Tyrek

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by Tyrek 7y ago
UK is under a parliamentary system; effectively, the only vote is to select your local representative. Everything else (who wins the Government, what issues get passed, etc.) is derived from this single point.
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by Tyrek 7y ago
The accountability issue swings both ways. If a sheriff's office has problems with certain enforcement issues (i.e. profiling, not taking domestic violence allegations seriously, etc.) and the electorate is not immediately interested i
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by Tyrek 7y ago
It's a pretty hot take to suggest that counter-cyclical spending isn't a very strong response to recessions - this is classical economics in a nutshell. Just because the US is too politically paralyzed to spend at the same level d
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by Tyrek 7y ago
Only in a perfectly competitive market, which, as you'll note, is the problem here - there's too much distortion around student fees (demand) to truly call the college market perfectly competitive.
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by Tyrek 7y ago
It seems equally reasonable to withdraw from doing business in countries where you can't bother to show up for a hearing. Where do you draw the line?
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by Tyrek 7y ago
If you assume rideshare demand remains consistent and that riders just switch over to Lyft (which doesn't seem entirely unreasonable), then presumably the overall supply/demand curve remains fairly consistent. Obviously some fuzzi
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by Tyrek 7y ago
that's entirely a question of scale - I can imagine that it'll be trivial to scale 'online' voting fraud if you have credential access, whereas doing it in person naturally limits the total number of times you can do it.
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Consider an alternative angle - Companies, as rational actors, will eliminate automatable positions. Unless you're suggesting some sort of deliberate intervention to save these jobs, they're gone. The next question is how do we as
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Let's break this down a bit in more detail. The most common claim against the 77/79 ratio can be summarized as 'if you control for occupation, seniority (interpreted as "time-in-seat" as opposed to some sort of rank
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by Tyrek 8y ago
A reasonable portion of H-1Bs are from students who graduated domestically (within the US) and found jobs in the US. Their degrees might not have the brand name recognition back home, they might not want to go home for various reasons, etc.
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I feel like there's a misreading of the premise of the H-1B program here. If you'll refer to the USCIS website here [0], you'll note that the main prerequisites for the H-1B visa are a) Educated or Licensed b) Paid on par to
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by Tyrek 8y ago
The argument is that rent control is a poor bandaid over the long-term problem of housing supply, because it reduces political pressure to build more houses. It's not the same longterm fix that changing zoning laws would be, for exampl
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by Tyrek 8y ago
In the immediate instance, no, WeWork does not recognize anything. But in its first month, rental income should exceed the month's depreciation for the same real estate. The fact that income has not kept up implies that occupancy is lo
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Generally, the Arcade game maker underwrites (or participates somehow) in the jackpot for their own machines, so they'd be able to track if affiliated individuals (employees, ex-employees, etc.) were winners. Obviously, it gets more co
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by Tyrek 8y ago
While insurance is a different industry, the fact that tech companies continue to make decisions that play badly in the media spotlight suggests that 'bad headlines' isn't a huge deterrent in today's world.
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Good political move, but that doesn't preclude it from being a smart move - as far as I've read so far, the conditions (weather, airline quality, etc) make this completely unexpected. Is implausible to believe that the FAA may be
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by Tyrek 8y ago
> it's a tempting argument to not fix that which isn't broken, but ultimately a weak one. I'm going to have to call shenanigans on this one. Sure, it's an alright attitude to have towards non-essential parts of your l
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by Tyrek 8y ago
If you commit a crime, and only get caught years later after reforming yourself (off the profits of your crime?), can you truly be a victim? Now, I understand that the analogy does not map precisely, but at what point in this equation did f
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Do you mean the Keynesianism that is commonly applied, also known as 'let's increase spending on random shit that will benefit by stakeholders, but will have minimal impact on the overall health of the economy?'. Keynesians h
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Ah yes, once you dislike someone enough, it's okay to suspend due process. Got it.
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Just because you've contributed an infinitesimal amount to a road doesn't necessarily mean you have a right to it, just as how I don't have a right to drive a tank around because my taxes are funding it. Taxes are not the 1:1
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I think you're mischaracterizing the costs a little. It's certainly true that Company level profit margin is not in the 80s, but operating income is certainly fairly high. The profits come from compensating the Company for the ris
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I believe the argument being made is more on the user's magnitude of engagement. Users interact with facebook on a very close level - there's a level of emotional intimacy that users have with facebook the platform that they don&#
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by Tyrek 8y ago
You don't have to establish a monopoly though - your simple presence in the market (relatively low cost since it's not like drivers are loyal to a particular brand) will give you a cut of the profits that would otherwise go to Ube
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I don't necessarily agree with your 'simple logic' - there's plenty of stuff that can be done (but not perhaps outright regulated) that can reduce the incidence of fires around electrical equipment. (i.e. maintaining cle
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Just go another level deeper - this was tax money that would otherwise go towards city programs that would disproportionately benefit the poor. The end result is a transfer from the poor to Amazon's shareholders (and possibly may resul
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Well, I'm sure that intent has an impact, but the question is one of magnitude. You can't exactly solve extremism by telling them all to stop being mad at the US because the missile that killed their families 'was just a miss
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by Tyrek 8y ago
Are you certain that every drone strike that's ever been made has had a positive impact on the world?
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I take issue with your seemingly glib dismissal of the transfer of risk to rideshare drivers - Ambulances exist for medical transport, and frankly should be used in most cases, especially in a medical transport setting. The core problem lie
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by Tyrek 8y ago
I'd be surprised if you could find enough A players to staff the model at the present payscale. Sure, you can argue that a more successful entity can generate more profits, but there's diminishing returns to that effect. Furthermo

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