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by hoopd 11y ago
The price vs. users graph[0] is hopelessly wrong, dangerously wrong even. So wrong I can't take anything the author says about economics or markets seriously at all. I think they're trying to make the argument that Uber will ach
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by hoopd 11y ago
> interesting statistical information like police violence per capita, Or maybe the violent crime rate in general? > violence against minorities normalized by population What about violence by minorities, or would that information be
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by hoopd 11y ago
I suppose I gave him too much credit in assuming he would avoid this topic entirely.
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by hoopd 11y ago
This map was designed to cause outrage, not to inform.
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by hoopd 11y ago
Your "partner" may have three other sexual partners that you know about but that doesn't prevent them from having a forth that they keep hidden from you because they know you'll flip out. You're not immune to this k
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by hoopd 11y ago
Of course piracy better solves the distribution problem, distribution is easy. Copyright helps solve the problem of artist compensation. That problem's hard but ask any artist* who isn't living off a trust fund and they'll
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by hoopd 11y ago
> Are you saying that people whose career or reputation depends on not harassing women should be allowed to get away with harassing women more than others? Not at all. I'm saying the only evidence provided from the author is a flir
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by hoopd 11y ago
You're bieng more of a bully than the author's harasser. Look at your language, you want to crucify people because they didn't destroy somebody's reputation and possibly their entire career when a member of your group as
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by hoopd 11y ago
> Not if the preferred way to become a "perfect student" is to go only after the easier/safer challenges. That's nowhere near becoming a perfect student and it isn't even high on the scale of parental pressure.
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by hoopd 11y ago
> Now their is a pervasive attitude - if you study engineering for example you pay 4X for tuition compared to humanities. What? If you want to be an engineer you can go to a state school, work hard and pass the FE/EIT exam your sen
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by hoopd 11y ago
> ....for our willingness to put their long-term developmental and emotional needs before their short-term happiness. For our willingness to let their lives be just a little bit harder today so they will know how to face hardship tomorro
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by hoopd 11y ago
We've seen how careless and illogical the mob is when they remove people from non-profits or other businesses. Voting may not be perfect but it's a better decision making process than the Twitter alternative.
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by hoopd 11y ago
They'll compete by taking losses their competitors can't handle until they go out of business. I suppose I'm not disagreeing with you, just pointing out WalMart's competitors are one of the costs they aggressively contro
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by hoopd 11y ago
It wouldn't be the first time. What happens to the disrupted sector is the people who work there go find new jobs. Then when the giant monopolizer fails the sector can't return to the way it was before, too much knowledge has be
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by hoopd 11y ago
> Children die in elementary schools because there isn't enough funding for a school nurse. You mean there isn't enough funding for the number of students there. There's plenty of funding for fewer students. Destroying a
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by hoopd 11y ago
Yeah downvote that one, too. I'm starting to interpret the "don't complain about downvotes" guideline as "don't shed light on how this community misuses downvotes to quietly marginalize contrary views while mai
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by hoopd 11y ago
Lost another 10 karma overnight for trying to join this discussion without going "hoo, haaa, obviously the whole world is racist and sexist and that disgusts me..." before voicing contrary opinions.
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by hoopd 11y ago
This is a bit of a non-sequitor. "21 times greater" is a great sound-bite but I honestly don't know what you'd expect. Take white males, make them 10 times as likely to be killed in general, 5-10 times as likely to be m
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by hoopd 11y ago
Only if the market goes up enough vs the other neighborhoods and what would have happened. Which maybe you can argue it does. I'm not racist enough to believe that the presence of people with black skin is that detrimental to propert
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by hoopd 11y ago
Perhaps a de facto or indirect subsidy, but the cost of moving into those neighborhoods went up while the cost of housing for those being excluded went down. It's also arguable that cities made money with these practices (it would tak
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by hoopd 11y ago
Then you misinterpreted what they said. The point was that white people don't get to run away from traffic stops and knock tasers out of cops hands without getting shot. But when a black guy does it it makes the cover of Time magazin
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by hoopd 11y ago
> Millions of dollars flowed from tax coffers into segregated white neighborhoods. Wait, wouldn't it be the other way around? Inflating property values would increase tax revenue. Even if they were subsidizing white home ownership
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by hoopd 11y ago
I don't think any of it's extreme, it's just an opinion. Still he might not want it coming up when a hiring manager googles his name 5-10 years down the road. If HN let us delete our names and/or comments it would be di
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by hoopd 11y ago
Have you considered an anonymous account? You should know that what you've said is considered totally racist these days and you'll have to write an article like the one you just criticized if you ever want to clear your name.
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by hoopd 11y ago
The reason I accused you of hating Japan is you seem to idealize American business while focusing on Japan's weak points. From what I've seen and experienced 60+ hour weeks and not knowing your family are common if you're try
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by hoopd 11y ago
First, a lot of countries have protectionist trade policies but few can make cars like Japan. They have an excellent engineering culture. Second, who cares if they had favorable policies during the mid 1900's - they were also rebuildi
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by hoopd 11y ago
I've never seen somebody hate Japan so much! > Furthermore, Americans can exit and enter the job market. If you are unhappy with how things are going at your company, you can quit and work somewhere else. If you're an auto-work
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by hoopd 11y ago
Yes, it helps demonstrate our current inability to have important conversations is nothing new. edit: Downvotes again. I'm tired of trying to bring different viewpoints to these conversations. When you look around and find that every
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by hoopd 11y ago
> “I don’t think it veered into opinion,” Mr. Isaac said. “It was analysis, backed up by reporting, and written under tight deadline.” He’s probably right. The piece opens up by lamenting the similarites between facts and opinions and th
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by hoopd 11y ago
Maintained properly but also driven softly. When you drive for money you drive hard plus stop-and-go city driving is hard on a car by itself. A used car with 100k Uber-miles on it will be worth considerably less than the same car with 100k

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