Rescis

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by Rescis 8y ago
I think you left this comment on the wrong thread.
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by Rescis 8y ago
Ayn Rand is both a well respected and an intelligent (albeit certainly controversial) writer. Instead of simply trash talking his arguement on the basis that she supported it, why dont you make substantiative points against what he said?
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by Rescis 8y ago
> It's very chilling. It reminds me of how you'll see in some gay communities when someone contracts HIV they will compulsively spread it to as many people as possible. Do you have a source for this? Your claim seems like a ver
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by Rescis 8y ago
Assuming you are asking for him to pay US Taxes: The largest line item (29%) is supporting the least efficient 1st world healthcare system The second largest item (23%) is supporting blowing up foreigners The third item (13%) is just paying
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by Rescis 8y ago
Keep in mind that the very modern, very well funded, and very well equipped US military has been fighting a bunch of dudes with rifles and IED's for the past several dozen years without conclusive victories or signs of the resistance s
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by Rescis 8y ago
> Was adding the lanes a win for the city? The commuters? The environment? It was a win for the local economy. By allowing more people to drive to and from locations they please, you are allowing more people to work jobs they otherwise w
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by Rescis 8y ago
Why is that?
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by Rescis 8y ago
Atleast on mobile, I experience no paywall. What system are you using?
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by Rescis 8y ago
I agree with your statements; however, I feel like your argument would be much stronger if you had sources for your claims that Marx has been disproven and deconstructed.
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by Rescis 8y ago
I'm currently about to enter my freshman year of College, and have been looking at majoring in Cognitive Science. What were your thoughts on it/it's applicability to the rest of your life?
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A Short Introduction to the Art of Programming (1971) [pdf](cs.utexas.edu)
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by Rescis 8y ago
What would you propose to be the explanation?
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by Rescis 8y ago
Presumably it was a normal occurence.
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by Rescis 8y ago
> How much beef do you have to feed the average banker per transaction? How much banker do you need per transaction? With modern banking, most everything uses as few humans as possible (if not simply because they're slow). > Whe
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by Rescis 9y ago
> If you think the real solution is to change the way the world thinks about, and judges, everyone else then you're being remarkably naive. This isn't a response, it's an insult. Two well educated, equally experienced peop
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by Rescis 9y ago
I believe this comment neither adds to the discussion, nor brings up a valid point. When people discuss anything, all parties should strive for intellectual honesty. As the grandparent post used a false example, then it helps all sides invo
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by Rescis 9y ago
By lowering the cost to manufacture a vehicle by reducing the artificial constraints imposed by environmental regulations, more people are able to purchase vehicles at a lower cost, leading to an overall higher standard of living for the p
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by Rescis 9y ago
Is that wrong? Learning topics like computer science, which lack the ability to be generalized to other aspects of life, if and when there is not enough demand for it is worthless (in the sense that it has no value). However, if companies
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by Rescis 9y ago
Simply because they worked hard to get the degree doesn't mean that the degree is useful, or benefits society. If there is currently an over saturation of bio-chemists in relation to the amount of jobs open, he cannot add anything to t
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by Rescis 9y ago
> But, America's love of excess capitalism means our tax code is needlessly complicated and pretty much insists on as many third party businesses to be involved as possible - every company you work for, plus anyone holding your secu
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by Rescis 9y ago
1) I agree that free markets are not where most people earn there money, but to me it seems like that is something we should strive for by reducing and stopping interference in the market by government regulation. 2) Martin Shkreli is an in
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by Rescis 9y ago
> 1) They haven't I'm a bit confused by this statement. In the vast majority of cases where an individual purchases something, they do it because they want it (food is purchased because the body desires food, phones are purcha
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by Rescis 9y ago
Epigenetics is the idea that genes can express themselves differently based on the environment they are put in. It is how you can have the same genetic code in your brain as you skin, but the cells the genes are part of are completely diffe
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by Rescis 9y ago
> Free speech has its positive and negative consequences on stability and happiness; I do not want to fight free speech, I'm looking for ways to reduce the negative consequences. I'll protect your (and mine) right to rant about
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by Rescis 9y ago
From their technical methodology note[1], they require their data sources to account for "state capture" and the usage of "public office for private gain". Take that as you wish, and feel free to look further at their s
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by Rescis 9y ago
Just as an FYI, that seems to be behind a paywall.
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by Rescis 9y ago
Its good to know my donations would have atleast some purpose.
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by Rescis 9y ago
> Whatever the fantasy system you have in mind that lacks this feature is, it's not capitalism, that name's already been taken for the system in which this is a central problem. Anymore, the vast majority of times people say &q
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by Rescis 9y ago
> And it's generally viewed as bad form for me to express such thoughts. And I don't understand that either. What thoughts are you referencing here?
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by Rescis 9y ago
Generally it's suggested to keep a consistent identity on HN as it suggests more reasonable discourse when people understand their actions follow them. Discourse is fun, rational discourse with consistency is what makes this site amaz

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