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by home_boi 10y ago
There are probably indirect ways to "pay" the advertiser
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by home_boi 10y ago
You got me. I thought this was going to be a legit post instead of an advertisement until the third sentence in.
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by home_boi 10y ago
Not exactly sure why but I personally feel more comfortable buying media from Amazon than from YouTube. I feel like I should be getting everything for free from YouTube.
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by home_boi 10y ago
Not sure but DMCA seems to affect many obscure download websites that have no part in licensed media sales.
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by home_boi 10y ago
Put differently, people train their work ethic in an environment that does not include UBI. It will take 2 generations after UBI is implemented for this bias to mostly disappear (although there might still be a few lingering effects that co
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by home_boi 10y ago
The study won't be valid unless they wait at least 2 generations after UBI is implemented. People born before UBI grew up with the scarcity on their minds, shaping the way they act with UBI. People born right after UBI is implemented w
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by home_boi 10y ago
>What, people are going to stop wanting luxuries? Yes, check out /r/financialindependence There's thousands of people living frugally to retire early with ~1-2 million which is basically UBI over a lifetime
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by home_boi 10y ago
What happens when private RSUs vest? Do companies withhold some RSUs and the government considers the tax bill paid by the withheld amount?
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by home_boi 10y ago
Stops him from committing more crimes, at least for 4 years
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by home_boi 11y ago
>maintaining their privilege You mean worked hard to provide their kids with a better future. The parents who are gung ho about their kid's education are usually the new upper middle class type. The biggest privilege these kids have
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by home_boi 11y ago
Are there ad blockers for mobile? I feel like Google has already solved the ad blocker problem with Android.
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by home_boi 11y ago
The problem is that reparations in the form of equal representation hurt people that have nothing to do with the original oppression. It is a zero sum game. The groups that suffer the most from "equal representation" are immigrant
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by home_boi 11y ago
You can segment the human population in any way and assign equal power to each of these groups. Why segment the population by race? Life is inherently unfair. There will always be differences in power. The goal can't be to assign equal
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by home_boi 11y ago
>If anything Google needs more different minorities if anything, for instance Latinos and Blacks. Why? I think equal opportunity is a better goal than equal representation. Forced equal representation can quickly deteriorate to racism&#x
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by home_boi 11y ago
Weirdly enough, these foreign female engineers never complain about "culture problems" even though they make up the majority of female engineers.
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by home_boi 11y ago
>take a look at the charts of women in CS over time. You mean the chart of video game growth over time? This might be a bit of a stretch but it has rung true with me and many other people. We all became interested in technology and compu
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by home_boi 11y ago
>Why doesn't Harvard accept people from a diverse range of SAT scores They do http://features.thecrimson.com/2015/freshman-survey/makeup-n... "Respondents who identify as Asian, but not including Sout
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by home_boi 11y ago
As it should since being falsely accused would be even worse for your career
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by home_boi 11y ago
There's hundreds of factors affecting the efficiency of a singe payer system in the US compared to other countries, including population size, illegal immigration, crime rates, etc. Solutions for one country may not work for another
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by home_boi 11y ago
On the flip side, you will see exactly what you are looking for.
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by home_boi 11y ago
From a developer perspective, it's more fun to build an entirely new service
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by home_boi 11y ago
What about the kids who go to the suburban school? Kids from the ghettos can simultaneously be the victims and causes of the state of their school. Just an anecdote, I went to an upper middle class suburban high school. The poorest kids in
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by home_boi 11y ago
Will the income be permanent? People will act differently if they know their needs will be provided for them for life as opposed to a few years.
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by home_boi 11y ago
The reasoning might be that if a place gets luxury apartments, rich people will flood the area. Then the crime rate per capita goes down. The criminal population becomes diluted. It starts a snowball effect where crappy apartments in the ar
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by home_boi 11y ago
It's very hard to complain about wages when you make $200k+ on flexible 40 hrs/week with free food. From the outside, tech workers would look entitled.
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by home_boi 11y ago
Developers can retire by late 30's if the wages right now keep up with inflation. Using conservative Google compensation: 22 yrs: L3, $160k total comp 25 yrs: L4, $210k total comp 27 yrs: L5, $260k total comp 32 yrs: L6, $320k tota
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by home_boi 11y ago
how much of an improvement are we talking about?
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by home_boi 11y ago
The thing about Detroit houses is that they sell for much lower than they are assessed for, so buyers would be paying taxes that are very high compared to the selling price.
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by home_boi 11y ago
twitch.tv for sports?
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by home_boi 11y ago
People would be less willing to work for those goods than for rent and heat, so employers would have to pay higher wages.

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