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by burfog 6y ago
What you call "screw the poor" can be seen as a way to prevent moral hazard. By that I mean the term as used by the insurance industry, not something religious. Simply put, every economic system finds a way to force people to do m
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by burfog 6y ago
The automatic shutdown contributed. Fukushima needed cooling pumps to operate. There were 3 ways to power the pumps: 1. the reactor itself, automatically shut down when the earthquake was detected 2. diesel generators, shut down by flooding
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by burfog 6y ago
The real answer is mostly "don't do that". Spent fuel rods can't be used anymore because about 5% of the uranium has been converted into elements that slow down the reaction. The remaining uranium is still good. Due to a
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by burfog 6y ago
It's not just that "The existing regulatory structure for nuclear power was designed for the previous generation of reactors." It was designed specifically to bankrupt them. It was designed to make them unprofitable. Just cha
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by burfog 6y ago
There is a math interpretation error, but it isn't that. The actual error is that some people keep coming back. Most people don't get a divorce, but some people skew the numbers by getting 2, 3, 4, or more divorces.
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by burfog 6y ago
I'm sure it seems that way, without the stress of fighting over decisions related to kids. What last name would the kids get?
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by burfog 6y ago
Adding kids when you don't have a Mrs. Moffat looks hazardous for lots of reasons. The commitment to the relationship is questionable if somebody is holding back on that. Kids shouldn't be brought into an unstable uncommitted situ
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by burfog 6y ago
Heh. Exactly why do you feel these people are bots? Might it be that you live in an area where it is unacceptable to express opinions like that? There are real humans like that, some nervously hiding in your neighborhood or workplace. I hap
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by burfog 6y ago
It got submitted, but only got 4 points and 3 comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24282729
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by burfog 6y ago
Every economic system ends up with both a carrot and a stick. In some systems, there is the idea that people will take only what they need, and they will of course work hard for the common good. Once the reality of human nature makes it cle
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by burfog 6y ago
Crime rate is different. There are at least 3 ways to do the statistic: 1. What race has the biggest number being killed by cops? (answer: white) 2. What race has the most per-capita being killed by cops? (answer: black) 3. What race is mos
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by burfog 6y ago
American citizens have the right to self defense. Deadly force is authorized. Worst case, there are a couple states that require the victim (the real one) to attempt to retreat from the attacker if that is possible. Even in those states, th
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by burfog 6y ago
I really hate how that article uses the word "victim". Murderous rioting attackers are not victims, even if they lose the fight and die, and they are nothing like what "protesters" would suggest. It's also implied t
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by burfog 6y ago
I think you'll find that the price just changed. People are reporting absurd price drops on a wide variety of different medications. You can thank Trump for it. It's sort of price controls, but not the usual sort. Trump decided to
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by burfog 6y ago
Slight corrections with newer info: The shooter was the same in both instances. The extra shots are of unknown origin. The head shot, that I described second, was the first instance. The rioters were dumb enough to corner a man with a gun.
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by burfog 6y ago
My son is actually paranoid of cops when he goes to play basketball. But anyway, life isn't fair, and if you're having a problem then there are things you can do to improve perception. The lawyer look/mannerisms get you out o
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by burfog 6y ago
Just tonight, it sort of happened, in Wisconsin. There were rioters armed in various ways. A favorite was a long and narrow skateboard, because denying that it is intended as a weapon works pretty well. Business owners, homeowners, and thei
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by burfog 6y ago
I'm nearly the opposite of “woke” but I try to be nice, and that wording reminded me of this awful Biden quote: “poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids” As a general rule, yes, poor people don't care about
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by burfog 6y ago
Things are different, yes, but I'm not seeing any racism on the part of the school administration or school board. You are in "a high income district". You were in "lower income minority school district". I don&#x27
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by burfog 6y ago
Not exactly, but pretty close: "it's very telling when (nearly always white) officers leap to unnecessarily violent tactics on (nearly always Black) victims" You got that distorted perspective from the media bias. It's j
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by burfog 6y ago
That is standard practice for news media. Even if a source is cited, you should remain suspicious. The source might not justify the reporting. Even if you see video with your own eyes, you should remain suspicious. The video could be missin
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by burfog 6y ago
Must sign in with a social media ID... collecting preference data? For spam, doxxing, canceling, or...?
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by burfog 6y ago
Still, you elected a school board that would permit that difference, and you chose where to live. If telling parents gets students under control at one school, and it doesn't work at the other school, punishment will be different. You
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by burfog 6y ago
Police small arms are equal to military small arms, but usage is different. Police get better ammunition for destroying human flesh, due to treaty restrictions on the military. Police can get all of the military small arms ammunition. Polic
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by burfog 6y ago
Do you think there are no black cops abusing their power, or that there are no white victims? It's hidden from you by the media because it doesn't fit the narrative of racist white cops abusing innocent black victims. Statistics p
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by burfog 6y ago
It's "easily prepared", eh? Let's take a moment to appreciate the toxic, volatile, pyrophoric nature of this concoction: "sodium powder, crown ether, trimethylsilyl bromide and N2" Well, the N2 is probably fine
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by burfog 6y ago
Turn rate of a CIWS varies from 50 to 115 degrees per second. The F-22 can sustain over 30 degrees per second. The exact value, and the instantaneous value, are both classified. That isn't way off. Limits are in place to prevent pilot
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by burfog 6y ago
That's a different school, run by different people. It does not prohibit attendance by students of any race. The only bias I see is that of the parents, who pay a housing premium to avoid being associated with some kinds of people. The
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All of that is seen through the filter of the media. They have a story that they want to sell. They need to grab eyeballs. They are also political, and so they want to push what helps advance their own political goals, even if it tears the
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by burfog 6y ago
In real life, I don't even know a person who dislikes Trump. I have never encountered a pro-Biden sign. Maybe it would be different if I worked for Twitter in San Francisco? I love how you point out that our criminal justice system was

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