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by chimi 7y ago
You might also be interested then in Reactance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reactance_(psychology) Another example is where a product is banned like phosphate containing detergents which causes the market to go out a
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I always try to explain these things with evolutionary biology. I look to the non-human animal kingdom to see if the pattern of behavior exists in other species too. This one does. In many species, members of clans and tribes go off to disc
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Anxiety as an emotion is very similar to excitement. Sam Harris discusses this a lot. I never got from him what exactly the difference is, but the other day in the car, I felt excited and started really analyzing why. What I believe now
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by chimi 7y ago
Russia jails critics and worse on a frequent basis. From the Gulags to Pussy Riot to this: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/06/russian-parlia... > The law, which critics say is reminiscent
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In summary: network a *lot* Choose fast growing organizations Choose people you can learn from Enter a market with few smart people Use your smart connections to dominate that market The key will be entering a market without
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This wasn't the government's decision though, was it? It was Blizzard's decision. Just makes me wonder where all of this is going. Americans left and right are choosing China's cultural decisions over America's cult
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by chimi 7y ago
What is the best wifi-router out now for home hackers? I'd like to do a pi-hole type setup but without the pi-hole and I also need a stronger wifi signal than on the box my ISP gives me.
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by chimi 7y ago
They already do that. It's called civil asset forfeiture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...
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The role of government is to protect its citizens and their property. By that measure, the wealthy have a lot more to lose than the poor and thus receive a proportionately larger service from the government. They have more to lose if the
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> it's a different sort of income, with a VASTLY riskier risk profile Yes, earning the money with labor is vastly riskier. Telling a financial advisor where to put money incurs no risk to your life . Compare that to being a welde
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Court says FCC’s net neutrality repeal can’t stop state laws(techcrunch.com)
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The perverse incentive is rewarding an organization for enabling the defrauding of the American people. My bonus scheme will only balance that.
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We have to fight them! It would take all of a week to create a website devoted entirely to libraries of "block toy compatible 3D objects you can print at home." I have a 3d printer. I can build this website, most of us h
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by chimi 7y ago
There is another class called: CDL. Commercial Drivers License and it is required for vehicles over a certain tonnage or with air brakes. Why not just reduce the tonnage to 4,000lbs for example? Easy. You want to drive a Humvee, go get a CD
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This is one of the first things you'll learn studying Macroeconomics. Any introductory book on that topic will teach you about the concept. In general, you can look for information pertaining to "How banks create money," whic
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by chimi 7y ago
> For now, the IRS says, while it agrees auditing more wealthy taxpayers would be a good idea, without adequate funding there’s nothing it can do. Why not pay out a portion of the tax recovered from audits as a bonus. The IRS auditor get
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by chimi 7y ago
By support I mean, continue to moderate their website for them. Answer questions for them. Ask questions of them. Continue to give them time and help them create the product they are going to sell to someone else and keep all the money fo
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by chimi 7y ago
You make me wonder if perhaps new languages evolved for exactly this purpose. To conceal ideas and thoughts from the enemy.
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> Nobody is trying to take your grandmother's house away. Wrong, because of: > the outcome of property taxes is that they encourage more economically efficient use of land County assessors routinely change the valuations of real
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Honest Question: Why continue to support stack exchange through this? They have shown themselves to be disingenuous at best. They are now profiting off free labor. They started it because ExpertsExchange was hiding answers. They rode the hi
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by chimi 7y ago
We should go through the process of training more physicians, because every day in the USA many people are harmed, up to death, due to there not being enough physicians. We need more midlevels too, I agree, though midlevels are not allowe
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by chimi 7y ago
He stays quite true to his brand in the video when he chastises them with a list of the many things they have done to destroy the free market in healthcare.
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https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/thanks-to-doctors-there-a... I also like this 45 minute lecture Milton Friedman gave to physicians telling them how they were making healthcare worse due to this type of lobbying by their
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by chimi 7y ago
I tried to order a house online last night and I got to the "enter your email address to get your free quote" and because I couldn't zoom out, I could not see the Submit button. OMG, I thought how much money is this company
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by chimi 7y ago
I believe the American Medical Association (AMA) lobbying congress to shut down medical schools and artificially limit residencies and thus the supply of doctors is a much bigger factor. A lot of people who are capable and motivated to be
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You can see the transition they are making to other energy sources in their advertisements. BP even changed their logo in 2000 to a green sun they call Helios. https://www.bp.com/en/global/corporate/who-we-are
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by chimi 7y ago
It's pretty clear to me. If you created it and you own it, you're entitled to it. If you didn't, you're entitled to agree to the terms of the person who did create it, if you want to get it for yourself. It's called
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by chimi 7y ago
Are you serious? You're arguing that because you had to invest in a computer and perform labor to click a button that you created the movie you copied? Maybe you want that to be an argument or you just came up with it and are seeing
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If too many people started burning wood and it began to pollute the environment, then a law would be passed banning it. And in fact, that's exactly what happened. There are burn bans happening all the time all over the world -- especia
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No one is entitled to any of what you describe. I believe that is the problem. The feeling of entitlement endemic in our society/culture/species. If you can't afford it or access it or demo it or feel comfortable with y

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