bandofthehawk

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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
Maybe that has more to do with your specific taste though? For me personally, I think my tastes have changed over time where I think I enjoy a bit more variety/chaos in terms of decoration and environment compared to the sterile greig
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
It's very unlikely. Once you control for the type of car (minivan, sports car, etc) and type of person buying the car (young/old, male/female), red cars get similar amount of tickets to other colors. https://www.s
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
Was his demonstration helpful? Or do you mean that he was only able to do the tasks faster because he was rushing them, or that fast completion of these tasks was not really meaningful to the overall performance of the store?
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Was he wrong to oppose the Vietnam war?
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
> No sensical person is concerned with the interest rate on savings, it is nearly zero and effectively negative This might have been true for the past ten years or more, it's not true now. You can easily find savings accounts now w
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
I think the difference is in who makes the decision about how and when to set limits. Insurance companies' purpose is to maximize profits. A public owned service might be willing to sacrifice some costs for better overall health outc
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I think it's just a simple profit motive. If the insurers can minimize the amount of care while also minimizing the risk of getting sued, why wouldn't they do that? The algorithm/rules can be tweaked to minimize costs while
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
Exactly, this just gives the private insurers deniability when they drop coverage for someone who still needs care. They can't be held liable for someone's sickness or death, because they were just following the algorithm.
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
> not allowing your medical system to get overwhelmed by individuals that aren't contributing any money into it So your proposal is that we let the poor die?
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
Are you looking for references that dense population areas subsidize the less dense areas? Strong towns has lots of examples, here's one: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2017/1/9/the-real-reason.
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
> Suburbs are not inherently unsustainable or terribly designed. Some are, but some cities are too. I would guess that most suburbs are financially unsustainable in the long term because they pay less in taxes than it costs to maintain t
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I think part of the problem is that the danger from cars kind of force the bikes onto the sidewalk. If a biker has a choice between possibly getting hit by a car or possibly hitting a pedestrian, the choice is kind of obvious. The solution
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
Maybe take away the right of businesses to fire employees for comments they've made in their personal life?
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by bandofthehawk 4y ago
You're right Houston doesn't call it zoning, but they basically have the same rules. This video sums it up well: https://youtu.be/TaU1UH_3B5k