epicureanideal

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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Because in a well organized society where wealth accumulation is not by corruption, then by definition it would be by creating value, which benefits everyone. The alternative is something like oligarchs that extract wealth because of state
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Society would be better if we could, and we would all benefit. Looking at what the growth trajectories are of countries with high corruption, it’s not great, so our growth is probably still reduced by the corruption or lawlessness that stil
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Exactly. It’s the cleanliness and safety issues in US public transit that makes people avoid it. Fix that and more people will use it.
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Anything to get more clueless corporate management losers out of industry.
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Are there any natural sources of this substance? Any expected side effects, like cancer or something?
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
“With unfettered immigration...” Or use well paid skilled labor and machines?
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
Very informative, thank you!
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
> That they haven't done that is one more indicator that they are thoughtlessly winging this. Devils advocate argument could be that they needed to do this immediately and could not take the time to stockpile.
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
> American labor is low quality and high cost. That is the opposite of my experience with software engineers, and my observation of the work ethic of most Americans in a variety of professions makes me think the opposite is true in prett
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
But didn't we have business card template programs, and even free suggested business card designs from the companies that sell business cards, almost immediately after they opened for business on the internet?
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
> We could actually just pay more money to public governmental employees When their pensions are taken into account, government employees are ridiculously overcompensated already. They’re basically minor nobility at this point.
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
> Field of Dreams This movie probably caused double or triple digit millions of wasted investments by small business owners when it put the wrong idea in to their head.
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by epicureanideal 1y ago
> What helps is remembering that absolutely nobody gives a shit about the code or the architecture. Nobody. If there is no competition, money is nearly free, and you have all the time in the world, sure. If any of those isn't true,
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Why is there a segment of the population that wants to live in poverty and squalor? How much pollution is okay? Why not argue for efficiency standards rather than bans? Everything could be said to “harm people”. Banning travel could make
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
People drive to work anyway. A vacation or two every year is probably not even a double digit percent of a person’s total fossil fuel usage, and gives them a lot of happiness and reason to work and do things that are good for society. Also
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Looks like a much more pleasant alternative to something like comic sans. Friendly without being completely unserious.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
I assume you’ve read or watched the Secret History of Silicon Valley?
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
> the enshittification cycle is just that, a predictable cycle. We will continue not to "have nice things" until more people are willing to pay for high quality services.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Sounds like those places aren't actually cheaper, and we're just "getting what we are paying for" in terms of lower quality for lower prices.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Is this part of an "eat bugs" marketing push? "Bugs are just miniature lobsters". If anything, makes me not want to eat crustaceans.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
> It is a sign of the times when I think huh, climate.gov… is that a reputable source? Some have been wondering that for years already.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Let's hope this improves rapidly every year and can become a convenient, inexpensive temporary replacement in a few decades. I wonder what the progress curve will look like. This time it's 100 days, next year will it be 110 or 200
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
We should run our economy in the way that has the best long term outcome, which is likely with plenty of competition rather than monopolies. If other countries are doing something to advantage themselves relative to that, there’s tariffs or
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
So if we vote for a single payer healthcare system, we get a back door for government tyranny over every little aspect of our lives that they decide is bad for us, including as the science shifts? Don’t eat eggs or you lose your coverage,
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
It would be great if they also asked people why they did or didn’t read a book in the last year, so we could have more insight.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
What are the numbers for other countries? What are some possible causes?
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
> The working class in America (specifically the lower segment) is surprisingly opposed to social protections Probably because we stopped distinguishing between the hard working poor and the indolent poor, among other reasons. Nobody tru
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
> It would be great if everyone could be wealthy enough to buy all their necessities and never worry about money, but that's a pipe dream. Easily possible if we fix zoning laws, encourage building more homes, and reduce regulatory c
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Seems like they’re mostly accomplishing the opposite these days.
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by epicureanideal 2y ago
Another article on the front page is discussing the capabilities of AI for coding. I wonder, given a 500 line problem, can any of the current cutting edge AIs make the code obviously, dramatically better? How far can they go?

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