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barelyauser
4y ago
It is the same thing. Life is finite. You will live every minute, but you better not waste most of them. Last thing you want is to run out of time and not done the things you wanted.
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barelyauser
4y ago
Risk will always exist. Our most precious resource is time. Every effort to save it is worth it. What if it causes one accident every 20 years? It saved thousands of years of human time in the meantime.
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barelyauser
4y ago
>teach something about how free markets work Teach them about bailouts as well. What should a teacher answer when someone makes the point that Boeing is the only airliner manufacturer in the country?
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barelyauser
4y ago
Not only that, they will have a much more fine grained inventory of things you own. Convenience might be a personal advantage.
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barelyauser
4y ago
> How do you ignore friends who buy a new car every year? The fact you notice and thinks about it means you care. You want a new car every year. You envy it. Be honest to yourself and go get it. That is what you want.
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barelyauser
4y ago
I've been to some places in Asia with the same dating dynamics. But make no mistake, when women are in their late twenties, they will not settle for for a man without assets. The closer they get to thirties the harder they seek for sec
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barelyauser
4y ago
> Most people can't do that. Almost no one can do that, or should do that. Your mother loves you, sometimes your father. If you are a good parent your kids will love you. But don't be silly, your romantic partner rarely loves y
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barelyauser
4y ago
Demand it? From who? Countries are sovereign. This post reads very badly.
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barelyauser
4y ago
Huge red flag for me too. Lets compare to the barcode technology. One would argue the same thing about manufacturing. "Industry where X% of Y is still done using pen and paper". In manufacturing using pen and paper means real loss
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barelyauser
4y ago
Why does it matter? A failed business is a failed business. If a person is hit by a car, does the car care for the bank account of said person?
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barelyauser
4y ago
This is false wisdom. First question any competent VC will ask you is: how much have you personally invested on it already? And if your answer is "zero", you better have a very good track record behind you. If you have the means t
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barelyauser
4y ago
Right, because bankers will definitely write off a loan for a business with no assets.
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barelyauser
4y ago
We can try to reduce these things. Most things can be reduced to "obstacles". If obstacles are behaving the way we predict, then they are logical, otherwise they are flagged as illogical. When i engage in "subtle cues" o
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4y ago
Moving from point A to point B is the goal of humans while they drive. You don't need "human like" understanding of human goals. You do need to account for the stupidity of people though.