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by arduanika 8y ago
We're not talking about direct consequences of catastrophes. We're talking about life cycles, and about an existential risk to our species. There are some deep, deep pockets interested in diverting attention, narrowing the timelin
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by arduanika 8y ago
Too true. Clémenceau might say that the environment is too important to be left to the environmentalists.
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by arduanika 8y ago
How many island and coastal dwellers are going to be denied their property because of our stubborn refusal to build nuclear plants?
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by arduanika 8y ago
Are you volunteering to go work in some strip mine in South America looking for the necessary heavy metals? Or stick around in that poor village drinking the water?
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by arduanika 8y ago
> taking back the corporation You mean like, giving the value created by the corporation back to those to whom its original assets belonged before its success, as a reward for prudent thinking? That sounds it will incentivize valuable in
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by arduanika 8y ago
Oddly, economists way more laureled than this guy crashed LTCM.
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by arduanika 8y ago
Agreed. Here's how I'd suggest reading this kind of article and thread: read it through while replacing the word "buyback" with "dividend", and see how 90% of the arguments fall away (or to be more charitable,
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by arduanika 8y ago
Reading this article makes me think of the word choice that new button on Facebook that lets you report that a link is a "false" news story. Notice the subtle shift away from the populist phrase — the accusation is not that the ne
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by arduanika 9y ago
Come on, let's stay on topic. All I'm trying to figure out is, have I been scwned?
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by arduanika 9y ago
I suppose that the company has to be old too
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by arduanika 9y ago
Speaking from the center, yes, I'd love to see someone who knows what they're doing. (But worst of all would be someone who knows what all of us our doing. If forced to vote in a Winfrey vs. Zuckerberg primary, I suppose I'
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by arduanika 9y ago
> the overrepresentation of non-American citizens in the companies, with respect to wanting the companies to reflect the pop at large Or underrepresentation, depending on whether you're talking about the US pop or world pop. Or the
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by arduanika 9y ago
also breaking: Internet cancels appearance at FCC hearings because of death threats.
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by arduanika 9y ago
^ this.
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by arduanika 9y ago
This is truly an article that makes you reflect on the stereotypes and assumptions you have about people. For instance, before reading this I had this unexamined generalization that Canadians are all kind and empathetic, but after seeing Pr
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by arduanika 9y ago
Yes, and it's possible using simply arithmetic and market rates! Given that freezing your credit ratings is a necessary precaution after this damage inflicted by their negligently unpartitioned database, we can calculate: 1 legally gua