kmonsen

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by kmonsen 4y ago
The second amendment is really short. The current interpretation taken to its final conclusion (which will probably happen) is no limits at all. Open carry a loaded m16 in the middle of NYC? That's your right. The other way of reading
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by kmonsen 4y ago
It's supposed to be the username not the password. The problem is in treating it like some sort of secret.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
So when that happens only the back or front runs out of battery. Usually it will be the back and you just swap them and ride home without being able the shift on the front.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
In Norwegian you still have to address the king with a more polite pronoun, my grandmother would use this pronoun generally for richer people. As I understand in Swedish you still need to know someone’s progression to address them politely
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by kmonsen 4y ago
It says $10/month for me
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by kmonsen 4y ago
My point is who knows who “pilots” a drone if it is all remote? There could even be an Ukrainian in the middle for show.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Thanks, appreciate the detailed reply!
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Counter artillery is incredible effective. When I was in the army they told us to never be close to artillery firing as it was expected that the location would be determined by radar from the shell and you would expect an answer very quickl
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by kmonsen 4y ago
I thought the TB2's were used as decoys? Apparently Russian ships can only target in a 180 degree arc, so send some TB2's highly visible but out of range on one side and send some ocean skimming missiles in from the other side.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
What I have wondered: let's say the US gives some predator drones to Ukraine, and then "trains" their military to use them. What is to stop the US from actually piloting these drones from Tampa or whatever, perhaps through a
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by kmonsen 4y ago
It’s above $6/gallon here in the bar area even for the cheapest gas so the prices are not that different.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Sure, but the effectiveness will be less if the "problem" is global. If the US has 50% of the worlds demand for some good, and only the US fights inflation, then the effectiveness of the measures taken will only be 50%. So for the
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Why does Norway that didn't print money have similar inflation in that case?
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by kmonsen 4y ago
It is not true that lower (local) demand will inevitably lower prices. For example if Costa Rica lower oil demand to almost 0 by saying only 1/1000 people could buy gas from now on it would not change the local gas price at all. If any
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Only if you are the only country in the world (or bigger than the rest combined). That being said all of the central banks are doing the same so maybe it works that way. If someone want they can get a free lunch, no need to increase the rat
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by kmonsen 4y ago
I wonder if Hans Zimmer was part of thinking of the musical inception in that movie. That said, isn't this a "Big, orchestral, [boring] score"? Edit: It is one of my favorite pieces of music so not boring to me. I'm sure
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by kmonsen 4y ago
But if the inflation is not due to overconsumption in the US, but about global problems with supply side issues on the front and China in lockdown not helping at all, how does it make sense to cause a housing crash? I certainly think the fe
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by kmonsen 4y ago
My ancestors were Vikings. We all have skeletons in the closet
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by kmonsen 4y ago
No this is white people
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by kmonsen 4y ago
This is not finding some mysterious loophole though, but using a government designed program. I think it is sad they exist, but clearly they are there to be used.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
So does Texas and Alaska, and even California?
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Norwegian taxes are not too far off from CA or NY taxes to be honest. The marginal rate tops out at under 50%. It’s worse for capital gains and they have a wealth taxes so a lot worse for some.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
I lived in the UK, Norway, Switzerland and US (NYC and Bay Area). Except Switzerland I did not really notice a big tax change for any of the others. Sure in UK and Norway healthcare and University is free, but healthcare is provided by my e
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by kmonsen 4y ago
Same in Norway, max marginal rate caps out at almost 50%: https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/rates/maximum-effective-margi...
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by kmonsen 4y ago
In Norway and UK there is public healthcare, but you can pay to skip the lines if you want to. I don't know why we would go full socialist in the US when living in a capitalist society. Should we only get cars allocated to us or someth
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by kmonsen 4y ago
I don't know why the medicare for all plans need to ban private healthcare. Norway and UK has free healthcare for all, but still private options available for people that want to pay extra. That is also reducing the load on the public
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by kmonsen 4y ago
The VOX in the weeds healthcare people looked at it some time ago, and most healthcare economists thinks it is not possible for states to do something here.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
This came up in the VOX in the weeds on healthcare policy some time ago. Their conclusion from the people that had looked into it is that it is sort of impossible for states to do this. Can't really remember the reasons. There was anot
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by kmonsen 4y ago
You get more benefits from the first dollars put into SS than the last as far as I understand.
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by kmonsen 4y ago
I think, even without hindsight, that I could have done a better job for the economy than the previous president. Biden? Probably not, he has not done much yet. He also does not have large enough majorities to do anything as any tax increas

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