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by jes 11y ago
Here is one effort. There may be more of course: http://www.textfiles.com/bitsavers/
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by jes 11y ago
Additional article: http://spacenews.com/spacex-google-matchup-sets-up-satellite...
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by jes 11y ago
Musk claims to want to launch 4,000 or so satellites. The Goddard Space Flight Center indicates that there are 2,271 satellites in orbit now. I'm wondering to what degree this would make it more likely to have a negative feedback loop
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Musk files to provide Internet service from space(washingtonpost.com)
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Disney Blacklisted Replaced American Workers(dailycaller.com)
5 points by jes 11y ago|4 comments
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by jes 11y ago
Did you miss the use of the word "voluntary" in my comment? Absent force, a person is free to either accept or reject a given deal.
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by jes 11y ago
Do you mean people trading with others on a voluntary, win-win basis, or do you mean what today is labeled capitalism but is characterized by coercive force and cronyism?
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by jes 11y ago
Mob, audience, company, business, corporation, etc. All are concepts that have individuals as an essential element of the concept. None exist as tangible entities in the real world. For example, you can't point to a mob without pointin
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by jes 11y ago
> I will absolutely keep my word when dealing with other people. I don't care about companies and businesses, because they are amoral and I will be amoral towards them. You're a fool if you treat companies like they're peo
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by jes 11y ago
I agree. I would also add that there are significant benefits that follow from keeping one's word, from not defaulting on the obligations one chooses.
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by jes 12y ago
Oh, got it. Thank you. If I don't respect someone very much, they lose the benefits (let's assume there are some) of trading with me, and I lose the benefits (presumably, small, if I don't respect them much) of trading with t
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by jes 12y ago
I don't mean to be dense, but I'm not sure I understand your question. I take you at your word when you say you don't mean to be dismissive. I'm framing the discussion the way I am because of how I see the issues raised
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by jes 12y ago
Your reply is helpful to me, to clarify my own thinking. Thank you. Let's continue with the hypothetical that I presented. We have a man who is shirking his responsibility to his wife and to his children. Presumably, his wife did not s
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by jes 12y ago
In the sense that I am using the term, an action is productive when it moves a person closer to achieving their goal or goals.
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by jes 12y ago
I'm saying that productive work is one way in which people can become more worthy of honor and respect. For example, let's say you have two individuals. One gets married, fathers some children, and then decides that rather than su
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by jes 12y ago
I have a different view on scams. I don't think they are productive, even in an economic sense, if one takes the long view. A person who tries to succeed in life by scamming other people enters a war with reality. He may fool some peop
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by jes 12y ago
In the online dictionary I consulted, dignity is defined as "The state or quality of being worthy of honor or respect." I think productive work is one means by which individuals can become more worthy of honor and respect. Thought
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No contempt charges for Lois Lerner(politico.com)
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by jes 12y ago
Thank you for your reply. Yes, I understand that people look to the state to protect property rights. Unfortunately, it seems like we have not yet avoided the situation where the state itself becomes a frequent and massive violator of prope
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by jes 12y ago
Thank you. You write that there is an argument to be made for discouraging sitting on land as a real estate investment, without using it to benefit the neighborhood that it sits in. Let's say that you are right, that there is such an a
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by jes 12y ago
Do you think force should be used whenever someone else's actions affect us negatively? I agree, there are many things the owner could be doing with his property. I see that as entirely his choice, as long as he is not violating the ri
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by jes 12y ago
Yes, I am arguing against taxes. I'm against taking things by force from other people, which is what taxation appears to be, as I understand it. You are correct, of course, that land owners are taxed. I don't expect to live to see
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by jes 12y ago
Thank you for your comment, and for obviously being concerned with issues of fairness. If a person makes an investment, and that investment goes up in value, even substantially, and even with no additional effort on the part of the investor
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by jes 12y ago
I agree, the law is man-made. Seemingly, it is made by men and women who do not care much, if at all, about what is actually right or wrong, what is to the interest of the citizens and what is not. What is actually right and wrong, in my vi
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by jes 12y ago
I don't wish to be confrontational, but in my view, taking other people's property without their voluntary consent is wrong. As I understand the last paragraph of your comment, you wish to see the owner of the vacant lot forced in
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by jes 12y ago
I'm a white, 55 year old software engineer. I've been hacking since I was maybe 15 or 16 years old. I don't think I've done anything to keep women or people of color down, or from entering this field. Do you think I shou
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by jes 12y ago
How does Pearson induce their customers to buy their revised textbooks? If the newer books do not bring value, why do the customers purchase them?
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by jes 12y ago
I appreciate the thoughtful discussion. Thank you for that. In your second paragraph, I'm going to suggest that automation is a function of capital, intellectual effort, personal will and the freedom to act in one's self-interest.
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by jes 12y ago
Thank you for that clarification. As I understand it, the increased productivity resulting from increased automation will reduce the need for human beings to engage in economic drudge work. That seems entirely reasonable to me. However, it
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by jes 12y ago
Who are the people to be freed of the economic drudge work? How will the economic drudge work then get done, and by whom?

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