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by crisdux 7y ago
This comment is such shrill alarmist rhetoric that is not founded in reality. I think taking this approach is more harmful to your cause then you think.
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by crisdux 7y ago
It sure is supported. The NHS will delay or deny surgery to people if they are tobacco users or above a specific BMI. This was a pretty big debate in the UK a couple years ago. Crazy thing is this was motivated by cost cutting, not concerns
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by crisdux 7y ago
Your comment is a good example of the critique at the top of this thread. You start with the worst possible interpretation of my comment, use a metaphor about bestiality and immediately dismiss my comment as a fallacy.
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by crisdux 7y ago
We are off topic but I'd like to answer your question. It's increasingly become an issue in the public space because local governments are increasingly getting involved with this issue. Dissidents may believe that governmental pow
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by crisdux 7y ago
I think it's important to think of an ambiguous metric like quality and think of it across multiple dimensions. Quality to youtube means frequency, recency, personal, etc - attributes that create relationships between the creator and t
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by crisdux 7y ago
They basically already get that. All coastal communities and flood prone areas do. In the form of the National Flood Insurance Program. NFIP is massively subsidized flood insurance and does not charge nearly enough to cover the costs of lia
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by crisdux 7y ago
Stock buybacks serve important purposes that are often overlocked when this topic comes up. One major purpose of stock buybacks is to reduce the company's cost of capital. With debt financing being so cheap right now, we've seen f
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by crisdux 7y ago
We industrialized the world, lifted billions out of poverty, and increased living standards. Why do people ignore the human progress's we've made. Folks really need to have some perspective.
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by crisdux 7y ago
Along with older retirees, younger generations seem to be supportive of distributive policies that are going to tax them more during their highest earning years and shift more wealth to other groups. I don't see this trend changing any
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by crisdux 7y ago
Or the fact that the sun doesn't shine that much in Germany? Look at a world solar potential energy map. They are throwing money down the drain.
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by crisdux 7y ago
Be careful what you wish for. Look at Germany for the best example of what you are asking for. Ignore the PR and look at the data. They have increased solar capacity, but are closing natural gas and nuclear plants to build new lignite coal
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by crisdux 8y ago
Let's be a bit honest here. California public infrastructure has hardly contributed to the windfall people are getting due to their work in the tech industry.
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by crisdux 8y ago
Posts like this come around every year. There is a belief held by some that we should avoid making taxes easier to file. We shouldn't just take the number given to us by our government. Some believe filing a tax return should be an exp
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by crisdux 8y ago
Yes because famine and disease is much better. We should stop all progress because some people are making money.
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by crisdux 8y ago
You are making way too many assumptions here for my taste. It's easy for me to assume that having autopilot probably did influence his decision to drink and drive.
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by crisdux 8y ago
How are you so sure of this? I don't think we have conclusive evidence of this. It depends on a bunch of factors, among them is what government revenue would fund it.
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by crisdux 8y ago
Business travelers would pay a lot more than $10. They already do pay a lot more to avoid taking the train. During peak times the Blue Line to Ohare takes more than 40 minutes. Also the ride is fairly unpleasant.
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by crisdux 9y ago
I just did this. I picked up a mattress enclosure/cover, pocket coils, a couple natural latex toppers and cannibalized a couple pieces of rigid foam from a previous mattress. The hardest part of shopping for this was finding pocket coi
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by crisdux 9y ago
If by production you mean GDP, it's not as simple as that. Increasing production is not the only meaningful way to improve peoples lives. GDP is a very rough indicator for a society's standard of living and well being. GDP is real
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by crisdux 9y ago
I tend of think along those lines as well for most sprawled cities. But I don't think that will be true of dense cities like nyc that need mass rapid transit. Even with increased capacity that AV's will allow, roads don't hav
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by crisdux 9y ago
The amount of people who argue that this tech isn't possible is astonishing! I show them it's literally happening now and they don't believe me. I show them how wireless mobile and traditional companies have plans to create w
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by crisdux 9y ago
I don't think I said that. Emotions seem to be running really high today! I admit my comment was a bit rash. I'm not against all government regulation of the industry, your comment is a bit lost on me. DoJ anti trust enforcement i
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by crisdux 9y ago
I'm always surprised that folks on here don't think about the future of last mile connectivity being wireless, instead of wired. Next generation wireless networks (5G) are poised to have broadband like speeds, faster latency, and
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by crisdux 9y ago
It's wrong to take a hard line either way. It depends on a variety of factors such as the form of consolidation and the industry.
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by crisdux 9y ago
Bureaucrats don't serve the public. They serve their institution to implement policy. Policy which is ambiguous. If any lawmakers cared they would have clarified this through law.
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by crisdux 9y ago
Did you ever consider that what you are asking is actually unethical and immoral? It's also ironic that you are asking private entities to use their monopolies to purposefully slow their services down to manufacturer outrage for politi
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by crisdux 9y ago
I'd imagine this is also partly due to the America's demographic changes and the aging population. The large baby boomer generation is retiring and entering a period in their lives where their consumption is lower. Generation X is
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by crisdux 9y ago
Right now they aren't going to the coasts, so we should be fine there.
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by crisdux 9y ago
That and the shale revolution is driving huge changes in the petrochemical world. Which in turn is helping drive the return of manufacturing to the states and increased exports. Cheap energy, cheap material and 3rd printing could bring a wh
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by crisdux 9y ago
They may dominate lots of durable goods categories in terms of online sales. They don't dominate many when sales from all channels are taken into consideration. I would be careful using generalities like you just used.

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