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Ask HN: LeetCode Repo with Problems and Tests?
4 points by fr11 3y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: Search what you've seen on the web before
4 points by fr11 4y ago|3 comments
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by fr11 6y ago
Prohibition did deliver many public benefits. Not to argue that it was the right choice, but it's worth noting that the research on lockdowns is all being done fast, in the middle of it, and should be taken with some salt. Yes, we have
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by fr11 6y ago
twenty years ago it was common to make this argument about investment banking. I know a bunch of people who went into investment banking, claiming to intend to quit after a decade. A few did, but most did not. The problem seems to be that h
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by fr11 6y ago
A lot of folks, including Nathan Robinson, seem to have a weird idea that proponents of capitalism think that it creates freedom. I think a more accurate way of thinking about it is that freedom creates capitalism. Black markets are a sign
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by fr11 6y ago
Those are definitely things that helped build this country, but one of them - massive brain drain from developing countries - (and by the way, you missed from Soviet countries) - is based on the fact that there's something appealing ab
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by fr11 6y ago
an individual stupid person does not matter. A large enough mass of stupid people can overturn nearly anything. It seems likely that this time, the mass of people who've decided that Trump won won't be large enough to effect the c
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by fr11 6y ago
Not the original poster, but for me, because our political system is broken and we can never seem to do the hard part, so we shouldn't do the part that makes the system worse unless we can do the hard part that makes it better first.
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by fr11 6y ago
I think we all lose, if we do decide to pay for this entirely through taxing the rich. We (further) lose social trust between the rich and the rest of us, and we (further) lose the sense that we're all in this together, and we encourag
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by fr11 6y ago
This is true, but misses the main point for how to determine whether the government providing money is better than not: positive externalities. As an example, we all benefit hugely from the existence of an EMS (911, ambulances, emergency ro
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by fr11 6y ago
I think there's more potential to convince the right wing and the center of UBI than student loan forgiveness. Certainly I think we're making a better society if we are able to do so. The problem with the UBI is that a livable UBI
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by fr11 6y ago
Plus - forgiving student loan debt, or, worse, Free College for All, would only incentivize colleges making college more expensive. College is already too expensive - it's literally ten times more expensive than it was 50 years ago, fo
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by fr11 6y ago
Yes, because there are more important problems to solve does mean we should ignore this one. That's literally the point of prioritizing - budgeting is based on recognizing that there are limits to reality - limits to how much money we
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by fr11 6y ago
A good compromise here would be to allow bankruptcy on student loans. Those who need it can take advtange of that choice, while those for whom student loans provided a significant benefit can continue to pay them back.
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by fr11 6y ago
Landlords provide benefits: renting a property means getting somewhere to live without being responsible for major systems if they break. Just because some landlords don't do a great job of maintenance doesn't change the fact that
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by fr11 11y ago
SENS, first. Then maybe human gut microbiota and their links to allergies, digestive problems, and mental health.
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by fr11 11y ago
This is a common meme, that your insurance might not pay for a procedure if you do something against medical advice. I've had a number of doctors claim it. It's false, thankfully. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news&#x
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by fr11 12y ago
Your assumption that vaccination is binary is wrong. And your last question, you don't seem to care or know about immunocompromised people. So: - vaccination isn't perfect in preventing diseases - some people who get vaccinated ar
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by fr11 12y ago
In the situation of the 10 year vest, he pays attention to the feelings of unfairness that other employees pay attention to, but ignores the feelings of fairness that other employees will also pay attention to (hey, that guy left and didn&#
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by fr11 12y ago
Is there a Dealing-With-Ryanair-As-A-Service company out there? It would be hilarious for someone to figure out all the tricks of Ryanair and then offer, for €5 or something, that they will make the plane reservation and text you the moment
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Ask HN: Pull-based work location/schedule status
2 points by fr11 12y ago|1 comments
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by fr11 12y ago
there's a reason it doesn't enter economists heads. Let me just respond to this: the basic income was in large part created by Milton Friedman, under the title 'Negative Income Tax'. The rest of your post is similarly