kabbalf

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by kabbalf 5y ago
Hey Cliff, just wanted to say that the Klein bottle I bought in 2014 or so is the best buying experience I’ve ever had. It’s still the only piece of home decoration I own. Thanks!
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by kabbalf 8y ago
Seems like it's a fallacy of limiting oneself to stationary reasoning. Differential equations and difference equations that capture temporal and causual behaviors are a thing. A large part of control theory is model identification, whi
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by kabbalf 8y ago
I find it reminiscent of a religion in that adherents subscribe to certain ideals that can not be argued about ("it's the right thing to do" as the author says). My amateur psychologist analysis is that people need a higher c
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by kabbalf 8y ago
The fundamental contradiction of the Diversity Religion: - There are no differences between different races and sexes. - It is good for business to recruit more minorities because they bring different perspectives (they think differently).
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by kabbalf 9y ago
Time will tell whether the system is more or less robust with Dodd Frank. Also the previous system seemed robust until the crash happened. An argument could be made that more legislation and onerous regulation pushes smaller actors out of t
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by kabbalf 9y ago
It's interesting that you give Switzerland as an example since many would regard it as the most libertarian country today. Could you imagine this [2] happening in the US? Public spending to GDP ratio [1]: Sweden 51 US
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by kabbalf 9y ago
It could be argued that these criteria lead to the opposite conclusion. Many producers: maybe not, but most countries have at least 3 [1]. Not worse than e.g. major grocery store chains or gas stations. Many consumers: definitely Product un
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by kabbalf 9y ago
Put another way: most consumers don't care about roaming; if they did they would consider it when signing a contract. So why should the EU force roaming on everybody instead of letting operators offer products tailored to the individua