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by holograham 12y ago
> Only when being installed. When operating, the true cost per passenger mile is much lower than for interstate highways and cars. It's best to avoid misleading economic comparisons. Installation costs would be included in your cost
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by holograham 12y ago
A couple of points the author misses IMO: 1. High speed rail is an order of magnitude more expensive than interstate highways. The cost effectiveness of the mass moving people via train vs. via highways (buses, carpool lanes included) is st
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by holograham 12y ago
A very interesting list to say the least. The major component of the mega-corp money saving justification is the consolidation of overhead functions. e.g. finance, payroll, HR, media At tiny companies, these tasks are either outsourced or d
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by holograham 12y ago
An interesting take-away from this article is how good military software was back in the day -- to think a system developed in the 60's was re-purposed 30 years later to track and intercept smaller objects traveling 2.5 times faster is
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by holograham 12y ago
I think most people on HN agree that employees should be paid proportional to the value they create. In fact that is an underlying reason many folks choose to work for (or start) a startup for equity rather than a big company for a salary
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by holograham 12y ago
How are these customers not free to select their supplier? If you dont like the new owner then you can switch to another service provider. Suppliers switch ALL THE TIME in the free market and consumers are none-the-wiser. Consumers care abo
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by holograham 13y ago
what is counter intuitive about the defense industry is that the development of new weapons like this (and the other weapons you have mentioned) have actually increased peace in the world. Certainly not the ONLY reason to be fair. A great b
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by holograham 13y ago
Everyone loves to cite Hedge Funds. I am no hedge fund expert but you mention a few benefits that they do provide...liquidity and information aggregating (which has derivatives such as market signalling) are very much benefits to society. W
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by holograham 13y ago
You are taking that second quote out of context. My next statement is agreeing that there are industries (like banking) that have a very obvious lack of competition. My next point was that lack of competition is enabled by government and no
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by holograham 13y ago
this isnt new news. This has been brought up before. They question really should be "is this bad?" I have yet to see a compelling argument on why income disparity is bad. Unless you are stealing, scamming, or otherwise breaking th
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by holograham 13y ago
This wasnt across an industry...this was between two companies...apple and google. Even still your analogy is still wrong...you are talking about banana consumers (which inherently will always go for the cheapest banana products that satisf
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by holograham 13y ago
collusion is absolutely consistent with free markets. Companies make deals ALL the time. Getting lower rates for supplies, fencing off markets, agreeing to not litigate, etc. Looking at it another way...these companies are trying to keep th
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That thing looks like hardware, but it’s software now(radar.oreilly.com)
4 points by holograham 13y ago|0 comments
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by holograham 13y ago
This is a much more complicated issue than the author of this post grasps. Trader Joes are built for upper middle class clientele not the poor. The food is not very cheap although healthier. That said the subsidy doesnt make sense unless th
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by holograham 13y ago
There are a lot of misconceptions with what "free-trade" means in our current form. The US does not have anywhere close to free-trade (and hasnt for a long long time). The author is correct on the main premise that trade treaties
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by holograham 13y ago
terrible article here Dangerous missiles? - these are defense oriented missiles aka to prevent being attacked 13B contracts are almost never (if ever) executed in one year. That is total contract value and likely spread over years if not a
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by holograham 13y ago
Electronics such as the cell phone have become integral parts of consumer's lives. Fact is you are at a severe disadvantage in modern society without them. Are they food and shelter necessary? No. But as a society we are hoping to move
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by holograham 13y ago
I assume this question is to bait me into a debate about equal opportunity, discrimination, and wealthy privilege. I do not contend that there aren't issues to solve in these arenas. So for the simple economic answer: Poor people are p
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by holograham 13y ago
how does it not apply for inheritances? That money that was inherited came from delivering a good or service in a voluntary exchange. Just because the money was passed down a generation doesnt mean that money was acquired any different way.
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by holograham 13y ago
> Wealth is built by extracting that wealth from a shared economy. This is wrong. First wealth is not extracted from people...it is created from a voluntary exchange. Think about why people handed over money to the "wealthy" in
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by holograham 13y ago
As with most policies...sounds great on paper. Let's think about implementation.... 1. Who runs this bank? Ever deal with USPS workers? Yea...not great. What about the senior USPS leadership's management abilities? Oh yea that tra
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by holograham 13y ago
Not enamored with the 100 book goal.... In reality it's about making reading a lifestyle habit. Though once you read 100 books you're probably not gonna stop.
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by holograham 13y ago
Disagree with this authors sentiment. I too am a nerd and relate to the caricatures of nerds on the show. I collect comic books, was obsessive about magic cards, star wars vs star trek, dressed in nerd costumes rather than sexy costumes, an
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by holograham 13y ago
I think an interesting question is how many of the 21 million without IDs regularly vote (or have ever voted)? Hypothesis: Less than 50%
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by holograham 13y ago
got into triathlons last year. Love the structured training required and the varied sports. Believe it or not I have become even more productive at work even with a 10-20 hour a week workout schedule. My time management skills and energy le
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AirBnB's New HQ(wired.com)
1 points by holograham 13y ago|0 comments
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by holograham 13y ago
I am not sure this is feasible in practice. The government is not a business so "competing" isnt a fair rubric. The government has unlimited resources and does not have to "make a profit". I dont know how you could creat
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by holograham 13y ago
Lots of comments below are accurate e.g. terrible gov't oversight, extremely large and complex projects, corporations responding correctly to bad incentives, corporations thriving off the complexity of govt contracting However I will p
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Economic Growth vs. Income Inequality in Government Policy(online.wsj.com)
1 points by holograham 13y ago|0 comments
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by holograham 13y ago
coffee always pertains to Hacker News...it's Hacker fuel!

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