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by flubert 10y ago
Hmm. I wonder if there could be some societal change 20 years ago that could have an effect? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_Responsibility_and_Wo...
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by flubert 10y ago
>automation will potentially destroy the livelihood of a lot of people before they are able to re-adjust to a new economic reality. ...only if solar powered Santa Claus machines don't come along first I suppose... https:/&#x2F
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by flubert 10y ago
>Those two are supposed to be the same side. How is it different from how "Progressive" and "Classically Liberal/Libertarian" are pretty much opposites?
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by flubert 10y ago
What if more people read "Games People Play" by Eric Berne? http://www.ericberne.com/games-people-play/
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by flubert 11y ago
Here are some options for you from 9 different states: $64/mo: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/504-1st-St-Rolfe-IA-50581/... $142/mo: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/288-Gilly-
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by flubert 11y ago
If you can swing the $53/month mortgage, you might like to take a look at: http://www.zillow.com/homedetails/11451-Lansdowne-St-Detroit... ...looks like a nice neighborhood, and the inside seems we'll maintai
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by flubert 11y ago
>My wife and I pull in just under $100k together, and we can't even (comfortably) afford a home. You may not be able to afford a house in the area you want, but you can certainly afford a home. Here's one with a mortgage for $
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by flubert 11y ago
I see the word "unfair" has been used at least 11 times in this HN discussion so far. I can somewhat understand the sentiment, but I can't also help but wonder if it could ever be unfair that the density of ruthenium is 12.2
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by flubert 11y ago
Not that anyone is going to be convinced of anything here, but... Car: $11,600 http://bellingham.craigslist.org/cto/5494584275.html Taxes/tags: $1,500 Gas: $150/mo (100,000 miles @ 25mi/gal @ $2.50 gal o
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by flubert 11y ago
Interesting. Thanks!
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by flubert 11y ago
It looks like you switched to using an affiliate tag to promote that book. Can you share with us what the earnings are from a typical link on HN? https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Anews.ycombinator.com+...
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by flubert 11y ago
Thanks. Are there any signs you'd recommend that we watch for in respect to decline-of-empire and Gothic invasion and immigration, in order to see if the U.S. is following along a similar path? Or is that the preferred outcome?
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by flubert 11y ago
What is your favorite historical example of a long-lasting multi-ethnic society?
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by flubert 11y ago
It boggles my mind when people assume that their pet ideas should be everyone's. Patience was a virtue. In a couple hundred years time people will be able to do that without having to "leverage the entire world economy".
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by flubert 11y ago
Why would you ask a weird question, instead of a normal question that relates to the current topic being discuss by the other member of the party?
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by flubert 11y ago
Well we can look at it in one of two ways. You can look at a situation, and ask for all of the options, and their costs and benefits. So that when someone asks "why didn't you do this" or "what if we did such-and-such&
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by flubert 11y ago
Interesting perspective, I hadn't thought of it that way. I was thinking the opposite, and we wouldn't be having a conversation, because Apple would have already complied.
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by flubert 11y ago
What if the phone belonged to an abortion clinic bomber?
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by flubert 11y ago
Anyone know more about Cuba's $20 a month maximum wage? https://www.google.com/search?q=cuba+maximum+wage
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by flubert 11y ago
It does seem like that wording could potentially cut two ways though. "We're the good-old-boys network, and if we like you, we will show you the secret handshake to get into the club, and our club has made-men in the investor and
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by flubert 11y ago
>Here, the price of gas has gone up by 6,000%. That's a lot! Except that in absolute terms, the price has gone from $0.02/gallon to $0.11/gallon ...It looks like you are missing a factor of 10. 6000% is 60x, so as near as
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by flubert 11y ago
>No matter how one goes about it, the proof of this theorem is nontrivial. ...I'm going to guess he really means: "No matter how one goes about it, this proof of the theorem is nontrivial." ...and not... "No matter
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by flubert 11y ago
Maybe you guys are both correct? In that PACs aren't donating to the campaign, but are advertising on the candidates behalf. Anyway you can get the raw data at: http://www.fec.gov/data/IndependentExpenditure.do?f
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by flubert 11y ago
I wonder if you'd enjoy: THE MYTH OF THE RULE OF LAW http://faculty.msb.edu/hasnasj/GTWebSite/MythWeb.htm ...and... HAYEK, THE COMMON LAW, AND FLUID DRIVE http://www.law.nyu.edu/sites/def
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by flubert 11y ago
You may also enjoy: http://thelastpsychiatrist.com/2008/09/either_conservatives_...
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by flubert 11y ago
No True Scotsman? http://progressive.org/news/2013/03/181214/hugo-chavez%E2%80... http://www.counterpunch.org/2015/03/02/the-legacy-of-hugo-ch... http://abcnews
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by flubert 11y ago
Is there a good way to quantify that?
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by flubert 11y ago
>The rate of college attendance and graduation increased dramatically with the introduction of state universities Could you clarify this statement? It seems like you could be saying the state universities are a relatively recent phenome
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by flubert 11y ago
>IMO the right solution is to get the government involved in distributing certain goods, not just handing out money to buy them. The state could guarantee free housing, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_housing_in
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by flubert 11y ago
Rates of homelessness: US: 633782 / 314000000 => 202 homeless per 100,000 Finland: 7877 / 5363000 => 147 homeless per 100,000 Based off of numbers from (YMMV): http://www.housingfirst.fi/en/housing_first

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