humaniania

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by humaniania 5y ago
You have no clue what information Google used to reach this decision.
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by humaniania 5y ago
A deed only has value because there is a government that enforces what it represents.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Oil companies and their suppression of climate change science.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Is embezzlement a form of money laundering?
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by humaniania 5y ago
They can only be defeated by... A STRONG BREEZE!
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by humaniania 5y ago
Greenhouse gas tax on methane emissions?
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by humaniania 5y ago
And that's why you want to own a brokerage that members of Congress use for trading. Could probably recruit them with paid speaking gigs or jobs after they are no longer in office, or something like that. Maybe campaign contributions e
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by humaniania 5y ago
Don't many restaurants rent? They're stuck in the same predatory situation.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Housing market dynamics are strongly influenced by federal policy and the National Association of Realtors is one of the biggest spending lobbyist groups in the country so I would say that by design the housing market is unique and I believ
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by humaniania 5y ago
All of those things and more are paid for by the rent since it keeps going up 5% every year while the mortgage payment stays the same.
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by humaniania 5y ago
The landlord gets 100% of the appreciation as well as 100% of the equity being built by the mortgage payments while the tenants are forced to pay for everything except the initial investment. It's extremely unfair and hurts the most vu
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by humaniania 5y ago
Why would you care about the risks of being a parasite on vulnerable people?
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by humaniania 5y ago
It's not good. It's better than awful. What a horrible way to decide how to structure society. Landlords are parasites that expect their tenants to pay >100% of their mortgage costs every month or they'll be heartlessly ej
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by humaniania 5y ago
Can they do anything about the judge who approved something so unfair? My understanding is that that judge has a history of allowing this type of thing.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Based on screenshots posted to an unverified twitter account? Why would this get upvotes?
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by humaniania 5y ago
Probably because cows are mammals and are very similar to humans. For example they have families and feelings and think and play. How would you feel if a more advanced species decided to treat humans how many humans treat cows?
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by humaniania 5y ago
Warby Parker is a bit more, around $100, but last I checked they donated a pair when you bought one. I was happy with what I got. They do their own stuff.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Ray-Ban is Luxottica and they have done a lot of not great stuff: https://www.forbes.com/sites/anaswanson/2014/09/10/meet-the-...
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by humaniania 5y ago
Anonymous anecdote on the internet vs objective statistical measurements that prove overall efficiency?
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by humaniania 5y ago
I think that landlord control might be more effective. Make it extremely undesirable for a person to own multiple single family residences. Hoarding housing shouldn't be a viable business.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Nitro pulls $10/mo and has enough benefits that a lot of people pay. Plus server boosts. I bet that they have good cash flow.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Nuclear armed countries going to war is supposed to be an extinction level event. That's the whole point. It's supposed to be unthinkable. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction
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by humaniania 5y ago
That was the part that bothered me.
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by humaniania 5y ago
https://citizenlab.ca/2020/04/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto...
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by humaniania 5y ago
As if the carbon and plastic pollution impacts of the bottled beverage industry weren't reason enough to switch to plain water.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Vulnerable people losing vital wealth when Tether pops would be tragic. A "stablecoin" with <4% liquid reserves... https://www.coindesk.com/tether-first-reserve-composition-re...
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by humaniania 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
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by humaniania 5y ago
Advocate to people that you know about joining the boycott. Stop choosing the cheaper and more convenient option, because you're supporting abuse.
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by humaniania 5y ago
Because of Tether melting down?
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by humaniania 5y ago
Do these types of contributions give them access to data/roadmaps/internal comms that they might not otherwise have had?

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