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by daydream 18y ago
Anyone ever read "A Canticle for Lebowitz"? I recently recently discovered it and am very intrigued.
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by daydream 18y ago
A world without Twin Reverbs, SVT's, tubs mic pres, and the like is one I wouldn't like to live in. (Marshalls, on the other than, I care not for...) Heck, even germanium transistors are being put to good use for audio nowadays. This is a
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by daydream 18y ago
You're right that there's not much money to be made - the cost is in the distribution. There are companies here in the US (such as Boston Organics) that provide this service, but the higher cost of labor/transportation (gas and refrigerate
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by daydream 18y ago
Of course there are alternatives to capitalism. Or, more accurately, there will be something that will succeed it, sometime in the future. If history has taught anyone anything, it should be that civilizations are not static. I very serio
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by daydream 18y ago
Played bass guitar for 8 years, and also have done a ton of audio recording and engineering - recording bands live and in the studio, wore a bunch of different hats on film and video projects, and did audio for some high-profile art install
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by daydream 18y ago
How is something universally practiced (as is fractional reserver banking) not sound finance? The current crisis was not brought on by retail/commercial banks. It was caused by investment banks using way to much leverage, and trading compl
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by daydream 18y ago
Bank loans (among other things) certainly do come from deposits. In fact, it says so right on the page you linked: "Banks borrow funds from their depositors (those with savings) and in turn lend those funds to the banks’ borrowers (those i
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by daydream 18y ago
"But this is a strange thing to have settled on: It is the lenders' responsibility to make sure that their customers can afford repayment. " I don't think it's strange at all. The lender is the one that assumes the risk that it may not g