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by gottorf 3y ago
> Many european cars have versions both sedan and wagon. BMW's 3- and 5-series wagons are no longer sold in the US. Audi only has the A4 and A6 Allroad versions. Mercedes-Benz has only the E-class wagon remaining. Volvo, long the ki
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> U.S. GDP is north of $25 trillion and has grown 75% since 2009. Cumulative inflation since 2009 is 42.5%. Real GDP from Q3 2009 to Q3 2023 is up 37.8%[0], and that's with the base effect of 2009 having been a deep recession. And l
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> They just do the approval studies Idea, meet execution.
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> which should have > 100m range. Way more than I need for dog parks, groceries, errands. If that's the range you're looking for, very lightly used (under 20k miles and less than 3 years old) Nissan Leafs can be had for arou
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by gottorf 3y ago
> I've seen this once or twice in the U.S., but only on very large trucks. I wonder if there's some regulatory reason. In very general terms, pickup trucks in Europe (and other countries outside of North America) are used for h
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by gottorf 3y ago
For brand-new trucks, both GM (Chevy/GMC) as well as Ford make half-ton trucks with a regular cab and six-foot bed, which is the closest thing to what your Ranger is and can be optioned with CarPlay. Ram, unfortunately, stopped selling
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> if you're going to talk about extremely verifiable information, like per-capita crime rates in American cities, then you should have your facts straight. To be fair, if his claim is "out of control crime" and you interpr
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> unless you are a broke teenager buying one to try and "look cool and tough Or unless, of course, you're a criminal who is forbidden from legally buying a gun.
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> Taxation can also redistribute land rent, and far more fairly than "mass homeownership" which isn't really a sustainable system anywhere. A Georgist land value tax would do that job admirably, though it will probably nev
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> What is a corporation if not a legal entity designed to launder responsibility? Corporations (and other legal entities used for business) are legal fictions that allow people to pool capital for productive endeavors and yes, with limit
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A small pickup, at least with any kind of ICE, is literally illegal to sell here due to CAFE regulations, which are strangely based on the footprint of the car. An actually small pickup would have to be as fuel-efficient as sedans and small
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by gottorf 3y ago
Has there been any evidence that the long period of ultra-low interest rates we enjoyed resulted in additional productive capacity? It sounds like a lot of it just went to unprofitable SaaS companies and other virtual endeavors, and not so
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Funny, Factorio has the same effect on me.
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> Silicon Valley has a fascism problem. I can imagine that if you see authoritarianism through the lens of the "constrained versus unconstrained" views of human nature a la Sowell, then it makes sense that Silicon Valley, ever
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If it helps, just think of corporations as legal fiction to help organize the business affairs of natural persons that ultimately own the profits and losses (the "beneficial owners"). So every natural human ends up paying taxes, r
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> If my assumption is correct that companies like Klarna are more commonly used by lower income people and we agree that poor people generally face a lot of exploitation I can agree with the former but not the latter. I know someone who
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> Not just chastity but also poverty. Virtually every cultural subgroup in history had their birthrates plummet once they reached a certain amount of wealth. Evidence indicates that if anything, poverty is good for population growth.
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> No tax will prevent this behavior if the final benefit to the owner is high enough. Well, naturally. But a speculative bet that a un-/under-developed piece of land will become vastly more valuable in 30 years looks less and less a
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by gottorf 3y ago
Companies aren't people, but they are started by people, run by people, employ people, and owned by people.
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> except building enough housing for everyone. More specifically, except to allow the building of enough housing, through removing onerous regulation.
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I use the "long-term support" version of any software whenever possible. On Debian, that's the firefox-esr package. I suppose I'm at the age where I no longer desire the bleeding edge.
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> The US medical system is also ludicrously oversubscribed and has insane wait times for lots and lots of routine health things. The number of doctors per capita in the US increased a lot for decades[0], but stalled over the past 10 year
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> GPs don't want to buy into a practice anymore. Why is that?
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> My point is only that value-generators should be rewarded as such, and it's a bit weird that engineers are totally cool with not getting a piece of the pie. Software engineers are some of the best-paid labor in the world with grea
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> The best selling car in America is the F-150 To be fair, F-150 and other pickup truck sales figures are buoyed by fleet purchases. The better figure to cite may be that the average new car transaction is now north of $48k; ten years ag
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On the other hand, employees aren't liable for the company's losses and debts, so it works out in the end.
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> Go to the American south and the Ford vs Chevy vs Dodge is a major identity for a lot of people. You'll see ridiculous bumper stickers like "I'd rather push a Ford than drive a Chevy." or "Ford. Like Chevy but
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> A recent SMBC seems to me to explain it well: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/esteem-2 The bonus panel is hilarious!
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Please tone down the rhetoric if you want to have a productive, rational discussion. It's disappointing to come across comments like yours on HN. > look no further than healthcare for all by every study[0], showing it would SAVE mon
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> the levelized cost of solar in north America is already below that for gas and coal The levelized cost of solar in the US is comparable to combined-cycle gas plants (at around ~$37/MWh) without taking into account the cost of stor

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