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cool_dude85
6y ago
A pension is an agreement between me and my employer to give me certain benefits after I retire. The pension fund, established by my employer to pay for my pension, doesn't really enter into it. Its existence is convenient for both of
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6y ago
Antivirgule, of course.
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cool_dude85
6y ago
No, MY anecdotes tell a different story altogether!
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7y ago
I would rather people neither buy to resell, nor buy to hoard "just in case."
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cool_dude85
7y ago
The original quote doesn't offer any arguments to support its claim. It's just a statement of opinion as fact.
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7y ago
Things like wholesale NSA data collection were organized conspiracies against the population. There are plenty of examples, even just considering the US.
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7y ago
In Florida, almost anything you send to any level of state or local government is public. If you're a customer of GRU, it's very likely that I could request your last year of bills, your address (if I know your name), etc. There a
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7y ago
No, electric capacity has the built-in buffer you describe. But the main driver for ongoing GHG emissions from electricity generation is, of course, generating the electricity. I'm sure there are no formal studies yet as to whether the
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7y ago
Sure, plenty of people do. Head down to the local bow tie store, or visit your nearest seasteading ship and you'll find that almost everyone talks this way. Just be careful not to violate the NAP or you'll be blown away by someone
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7y ago
You could maybe make a case like this for someone like DN, which is a nonprofit. But do you really want ABC News Brought To You By Disney to be able to use your picture of some newsworthy event in their primetime TV show for free? They'
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7y ago
Seems like $1100 could very well be insufficient. The photographer had to do the legwork of finding out that DN used his photo without permission, go to the trouble of getting a lawyer involved, the lawyer has to get his cut of the payout,
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7y ago
I think that's what's being missed in this. DN ripped this guy off and published his photo without paying him for it. When he does the work of tracking them down and figuring it out, AND after he went to a lawyer to go after DN, t