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   by handmodel 6y ago

   Before Covid, I would fly roundtrip from California to Boston 4 or 5 times a year. I almost always flew JetBlue, not because of a program but because it was the cheapest and I like their planes. After an entire year of doing this I had earn
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   Additionally, restricting the functions of nurses, physicians assistants etc in the process. A lot of things that doctors do (because people want doctors and doctors want doctors to be in demand) could be done by nurses with special trainin
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   I know not everyone would agree with me - but I think local governments almost always agree that attracting high earners is good for the city. Not only do they make schools and local government better funded but the raising of prices usuall
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   https://www.empirecenter.org/publications/nycs-high-income-t... "1 percent of New York City residents generated 43 percent of city income taxes" While I am not saying the current rate is fair or perfect, to s
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   I think that it is hard for younger people (especially young affluent people) to get a sense of how big of a problem drugs can be in society. Even prohibition seems crazy now - but it was popular at the time partly because public drunkennes
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   I also doubt that the point of the study was to find out which type of couple had "more" children - even if that is what the news picked up. It is obviously important for population and demographic research to know just how age, t
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   First off, the 86T figure is the yearly GDP of the world whereas the 2T figure for Apple is the value they are worth to shareholders in perpetuity. Not directly comparable. I would say the rise itself isn't logical but that doesn'
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   I chatted with a friend who was in a Harvard class with one of the biology professors funded by Epstein. In like 2015 or so (before Epstein was a huge public deal) someone asked him about it and his response to the class was "What am I
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   by handmodel 6y ago

   While cocaine is illegal and most voters still think it should be illegal, no voters think that calling a cab with an app should be illegal (at least provided the driver is compensated fairly).
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I mean - if no one else comes up with a business now that works well and people enjoy doesn't that prove Uber and Lyft are right in that the platform is valuable and unique? If California lawmakers are using this as negotiating tactic
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I don't get the cynicism either. In the US cigarette usage has gone down tremendously through the decades as laws have gotten more restrictive and advertising more out there. I'm sure I would eat less junk food if it was less acce
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I see it as similar to the land value tax versus property tax. Property taxes (as I would argue) aren't ideal because it discourages people from making improvement to their land. It is good (both for the owner and society) if they impr
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    We always hear about lowering capital gains tax because it stops people from investing in new ideas. I'm sympathetic to this to a degree - and that's why a wealth tax (if implementable) is superior. Instead of being taxed at what
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    How hard would it be though to have a small GPS tracker in the same secured area the money is in? I know there are a few instances of people hauling them off but it doesn't seem that well thought out or any indication this is successfu
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    Yeah. I'm hoping at some point (even if 30 years from now) there is testing for pretty much every flu/cold/etc. I wouldn't be surprised if having an ordinary flu causes future medical problems (or an increase chance of f
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I've always wanted to see a breakdown of Apple's value just based on the apps. For instance, Apple gets 30% of all money Tinder brings in. Tinder has to spend a lot of money on engineers and hosting the app - but Apple has close t
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I'm not 100% sure it is the same phenomenon but growing up in a very cold climate where I had to park my car outside in high school I remember many times getting into the car where a half full Poland Spring plastic water bottle would s
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I'm honestly curious though how volume would make this work. What is the square footage of the largest vertical tower you think could be built for under $1B? And how much would that same land cost you in Nebraska?
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    by handmodel 6y ago

    I'd like to see crop prices listed by expenditures. Something like this: For every $10 of wheat produced it costs - $X for gas for production $X for transportation and packaging $X for human labor $X for machinery $X to buy the land et