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by bighi 9y ago
I would say both Disney and Trump have a political view that the best thing for America is making rich people richer at the cost of everyone else. So... same side?
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by bighi 9y ago
What you said can be read as "the answer is to stop voting", because it would be very very hard to find someone that doesn't want to become filty rich. And if you find one, well... one person can't do much in politics.
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by bighi 9y ago
The US is allowing Disney to become a behemoth of a company without competitors, so even if the price rises up to a million trillion gajillion dollars they would be able to pay without much effort.
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by bighi 9y ago
The porn version of pirates of the caribbean, as far as I remember, doesn't use the name "Pirates of the Caribbean". Also doesn't use the name of important characters.
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by bighi 9y ago
Mickey Mouse is a harmless example. If we change the laws to let Disney have Mickey forever, we are also allowing companies to own forever something that could make people's lives better. It also presents another problem: one of the ob
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by bighi 9y ago
You dying at mid 30s instead of living until your 80s and 90s is also a natural thing. It's not desirable just because it's natural. But putting in practical terms of "what do I have to gain?", let me say this: every spe
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by bighi 9y ago
It's the US. They won't even move a finger to protect the economy or consumers.
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by bighi 9y ago
Monopoly in any market is bad.
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by bighi 9y ago
I think you meant Communism, not socialism. But good point anyway.
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by bighi 9y ago
That's what I've been saying for a long time. Some people say "it's just capitalism working as intended", but that's not exactly true. A lot of the mechanisms of capitalism depend on competition. Capitalism wit
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by bighi 9y ago
Yes, nobody wants good movies like Logan! Know what we need more? Mediocre movies like the ones Marvel have been making. Know what's better than a good movie? A shallow movie full of forced jokes. Now we can see the Fantastic Four faci
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by bighi 9y ago
Kind of. Depends on what part of capitalism you're referring to. Because monopolies greatly reduce or limit competition, and competition is the big force that makes capitalism work properly. Capitalism without competition is no differe
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by bighi 9y ago
Because that's what antitrust laws are for. Lack of competition is bad for consumers, bad for the economy, bad for everything... except for the owners of the monopoly.
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by bighi 9y ago
Now they're gonna get worse. Before that, we could at least hope to see a good movie like Logan. Now if Marvel does them, we know they're going to be mediocre like all other Marvel movies, with bad jokes every 87 seconds.
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by bighi 9y ago
That is the one "no..." sentence that I'd leave there. It serves to distinguish them from the a particular culture. That message is lost when you just say "nice, caring humans".
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by bighi 9y ago
Easy to say when defending your point on Hacker News. We're already talking about security, and about someone with malicious intent having access to your phone. In the context of this conversation, you're already in simulated high
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by bighi 9y ago
It was just an example.
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by bighi 9y ago
Give them free drugs. It's overall cheaper. It's safer for him and you . Reduces crime, which saves money on police. And if drugs are cheap to most, and free to some, there's no huge profit to be made by illegally selling th
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by bighi 9y ago
My password is my password. My face is not my password, it is my face. This kind of weak analogy you're trying only weakens the discussion.
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by bighi 9y ago
And it's much easier to point a gun and demand the password. The psychological detachment required to cut off a finger significantly lowers the number of criminals that will unlock your phone against your will.
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by bighi 9y ago
You can only try a few before the phone locks itself, I believe.
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by bighi 9y ago
But bats also use vision based on visible light. I haven't read the article yet, but do they explain about why the bat wouldn't see the building with its eyes?
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by bighi 9y ago
That's not how it felt at the time. In a lot of places, learning Ajax was synonym to learning Web 2.0.
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by bighi 9y ago
I am going to try that this next week. I live in a third world country, and here most days there's no water coming from the pipes. So I am going to try and monitor the water levels in my house. What I bought to do that: A ESP8266 board
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by bighi 9y ago
If I'm not mistaken, they were losing money on every ride. If they did not intend to raise the rates in the future, they're basically planning to go bankrupt. And I have a really hard time believing companies plan to fail. It&#x27
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by bighi 9y ago
It's not like people sign a contract agreeing to never use taxis when they buy a car.
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by bighi 9y ago
> The same pushy, aggressive culture that made their some of their employees' lives awful also made it possible to get excellent service that reduces tons of drunk driving and generally improves people's lives. So you're b
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by bighi 9y ago
Trees = renewable resource Stone = not renewable resource I don't think we should waste stone even faster than we already are.
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by bighi 9y ago
Well, it's not like the justice system in the US cares for the constitution. Or even the laws.
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by bighi 9y ago
People are also unlikely to break the law again if they have an ok time in jail (it's never going to be good) while learning productive skills and being reintegrated into society without prejudice. I wouldn't be glad someone had a

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