gech

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by gech 10y ago
But as a member of the .01% I'd rather only build new infrastructure where I can guarantee only myself and select others will be able to utilize it. I wouldn't want to waste my money on something that might be ended up being used
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by gech 10y ago
Elvis is dead. His music should be free.
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by gech 10y ago
You're not aware or either purposefully ignorant to the power dynamic inherent to the employer/employee situation.
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by gech 10y ago
Business lobbies to prevent enforcement... Also don't forget the revolving door, your dichotomy of politicians vs business is paper thin
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by gech 10y ago
>But we also recognize that it's in the government's interest to maximize the tax we pay, and (ideally) it's in the tax preparers' interest to minimize the tax we pay. I don't buy this at all
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by gech 10y ago
Why should individuals pay the tax? This suppresses demand
127.
by gech 10y ago
So dismissive and ignorant of systemic causes, reduces problems to an individual's "choices". Diagnosis: conservatism.
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by gech 10y ago
>if there are more people than available apartments, prices rise so that >at some point the number of people who can afford to rent becomes >equal to number of apartments available to rent. What about speculators?
129.
by gech 10y ago
The sacred texts don't indicate what is appropriate to do while flying in an airplane?
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by gech 10y ago
Pretty sad though, the loss of authenticity. And the resignation of a comment like this. Also the part about how customers should accept it because of the considerations capital has in starting it up.
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by gech 10y ago
At least the govt is ostensibly about the public good. Anyone else through self interest is suspect. Which gets back to the title of the original post here for this thread...
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by gech 10y ago
If we thought up all the bad things that would happen we wouldn't act at all
133.
by gech 10y ago
>random individuals coming together, learning new things, and working >towards a common goal You gotta be kidding me
134.
by gech 10y ago
Care to respond to the responses to your comment?
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by gech 10y ago
>the non knowledge worker vs knowledge worker divide Nah, we don't need to pit the lower class vs the middle class like you'd like to
136.
by gech 10y ago
No they won't. The losses will be sure to actually "trickle down". Think pension funds
137.
by gech 10y ago
How would one utilize this to game the market?
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by gech 10y ago
What valuation did Bowflex startup seek
139.
by gech 10y ago
I think there are enormous political, financial, social, and technical problems to address with the current nuclear and coal solutions
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by gech 10y ago
Is there a good list of names being kept?
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by gech 10y ago
Now you've got me thinking. I need the right to stream sports events to my deaf friends as I can provide a more sufficient accessibility to them.
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by gech 10y ago
Transparency from business, transparency from govt, is a future we can aim for
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by gech 10y ago
Shame on this comment.
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by gech 10y ago
> the free money It's not free. It's what patriots pay their taxes for.
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by gech 10y ago
Yes
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by gech 10y ago
Can you site the savings consumers have gotten, or guarantee them in the future to the dollar? And will you agree to penalties if the savings aren't seen?
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by gech 10y ago
Religious self-image seems to carry some people in a way that makes them think they are above others. I've seen this across multiple different religions.
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by gech 10y ago
Plus preservatives. Preservatives lead to cancer.
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by gech 10y ago
Good time to shoe in some forced dmca content removal
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by gech 10y ago
Couldn't you put some kind of "snowplow" on the front so it pushes the oncoming detritus away to the sides?

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