itsmek

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by itsmek 6mo ago
Authoritarianism is a form of government characterized by highly concentrated power, limited political pluralism, and the suppression of dissent, often enforced by a charismatic leader or elite group . A mandate is an authoritative command,
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by itsmek 6mo ago
Syncing them with electricity is easy. The hard part is preventing export to the grid which requires either a compatible smart meter that can communicate with your panels or a transformer clamp installed by an electrician. My understanding
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by itsmek 7mo ago
I don't interpret your statistic the same way you do and I don't think it backs your point. Some of the difference between that 11% and 33% you quote are due to the fact that gas is baseline cheaper in the US than China, and a mer
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by itsmek 7mo ago
I just want to point out one disagreement I had: "Take desalination plants as an example. Yes Iran has those too but Iran also has significant snow melt as a source of water, Mountains, remember? Iran has ski resorts they have that muc
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by itsmek 7mo ago
Source for the risk going up by 10x? Wild claim
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by itsmek 8mo ago
The difference between microtransaction today and trash in the past is that the old games achieved success by not being trash. Yes trash existed but it was generally not successful and the market generally rewarded quality so the money and
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by itsmek 1y ago
Gold
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by itsmek 1y ago
I'm not familiar with the details of the situation but the tunnel is being used for transit either way right? If someone used to rely on busses in that tunnel aren't they vastly more likely to switch to whatever replacement is in
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by itsmek 1y ago
Global commodities are not competitive?
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by itsmek 1y ago
Did you read the link above? The average immigrant pays $9000 in tax per year.
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by itsmek 1y ago
In the US most things are funded by income and payroll tax, the taxes you mention add up to about 30% of our budget so are not enough on their own. In addition I am unconvinced that it is even possible for consumption taxes to be progressiv
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by itsmek 1y ago
What is your source for the nitecore being higher capacity than the equivalently rated haribo? All primary sources I've seen so far indicate they are comparable at 70-75%
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by itsmek 1y ago
Because physical presence incurs costs to taxpayer funded infrastructure? Why should I be able to dodge taxes by working remotely abroad? Are you saying independently wealthy people should be able to roam around and freeload without paying
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by itsmek 1y ago
My read is that post is not arguing what you think (that it's caused by freedom to present how they feel and that it's a representative population) but instead that it's caused by a selection effect. But this argument is impl
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by itsmek 1y ago
Ah sorry I was taking you seriously when you said "real question", I didn't realize it was a rhetorical device. The history of the minimum wage is pretty irrelevant compared to the economic models and empirical studies in tha
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by itsmek 1y ago
That's a strawman. I don't doubt that you've read these things that bother you so much that you bring it up in unrelated discussion, but to the extent serious people critique supply and demand, they don't say it doesn&#x
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by itsmek 1y ago
Your question can be applied to literally any market intervention with a grey area. If housing code is good policy why not make all houses 10 times as strong? If your question is why is minimum wage a good policy, you could start here for a
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by itsmek 1y ago
This comment is weirdly heavy on lecture and light on substance. I'm going to ignore the second two paragraphs and just stick to the first. The person you're replying to says that labor is different because it has more complex cos
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by itsmek 1y ago
Gini coefficient may be the most commonly used statistic but it is not sensitive to current conditions in the US ( https://www.investopedia.com/news/measuring-inequality-forge... ). The palma ratio does indeed show incre
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by itsmek 1y ago
Yes. If you are genuinely unaware and not just asking a rhetorical question, yes socialized medicine is a major goal of the progressive left. We came close in 2010 but the votes in congress weren't quite there. The only reason major pa
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by itsmek 2y ago
Charging at home is often more expensive than gas in much of California and Hawaii but yes generally cheaper to run if you ignore vehicle cost and lifespan.
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by itsmek 2y ago
Here's where you can go direct from Barcelona with a carry on for $100 max: https://www.google.com/travel/explore?tfs=CBwQAxoQKABqDAgDEg... And the same for San Francisco: https://www.google.com/t
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by itsmek 2y ago
This sounds plausible to me. Can you please link to some of these studies you mention?
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by itsmek 2y ago
I feel like you're missing their point. The person you're replying to made a convincing argument that differentiates Person A and Person B by considering the fraction of products sold and how that affects the probability of the nu