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by brc 12y ago
It's a late reply but national socialism only ran for a short time before being replaced with a wartime economy. In effect the program ran fine because it didn't run long enough for garbage collection to be an issue.
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by brc 12y ago
This happens at the micro level (one employee is swapped for another who is better) and at the macro level (banks/tesla) and at the country level (socialism is replaced by more efficient and humane capitalism as in ussr/GDR). The
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by brc 12y ago
That's a big assumption that Japan's actions are not going to be a disaster. Anything that can't go on forever, won't.
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by brc 12y ago
Exactly. Microsoft was a monopoly, was it? Lamest monopoly ever seeing as they lost it in about ten years flat. Real monopolies are from government protected industries like taxicabs, which have been making monopoly profits for 50, 60, 7
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by brc 12y ago
I saw a documentary that showed squatter-types already were living in the surrounding area - whatever the exclusion zone area was. They interviewed them, but they were 'meh' about the risk. They had the place to themselves and w
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by brc 12y ago
Controlling the market would mean excluding competitors and capturing all the profits. Microsoft is a poor example of a monopoly as any long term shareholder will tell you, because they have little power in the market, a scant ten years o
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by brc 12y ago
Had a near lock on desktop operating systems. For a brief period of time. Which was quickly eroded by better, cheaper, more agile competition. If that is the definition of a monopoly you'd wonder why it is the bogey man. A monopo
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by brc 12y ago
Ugh, not this again. The only real monopolies are those which are protected by government regulation or control. Google is out there on the freewheeling internet competing. It has a broad portfolio of products, but their main revenue stre
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by brc 12y ago
Yes, the social solution that Facebook presents is ideal for keeping in touch with a loose or geographically diverse set of real life friends. It is a technical solution to an admittedly simple social problem but a solution it is. Prior t
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by brc 12y ago
You're right, and as the importance of the area of study and the research $ at stake, the worse the likely effect. The urge to censor not by written rule or by conspiracy, but just to protect self interest, is very strong. A system mu
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by brc 12y ago
I'm convinced the push for greater recyclability of vehicle parts is having a worse effect. A new VW is full of plastic parts which seem to have a ten year lifespan at best. Too many of these breaking render the vehicle uneconomic t
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by brc 12y ago
My sons school already has a robotics program using Lego mind storms. The kids love it. He's 6, and was allowed into the program early due to being adept at lego and strong in maths. It's a public school. In the big scheme of t
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by brc 12y ago
You're right that QE erodes the savings and income of not-rich people - the middle class and the poor. You're wrong in your theory that accumulated wealth does nothing. In a QE world, the very rich don't sit on cash - that w
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by brc 12y ago
Is the NPV of each of Hansom jobs worth $20k to the state? Hard to say. But once the factory is built, it will be there a long time. Even if the company Tesla fizzles and dies, a big battery plant will still be pumping out batteries for d
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by brc 12y ago
More correct is tax deferral.
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by brc 12y ago
I've become a convert to home baking with a bread machine, and the loss of easy slicing is one if the biggest downsides. The purchase of a slicing guide and electric knife has offset this somewhat, but it's still easy to get wro
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by brc 12y ago
Kangaroos have no problem swimming a couple of miles. Not sure about wallabies though. Marsupials are generally good breeders so eventually there will need to be a cull, but because they aren't hooved herbivores some of the normal des
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by brc 12y ago
Like most socialist theorists, you left out entrepreneurs.
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by brc 12y ago
Capitalism still works fine, because it's not a designed system, it's not a central plan. In fact, countries like the USA should give it a try again. It worked quite well for them last time.
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by brc 12y ago
It most certainly is not a zero sum game. Any reading or thinking that led you to that conclusion is wrong.
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by brc 12y ago
25 years is a very short time to expect some of the longer term economic and cultural changes to take place. Just like the street light bulbs, they'll get replaced as the old ones die off. On a related note, I've never understood
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by brc 12y ago
I love staring out plane windows. On a flight over interesting areas, I can spend a lot of time watching the ground scroll past. I love watching sunrises and sunsets, and observing different cloud patterns. Anything that reduced that exp
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by brc 12y ago
Some airlines already do have multiple camera feeds from out side the plane, which you can watch as a channel on the inflight video. I've seen ones which point towards the front wheel which are very cool to watch on takeoff/landi
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by brc 12y ago
Most diet crazes are completely fatuous. It's not a lack of education (because we can't know everything about everything) - to me it's a chronic lack of self awareness and self responsibility that manifests in most people si
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by brc 12y ago
You make the point better than I did. I would also add that, by this definition, any animal product eaten is processed - even eggs - which are cracked and then usually cooked. Ground beef is extremely processed - having been butchered and
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by brc 12y ago
Wheat is one of the top three plant based foods in the world, and is the largest non-animal source of protein in the world diet. The cultivation of wheat, and the ability to store it in a granary led to the establishment of the first citie
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by brc 12y ago
I know someone who is sure that her kids misbehave because of gluten, so she does everything to control their diet. At parties, she hovers around and takes cookies and cake and other things off them. The kids generally become whiny and be
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by brc 12y ago
Well I made it about 50% of the he way through and was filled with regret for starting the article. I found it whiny and introspective, all the things the author feared. Regret to me means you didn't take away the lesson when somethin
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by brc 12y ago
If you cut engine power hydraulic steering is basically dead, as are the brakes. The power assist on brakes usually uses engine vacuum and power steering is mostly driven by a hydraulic pump running off the motor. I'm not sure about
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by brc 12y ago
Often the wreckage itself tells a big story, assuming most of it can be found in a debris field. It can certainly say whether it broke up in the air or hit the water intact, for a start. Then you can look for bomb explosions or other typ

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