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by leetcrew 6y ago
there's also the obvious fact that a cat isn't a credible threat to a human. there's no point in "punishing" a creature that weighs 15-25 times as much as you do. would you try to "punish" an elephant if y
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by leetcrew 6y ago
it's not a conspiracy theory. fauci admitted as much in this interview: https://www.thestreet.com/video/dr-fauci-masks-changing-dire...
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by leetcrew 6y ago
"masks within n feet of others" is also simple, easily understood, and easily enforced (if any of the enforcers actually care to). it has the added benefit of respecting people's intelligence. requiring people to wear masks w
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by leetcrew 6y ago
wouldn't that fall under "gun and knife violence"?
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I would also be "unable to pay bills" if I struggled to heat my 10,000 sq ft mansion in the winter, but there's no particular reason anyone should care.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
how many energy providers does your average texan have to choose from?
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by leetcrew 6y ago
it's noticeably different, but it's not that bad. I often freeze the other half of an NY strip. a 14-18oz piece of meat is a bit much for me to eat in one sitting. it doesn't make much difference with a whole foods tier steak
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I think you're probably right, but I do think guitar has one ease of use advantage over piano. scales and chords are "moveable" on guitar in a way they are not on piano. once you learn, say, the c major scale on guitar, you c
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I have the same reading habits as you (pretty much exclusively from a screen), but your post (and another talking about reading as many books as possible) reminded me of a conversation I had with my english teacher in ninth grade. I forget
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by leetcrew 6y ago
when people say stuff like this > all the "tax the rich" regulations in the end mean "tax those who cannot escape taxation" I think they are usually talking about avoidance (legal), not evasion (illegal). while some a
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> How do you stop harassers sending unwanted money? idk, but this sounds like a great problem to have.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I am a 20-something who lives alone in a small studio apartment. I work at a tiny desk and barely have room for all my work equipment. still, I love working from home and I hope never to go back to the office. as soon as I get the message t
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I see what you're saying in a "squint hard enough" sort of way, but I still don't think "hoarding" is a good way of describing it. "hoarding" is holding onto some useful thing, but without using it yo
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I don't believe anyone is seriously talking about banning factorio, but I do have a hard time trusting that an affirmative answer to these questions isn't accompanied by some level of value judgement. how could I not? we are liter
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by leetcrew 6y ago
the question reduces to something like "is society entitled to the brain cycles of particularly smart people?". if so, then one can criticize just about anything smart people spend time thinking about that doesn't create mate
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by leetcrew 6y ago
why is hoarding an appropriate word to describe what extremely rich people are doing with their wealth? is jeff bezos hiding a huge company in his basement?
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by leetcrew 6y ago
depends on the scale of the operation. if you're a small time landlord, one bad set of tenants can easily wipe out several years worth of gains for all your properties. these types of landlords will often hold out for a while, passing
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by leetcrew 6y ago
what else would someone be doing with a property that they aren't themselves living in? if you support a punitive tax on people holding out for higher rent, you probably don't care if it also hits people who are merely speculating
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I'm personally skeptical of AA due to a.) the fact that it is structured in a way that makes it impossible for it to evaluate its own efficacy and b.) the general cult vibe. it's difficult to attack because, among other things, it
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by leetcrew 6y ago
hard to attack something that is already the status quo and free.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
in your SaaS example, that's only true if you're unlucky enough to be the only employer in your market whose devs are demanding a raise. if the devs at all your competitors are demanding raises at about the same time, it's mo
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by leetcrew 6y ago
that's fine, but why bother asking someone knowledgeable if you're just going to ignore their advice? an audiophile will be disappointed if you ask for a headphone recommendation and say your budget is only $50, but they will prob
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> Blimps are more difficult to raid by organize crime elements and move slowly enough to make autonomous piloting a possibility. for now... perhaps if blimp shipping becomes common we will see the development of pirate blimps. one can ho
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by leetcrew 6y ago
if they could identify the face with sufficient accuracy, why not just take down the video?
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> In some cases colony counts in the filtered water were 10,000 times those in tap water. like I said, hard for me to do a good comparison of the relative risk, but that sounds pretty bad too. some bacteria is normal, but this is like dr
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I didn't read past the abstract, but yes, they found that the bacteria count was also higher when stored in the fridge. presumably by less than the room temperature pitcher.
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by leetcrew 6y ago
> I disagree. LTCG as income without smoothing makes exactly as much sense as taxing regular income without smoothing does. > Yes, there’s a strong case for smoothing. There’s, independently, a strong case for not structurally favorin
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by leetcrew 6y ago
there are a lot of frustrating tradeoffs with these kinds of filter pitchers. they can remove a lot of nasty solutes, but they can also introduce bacteria. here's a study that found that brita-filtered water contained more bacteria tha
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by leetcrew 6y ago
I posted elsewhere that it would make sense to allow individuals to apply some smoothing to their yearly income to reduce the impact that progressive brackets have on highly variable incomes. so let me rephrase my statement about capital ga
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by leetcrew 6y ago
my preferred solution would be to (after adjusting for inflation) calculate the annualized gain over the years the asset was held. then go back and tax it as if it were additional income in each of those years, using the historical brackets

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