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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Unfortunately when minimum wage and mandatory benefit policies are implemented along the lines of this kind of thinking the reality is that sure, high visibility efficient and scaled businesses like McDonalds and Starbucks can afford to pay
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Violence is the force behind all government regulation. If you do not choose to comply, law enforcement will make you do so at gunpoint. In every society, no matter how progressive, the specter of violence is inescapable since there is no o
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Lacking evidence for state-control, the most you could deductively claim is that there is ideological alignment and existing friendships with openly partisan pundits. A more appropriate label would be cronyism. As an exercise in objective l
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Regulatory capture of facial recognition technology might be a successful tactic - it certainly worked in Oracle's favor with government certified databases.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The US in WW2 and Vietnam used binoculars and radio to make decisions on general areas that should be Napalm firebombed because that happened to be the most accurate technology available for sensing, communicating, and striking. We've
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Not really - the vast majority of people who engage in this behavior do not notify the airline that they aren't showing up. The pool of standbys for the average flight is typically tiny or non-existent, and it's practically imposs
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Jim Cramer was self-admittedly very left-leaning while he was editor of the Crimson in college. His current philosophy is that whatever increases commercial activity is good - so he does comment on company values in terms of how it affects
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
I think it is reasonable to assume that the number of innocent people that the military is intentionally trying to kill is less than the number of innocent people accidentally killed by imprecise munitions, miscommunication, lack of verific
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Meanwhile, the software companies capable of fixing these issues face internal revolt at the idea of defense contracts. Apparently inaccurate targeting systems and vulnerable firmware in equipment that is going to deployed (regardless of pr
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
So why did we need to pass GDPR and Net Neutrality? The issues they were intended to address also had theoretical solutions in "write more software and start more competitors".
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Whether you think it's for better or worse, how is independence from global governance moving the world away from freedom? Is diluting your vote on your nation's policies to include the rest of the world a necessary cost for havin
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The minimum wage has exactly the same effect on labor as the carbon tax has on the energy industry. There are winners and there are losers. But generally, when the government decides, there is deadweight loss in efficiency.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Nothing Facebook or Cambridge Analytica did regarding user data was illegal. Please clarify how the matter of legality determines whether a Congressional hearing is unwarranted, or undemocratic.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Sometimes there is no reason. That might just be symptoms of gradual neuronal failure. It’s unlikely that the sensation of dying significantly increases or decreases the likelihood of passing on one’s lineage, except maybe imparting a peace
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Seattle ends up spending more than 3x its per mile project cost estimates, estimates that are already much higher than what other US cities actually spent to fully build similar projects. The tunnel, the Pioneer Square streetcar failure, th
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Chomsky is already speaking out about how Russia scapegoating is promoting undue faith in intelligence agencies and distracting Americans from actual policy issues.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
If roofing job advertisers are forced to spend half of their budget on a demographic that objectively clicks through at a drastically lower rate, they will have to spend 2X more money to reach the same number of workers that they used to re
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
If formalwear of the future is to consist of multiple popular styles, and not just the western suit, then we shouldn't discourage people from trying clothing from other cultures.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The media has defended the EU lately at the expense of coverage of flaws or critiques. Compare the volume of coverage for the positively received GDPR regulation compared to the coverage of negatively received Article 11 & 13. Both in t
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Accidental regulatory capture seems to be more common than nefarious intentional corruption when it comes to policy reinforcing monopolies. History is littered with examples of well-intentioned policies backfiring. The rat pelt bounty in Fr
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
One of the main draws of the mobile apps are the discount coupons. At McDonalds you can get many of their sandwiches for $1 using the mobile checkout coupon, including the Fish Filet and Big Mac. I've been using it pretty regularly rec
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
You can get many of their sandwiches for $1 using the mobile checkout coupon, including the Fish Filet and Big Mac. I've been using it pretty regularly recently.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The parent comment seems to be emphasizing the point that bureaucrats who have never met/interviewed the students shouldn't be the ones deciding which students have the potential to develop positive people skills. Their alleged le
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
The file metadata and IP address geocoding that is used to identify "Russian hackers" in these stories is trivially easy to spoof with scripts, VPNs, and basic computer settings. The fact that it's being used as headline-wort
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Is it infinitely easier? Google tried and failed to make a Facebook competitor too.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
American expansion was "bad news" for the continent's bison. But that was a net positive for the nation in the long run, as it allowed the US to become a more self-sufficient country. Developing countries shouldn't be di
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Full ride for all students is extraordinarily expensive. This project is probably not compatible with some ulterior plan to significantly increase class sizes. If anything, this will add pressure to shrink class sizes.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
It will be paid for in the form of reduced class size growth and its endowment funded by billionaire alums - maybe they are betting on future alum donations as well. Unclear if that's sustainable.
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Improved military technology in the area of sensors, precision, and communications (what Google was working on) actually reduces collateral damage and civilian deaths in ops that are going to happen regardless of hand-wringing. Imagine how
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by drak0n1c 8y ago
Improved US Military Tech (sensors, communications, precision) can translate into less collateral damage in operations. These ops have been conducted under every president and will continue happening under future presidents, unless we go fu

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