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by jdasdf 3y ago
No, because the time value of money is a thing. Even a 700% IRR can be not worth it, if you have alternatives with similar or lower risk with a higher annual return.
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by jdasdf 3y ago
They do!
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by jdasdf 3y ago
What happens when it prevents you from doing so?
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by jdasdf 3y ago
This is a misunderstanding of what AI alignment problems are all about. Alignment != capability Think a paperclip maximizing robot that in its process of creating paperclips kills everyone on earth to turn them into paperclips.
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Emotional Capital Blocks Free-Market Capitalism (1998)(orionsarm.com)
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by jdasdf 3y ago
[This blog post goes into far greater detail on it than I ever could]( https://orionsarm.com/fm_store/Critique%20of%20Georgism.htm ) The gist of it is that LVT fundamentally makes no sense because land is fundamentally w
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by jdasdf 3y ago
Land Value Tax simply does not work. It fixes nothing, and causes severe problems
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by jdasdf 3y ago
> Could someone explain to a total finance noob how a "leveraged buyout" transaction actually works? Have you ever bought a house using a mortgage? What you've done was a leveraged buyout of that house. When you do a lever
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by jdasdf 3y ago
You mean the countries where the only banks that exist are the "Too Big to Fail" banks?
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by jdasdf 3y ago
Good thing there is nothing stopping you from starting up such companies. If they truly are a better way of organizing businesses, they will soon become the norm. If they aren't, the only one harmed is you.
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by jdasdf 3y ago
>Or, radical new idea here, how about conduct yourself in a reasonable way where if everyone in the world read your text messages you wouldn't be fired or go to jail? There is no man on earth who has ever been able to do that. Do yo
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by jdasdf 3y ago
A default is a default is a default. Doesn't matter the reason. Doesn't matter the justification.
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by jdasdf 3y ago
Is this a serious comment?
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by jdasdf 4y ago
>It's not the EU's fault that you have to click cookie banners. Yes it is.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
But who will protect that random species of bug in a field that is slightly different from those other species of bugs in those other fields?
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by jdasdf 4y ago
I want to be very clear here, because I believe you're saying what you are saying because you have been taught that way, and because the mainstream media and general economic literature seem to hold that view, and so you, in good faith
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by jdasdf 4y ago
>Is this true? Of all the years that various countries have used traditional fiat currency, has debasement happened more years than it hasn't? I don't think so but I'm not certain. Do you know of any currency over the past
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by jdasdf 4y ago
The moors were never in madeira. The island chain was empty by the time the portuguese arrived.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
Because inflation has very high seasonality, and so it makes very little sense to compare it with a different season. It's not "because it's a bigger number" or to "cause shock", it's simply because its a
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by jdasdf 4y ago
> Most normal people pay their taxes, right? The people who are skirting around taxes are usually the ultra wealthy elite, right? Wrong on both marks. The bulk of tax evasion, both in amount evaded and number of incidents is at the lower
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by jdasdf 4y ago
It's certainly experienced in making stuff up.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
If encouraging violence against people is the standard you're on, then any website should be gone, including HN. What you actually mean is that as long as its against people you personally dislike, then you're ok with that.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
Yes, you may be pro-censorship, but if so don't claim to be for free speech.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
Compare it to US states. Hint: its at the bottom in GDP and income per capita
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by jdasdf 4y ago
Yes it is.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
>It’s hard to profit from a home in Tokyo outside of being a developer. Why do you believe this? There is a functional rental market in Tokyo and I don't believe it is any less profitable than any other investment on a risk adjusted
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by jdasdf 4y ago
I'm saying cash dissolves in water. If you'd prefer you can throw your gold bullion into a volcano, or perhaps mix it in with radioactive fuel.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
There's no reasons those safety nets can't exist here. Test nets, and insurance can take on those resposnibilities with the same effect.
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by jdasdf 4y ago
If you think that's a worthy cause you're welcome to suppport bringing back the homestead act and allow people to build their own roofs on properties they develop and subsequently own. Landlords are not social security, and should
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by jdasdf 4y ago
Georgism is fundamentally flawed, and really has no benefits. This critique ( https://orionsarm.com/fm_store/Critique%20of%20Georgism.htm ) goes over some of the key problems with it. The idea that "housing can be e

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