crowdpleaser

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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Why don't they just engage friendlier / smaller companies? I think there's a coordination issue here. Tech can be intolerant of views that don't align with progressive orthodoxy (doubly so in tech hubs), the DOD needs te
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Are you talking about the distinction between weapons and non-weapons? Is there another legal distinction?
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>it is frustrating that immigrants are still expected to just somehow pull it together But understandable, companies that use H1Bs tell us that the H1B holders are highly compensated and doing work that no available Americans can do. I l
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Good! I blast between LA and SF on a regular basis with my motorcycle. The bike and tires are good for cruising at 160 mph, but with all the trucks in an elephant race, I'm lucky to average 80 mph. I'd pay a small ransom in tolls
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I wonder what % of these cases could be explained by understanding how much money each parent is making. I'd wager that US Female Scientists probably make less than their partners. I'd wager that it's more likely for a US Fem
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Only for people who are trying to others what they should do. Don’t want a hard question? Don’t try to regulate these things.
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I'd explore the world on the machines I own and will eventually own.
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>Making yourself wealthy doesn't necessarily make everyone better off. The social welfare cost of wealth creation is not always the same. No dispute there, but if people are engaging in counterproductive wealth transfers, there&#x27
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Okay, how should we have powered the industrial revolution?
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
If we didn't let people use money to stroke their ego / indulge themselves, how much of an incentive do people have to produce wealth? If I couldn't trade money for interesting machines, I would take an easier job and contrib
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>if someone inside the company had used data in this way they would have been fired unconditionally and immediately. Unless they're an exec, then they might negotiate an exit package or it wouldn't get to that point. Didn'
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Sure, instill discipline in schools. Go to a school of 'underrepresented minorities' and you'll see an incredible amount of misbehavior. Anyone who struggles to listen and not gratify their most immediate desires will probabl
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I don't understand California but it's weird that then-Governor Jerry Brown had the authority build as much of this train as he did. IIRC, the voters approved a train that did LA-SF in 2h40m and met some affordability criteria. Th
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Here's an article if you're interested: https://mises.org/wire/how-government-regulations-made-healt...
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Headline: Is Genocide Predictable? Researchers Say Absolutely Article: "We're not forecasting with precision. That's not the intention of the tool" Forget about learning how to code, this journalist should read Eliezer a
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Probably not. There's an invisible order that underpins burning man - the United States' rule of law. If acts at burning man didn't invite the scrutiny of US Law Enforcement, it'd be a very different place. 'But the
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>If you come to my house I'll happily call an ambulance for you. And I'd do the same. My objection is that my tax obligation is roughly the GDP per capita - that's well above and beyond calling an ambulance. What are the l
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
No. My humanity is more important to me than others. I have to take care of myself because I know others would resent me if they had to take care of me. I'm sure you wouldn't be thrilled to provide for me if I came to your house w
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>You can see people as less than human without thinking it is okay for you to hunt them as animals. Please keep reading my mind - why do I think this way? What status do I think illegals have if I want to treat them better than animals b
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>You could argue our current president had a pretty cushy childhood. I think this kind of proves my point, people with cushy childhoods seem to turn out not great. I'd imagine he'd be a more effective leader if he spent more ti
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
There's a simple solution - legalize everything and see how it pans out.
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I don't see it as any more or less sociopathic than saying "you need to pay for these people's medicine or else I'll sic the authorities on you". If I saw illegals as non-human, I'd advocate for the local DNR t
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
A used leaf doesn't appeal to a lot of people. A lot of used leafs are down to 60-80 miles of usable range, IIRC the average American commutes something like 15 miles each way, missing a charge or adding errands can put someone in a ti
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
+1. Reading Sowell really challenged my utopian impulses, it's amazing how deep his thoughts are but how simply they're expressed, apparently he advised people in the bay area to stop protecting so much open space in the 1970s wit
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
The right to earn a living: https://www.amazon.com/Right-Earn-Living-Economic-Freedom/dp... and the concept of the political: https://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Castle Europe. Keep the enemies outside and put everything inside in bubble wrap.
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
>Frankly, Democrats are being pulled to the left by the progressives and Republicans went hard right years ago with the tea party The democrats have moved further left than republicans have moved right since 1994/2000: http:/
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
I think about this a lot. If I were born in Europe, I would get a degree in mathematics and skate by doing easy work. I was born American, I saw my chance for greatness, and I'm working on it. I'm currently a few years into my car
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
At least people can overcome abuse and thrive off of it. I don't know a single person who had an extremely cushy childhood who is 'on fire' for anything or striving for greatness. You need adversity to be great. Not all adver
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by crowdpleaser 8y ago
Let it continue to 'cut both ways' - should we apply the logic of 'assume worst case predictions and act accordingly' to all that ails society? The worst case predictions of muslim immigration into Europe are pretty bad,

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