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by ghouse 11y ago
Disagree: Environmentalists (at least here in California) understand that fire has a role in forest management. Parties opposed to that course of action are the homeowners in the forests and portions of the timber industry who would prefe
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Ranked Choice Voting – GOP Chaos Solution(civinomics.com)
1 points by ghouse 11y ago|0 comments
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by ghouse 12y ago
I don't argue that it makes sense. I think it's bad policy. Quit subsidizing. Internalize the externalities. Let the market figure it out. I don't want to subsidize a utility. If I want to subsidize the poor, I'll giv
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by ghouse 12y ago
Worldwide, one in seven deaths is due to cancer; cancer causes more deaths than AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria combined. 8.2 million people a year. Cancer is the second leading cause of death in the US. http://www.cancer.org&#x2
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by ghouse 12y ago
Disposable bag ban wasn't because of a reduction of waste, but a proliferation of trash. We (pretty much all governments world wide) subsidize electricity, so consumers don't see a complete price signal and thus are less sensitive
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by ghouse 12y ago
Well, but it also does not mean that he didn't take anything from me. Generally, the US tax code is designed in such a way that capital begets capital. Put differently, if you make money passively from the money you already have, you p
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by ghouse 12y ago
There is about a 10x difference between the top 5% and top 1%. So, that's sorta far off. And then again a 20x difference between the top 1% and top 0.1%
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by ghouse 12y ago
It works because he has access to two separate networks and can load balance between the two. His neighbors could be using any ISP. So long as his router can also connect to their network, he can load balance between their wireless network
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Utility-scale solar generated 5.0% of California’s electricity in 2014(eia.gov)
2 points by ghouse 12y ago|1 comments
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by ghouse 12y ago
13" MBPr purchased 2013-12 Have never used anything other than damp paper towel on the screen. Have the "stain" near the camera only, so far. Nearly identical to image 14.
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by ghouse 12y ago
A more constructive discussion would be regarding what % cap in rent increases best balances competing interests. Last year in SF rent-controlled housing (muti-unit, built before 1978) had a cap of 1.9%. http://www.sftu.org&#x2F
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by ghouse 12y ago
And Prop 13 creates higher home prices in CA. Both do little to protect their intended target (artists and elderly) both do a lot to protect the non-mobile (and in fact discourage mobility).
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by ghouse 12y ago
And up to 10,000 units in San Francisco are vacant because they think it's unfair. http://kalw.org/post/growing-number-san-francisco-landlords-...
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by ghouse 12y ago
TuneFind - Remote - Approx 20 hrs/week - Front End/Back End Developer We're a four-person company with a music-related site that's loved by tens of thousands of real people and visited millions of times a month. We'
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by ghouse 12y ago
World-wide, in 2010, the IEA calculated that fossil fuel subsidies were $409 _billion_! http://www.iea.org/publications/worldenergyoutlook/resources...
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by ghouse 12y ago
The same could have once been said about Whale Oil.
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by ghouse 12y ago
As if millions of voices suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.
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by ghouse 12y ago
Alt headline: coal plants don't have operating flexibility to reduce output, driving prices negative momentarily.
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by ghouse 12y ago
Perhaps the US tax code should stop subsidizing corn syrup and other processed food inputs. As it is now, the tax payers pay twice -- once for the subsidy, and then again for healthcare.
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Bankers, not borrowers, caused the Global Financial Crisis(salon.com)
12 points by ghouse 12y ago|2 comments
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How Much House You Can Buy, In 385 U.S. Cities(npr.org)
4 points by ghouse 12y ago|1 comments
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by ghouse 12y ago
tl;dr: the optimum solution is not found in the extremes
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by ghouse 12y ago
Quit subsidizing sprawl?
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by ghouse 12y ago
Wind and solar power are commonly thought to be very expensive -- more expensive than conventional thermal fuel sources for generating electricity. And that's true in areas where there is little sun, or little wind. Though, in windy a
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by ghouse 12y ago
We're in surprising company: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use_of_capital_punishment_by_co... Studies* show that it doesn't deter crime and isn't cost-effective. What's our rationale?
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by ghouse 12y ago
> A lot of the buyers right now ... [are] newly minted Chinese millionaires. Can you provide data or cite a source to substantiate that claim? I live in SF and the data I've seen suggests it's < 2% (by property count, not do
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by ghouse 12y ago
The "Tax Dodging" isn't necessarily the fault of the companies, but of The Congress for creating the laws which permit such actions.
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by ghouse 12y ago
All songs are user submitted. Send me a note from http://www.tunefind.com/contact and we can discuss.
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by ghouse 12y ago
TuneFind -- http://www.tunefind.com/ Trailing Month, Google Analytics: 1.9 MM sessions, 1.2 MM users, 8.3 MM pageviews Age - 9 years. Database of ~60k song appearances in TV and movies. Great SEO -- Google search for "
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by ghouse 13y ago
They can be this easy, but companies like Intuit lobby (successfully so far) against it

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