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by bmmayer1 13y ago
The countries with the highest minimum wages are the democratic socialist states of Europe which all have much higher youth unemployment rates than here. One of the lowest youth unemployment rates in Europe is Germany, which has no minimum
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Interesting point. Also, black youths overwhelmingly live in urban areas where labor laws are more strictly enforced.
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Didn't Steve Levitt prove this wrong?
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Minimum wage law.
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Not at all, because when you have monopsony pricing you end up below market price, which drives marginal producers out of business and ends up reducing supply. It's the same reason the argument for the government buying up all the foo
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Yes, if prices are skyrocketing it must be a "Crime" caused by all the dirty capitalists enriching themselves. There could be no possible explanation for it. Unless, of course, you want to consider: 1) The stifling HIPAA regime
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Audio from the air traffic control tower: https://www.dropbox.com/s/04qqum874iz4ijr/KSFO-Tower-18%3A22...
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Hey Ron! I'm also U of C. Emailing you now.
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Show HN: Drillbit – An API that analyzes names(drillbitapp.com)
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This is a shame. The incentives for law enforcement are completely misaligned. Of course they will always want to be seen as "doing something" and never want to take the chance that someone's threats, real or fake, ever get c
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
This. Completely true.
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Yes.
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
It's really about preference. A lot of people still use emacs even though it takes more effort than other options.
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
The armed forces welcome your dissent.
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
Local context doesn't require personal tracking, just geolocation information. It doesn't need a dossier on me to know I am searching from San Francisco.
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I Used DuckDuckGo for a Week and Had to Switch Back. Here’s why.(notes.brianmayer.com)
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Of course you can hoard transit. You can hoard anything with a limited availability. Since Muni buses are not the TARDIS, there's a limited amount of seats to go around. With buses, hoarding means taking the bus way more often than
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
What's your country? It would be good to know more context here.
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You're making my point. Muni in SF is heavily subsidized, which means there are no transit alternatives available that can compete on price. This makes the only two options for transit very cheap or very expensive, further widening i
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Ron May, longtime Chicago tech gadfly, dead at 57(chicagotribune.com)
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The People's Republic of California is at it again.
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Show HN: Drillbit. Who's on your mailing list?(drillbitapp.com)
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If something is "Free" people will hoard it which will reduce its value and increase its cost to everyone. There will be massive shortages of available bus space. With a paid system, people are forced to economize--do I really n
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by bmmayer1 13y ago
"The government was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself." -Jefferson
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Microsoft joins Facebook in partial FISA disclosure: 6-7,000 requests(thenextweb.com)
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Beautiful.
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Ask HN: Encrypting web traffic and communication
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"US law" is not a valid justification. Segregation was US law. Slavery was US law. The detention of Japanese Americans during WWII was US law. "It's the law" is a useless moral justification unless the law is gr
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Edward Snowden gone from Hong Kong hotel, whereabouts unknown(latimes.com)
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300k manuscripts were saved from rebels in Timbuktu, but now face a slow death(thenextweb.com)
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