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by clavalle 10y ago
>because they consider it less demoralising than working at McDonald's I honestly think that people shouldn't be forced to sell their time to McDonald's for less than fair value because they are afraid of starvation, eithe
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by clavalle 10y ago
Ideally, I agree. Unfortunately we don't live in an ideal world and we have to settle for the quicker stopgap, the point of which isn't to punish prostitutes but change the value calculation of people before they go that route. T
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by clavalle 10y ago
Yes. In the short term it would be a 'worse' option but in the long term it would lead to a better outcome for them and others. Much like we make it artificially less desirable to do things like build a house that is not up to cod
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by clavalle 10y ago
My assumption is that the extra risk would be taken into account and many, if not most, would decide that it is no longer worth it and choose to do something that is less lucrative in the short term but lead to better outcomes in the long t
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by clavalle 10y ago
Some work, yes. There is a class of people that work their entire lives, earning less then their time and effort would be worth sans passive coercion, simply to keep their head above water, if that. This is a disservice to them and society
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by clavalle 10y ago
I think people should be able to sell their organs, too /if/ they are perfectly free to make that choice and in no way coerced, actively or passively, to do so. But, in a world where one can sell their organs, would we refuse publ
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by clavalle 10y ago
Assume we do that. When someone asks for public assistance, do we then tell them "Well, you can have a job over here at the brothel"?
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by clavalle 10y ago
It is not the only option. Removing it changes the value balance. If it is not quite so easy, the other options become relatively more desirable. Not only that, assuming more people who would normally get by on selling their sexual service
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by clavalle 10y ago
Someone who would rather they have a real choice whether to do it or not.
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by clavalle 10y ago
This is a Very Good Thing. I know that it is currently in vogue, with the libertarian current in our society and in the tech world in particular, to ask why prostitution should be illegal. People should have control over their own bodies,
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by clavalle 10y ago
I blame language. As with all models, the further we move from blissfully perfect abstraction the less certain we can be about our model's predictions. But our language isn't very lenient with expressions of uncertainty. We spea
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by clavalle 10y ago
There were plenty of economists that warned of the bubble well before it popped but they were routinely ridiculed and dismissed since explaining themselves took longer than a 15 second slot between questions on a news show.
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by clavalle 10y ago
Shogun was the game that introduced me to real board gaming many, many moons ago, but I haven't played Ikusa or the recent reprint. I take it that you like the most recent incarnation?
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by clavalle 10y ago
Unless the guy said "Alexa, how do I get rid of a body?" or "Alexa, play 'The Sound of Silence'" just after the time of death, I think you are right. I could imagine some sort of log data being used to refute
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by clavalle 10y ago
Well, by IP I mean primarily brand in this case, which is obvious to a casual observer like myself. I'd be willing to bet the rest hasn't changed much if someone were to do some digging. And, honestly, I don't know what he&#x
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by clavalle 10y ago
It seems fairly clear that the same web site, IP, and organization was used for both businesses. You can't just change the letterhead on the stationary and claim it's a new business and leave your investors behind.
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by clavalle 10y ago
Most impactful scientists are paid. Either they work for a university, hold patents, sell books, speak, consult, or work for private industry. If we expect them to create to the level we currently enjoy, we would be wise not to cut their l
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by clavalle 10y ago
I cannot because the author is simply wrong. "information is corroding the market’s ability to form prices correctly." Information is essential for the market's ability to set prices. "markets are based on scarcity whil
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by clavalle 10y ago
The author sees abundant, cheap data and information as eroding Capitalism...I see it as lubricating Capitalism and re-invigorating it with the efficiency gains into areas that may, according to very old labels, might superficially look lik
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by clavalle 10y ago
Having hired a UX designer that had never coded, it was a very frustrating experience. I enjoyed the high-touch with customers approach that they brought to the table but when it actually came to implementation it was as if I brought an ast
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by clavalle 10y ago
"you may not have to code for a UX job, but it really helps you get a broader perspective and can improve your work" If you are a UX designer and cannot code up your ideas it is like being an architect that knows nothing about mat
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by clavalle 10y ago
Well, one unemployment rate only includes people actively seeking work -- the most popularly reported one. The other unemployment rates that do count people that dropped out have been falling at nearly the same rate.
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by clavalle 10y ago
Disappointing, but not surprising. We were surprised the insurance was so good for so (relatively) cheap, honestly.
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by clavalle 10y ago
If you are in a state with subsidies you are in pretty good shape. Also, you're numbers are a bit inflated if my experience is anything to go by. I have insurance through my company but my wife is on an Obamacare plan (because it was
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by clavalle 10y ago
Thiel is donating millions to influence an election. I don't know where the slippery slope is but we're nowhere near the edge. If Thiel has used his market power to express his view, then so can the rest of the market actors can
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by clavalle 10y ago
>Oppression happens when you sabotage their work/job/career/business just because their view. I would agree with you except for one thing: money is political power under our current system. If someone is allowed to use t
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by clavalle 10y ago
>Who's the judge for validity anyway? The individual and, in a democracy, individuals in aggregate, the majority with specific exceptions, of course, that protect a person's Right of expression. To remove from people the right
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by clavalle 10y ago
Should all views be accepted as equally valid? Isn't the right to hold your own judgement the heart of freedom? And what is that judgement if it cannot be expressed? If it cannot have consequences? Sure, we must protect the expressio
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by clavalle 10y ago
It's not about developer convenience, it is about performance. There are limits to the black magic that can be done with dynamic types to eke out performance that can be blown past with static types.
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by clavalle 10y ago
>(a) some people can't make meaningful contributions to the economy because they lack the intelligence to compete with machines The underlying assumptions of this question would require significant justification to accept them as ap

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