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by beerlord 8y ago
Why didn't he print some New Drachma when he was Finance Minister of Greece then?
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Time Traveller's Cheat Sheet(i.imgur.com)
7 points by beerlord 8y ago|3 comments
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by beerlord 8y ago
Overseas net migration the UK is 273,000 per annum. About half of the increase in the population is due to births exceeding deaths, the rest is just foreign immigration. The entire point of the argument is that if houses and land are too ex
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by beerlord 8y ago
The UK fertility rate is 1.80. Replacement rate is 2.10. All of the increase to population is through immigration, and can be controlled through simple Government policies.
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by beerlord 8y ago
The UK is running a large immigration program, but its cities are fundamentally limited in size due to restrictive green belts. As a result, any increase in population will lead to a direct increase in land values, incentivising corners to
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by beerlord 8y ago
The suggestion is that the airports were under major terrorism threat, which is why the army was involved. They didn't say this to avoid spooking the public, and having a whole lot of people cancel their flights and holidays (plus it w
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by beerlord 8y ago
The US has optimised its rail network for freight. By modal share, the US ships 44% of its freight by rail. France, the subject of this article, ships only 15% I would argue that rail is better optimised for freight than passengers. Buildin
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by beerlord 8y ago
I would prefer to live in the US than any of these countries funding HSR. Electric cars and electric scooters are enough to get around the city and around the state, with flights for anything much longer than that. Autonomous vehicles avail
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by beerlord 8y ago
I think it would be an even better buy for Epic Games. It would give their Epic Games Store immediate credibility, and add all of the communication and community features that they are currently lacking. A Microsoft buyout would kill the th
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by beerlord 8y ago
Because the population is decreasing in high-IQ countries, where the vast, vast majority of humanity's economic, scientific and cultural output is generated, and increasing in low-IQ countries, which are typically stricken by famine, w
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by beerlord 8y ago
Which is a recognised economic phenomenon: https://ifstudies.org/blog/higher-rent-fewer-babies-housing-... The last time Japan had a population close to replacement rate was 1974, with the population at 109.5m. Japan w
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by beerlord 8y ago
On the surface, the points system is how they do it, yes. However, the reality is that the system is completely rorted and broken. You can be completely lacklustre, and as long as you study at any Australian college, University or degree mi
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by beerlord 8y ago
We need an Uber for cooking. Where we can connect some nearby retired folks to make dishes for others, without all the fuss and excessive additives (sugar, salt, butter) of commercial restaurants. Plus, allowing the cutlery and dishes to be
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by beerlord 8y ago
Entering at the luxury market is a waste of time. Hard-to-pronounce name, and Tesla already has it wrapped up. A cheaper EV around $20,000 to compete against the Mazda 3 would be a lot more interesting, however. These brands all lack the Te
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Microsoft's Next-Gen Xbox Consoles Are Codenamed 'Anaconda' and 'Lockhart'(windowscentral.com)
2 points by beerlord 8y ago|0 comments
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by beerlord 8y ago
Yep, its a classic problem of externalities. The pollution caused by plastic bottles, and the cost to clean them up, are not paid for by the people buying them. 10c tariff for every individual plastic item should solve the problem. Use the
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by beerlord 8y ago
Try some of the following: Cold showers Washing sheets in hot water every 5 days Using a mattesss protector Washing pillows and quilt every few months Shaving with a disposable razor used once (bic hybrid) Washing face with sensitive men’s
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by beerlord 8y ago
It also suggest that coal power will enter a death-spiral, where coal plants will become increasingly expensive to build and maintain due to a lack of scale.
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China's ethics board reviews 20 games, bans 9, requires changes to 11(reddit.com)
2 points by beerlord 8y ago|0 comments
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by beerlord 8y ago
Who whole point of escooter rental is to be dockless. You need to be able to leave the scooter anywhere.
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by beerlord 8y ago
The utility has actually decreased. Before this huge speculative boom, shady characters could use cryptocurrencies to buy drugs and launder money. Now, with KYC/AML implemented by exchanges worldwide, plus the outright banning of the c
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by beerlord 8y ago
Europe needs less Government. The problem is that these tax changes are just never linked to tax cuts and actual living improvements for the everyday workers. A proposal to phase out pensions for people currently aged under 40, in coordinat
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by beerlord 8y ago
Europe's problem is simply high taxes, inefficient bureaucracy, and over-welfare. Particularly, payroll taxes, which in some countries (France) are at 50%. These hugely complicate hiring employees, and just encourage cash payments and
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by beerlord 8y ago
Buy a used iPhone 6S. Would be about $200.
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by beerlord 8y ago
In France employers pay 50% social security taxes, then employees 20% on what they receive... plus income taxes and 20% sales tax (VAT). In Poland the social security taxes are 22%, then 14% for the employee, plus income tax and 23% sales
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by beerlord 8y ago
Yep. When over 30% of Americans are obese, and 12% of them in poverty, I find it hard to believe that we really care that much about individual humans. It all seems like anti-scientific knee-jerk moralism from people who don't really
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by beerlord 8y ago
I agree. We should embrace and get the most out of this technology, not shun it. Same with genetic engineering for plants and animals in the food chain.
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by beerlord 8y ago
Discord are already distributing, with a 30% commission. By all available accounts their launch has been unremarkable, no Indies getting rich. Their service is now obsolete with this Epic announcement. They are best just offering affiliate
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The cracks are often where the malware is injected, and what is detected by Windows/AntiVirus. Without DRM your product can just be repackaged and resold, like what happened to the GoG version of Frostpunk being sold on Amazon. I would
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by beerlord 8y ago
Those other stores only made sense because they offered a lower commission than Steam. If you already have the lower commission, you don't need the ability to print keys. Instead of going through a bundle, which yielded about 50c per c

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