its_ethan

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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   > Some starting value from being in town, then add something for oceanfront property, then add something some extra bump based on distance from some set of amenities provided by the community (parks, subways, etc). How do you know you we
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   That sort of assumes that the owner of the apartment-dweller's property doesn't just increase their rent (pass along that tax). As other people pointed out, there should/would have to be some mechanism to value the land for t
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   I would have assumed exactly the opposite in terms of urban land being uniform in value. 10 acres that are 30 minutes from Des Moines, IA are going to be very similar in value (price people are willing to pay) compared to 10 acres that are
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   For what it's worth, swapping out material/ updating parts and not changing model numbers already happens a lot in consumer tech. Making changes after launch and initial mass production runs in order to average down cost or fix kn
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   In order for a cryptocurrency to be the solution to that problem - an authoritarian government routinely destabilizing a currency, or freezing financial accounts - that cryptocurrency would have to be ubiquitously in use by everyone involve
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   Awesome attention to detail. Imagine how many stamps (or other similar small design elements) have discontinuities like this that haven't been noticed yet.
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   I'm not sure who first said it, but crypto feels like a solution in search of a problem. Something akin to "when all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail" - forcing crypto/blockchains as solutions to proble
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   by its_ethan 4y ago

   For what it's worth, there's another thread in these comments that point to data supporting that the length of trains is going up (+ ~25%), but derailments have gone down, by more than 25%. So maybe fewer trains derailing, but the
9. 309.▲
   by its_ethan 5y ago

   Might be time to revisit some of those assumptions then?
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    by its_ethan 5y ago

    That's a very fair point. I think transparency in pricing for medical services would help out a lot with cleaning up the insurance mess. Not that either of us have the answer, have you put in any thoughts on how to eliminate those in
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    by its_ethan 5y ago

    Genuine question, how are you so confident that reducing prices from current levels wouldn't cause unintended consequences like causing innovation to stifle, hiring to become more difficult, or health infrastructure to degrade? You can
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    by its_ethan 5y ago

    You mean back in the 1930s when you stuck your foot in a wooden box with an open X-ray tube and got yourself and nearby customers exposed to radiation at a significantly higher dose than even a full torso x-ray in modern times? Okay, my g
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    by its_ethan 5y ago

    So how much should it cost? And how do you arrive at that number?