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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Just read on Black Mirror; it seems interesting. Thanks for the recommendation. For those seeking more knowledge on DNI and the validity of cryonics as an elixir of life, I highly recommend getting a copy of Michio Kaku's book, The Fut
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
I never quite got what your preference is. Are you saying that it is all futile and we should just leave the markets be?
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
> You have some valid points in critiquing government, but you're doing them a severe disservice by the way you present them. Context-appropriate facts, not rhetoric. I think you just don't like that I'm right about this.
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
I agree 100% with the hollow legacy-chasing you're talking about. Please do elaborate more on how he's crippled the space program. If you were to ask me, I'd recommend not having government involvement in such things anyway.
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Do you value your liberty? I bet you do and you just don't realize you've been slowly but surely losing it. I would venture that the only extremism, so to speak, that exists is in how government has increased in both its size and
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
>"That's how it has worked in America. Government has supplied the initial flicker" That's not how it worked when America had the most growth. In the late 19th century, when there was less government intervention, Ame
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
I too hope that this is a joke, '...created the information superhighway'. I blame the education system for this kind of thinking. It is so heavily influenced by big government to the point that many people have come to believe th
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Ha ha! I see what you did there.
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Very cool. That's a surprisingly low figure.
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Perfect! That would work.
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Somewhat true, but it still seems to me that the only way to build a proper Dyson sphere would be to not only achieve scientific breakthroughs that allow for interstellar travel, but to do so in a way that allows us to be able to ferry as m
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
If "By far most of the solar system's mass is in the Sun itself: somewhere between 99.8 and 99.9 percent", then I can't help but wonder if there is enough matter to cover the sun's surface area to create a real Dyso
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
In this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Tf8RN3uiM Milton Friedman does a great job of explaining how capitalism is a necessary condition for democracy to thrive but not a sufficient one for the same.
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
>Launching a startup in 2016 is akin to assembling an alt-rock band in 1996 or protesting the Vietnam War in 1971—an act of youthful rebellion gone conformist. This right here amounts to false equivalence. Suffice it to say that it is re
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
I'm not convinced Sam Altman is as brilliant as claimed to be. I've not seen anything particularly outstanding that he's done. Not hating. Facts only. I think this is simply hype and it reminds me of Elizabeth Holmes.
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I think that both schools of thought are wrong in this case and would like to propose alternatives. Number 1, it doesn't matter whether you want to call it following your passion or not, hard work and applying yourself are the most imp
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
Classic case of the socialists' mindset that is rapidly getting prevalent in the valley; take from producers (employees/shareholders) and give to non-producers. That incentive structure is messed up; I know a great deal of people
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
If anything, Gates, Altman and the likes remind me of James Taggart from Rand's novel. A corporation has no duty to anyone other than employees, customers, shareholders and immediate stakeholders. It is hard enough to do right by that
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
This is a classic case of expropriation from producers (employees and a corporation's stakeholders) to give to non-producers. What sort of incentive structure is being proposed here? This is bad bad bad.
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Beats me why Altman is steering the yc brand towards this socialism nonsense. First UBI,now this. Just build great companies and reward employees who make significant contributions and you'll have the eutopia you're so eager to cr
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
>you should never deploy to prod then go to bed Ha ha. Yeah, that never quite works out does it?
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by _andromeda_ 10y ago
As for me, it often comes down to a question of who needs who. If a client provides more value than you could possibly anticipate in the foreseeable future and as long as it isn't too depleting(and only you can determine this and only
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How magnetic levitation trains work(science.howstuffworks.com)
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>UBI is quite literally the opposite of capitalism. It is a form of socialism, so saying it makes 'all forms of socialism obsolete' is a very strange thing to say. I couldn't agree more. What I see here is an attempt to no
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>The only thing that stops this system of parasitic wealth transfer from spinning out of control is re-redistributive taxation. At least we're in agreement that parasitism is not a desirable outcome. We seem to disagree on what cons
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It seems to me like it's the only one that matters because it's the one that an individual has the most control over. Other confounding factors are externalities that as an individual you cannot always control but guess what you c
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> This reads like a huge tautology. If you cut down bills people have to pay, they'll have to pay less. Brilliant..? Au contraire; this is the very essence of what capitalism is. If you employ time preference and amalgamate CAPITAL