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by bwh2 17y ago
So you should be in favor of dropping capital gains to 0% then for everyone, right? Probably income tax too for that matter, because that discourages people from working, and unemployment is the last thing we want to have.
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by bwh2 17y ago
Doctors, lawyers, and other paycheck people making $250k pay around the 35% rate. They get hit hard. Meanwhile, professional investors earning the same amount pay the capital gains rate of 15%, which is less than a paycheck family earning $
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by bwh2 17y ago
I don't advocate having a detailed decriminalization scheme, but an overview or outline would be nice. To that end, I think identifying clear steps, as opposed to a strictly ideological argument, is a good way to convince the overwhelming m
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by bwh2 17y ago
For instance, I don't think that continuing the War on Drugs is practical. But I recognize that ending it is a gradual process, not an overnight one. It's entirely impractical in many regards (economic, social, political) to just stop the W
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by bwh2 17y ago
This is kind of my point. I rolled my eyes when the author complained about "Laws... regulating child labor." You said, "child labor laws," which I would argue has a significantly different meaning than the authors phrase. But I'm comfortab
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by bwh2 17y ago
The author complains about Medicare, Social Security, student loans, and the War on Drugs. Whether or not you agree with those programs, do you think it's practical to just stop them? While I agree with many libertarian sentiments, I rarely
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by bwh2 17y ago
Right, it's legally "child labor." But would you use that phrase in normal conversation as though it doesn't have an uncomfortable, negative connotation?
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by bwh2 17y ago
Well, first of all, you're using the phrase "youth employment," which I think is reasonable and fairly normal. The author used the phrase "child labor," which I rolled my eyes at because the author is seemingly oblivious to the negative con
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by bwh2 17y ago
Agreed. I read "Laws dictating the minimum wage and regulating child labor play a significant role in preventing young people from finding jobs" and rolled my eyes a little.
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by bwh2 17y ago
I thought Jonathan Turley had a very insightful post on the topic: http://jonathanturley.org/2010/01/21/supreme-court-rules-5-4... tl;dr: "In the end, I have to favor more speech than less in such conflicts. While I would have written a c
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by bwh2 17y ago
Our current wars are actually heavily funded through emergency spending bills, which are off-budget and not included in deficit calculations. Edit: Also, the 2009 deficit of $1.2 trillion was announced on Jan 7, 2009, two weeks before Obama
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by bwh2 17y ago
MTA could add value to NYC subway by: * Adding a compass/direction indicator directly out of the subway exit. Frequently, I get out of the subway and my sense of direction is off and street signs aren't much help. * Make them safer to ride
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by bwh2 17y ago
Do you believe that a $675k judgement is reasonable for sharing 30 songs? I'm genuinely curious about the math behind this line of reasoning.
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by bwh2 17y ago
I tried it and got locked out. But if you remove "www" completely or replace it with "www1", you're back in.
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by bwh2 17y ago
The active approach would definitely require some tact, but definitely seems like it would be more informative. Plus, you're right about the added benefit of understanding what management considers to be an experienced developer.
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by bwh2 17y ago
Right, I've been thinking about this as an extension to the Joel Test ( http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000043.html ). Good point on asking about finances.
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by bwh2 17y ago
Hmm. I guess I don't understand why it's reasonable for a contractor to ask for a code sample, but not a full-time candidate. I definitely agree that asking for a code sample could make the candidate appear uncooperative, obnoxious, etc., p
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Ask HN: Requesting code sample from potential employer?
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by bwh2 17y ago
It's very misleading to say Teach For America is a volunteer gig. TFA teachers are paid salaries and benefits by the districts they work in, just like every other teacher. The TFA program itself is volunteer, but it's not like these people
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by bwh2 17y ago
I won $10k of that $1 billion a few months ago. The Peter G. Peterson Foundation and mtvU hosted a video game design contest and I won. You can play the game at http://debtski.com It's a game about personal fiscal responsibility. At the t
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by bwh2 18y ago
It's interesting that on HN, this domain is listed as (.informationarchitects.jp) . Maybe there's a bug in the URL parser that's incorrectly grabbing the ".info"
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by bwh2 18y ago
I suggest using the Department of Education college data. Most of the ~7,000 US schools listed have homepage URL listed, which you could grab the domain from with relative ease. Aside from that, you're probably looking at parsing Wikipedia
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by bwh2 18y ago
Read Don't Make Me Think! by Steve Krug. Also watch this talk titled "Don't Make Me Click!": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EuELwq2ThJE It's really helpful to deconstruct website designs. So I frequently look at a website and think about
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by bwh2 18y ago
What about ActionScript (Flash)?