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by boreas 9y ago
Bitcoin has very few of the properties that one would consider desirable for a currency. 1) Transaction costs. Don't want to beat this horse to death. Some other cryptos improve on this. 2) It's inherently deflationary. Deflation
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by boreas 9y ago
I don't think that assumption is correct. Why would subsidies help family farms over "factory farms"? In fact, Big Ag is one of the biggest advocates for the entire constellation of Ag subsidies. It's not a good idea to
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by boreas 9y ago
Presumably it's related to the first point, imposing debts on Germany. I guess he thinks that WWII was caused indirectly by the reparations Germany was supposed to pay. It's a fairly common viewpoint. Of course, as might be clear
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by boreas 9y ago
That's an interesting idea. Seems like it would be hard to get a representative sample though if the trackers themselves affect the user experience.
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by boreas 9y ago
One theory I've seen bounced around is that the more process and institution there is in an organization, the less opportunity there is for sexual harassment. When social interaction at the workplace is limited and formulaic, there&#x2
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by boreas 9y ago
This is an incredibly facetious example. You have to remember that the drug companies have effective monopolies for many expensive drugs. Do you actually believe that the government should be forced (by legislation) to accept unilaterally d
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by boreas 9y ago
For those who might be interested, and in a slightly different vein than the examples in the article, there's the "sleeping beauty" paradox: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleeping_Beauty_problem Basicall
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by boreas 9y ago
You're planning on studying German for half a year for 15-30 mins a day and becoming fluent? That sounds really ambitious. If you've pulled off a similar feat in the past, do you have any language learning tips?
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by boreas 10y ago
Just wanted to say that I loved that game as well. It's one of those games that I like for some inexplicable reason, and yet dislike the much slicker sequels.
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by boreas 10y ago
This definitely makes sense. My dad worked in Singapore for a couple of years two decades ago, and he said back then "there just wasn't that much there" even though it was already an economic powerhouse. I had a great time th
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by boreas 11y ago
I really feel like this is an unnecessarily melodramatic comment. I can't tell if you're being serious about American news only reporting things that make America look good but that's certainly not true in my experience. Main
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by boreas 11y ago
I think you may be wrong in your interpretation of the present situation. Instead of concluding that, because modern capitalists are happy to invest abroad, Smith was wrong about their preferences, you could conclude that the world is becom
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by boreas 11y ago
I think another fundamental difference between cleaning and cab rides is that with cab rides you're essentially buying a different product each time (because you are going to/from different points) so the value of a marketplace is
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by boreas 11y ago
I actually took a math class taught by another former Dragon co-founder not mentioned in this article. I think he got screwed even harder than the Bakers, he always said he was good at math but bad at "business stuff".
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by boreas 11y ago
What needs to be done is change the unique incentives for American companies to participate in such byzantine international tax avoidance schemes in the first place. The US is practically the only country that taxes profits internationally
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by boreas 11y ago
The problem is that in this case the union is the one standing in the way of other people making more money. Longshoremen's unions are notoriously corrupt and exclusive. I have no idea what the situation is today but traditionally it w
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by boreas 11y ago
BlaBlaCar is actually owned by SNCF, the French state-owned railway company. So Blablacar is actually part of the government monopoly on all long-distance travel (even highways cost money to use). I don't think it's the best stand
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by boreas 11y ago
Can you provide a source for US "gun running" to ISIL factions in Syria? It is well known that Turkey's intelligence agency is doing this, but I've never heard the same accusation leveled at the US. Also I would love to