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by hammock 1mo ago
You may be surprised to learn that the US corporate tax (yes, that one, the main one we already have and everyone pays) was originally introduced in 1909 specifically as an antitrust measure, to clip the wings of US Steel and Standard Oil.
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by hammock 1mo ago
Great question. The adtech is what rigs the auctions for their moneymaker, the ads. If they no longer own the adtech then their ad revenue suffers greatly.
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by hammock 1mo ago
What can’t be solved with legislation?
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by hammock 1mo ago
Can’t phone cameras pick up IR?
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by hammock 1mo ago
Same here, first time I had balut in Vietnam it unlocked some kind of primal level in me I didn’t know I had.
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by hammock 1mo ago
Interestingly, the US has ADDED a glacier in the last 30 years, that of Mount St Helens, which was able to form after the explosion in 1980. It is the youngest glacier on earth
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by hammock 1mo ago
Beautiful comment. Thank you for sharing
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by hammock 1mo ago
Exactly. Think how much more efficient our government could be if we had one centrally planned government instead of 50 sovereign states. Sometimes I wish I could move to the USSR.
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by hammock 1mo ago
It makes sense when you consider that the CAA is legal under the interstate commerce clause. We have state regulations that could solve this if they wanted to.
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by hammock 1mo ago
I don’t know much about this, but are you considering “material support or resources” the same thing as speech?
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by hammock 1mo ago
Isn’t that the whole definition of “executive branch”? They are given (by we the people) the power to choose how to execute the laws. And we elect them. The alternatives I can think of are for laws to be executed at the whim of an algorithm
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by hammock 1mo ago
Except cooking food and hospitality are two totally different things
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by hammock 1mo ago
Yes thanks. Call your dogs off Philip
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by hammock 1mo ago
Is there an essay from a tech leader than HASN’T rubbed anyone the wrong way, in some time? Eric Schmidt, Dario Amodei, Palmer Luckey, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, etc etc they all seem one or the other of out of touch or unlikable or unable to c
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by hammock 1mo ago
> I really think this is overstated. So far everything is pointing towards AI accelerating climate change. Ok but if we sprint the Delorean towards the brick wall as fast as possible we might be able to hit 88mph just in time to save our
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by hammock 1mo ago
That’s funny. When there recently, I had a woman put the cc machine back in my face with a pouty look after I had plugged in 10%. She was non-Swiss herself though and I read it as trying to take advantage of a tourist
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by hammock 1mo ago
I also tip 10% in Europe unless I see a table/service charge added, and I will gladly stop if you say so
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by hammock 1mo ago
> I meant "solely from tips", obviously. That was not obvious. Nor is that a common practice
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by hammock 1mo ago
Easily attributed less to Gini coefficient and more to the difference between a Western European approach to hospitality (structured management, technical precision and formal) and a Mediterranean one (warmth, relational connection, informa
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by hammock 1mo ago
I would rather have to tip, than lower my standard of living like that
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by hammock 1mo ago
Typically fear or sadness (not making this up, this is how it’s taught in psychology)
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by hammock 1mo ago
Selling certainty is one of the oldest and the most consistently profitable industries in the world. We call it insurance
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by hammock 1mo ago
There is a book called “Reading Like A Writer” by Francine Prose that really helped me form a greater appreciation for reading and richness out of doing it.
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by hammock 2mo ago
How do you typically react when right wingers make similar comments about what they see as overreaching government?
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by hammock 2mo ago
It happens and I’ve seen it many times. But it’s only worthwhile at the C-suite level or equivalent. Perhaps the most common is to “promote” a CEO to vice chairman of the board.
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by hammock 2mo ago
There is a lamp called Fartyg
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by hammock 2mo ago
The same protection against solar storms (which does nothing against cosmic rays) WILL also protect against exposure to the Van Allen belts. Remember the van allen belt radiation is what spawned a lot of fake moon landing theories that sugg
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by hammock 2mo ago
They serve different purposes, yes. If you think you may be sick the CDC is usually not the first place to go
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by hammock 2mo ago
100%. CDC is not a replacement for a trusted doctor
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by hammock 2mo ago
CDC recommendation is more interested in preventing antibiotic resistance than in preventing Lyme disease for the patient. Obey CDC at your own risk

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