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by TDL 13y ago
When it's done through a coercive act of government, yes.
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by TDL 13y ago
So we should simply ask another question. If I buy a city block in S.F. can I a build a 40 story high rise to accommodate the growing population? The assumption being that I can buy the city block & it's in near other high rises.
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by TDL 13y ago
I suppose that is probably a fair assessment. That is my impression of the few people I know who have worked for the USG or grew up in the D.C. area.
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by TDL 13y ago
Have you ever considered the fact that former military personnel harbor some anti-government sentiments because of the experience with military? They have lived a fairly authoritarian lifestyle for an extended period of time, it's und
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by TDL 13y ago
"Wall Streeters are greedy, but they don't go out of their way to ruin peoples' careers..." How confident are you about this claim?
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by TDL 13y ago
"Sure they are, in an indirect way." I completely disagree. I will link to a post by economist Bryan Caplan since he is more articulate & smarter than I am. http://econlog.econlib.org/archives/2014/0
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by TDL 13y ago
'“private-market valuation could not be substantiated by their revenues as a public company,” said one person with knowledge of the company’s activities.'
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Square IPO Postponed Indefinitely(foxbusiness.com)
73 points by TDL 13y ago|17 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
"many people who work for places like Walmart also get Food Stamps and Medicaid." How does this benefit Walmart? If Walmart did hire those people would they magically not need government assistance? This has to be one of sillies
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by TDL 13y ago
Lots of people may want to "work on space", but many (most) can't. This isn't unskilled labor we are talking about here.
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Research Design for the Multi-Market Study of Critical Information Needs [pdf](transition.fcc.gov)
1 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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More and More Americans Think Astrology Is Science(motherjones.com)
2 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
"I guess it's the Internet." I don't think we should accept this though. I think most people would benefit from having "thicker skin", but at the same rate we should not rationalize boorish & hostile beha
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by TDL 13y ago
We don't need to revel & celebrate failure, we just need to learn from it and not stigmatize it.
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by TDL 13y ago
Agreed. Good cops cease being good as soon as they look the other way and keep quiet when a bad cop does something wrong.
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California Cracking Down On Coding Bootcamps For Teaching Without License(techdirt.com)
5 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
This doesn't seem quite right to me. In order to successfully sell to laggards (out side of a fly by night type of operation) a well vetted & supported product needs to exist. In order to profitably get to a well vetted & sup
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by TDL 13y ago
Yes, because what the financial elite want the most is to crash economy. It's not like they have all their wealth tied up in financial assets that rely on a healthy economy to remain valuable...
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by TDL 13y ago
You of course have evidence that Bezos is interfering in the editorial operations of the Post, right?
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by TDL 13y ago
Please look up the meaning of pyramid scheme. Whatever crypto-currencies end up being, they are not pyramid schemes.
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Mantis Shrimp’s Bizarre Eyesight Finally Figured Out(blogs.discovermagazine.com)
2 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
The original article that broke the story: http://the-gadgeteer.com/2014/01/20/amc-movie-theater-calls-...
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Read This Before Zapping Your Brain(wired.com)
1 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
Because aesthetics matter.
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Edward Snowden, v 1.0: NSA Whistleblower William Binney Tells All(reason.com)
3 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
As much as I have not been a fan of Buffett over the past dozen or so years, I can't vote this up enough. Even better, the shareholder letters are available for free on Berkshire's website (some pdf, some html.) A little searchi
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by TDL 13y ago
If that's the only take away you had from Kiyosaki then I would say you are ahead of the game. You've found the gem in his philosophy (probably the only gem.)
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Bitcoin isn’t Money—It’s the Internet of Money(theumlaut.com)
8 points by TDL 13y ago|0 comments
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by TDL 13y ago
How are making lego contraptions & leds blink not amusement. Consuming is NOT evil, we consume food & water in order to survive. The mind needs rest just like the body does, there is nothing wrong with sitting back and watching th
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by TDL 13y ago
And the Vietnam war, escalation of the draft, escalation of the war on drugs... Those liberals way back when weren't as wonderful as many would like to believe.

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