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by dfilppi 7y ago
Or they could mandate remote work. Or tax companies that require employees to commute when it isnt required by the business/role.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Bad habits die hard
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Being 'gifted' can make you lazy, because you can be. It's a temptation for anyone above average. If you can coast and get praise, why kill yourself? Depends on your underlying personality I guess. This phenomenon is also
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by dfilppi 7y ago
It's remarkable that such a fine institution as the New York Times would publish unsubstantiated allegations that could ruin someones career.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Yeah, they are the chief sources of CO2, which plants are known to be quite fond of.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Next on the docket: turning lead into gold at room temperature.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Empathy is expressed by action, not voting. Voting is a means of imposing your values on those that dont share them. Another flaw is treating all homeless as interchangeable. Circumstances vary and so do people.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Fortunately Galileo didn't follow that strategy
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Overtime without pay is financial debt.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Businesses don't pay taxes, their customers do.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Or put another way, "human IQ test taking ability is declining".
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by dfilppi 7y ago
I'm still puzzled by the meat being transported along packed freeways every day. Other than the segments of the economy that require face to face interaction, it is stupid, wasteful, dangerous and destructive.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Clever and insane are not mutually exclusive. At least he didn't say there would be millions of robo taxis on Mars next year.
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Usually you replace them.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Cool. That would be a good place to stick plastic bags.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
Cool. After all Amazon's product isn't "jobs". It is customer service, and robots are better.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
No Python?
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by dfilppi 7y ago
The core problem is that experts bad predictions are ignored, and they are continue to be consulted. Fundamental flaw in human psychology.
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by dfilppi 7y ago
How many are on the verge of creation?
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by dfilppi 7y ago
There are graduate studies programs shorter than that article.
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Start firing up the chainsaws to mow down the forests for paper plates.
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Or if you are a doctor, lawyer, politician, etc..
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by dfilppi 8y ago
So high income parents with no sick leave don't send their kids?
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Of course there is the fine point that taxation is not voluntary, and that 'ideally' means 'never happens'. The presumption that the government will be 'more ideal' than a philanthropist is silly.
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by dfilppi 8y ago
These polling questions don't typically distinguish between federal and state governments. They ask whether some policy is approved of (usually with the implicit understanding that it will be free to the voter). The author's pro
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by dfilppi 8y ago
IOW, they see some loot to grab.
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Really? How many habitable exoplanets are within 70 light years, and what are the odds of life (let alone super-advanced space pirates) existing on them? Also a little known fact: only energy travels at light speed. So even in the worst
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Dumb statement: "Television and radio signals would long ago have signaled our presence to malevolent space ruffians, he said." There are only 11 known habitable exoplanets within 50 light years that we know of. Assume there are
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Why would they announce that? What strategy is forwarded by announcing it?
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by dfilppi 8y ago
Agreed. Also consider that using taxation as a punitive tool is both immoral and ignores the fact that the government doesn't deserve the resulting revenue.

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