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541.
by hx87 10y ago
True, but the difference in cost is magnified by greater legal restrictions on building that downtown high-rise condo.
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by hx87 10y ago
> Some people like living in more quiet, open, kid-friendly spaces: i.e., suburban sprawl. Good for them. If that's what they want then they should pay for it in a free and open market. I shouldn't have to subsidize their prefe
543.
by hx87 10y ago
No, but they and their client certainly pay the property taxes and fees to make such things a possibility. More density = more property tax revenue = more facilities and infrastructure possible.
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by hx87 10y ago
What's wrong with a debt economy? It allows startups to overthrow incumbents with relative ease, and without it you get an economy like Germany's, dominated by conservative companies founded 150+ years ago. There are certainly adv
545.
by hx87 10y ago
It's giving /some/ people money that is destructive to goodwill; giving /everyone/ money doesn't have the same downsides.
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by hx87 10y ago
Those few percent mean that millions who aren't at the top are moving ahead.
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by hx87 10y ago
Cargo space in a small car is the reason the first generation Scion xB is one of my favorite cars of all time. In a car the size of a Honda Fit, with the back seats down there is more cargo room than a Chevrolet Suburban, and since the roof
548.
by hx87 10y ago
Presumably jeonse prices would move like bond prices--when interest rates go down, their prices go up, and vice versa.
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by hx87 10y ago
What's wrong with a hatchback? I'd love for every single sedan to be converted into hatchbacks so I don't have to screw around with tiny trunks anymore. If nothing else, give it a 2-3" lift and it becomes a crossover, wh
550.
by hx87 10y ago
Then the problem is in the social norms concerning doing business with unpopular people, not with the knowledge that leads to my being unpopular. Personally, I will do business with anyone, no matter how much I dislike them, and I think it
551.
by hx87 10y ago
Café Bustelo at least comes in vacuum packed bricks, so roast-to-serve delta probably isn't that bad compared to most commercial coffee. In any case, it's not responsible for making me feel like I've just smoked 6 packs of ci
552.
by hx87 10y ago
> Cubans always drink espresso sweet. Is it because Cuban coffee is always smoky and overroasted? Or maybe I just bought the wrong Cuban coffee.
553.
by hx87 10y ago
You can say that about every large country ever.
554.
by hx87 10y ago
The current ones aren't corrupt as much as eager to overstep their bounds in order to perform their designated tasks. If the proposed agency has the same problem, that's a feature, not a bug.
555.
by hx87 10y ago
> Is it possible to have a free society that's completely surveilled? It is, if a society's ethical and legal code and how its members actually behave are closely aligned (which prevents blackmail), surveillance is done by all
556.
by hx87 10y ago
It's a good proposal, and needs to be extended to government contractors (and subcontractors, and sub-subcontractors, ...) and all those who work for them, otherwise it would just provide another excuse to contract everything out.
557.
by hx87 10y ago
There is a way out of this dilemma--sacrifice privacy in favor of freedom by making all surveillance feeds and all data mining resources and link to them public. If the average person can't have privacy, then no one should have privacy
558.
by hx87 10y ago
Government /reach/ tends to go up, but government /repressiveness/ tends to go down. The trend is towards a state that is everyone but coerces little.
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by hx87 10y ago
If the ruling party has no arresting powers and social morality closely correlates with what people actually do, why should I worry if I disagree with them? Does a former (or hell, even present) Klansman face any penalties other than social
560.
by hx87 10y ago
> "helpfully" explained that they certify everything BUT the software of the device to be functional Perhaps because your ISP is responsible for providing and flashing the modem's firmware? That being said, I don't ex
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by hx87 10y ago
If the steady erosion of privacy is combined with a steady loss of government arresting powers (i.e. coercion through violence) and the steady decline of social conservatism (i.e. coercion through blackmail and hypocrisy), I'm surprisi
562.
by hx87 10y ago
Why would I eat too much if I eat calorie-dense foods? How full I feel in the long term has little to do with volume and more to do with how many calories I eat and how quickly they are digested.
563.
by hx87 10y ago
I'm pretty sure you can't. Potatoes, corn, and rice don't make you feel full and satisfied for long, and the surprisingly high rates of diabetes and obesity in low-income agricultural communities suggests that their high-carb
564.
by hx87 10y ago
A diet of animal parts (i.e. ALL of the animal, not just muscle) and leafy, non-starchy plants, is perfectly keto-compliant. Who says that a low-carb diet excludes plants?
565.
by hx87 10y ago
In my experience, tasteless food and sweet food are positively, not negatively correlated. The blandest food (lowfat yogurt) is often the sweetest while the tastiest food (ribeye steak) has no sweetness at all.=.
566.
by hx87 10y ago
With 2016 diesel technology, the only "less-emitting vehicles" are EVs and possibly CNG-powered vehicles. As for cheating, as long as the manufacturer does its job (by either eliminating EGR altogether or installing a catch can in
567.
by hx87 10y ago
Almost all fuel systems have at least one filter too...
568.
by hx87 10y ago
The goal isn't to "feel full", but to feel full and good for a long period of time. Otherwise, I might as well gorge myself on isotonic water.
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by hx87 10y ago
They're not as powerful as the sugar lobby, but they did manage to get out recommendations that unfairly demonized saturated fats and promoted unsaturated fats.
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by hx87 10y ago
Which is why the average American store shelf is full of painfully lean pork and nonfat Greek yogurt (Seriously, WTF?).

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