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by ksk 8y ago
Oh, you mean the period when countries were dropping their top marginal taxes? https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/top-mrts-on-individual-in... Its obvious who is living in a fantasy. I prefer to be skeptical of both si
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by ksk 8y ago
If you wanted to, you could fill a cup of water by dumping a gallon bucket on top of it. The point here is that the government has never been efficient in allocating resources. Also FYI: I'm not a representative or a supporter of the I
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by ksk 8y ago
>There aren’t even a preponderance of correlative data that shows a link between tax cuts and economic growth—except where economic growth is defined as a disproportionate increase in wealth concentration in ever smaller percentages of t
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by ksk 8y ago
>Certainly during the biggest period of US wage growth ushered in by the Internal Revenue Act of 1954. It also helped that the world was destroyed and the US was the only developed country with sufficient manufacturing capacity. High tax
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by ksk 8y ago
There is evidence, its just that the evidence is weak and mere co-relations. All of macro economic theory is like that - just models explaining aggregate human behavior. Anything people propose can probably be shown to work in some model or
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by ksk 8y ago
Breaking copyright law doesn't change anything either. People are still going to publish in those journals. It doesn't address the central problem.
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by ksk 8y ago
You might want to read up about the Berne convention, various international copyright treaties and such. You can "ignore" laws, but you might find yourself in handcuffs on a plane, clutching an extradition order if you get popular
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by ksk 8y ago
I use voluntary in the same way as the day to day common usage of the term. Seems to me you want it to mean "without personal sacrifice". I hope we can agree that it is not the commonly understood meaning of the term. > Researc
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by ksk 8y ago
>I don't think sacrificing their already slim career choices is a reasonable sacrifice to ask when speaking of voluntarism. Right, but I don't see how breaking copyright law is a solution to fixing the problem either. The journ
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by ksk 8y ago
>No, they do not voluntarily approach publishers. What are you basing this on? >I suspect that you either do not understand how academic reputation is built or you think it is somehow beneficial for society to ensure a system that mak
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by ksk 8y ago
That dichotomy would only make sense if there were no means to self-publish or choosing a non-paywalled journal.
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by ksk 8y ago
I agree with your comment.
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by ksk 8y ago
Are you aware that researchers voluntarily approach publishers? And if you are, what is your rationale in blaming the publisher? >Here's a couple: a) Gatekeeping publishers keep research from being available to less-elite schools th
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by ksk 8y ago
You are applying propositional logic rigor to a comment made in a casual setting that you fail to apply to your own position. Let me show you how.. >Not everyone lives in a jurisdiction where copyright law exists. How many? How did you g
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by ksk 8y ago
The simultaneous arguments (that get repeated often) of "journals provide little to no value and therefore publications should be free" and "researchers value the curation of top journals because (seemingly) only high quality
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by ksk 8y ago
Right, and that sort of delay can slow down the academic process. I agree with you that the current situation sucks. I'm not seeing how torrenting publications is a viable solution to this problem. This sends the signal to the publica
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by ksk 8y ago
There is a very very simple fix for this. Convince the researchers to either self-publish or use a non-paywalled publication/journal.
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by ksk 8y ago
Would you mind detailing how they have oppressed you? AFAICT they haven't forced anyone at gunpoint to do anything..
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by ksk 8y ago
Why are people breaking copyright law, instead of questioning the researchers who voluntarily approach the journals? Why not ask the researchers if they'd consider sharing their work? Or convince them of an alternative means of publica
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by ksk 8y ago
Which books have you found useful?
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by ksk 8y ago
The negatives are over exaggerated, just like the positives. Its ridiculous to reduce someones entire career 20 incidents out of the hundreds of daily interactions over a few decades amounting to > 1million. Ironically, your approach is
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by ksk 8y ago
Well, the only entity who knows about a product's existence is the product creator. Without them marketing it (organic or otherwise) nobody else would ever know.
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by ksk 8y ago
Could you elaborate? I read the linked article, and it didn't explain anything to me. How does it work when you change lanes at 60-70mph?
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by ksk 8y ago
We all know trains don't go up driveways. I fail to see the relevance in bringing it up. You might have missed reading what I was replying to, so here it is again: >Why can't we, at least on freeways, build (either virtual&#x2F
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by ksk 8y ago
Why not just use trains?
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by ksk 8y ago
The problem is you can apply your logic to anything and any business. I bet having a nice comfortable pencil makes the experience of filling out a form better too. Or maybe businesses should design their own paint since the texture of the p
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by ksk 8y ago
Why not just stop visiting sites that don't align with your views? Reward sites that respect your views and interests... 1. "Users want to view my website but Chrome is getting in the way.." 2. "Users don't seem to
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by ksk 8y ago
The simplest solution is to not visit sites that don't respect your point of view. Reward sites who align with your interests and views.
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by ksk 8y ago
I don't think its psychological, having dedicated keys is better for almost all applications than having to re-purpose a general purpose input device.
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by ksk 8y ago
>why is software the only thing that isn't sold? You'll get it if you try to start a business selling software ;) The best way to protest is to use non-EULAed software instead of breaking the EULA (which I admit, might be unenf

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