gonvaled

12 ms·

121.
by gonvaled 8y ago
<2,1 children/family not a pyramid
122.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Prices have gone up faster. We consume junk, continuosly. "robbed" because voters accepted capital concentration by accepting that it would trickle down, which is a lie.
123.
by gonvaled 8y ago
In Germany there is no (general) speed limit; accidents are in line with comparable countries with speed limits. I would argue that driving close to the vehicle in front ("close" being a function of speed) is much more dangerous t
124.
by gonvaled 8y ago
You can not use standard cranes, and there are obvious limits: motor power, cable strength, stability of the system with a high center of gravity, ...
125.
by gonvaled 8y ago
I have no issues with income / wealth inequality, per se. But I have some issues as to why that inequality happens. Some important rationales are the following: A) Taxing high income will cause capital / investment flight. B) Weal
126.
by gonvaled 8y ago
> just this morning Walmart stock increased 10% == $26B - 1000x his salary And? You said that Walmart has 2.3m employees. Why do you attribute that stock increase to one of the employees?
127.
by gonvaled 8y ago
You should also consider: 1) The percent of income that those 350 CEOs have of the whole employee's income. And more importantly: 2) The percent of wealth that those 350 CEOs have, compared to the whole US population. And even more imp
128.
by gonvaled 8y ago
But means more work, with web interfaces of varying quality
129.
by gonvaled 8y ago
The router will try to reassign it, usually.
130.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Sad, but hn relevant?
131.
by gonvaled 8y ago
As English speaker you will benefit from learning a foreign language, something few (fewer than in other demographics) English speakers do. Take your pick, but Spanish is a good alternative. There is lots of excellent literature in Spanish,
132.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Usually not needed, since your router will usually try to assign a fixed address for already known devices.
133.
by gonvaled 8y ago
There is another valid reason: if you are one of the 1000 million (and rising) people living in Spanish speaking communities.
134.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Interesting that this happens after Monsanto has been acquired by an EU company. How long have cases like this one been dismissed? Are there any examples of US court rulings against big American companies with comparable foreign competitors
135.
by gonvaled 8y ago
I would not be so sure about that. The reason why you are able to spend those huge amounts is because you are able to print the money while the world keeps on accepting it. The same imbalance that strengthens your hand on trade (the huge tr
136.
by gonvaled 8y ago
I roughly agree with this, but I have a slightly different perspective. You are basically saying: "it could be worse, so we should be happy". What I am saying is: "we could do much better, but the current course of action is
137.
by gonvaled 8y ago
> America doesn’t need your permission to fight for fairer trade deals. We know you do not need permission, and even when you pretend to get it (Irak war), you do it by blatantly lying. You will not sell to the world that your fight is f
138.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Those were the days! That is the kind of leadership we would like from the US. Not only paying lip service, but leading by example: ceding power and transferring it, step by step, to international, independent bodies, as it happened when th
139.
by gonvaled 8y ago
And they would have been justly critizized for that.
140.
by gonvaled 8y ago
The US has been better than the English / Spanish, right. But we are living in a different era: an era of enligntment, democracy and globalization, where multilateralism had a good chance to succeed. The crime of the US is not that it
141.
by gonvaled 8y ago
> Yes. We believe the “American Empire” has been far too altruistic towards other nations and ignored its own people.... We believe that: 1) The US has been extremely egoistical, by more than making up for the losses it has endured on tr
142.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Ask that to the Vietnamese, all central and south america, the Irakies, the Palestinian, the Afgans, ... Edit: heck, ask that to the Americans. Inequality in your homeland is rampant. What you call American Empire is known also by Global
143.
by gonvaled 8y ago
Interesting that this happens after Monsanto has been acquired by an EU company. How long have cases like this one been dismissed? Are there any examples of US court rulings against big American companies with comparable foreign competito
144.
by gonvaled 8y ago
It's also fair that no country controls the world currency, has military supremacy, intervenes politicaly, economicaly and militarily all around the world, and basicaly bullies the rest of the world. A more balanced world would be a be
145.
Tesla to be examined by SEC over Elon Musk's 'funding secured' tweet – report(theguardian.com)
4 points by gonvaled 8y ago|0 comments
146.
by gonvaled 8y ago
What was the profit in 2000?
147.
by gonvaled 8y ago
OT: how did you strike through? Not described in the formatdoc ... [1] [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/formatdoc
148.
by gonvaled 8y ago
He has already called them and terminated the contract. They have just not processed the request. Not paying is a sensible path in this case I would say.
149.
by gonvaled 8y ago
We have legal framework for taxes. Corporations work around it by creating massive costs by paying phoney IP bills to their mother companies. The EU is trying to end these practices, but it is taking time. If the companies were local, it wo
150.
by gonvaled 8y ago
how do you regulate the membrane? does it degrade?

More ›