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by canvia 12y ago
By attempting to make optimal entertainment choices. For example, watching a classic film that is in the public domain on archive.org instead of going to see the latest Disney production in the theater and paying $10 for a ticket. Borrow a
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by canvia 12y ago
I am in it for the karma not the eggs.
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by canvia 12y ago
I actively support artists and view creative contributions to society as extremely valuable. I think that a large portion of the future economy is in digital creative work. By contributing to kickstarter and indiegogo I help enable people t
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by canvia 12y ago
Chewing gum aids in oral hygiene, it has utility. The opportunity cost is hardly anything. The opportunity cost of something that exists purely for aesthetic purposes is 100% of the cost of the good. In this case you're talking $1,000+
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by canvia 12y ago
As they say, ignorance is bliss. If you never educate yourself about how other people in the world live and how your lifestyle impacts them, or how the food you eat is made, or the actions that governments take on your behalf, you won'
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by canvia 12y ago
They move a lot of air and do cool things down quickly. Just make sure there aren't any fresh skunks outside before you turn it on.
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by canvia 12y ago
Expensive watches are pointless vanity goods. I would hope that as a society we are educated enough in 20 years that people will use their excess resources to help others instead of purchasing expensive jewelery with virtually zero utility.
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by canvia 12y ago
BusinessInsider seems to be taking the BuzzFeed "news" sourcing approach. They are certainly good at getting their links onto aggregation services. It's a very annoying combination. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by canvia 12y ago
Vote with your dollars. Every dollar you spend is a vote for how you want the world to work. Are you an educated voter?
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by canvia 12y ago
China only allows ~$50k/yr to be sent out of the country how are these people able to bypass those currency controls? Or is the story inaccurate?
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by canvia 12y ago
arstechnica article on it: http://arstechnica.com/security/2014/07/this-thumbdrive-hack...
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by canvia 12y ago
There was also a concerted effort to increase the use of gas powered vehicles: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_consp...
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by canvia 12y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_flight
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by canvia 12y ago
Good links, one more: http://www.wired.com/2013/06/why-i-have-nothing-to-hide-is-t...
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by canvia 12y ago
Correlation is not causation.
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by canvia 12y ago
I wonder why more sites don't allow you to create a second read only set of credentials for your account. This would solve a lot of trust issues when using a service like this or say for online banking services like Mint. If you want t
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by canvia 12y ago
I wonder if upvotes and downvotes on news aggregation sites could be considered to be online polls.
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by canvia 12y ago
Interesting article about inflation: http://business.time.com/2013/03/12/if-theres-no-inflation-w...
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by canvia 12y ago
Unless the first amendment has changed, there is no risk for consumers.
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by canvia 12y ago
I haven't met anyone IRL that was not surprised by the extent of the revelations thus far. The prevalence of this "lack of surprise" opinion in online discussions (esp on reddit) seems disproportional to my personal observa
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by canvia 12y ago
I always see this claim that companies have to try and maximize profits. Where does that originate? I see many companies like Costco take long term paths to sustainable growth and success without trying to wring every penny of profit out of
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by canvia 12y ago
But you can claim that it was well over market price? How does that work?
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Why wouldn't you use that opportunity to send coupons/promo materials since it's at basically no cost? Empty envelopes seem like a waste.
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by canvia 12y ago
Source for the debunking? As far as I know nothing official has been released regarding these allegations and most likely nothing will be confirmed until after the Japanese bankruptcy proceedings.
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by canvia 12y ago
The Willy Report makes it seem like there was more at play than simply incompetence: http://willyreport.wordpress.com/
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by canvia 12y ago
All that fiat currency has to get invested somewhere right? The real estate bubble is re-inflating, check the S&P Case-Shiller 20-City Home Price Index: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/SPCS20RSA Di
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by canvia 12y ago
Sometimes people need to be reminded that there is a lot happening in the world outside of the sphere of influence that they exist in. As a global society we are leaving segments of our population behind and it is unnecessary and cruel. Do
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by canvia 12y ago
Skype is not secure. Why not XMPP?
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by canvia 12y ago
An independent service that publicly rates a person's credibility and consistency (maybe other metrics such as honesty or accuracy) objectively into a reputation score. You would start out rating people for free, probably celebrities,
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by canvia 12y ago
Cryptocoin would be a nice option as well.

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