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by SR2Z 5d ago
On average, a dog or cat probably causes so little damage to the apartment that the landlord will not do anything beyond maybe throw a fresh coat of paint on the walls. I'm sure there are exceptions which trash apartments, but OTOH...
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by SR2Z 6d ago
As long as demand remains inelastic, the two are the same. If there is a supply shortage prices will rise; no amount of futures trading can create resources out of thin air.
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by SR2Z 6d ago
Volatility is a natural consequence of weather, blight, etc., etc. To reduce volatility you would need to actually stabilize the supply of onions. What futures do is allow traders to shift risk from the future to the present. By pricing tha
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by SR2Z 6d ago
> It wouldn't bum me out so much but it clearly does nothing but hinder progress I don't know if this is true. Lots of this stuff is inherently expensive - clinical trials, research into vast numbers of compounds, and then mas
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by SR2Z 7d ago
I would hate to live in a world where questions of "legal or illegal" are "impossible to define."
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by SR2Z 7d ago
A US citizen cannot be denied entry into the country for ANY reason. A valid US passport is prima facie evidence of citizenship so once you show it the worst that can happen is you getting arrested.
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by SR2Z 8d ago
Aircraft can already receive traffic and weather information over ADS-B. Larger or more modern aircraft even have onboard collision avoidance systems that supersede ATC when necessary and also carry weather radars themselves. Additionally,
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by SR2Z 9d ago
> Deflation is a good thing, it rewards delayed gratification. "Delayed gratification" is also provided by investments producing returns. An economy with lots of investors will outperform one where people stuff their cash into
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by SR2Z 10d ago
Aviation fuel is taxed specially and is sometimes dyed to make it difficult to do this. Jet fuel itself is basically just diesel/kerosene, though, so if any is left over it can just be used for the next flight.
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by SR2Z 11d ago
Not all Chinese models are open weight, especially now that they're actually getting close to the frontier.
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by SR2Z 13d ago
There are a ton of problems with this take. What if you crack down on a cult with 1000 members that's taken over a small town? In your book it's a-ok for them to start harassing their enemies? Because that is a logical consequenc
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by SR2Z 14d ago
If you do things which impact a large number of people, you will inevitably piss some of them off. > Do you not know about the French revolution? The main losers in the French revolution were regular people, and the country ended up unde
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by SR2Z 14d ago
But what if I'm looking at a world map to get a sense of where different cities fall on different latitude lines to gauge their climate?
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Because the rest of it is not relevant. Harassment is harassment.
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by SR2Z 14d ago
If your take is "terrorizing people for making unpopular decisions is good" then you are not a serious person. Protesting is fine, harassment is not, and protesting outside someone's home is most certainly harassment. I am co
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Apps with maps use a specific and different Mercator projection which produces a nice quadtree for dynamically loading data. This is possible with other projections too, but reprojection and training users to expect a different looking map
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Many people have to make unpopular decisions because society needs them to. Would you say the same thing about, say, a politician raising gas taxes? What about a ridehailing app that displaces a taxi cartel with a long track record of bein
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Technology can solve problems which are objectively measurable. If you want the politics to match your ideals you can vote and volunteer; blaming self driving cars for issues caused by politics is like blaming construction companies for ar
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Inattentive here means not looking at the road. I've been in car accidents where drivers were looking at the road and got blinded or missed some traffic because they were overloaded with other stuff. That's pretty rare.
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Having a dedicated team to track protests and avoid them to protect your own life is "maximum heat."
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by SR2Z 14d ago
There is a world of difference between building a doomsday bunker (which is definitely not limited to the ultra wealthy) and suggesting that someone should walk through a riled up crowd that hates their guts. If you are unwilling to accept
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Driving a car is not an emotional act 99.9% of the time. Driving a car while you are emotional is in fact dangerous and often leads to violence. Pretests aren't dispassionate. That's why they have to be protected, that's als
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by SR2Z 14d ago
Intentionally obtuse, got it.
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by SR2Z 16d ago
Do protests ever lead to violence? Are you being obtuse or do you believe this is actually safe?
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by SR2Z 16d ago
How are your rights being violated? I'm sure you have a solid and thought-out answer that justifies such a casual attitude towards violence.
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by SR2Z 16d ago
His point is that "written and vegan agreements" is not the same thing as "has a contract" and that the legal niceties need to be respected or else it would be impossible to get anything done. Asking "is it cool if
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by SR2Z 16d ago
Not if there was a contract governing the property. There almost certainly wasn't here, but owning property does not always give you unrestricted rights to do as you please with it.
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by SR2Z 16d ago
Yes, obviously nothing bad ever happens when someone walks out into an emotional crowd of people who hate them.
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by SR2Z 16d ago
The overwhelming majority of bad driving is caused by alcohol and other drugs, drowsiness, and inattentive driving. Sober, well-rested human beings who pay full attention to the road are surprisingly good drivers, to the point where I'
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by SR2Z 16d ago
Do you care to elaborate further or would you like to just join the nebulous cynicism club and keep on making irrelevant comparisons?

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