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by forensic 15y ago
If you're unable to identify with those people, then you lack perspective as well. Having perspective includes the perspectives of the top 1% as well as the perspectives as the bottom 99%.
422.
by forensic 15y ago
Banks do create money using the fractional reserve system. The majority of money in the economy was created by banks other than the Federal Reserve. This is a simple fact. They also create money through loans, mainly mortgages. They loan ou
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by forensic 15y ago
Would it be illegal to sell firmware that uses more spectrum and boosts wifi speeds? I'm just wondering how hard it would be to jailbreak WiFi.
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by forensic 15y ago
It's impossible for me to have perfect information, or even relatively accurate information about the working conditions of the people who made my stuff. Also since working conditions are subjective value judgements, I can't even objectivel
425.
by forensic 15y ago
Because businesses by their nature are generally serving the middle class, but the money is concentrated among the top .01%. This leads to big valuations and relatively low revenues. As wealth continues to concentrate at the top of society
426.
by forensic 15y ago
Was exaggerating. Point is that SV != SF.
427.
by forensic 15y ago
Well, someone needs to be friends with NK. I don't think China leaning on NK could really help there. NK would just get more isolated. The solution to North Korea is to stop scaring them so that they will come out of their shell a bit.
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by forensic 15y ago
We can't save the world. Even if our entire country voted for it, we could not save the Chinese from their own policies. They are adults living in a sovereign nation; they are responsible for their own working conditions. I'm not going to f
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by forensic 15y ago
It's not the same level of challenge as eBay and Paypal. Are Nigerians going to buy houses in SF so they can pretend to have them robbed? eBay and Paypal's #1 way of avoiding fraud is by validating physical addresses. AirBnB has this built
430.
by forensic 15y ago
Nobody lives or works in San Franciso. Silicon Valley is not SF. The Bay Area is this big sprawling suburb that is a pain in the ass to get around in.
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by forensic 15y ago
14 of whom were executed: unbelievable.
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by forensic 15y ago
Everyone in the world has needs for sex and romance. Some people have their needs unfulfilled or repressed, and they suffer for it. Sex is one of the most basic biological needs, and romantic intimacy (which is a part of good sex) is crucia
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by forensic 15y ago
You're right. The issue is that for a woman to pick up one of these nerds she would have to be unusually aggressive in pursuing the nerd-genius and yet also unusually submissive since the nerd-genius (like any great artist) would have stran
434.
by forensic 15y ago
The only thing he's missing out on is romance and sex. His occupation and lifestyle appears to satisfy all the other typical human needs. Taking a DSM perspective is not the most enlightening perspective. The sex thing is a big problem. In
435.
by forensic 15y ago
I've seen the video and the context is clear. He's talking about reducing the population growth by 10-15%. Why is this bad? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WQtRI7A064 I've heard Alex Jones. I don't see any evidence that the Bilderberger m
436.
by forensic 15y ago
Have any evidence to support this Alex Jones drivel? Bill Gates has done more for the poor than all the conspiracy theorists in the world combined.
437.
by forensic 15y ago
Joe the Plumber meet Bob the Camper? Trivializing money by referring to it as "just numbers in a bank" is surreal. Those numbers in a bank are the #1 determinant of whether you will do things like: eat, have a roof over your head, or pass o
438.
by forensic 15y ago
Hotmail ruined its reputation in a few ways, but the primary way was how they would embed advertisements in your emails. So if you receive an email from an @hotmail person, you also receive a cute little ad!
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by forensic 15y ago
You can find cynical explanation for every act of altruism if you want to. Bottom line is there were plenty of powerful British idealists and humanists with a vision for the world who acted to help the colonies at Imperial expense.
440.
by forensic 15y ago
His treatment of the bengals was worse. Nevertheless my point stands
441.
by forensic 15y ago
The difference is that the British, instead of killing the "lower races", sought to reform them with what history indicates was a genuine sense of altruism among British Empire-builders. Hitler put the minorities in gas chambers. England in
442.
by forensic 15y ago
When it comes to world-spanning Empires, the British were one of the more benevolent -- and this especially applies for India. It's worth noting that the most powerful British Empire builders like Cecil Rhodes were planning for Indian swara
443.
by forensic 15y ago
I don't understand your point This article was about Canada
444.
by forensic 15y ago
The local government is funded by taxpayers. The ISP can charge whatever they want... unless we decide to break up their monopoly.
445.
by forensic 15y ago
Instinct is by definition inherited genetically. All experts in this field agree that humans inherit behaviour genetically. For example, the rooting reflex.
446.
by forensic 15y ago
Monopolies are bad. The infrastructure was paid for by taxpayers. Your libertarian logic does not apply here.
447.
by forensic 15y ago
I'm responding to the moral outrage of the original post about how SV is too concerned with making money and running businesses, and not concerned enough about the author's pet charities. I'm not against charity work -- I'm against other pe
448.
by forensic 15y ago
China is #2 in 1990 the USSR was #2 The GDP ranking is not how you determine this
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by forensic 15y ago
"Emerging market" is a euphemism for "developing country" which is a euphemism for "third world" Brazil is technically part of the 3rd world. I enjoy visiting poor countries as much as the next guy. But I don't want to raise my kids there o
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by forensic 15y ago
This author sounds to me like she wants Silicon Valley to entertain her. She sees the valley not as a normal participant in the Western economy, but rather as some kind of vehicle for the creation of her utopia. If you're going to condemn p

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