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by liber8 14y ago
Yep, I had the salesperson do this. But, it required me taking a picture of Store A's display so that the Store B salesperson could compare the specs and figure out which one of their models it matched. Ridiculous. It would be difficult (
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by liber8 14y ago
Your last statement goes against basically all of human history. Economy is the exchange of value (i.e. trade). Trade has always existed, and for nearly all of human history, it existed outside of the state (since there were no states).
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by liber8 14y ago
The mattress retailers have the best scam going. Nobody carries the same models [edit: or more precisely, each retailer gives each mattress a unique model name], and even the manufacturers websites don't list most of the model names or mak
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by liber8 14y ago
(It's a quote from Wedding Crashers)
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by liber8 14y ago
(Not trying to be snarky) Who ever said (or honestly believed) that the purpose of a business is to create jobs?
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by liber8 14y ago
1. You didn't answer the question. Can you point to any example in history of this EVER happening? I'll take any example. 2. This is patently false. Even if there were 0 jobs, wages would not be zero. People simply won't work withou
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by liber8 14y ago
Depends on where you are. In SF, you're looking at a minimum of about $200 an hour (for a fairly inexperienced lawyer, who will take longer). If you want a 10 year lawyer who actually knows what he's doing, you're looking at about $300-$6
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by liber8 14y ago
Yes, the government massively subsidizes student loans, both directly, and through guaranties. See http://www.direct.ed.gov/
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by liber8 14y ago
Not only that but his other example (cars) is ludicrous. Cars are by far, without a doubt, cheaper, safer, better made, more reliable, and more feature-laden than at any point, ever. For $12k (roughly 1/4 the median income), you can get a
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by liber8 14y ago
I would argue the opposite. To someone with several billion dollars, citizenship probably doesn't matter all that much. To someone with a couple million dollars, having that U.S. flag on their passport does afford a great deal of freedom a
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by liber8 14y ago
Honest question: can you point to any example in history where this has happened? I ask because, if your theory of how labor markets work is valid, it would seem that every professional sports team on the planet would be willing to reward y
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by liber8 14y ago
Yes, yes I do. Especially if the alternative is denying other people loads of relief (not only in the form of proven effective drugs that are taken off market, like Vioxx, but all the drugs that aren't even investigated because they fit in
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by liber8 14y ago
Nearly every economist on the planet recognizes that minimum wage laws are net counter-productive. They are great for the limited number of people who happen to snag one of these over-paying jobs, but they are not so great for all the othe
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by liber8 14y ago
I've heard this from countless other people as well (including many doctors). Apparently, it was a fantastic pain drug for many people. Should Merck have disclosed the increased risk of heart attack and stroke? Absolutely. But, part of
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by liber8 14y ago
Agreed. This kind of stuff is going to result in a massive amount of new music in the next few years. Very cool. There's been a slew of these going around lately (I found this cool, simple little one last week: http://www.sembeo.com/medi
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by liber8 15y ago
Agreed (and studies show that brains are developing until at least 18, possibly into early 20's). But why? Most people seem to think that this rapid development is, for the most part, genetically driven. Doesn't it seem strange to reach t
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by liber8 15y ago
It's interesting to think about what intelligence really means. In some ways, this has been frequently discussed (ie multiple types of intelligence) and in other ways it seems that this has never been discussed (ie what are we actually t
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by liber8 15y ago
My point was that he's been successful precisely because he lets people freely use his images under the CC license. It's' more or less the cornerstone of his business plan. His work gets widely distributed and linked back to his site, whi
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by liber8 15y ago
I think Trey Ratcliff ( http://www.stuckincustoms.com/ ) and many, many others, would disagree. The market isn't being "eroded" by people giving away their work. The market was "eroded" by the fact that there are literally hundreds, possib
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by liber8 15y ago
Not sure what metric you're using to claim that we manufacture "much, much less than we used to". US manufacturing output continues to hit all-time records. Measured in real dollars, output is ~40% higher than in 1990, and ~$220% higher t
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by liber8 15y ago
I think you were wrong. Considering Jeff Foxworthy has sold over 15 million albums[1], recently had a primetime show in syndication, and managed to make three of his drinking buddies into 8-figure yearly draws, I would say Louis CK is not e
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by liber8 15y ago
Maybe I'm reading these graphs poorly, but doesn't the type of car people buy seem to correlate highly with the affluence of the area? There's more money in NY, LA, SF, San Diego, etc. (as shown by the graphs at the bottom), so more people
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by liber8 15y ago
In no way do I mean this as a personal attack, I simply find this comment fascinating, and it's a good example of something I see more and more of. You basically say heart disease is either A or B. Because we don't know how diet effects A,
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by liber8 15y ago
I'd like to see a video demo of this. From the description, I find it hard to believe that this is not the very near future of blogging (assuming it works as described).
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by liber8 15y ago
Simply because you are forced to pay fines doesn't mean you are "corrupt". The abstract indicates most of the fines come from "illegal off-label drug promotion" and "overcharging state governments". It could be argued that the first should
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by liber8 15y ago
Let me put this a slightly different way: Many professions are paid to do research, some engineers included, but I think lawyers are the only ones who are paid to do so by the consumer. I would analogize it to individual cancer patient goin
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by liber8 15y ago
In a way, yes, though I would argue that implicit in "scientist" or "research professor" is the idea that they are searching for unknowns. The professional world is thought of very differently. If you went into an architect's office and h
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by liber8 15y ago
Interesting. For those reasons, it could be valuable as well. However, I think your statement indicates I didn't quite communicate my point clearly enough. >> There's no doubt that the "perfect document" is really hard to find... &
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by liber8 15y ago
Yes, most definitely. There are companies that do nothing but produce form documents (for a hefty fee) that could be eliminated. But again, the caveat is that, depending on the circumstances, a good lawyer might need to significantly modif
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by liber8 15y ago
Fantastic idea, but as a lawyer, it makes me a bit nervous for those who would rely solely on the documents available. Even if those documents are flawless and cover exactly what someone needs (incredibly unlikely), in many areas the docume

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