gottorf

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1051.
by gottorf 3y ago
> why wouldn't they just cut the cable when it's not in use then? It's dangerous to cut cables if you don't know which are the hot ones, since you run the risk of completing a circuit with the live wire, the scissors,
1052.
by gottorf 3y ago
Why such a needlessly pessimistic view? I think this "paint drip" imagery is a cute way to describe the characteristics of success described therein.
1053.
by gottorf 3y ago
> my main UX gripe with delivery vehicles, which is that they use the same lights for the hazards and turn signals I don't know this for a fact, but it could very well be mandated by vehicle safety standards regulations. Of course,
1054.
by gottorf 3y ago
MH had a truly awful year that year, but it's hard to blame them for MH370 and certainly not for MH17. Besides that, I think their track record is on the better side among global airlines.
1055.
by gottorf 3y ago
Net margins being what they are for US domestic airlines (single-digit percentage on average), the additional resilience will most likely be reflected in higher prices for the consumer. Of course, that may be worth the tradeoff.
1056.
by gottorf 3y ago
It's a lot easier to criticize "the market" when you live in a system that benefits from it. Life is universally worse in places where "the market" doesn't exist or economic actors aren't allowed to profit
1057.
by gottorf 3y ago
What's absurd is the notion that profit is evil, or that there is some set amount of profit above which it is evil. Before its blowout result in 2022, Exxon Mobil (the first company the PBS article points a finger at) lost $20b in one
1058.
by gottorf 3y ago
> 15% average profit is usury by most definitions Usury strictly refers to interest and has no bearing on the profit margin of a risky enterprise that deals in goods and services. If my landscaper spends $5 in gasoline and an hour and a
1059.
by gottorf 3y ago
Every seller needs a buyer for a transaction to happen. For some reason, people are still happy to take 84-month notes on $80k cars instead of sticking to their older car or buying a cheaper one; same with expensive beef, which could be sub
1060.
by gottorf 3y ago
> Inflation with money printing is a round about way of raising taxes it seems. This happens all the time, and it's called debt monetization, when the Fed buys Treasury debt instruments.
1061.
by gottorf 3y ago
> The Fed/Corporations are aligning trying to stop inflation. That's a big claim to make without any evidence. Do you have anything to suggest that big companies in fact are colluding with the Federal Reserve to keep employee s
1062.
by gottorf 3y ago
It's about the same in the US, where being in the trades isn't exactly widely and highly regarded, but it will get you a middle-class lifestyle. The difference is that for the most part it's a lot harder work than an office j
1063.
by gottorf 3y ago
> “elite overproduction” is a major source of cultural instability I'm ambivalent about Turchin's work, but there are corroborating theories on this; see the idea of "change merchants"[0], which posit that as more peo
1064.
by gottorf 3y ago
> The Twitter experience is so devotedly wretched Even the content aside (that you have to wade through), just from a technical perspective the Twitter experience leaves a lot to be desired.