seems to be based on complete fantasy - both your assumptions about the mindset of rich people of the past and of people who got rich in SV are completely fabrica
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Why exactly is the wealth gap a problem? Shouldn't it be more relevant how well of people are in general? There are so many nice number games to play, like the stagnant wages. Those usually fail to mention that the workforce has increa
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Banks don't fabricate a need for houses. You really have a much too simplistic view of things. Banks also can not create arbitrary amounts of money, it is regulated (and somebody has to trust their loans, too). Housing costs in Califor
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by McScroogy 5y ago
I think you are confusing different types of banks. As for loans, think about your housing example: say it takes 30 years to earn enough money to buy a house. So without banks, people could only move into their own house after 30 years of
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by McScroogy 5y ago
In many places it isn't.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
My biggest worry at the moment would be keeping the money somehow. Dollars may be devaluated - everything may be devaluated in fact. If you want to pass some money on to your children (and invest in their education), already the amount does
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by McScroogy 5y ago
There is no institution or court where we Europeans can appeal against the "unacceptableness" of it all, though.
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by McScroogy 5y ago
In the leftist mind, nobody deserves any money. Even if she had suffered or worked as hard as you describe, she would still be a product of her privilege, being born at the right time in the right place and so on. I can imagine this feeling
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Moving to where you live would probably be unpleasant for her, as she would lose all her friends and family. Where she lives now, 200k may not be life changing. Maybe the smart thing to do would be to take the money and move to a cheap plac
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by McScroogy 5y ago
Is that person even real? The ending made me doubt it, as it was just a list of things leftists want rich people to do with their money. Like donate it all somehow, and under no circumstances give anything to their kids. Wtf? I worry so muc