good_sir_ant

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by good_sir_ant 6y ago
I always enjoy posts like this. When the comments flow in, you can identify the steadfast obliviousness the urbanites have around how the other 99% of the world approaches work. Just the reactions to a different opinion (which more aligns t
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by good_sir_ant 8y ago
This was a Keynesian idea, and it did not manifest, nor will it manifest. People will only work for leisure if they value leisure. What's changed over the past century is that we have more choice in what that leisure is should we choos
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by good_sir_ant 8y ago
Sure, high pressure. Has nothing to do with the fact that India ranks 136 on the Freedom Index, let alone it's other issues.
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by good_sir_ant 9y ago
Decriminalization of drugs would have to come with a massive restructuring of our social programs. You could get into a lot of trouble by financially supporting people who become addicted beyond their control.
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by good_sir_ant 9y ago
The best 'gaming investment' I ever made was to take 2000 bucks and instead of building a new dynamite pc, I bought one of the best 1080p plasmas you could buy 3 years ago, and a ps4. I haven't looked back. Consoles have come
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Ah, the ample parallels you could draw with this and freedom.
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
The article's main argument is that the ISPs are selling something that doesn't belong to them, but to the consumer. I don't like the idea of my personal information being sold, but how could you state this as fact? Shouldn&#
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Long term though... bans, tarriffs, protections of any kind are all ill conceived. You will absolutely get a boost in wages, but the cost is quite significant. Shortening supply artificially always raises prices, and ends up meaning the sam
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
I've read my share of socio-economic philosophizing, but did anyone else find this a slog to read through?
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Most tech grunts will never admit that the idea of 'central planning', or 'regulations', are flawed beyond benefit, as far as we yet are able to implement them, especially in the 'motherland'. When you we start
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
I understand your viewpoint and from a moral perpective, I agree with it. But how can you assert the US, or western civilization as a whole, is consistent in it's protection of freedom of speech? Your first sentence illustrates that ex
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Very good point, and many don't realize the restrictions we already face, even in the United States.
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
It's really hard to say how our world will look in the coming decades... On one hand, we have all this explosively liberating technology, cheap and powerful, that is changing the way we communicate and share information. On the other h
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Enabling free(er) competition into the medical marketplace for doctors would probably be the single most effective maneuver. That and letting machines begin replacing human doctors...
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Good to know medical licensing is there to ensure our well-being, in addition to streamlining the entire medical marketplace. /s
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
TIL people who claim to be 'smart' on this site (of all sites) thing regulations == solutions. Too cute.
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
Just not the regulators.
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
This isn't a fact set in stone. These are objective observations. It completely depends on the goals of those involved. Even in 'bad' interviews, there is an argument that there's value there. Is efficiency trending upwa
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
I dunno... it's frustrating, but really, you can learn some valuable stuff during those few hours. I have had some interviews that certainly haven't been positive, but they have been instructive or rewarding in some way. Not neces
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by good_sir_ant 10y ago
I dunno... it's frustrating, but really, you can learn some valuable stuff during those few hours. I have had some interviews that certainly haven't been positive, but they have been instructive or rewarding in some way. Not neces