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811.
by borski 3y ago
Please check yourself here; who is “we”? Clearly the Portuguese and Spanish still love their pulpo, so we as a “collective” of humans have apparently not collectively re-evaluated our values over time, deciding that eating meat is cruel a
812.
by borski 3y ago
It has nothing to do with the fact that they live in the ocean. We are omnivores, not herbivores. If there were no other animals around to eat, then yes, I’m certain various populations of people would resort to cannibalism and have in the
813.
by borski 3y ago
Yes, how dare a culture eat an animal, making delicious cuisine. What villainy. Who would ever think to stoop to cooking and eating something that lives in the ocean?!
814.
by borski 3y ago
Credit cards are not the same, as they are general purpose and cause people to often spend beyond their means because of the concept of a minimum payment and interest. It’s awful, if you keep a balance, and many do because they have no othe
815.
by borski 3y ago
Precisely. And I am not defending the “interest free for a while but you’ll never pay it off and then get hit with 30%” crowd, although I do think it’s laid out pretty clearly in the paperwork. People do choose to live beyond their means.
816.
by borski 3y ago
Fair.
817.
by borski 3y ago
Sure, and you’re not intended to. You’re buying a product that presumably, to you, has value. Apple is offering to let you have their valuable product by paying it off over time with zero interest. That’s it. The point is that instead of la
818.
by borski 3y ago
Fine, but the depreciation is not all that significant. Hypothetically, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from buying the device with Apple Pay Later for 0% interest, selling it unopened for full (or close to full) value, and makin
819.
by borski 3y ago
What? iPads have tons of resale value. Apple’s Pay Later has zero interest and a cap of $1000 of credit. People are going to buy a new iPad whether Apple gives them an easier way to do it or not; the difference is with Apple’s Pay Later the
820.
by borski 3y ago
I think the point is that it wasn’t big on HN .
821.
by borski 3y ago
With the 0% interest rate in Apple’s Pay Later, if you can’t earn more than that you have a gambling problem.
822.
by borski 3y ago
Well, given that there is no interest, it doesn’t seem to me that it’s particularly exploitative. It is, effectively, allowing you to buy someone you can’t yet afford, but without exploiting you. If anything, it’s a significant help. As ano
823.
by borski 3y ago
Of course they exist. They are a minority, though, and the trope of representing people in poverty as lazy is tired and old, in addition to inaccurate.
824.
by borski 3y ago
The “stop drinking Starbucks” is old and nonsensical. That isn’t why people are poor.
825.
by borski 3y ago
False equivalence. 20 years ago, it was much easier to “get out of poverty” than it is today.
826.
by borski 3y ago
> Every American child is offered free K-12 education (with free lunches) Spend some time in the south. Parents don’t let kids go to public schools and send them to parochial schools that teach creationism as science, and deride anything
827.
by borski 3y ago
I wonder what the schools teach about economics :-/ Please don’t attempt to educate me on the idea that “poor people can move.” My parents were poor immigrants and moved twice, across two continents, with nothing in their pockets, to t
828.
by borski 3y ago
I’m not sure what any of that has to do with the topic at hand? My parents also fled communism. It’s not that poor people don’t want to save and invest; it’s that because cost of living in most places has far outpaced salaries, there litera
829.
by borski 3y ago
Not if you don’t have the money or time because you’re working three jobs. Or you have kids from a previous divorce and can’t leave the state or you never see them again.
830.
by borski 3y ago
Context matters. If they moved to those other countries and continents, which have lower costs of living, they’d be fine. But: moving costs money and time they don’t have (since they’ve gotta work 3 jobs to put food on the table), those oth
831.
by borski 3y ago
Said someone who has never grown up in poverty. rolls eyes Been in both situations; grew up impoverished, now doing well. Living paycheck to paycheck is never a lifestyle choice; there are choices that come out of that because even poor
832.
by borski 3y ago
> maybe? will they get out early? when will they go? I don’t know, but that is a question for behavior. I do believe in rehabilitation being the underlying goal of prison, so I’d be thrilled if they came out of it changed people. > a
833.
by borski 3y ago
You moved the goalposts. The example was Theranos. I was responding about Theranos. That was the extent of my comment.
834.
by borski 3y ago
To be fair, Theranos didn’t get slapped on the wrist. They’re going to prison for many years.
835.
by borski 3y ago
Split across everyone in the class?
836.
by borski 3y ago
Make them work for it. If they break a toy, they have to work to get the replacement. Very early on, that might just mean doing their chores on time, or reading a book, or whatever - but the point is that when they break something, it takes
837.
by borski 3y ago
> Imagine the reaction of a modern day town if a child had broke their neck from the playground, what would the reaction? This is extremely locale-dependent. In the US? There would be lawsuits, fences, height restrictions, and so on. In
838.
by borski 3y ago
> Falling/jumping from great heights isn't something to just experiment with and try. Running in a busy street isn't something to try just to understand the dangers. Unless your kids are interested in and want to learn fre
839.
by borski 3y ago
If you hate to be that person, consider not being that person.
840.
by borski 3y ago
> The panels in Arnhem were not placed on roof tiles, but directly on the roof. The roofs of the entire block of houses are connected by solar panels. This is not how normal solar panels are placed on roofs. In CA, for example, there are

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