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by davidf18 9y ago
The legacy carriers had to go bankrupt because their original business models and labor costs were based on regulation and would not work once regulation was removed. Regulation created a huge market failure, a market inefficiency while de
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by davidf18 9y ago
Thank you. The entire article is very interesting, but I'd like this part: "Some lawyers and officials who worked on the American-US Airways case now say they were “appalled” by the decision to settle, as one put it. “It was a gr
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by davidf18 9y ago
From the article: > "There is a middle ground between an abusive cartel and a ruinous free-for-all in the skies. It’s known as regulated competition." The author has an agenda. There are two problems: 1. Is the airline consol
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by davidf18 10y ago
The Cold War and The Space Race were two causes of lots of government investment in R&D. We have neither today which is a cause of less funding for this type of research. Also, of course wars -- WW II saw development of Radar, nuclear
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by davidf18 10y ago
Not attempting to convince, because no convincing necessary. I'd say most open source software development and all iOS development is done on Macs which now leads Linux for that use. Of course, if Microsoft keeps improving the Linux W
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by davidf18 10y ago
Thank you for your detailed and reasoned response. But again, I respectfully disagree with your assessment. First, you are speaking in terms of numerators but not denominators. Sure, we have 78 million people going through O'Hare of
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by davidf18 10y ago
> "OMG! you really like your Apple stores don't you?" Well, with a 24/365 store I sleep easier at night knowing that if I need another unit or in person assistance when on a tight deadline I can get one. :-) Also, Ap
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by davidf18 10y ago
My understanding of BrExit is that Britain is asking people who have lived there for years to leave. It is not all Muslim Visa holders, but from 7 countries that were determined by the Obama Administration to be a security risk to the US be
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by davidf18 10y ago
> "These cities are also 24/7, to a greater extent than any Western city, I would argue." Have you really been to NYC? Jazz, Blues, much other music, etc. No 24/365 Apple Store in Asia. # Apple Stores Tokyo = 4 # App
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by davidf18 10y ago
Well, I respectfully disagree with your assessment. First, I don't understand the two airport thing. Second, the Israelis do a security check on people before they board the (El-Al) planes -- like a day in advance or more. Also, we hav
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by davidf18 10y ago
Well, Israel had done it for quite some time thanks to terrorists hijacking their planes. Plane hijackings have been going on for other countries for some time. Also, IIRC, El-Al has an air martial (again former military in every case) on
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by davidf18 10y ago
Well, I don't believe the procedures to be unnecessary. Also, I am not a citizen of Israel but rather a guest, so anything to protect the citizens and other guests from terrorism. In my opinion, if US airport security was run accordin
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by davidf18 10y ago
I would have been subject of a terrorist attack in Jerusalem in 2008 except that I bought a chocolate bar in a tiny store at the last minute. I picked up the chocolate bar and before I could give the cashier the money, ..... > I'm
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by davidf18 10y ago
Please cite a reference where Muslims who are living in the US legally were forced out of the country.
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by davidf18 10y ago
A 24/365 Apple Store is a signal about how cool and new technologically vibrant NYC is ...we need it and use it 24/365. Repairs as well as purchases 24/365. Number of Apple Stores in Manhattan = 7 (incl. one 24/365) Numb
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by davidf18 10y ago
NYC has a 24/365 hour Apple Store which reflects the vibrancy of the city 24/365. Need I say more? Europe is very beautiful. But for the creative energy and vibrancy NYC is the place to be.
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by davidf18 10y ago
> "Since the oil price crash, investment in exploration has gone down dramatically, so I would argue the contrary...." The fracking technology for oil and gas is still on it's Moore's Law curve and is getting cheaper
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by davidf18 10y ago
What do they call it now? Fake news? But here is a real story. I'm American and "member of the tribe" who has been to Israel many times as shown by the passport stamps, speaks Hebrew and I didn't arrive at Ben-Gurion a
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by davidf18 10y ago
I have a good story to tell about El-Al (Israeli) airlines and US Air. I was on a connecting flight on US Air to Newark to take El-Al. The US Air flight left late and arrived late. Israeli security escorted me and 2 other passengers onto
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by davidf18 10y ago
Well, I'm very sorry your employees missed out on visiting NYC. As a NYC resident and as someone who has been to Paris many times, Paris is very nice. But people that come to NYC have a much greater experience. In the past month I me
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by davidf18 10y ago
Actually, the Obama administration allowed United to take over Continental when we already had so few competing airlines in this country as it is, so Obama should be blamed. We need more competition, not less. With the consolidation of air
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by davidf18 10y ago
Thank you for providing the helpful specifics.
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by davidf18 10y ago
Thanks...could you please cite specific examples?
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by davidf18 10y ago
> '"go work somewhere else" is just encouraging those who discriminate, ...' I once heard lawyer Alan Dershowitz, who at age 28 was the youngest full professor in Harvard law history, say that he didn't get one j
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by davidf18 10y ago
Well, many would hire programmers /engineers/ lawyers/ doctors/ professors for competence regardless of race.
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by davidf18 10y ago
Does Google pay more than Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, Oracle, Facebook, ....?
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by davidf18 10y ago
Assuming labor markets are liquid, if the pay gap is true it means either: 1. Women really want to work for Google and take less pay than working at other employers or 2. Women at almost all employers are receiving less money. There were
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by davidf18 10y ago
I was being sarcastic: The pendulum is swinging back the other direction....
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by davidf18 10y ago
> "Self-driving cars, for example, could potentially put 5 million people involved in transportation jobs out of work....." On a work day, NYC subway provides 6 million trips. Think of all of the car drivers it is displacing.
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by davidf18 10y ago
The article discusses surrogacy in the US which is one of the few countries where it is legal. It mentions 3 potential mothers: egg donor, surrogate, and the mother rearing the child. But with today's technology, mitochondrial DNA ca

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