losteric

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by losteric 9y ago
That's an incomplete view of the problem. Public transportation is used by people from all walks of life. Not just office workers - cooks, nurses, artists, school teachers, police officers, even employees of trade companies... and ever
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by losteric 9y ago
What kind of tools? Is there a functional reason for lugging your tools back and forth, or is that just how it's done? Could you leave those tools at work/training if they had secure storage? Alternatively, could the training faci
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by losteric 9y ago
Which aspect?
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by losteric 9y ago
Better public education (especially for adults) would reduce supply/demand discrepancies, giving the average American employee more bargaining power. Higher wages may also support more smaller/domestically owned businesses, which
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by losteric 9y ago
Sport vehicles go fast very quickly and handle well at high speeds. That's the fun part - acceleration. Getting punched into the seat off the starting line, braking into a curve, smoothly slalom through apexes, then rocketing towards
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by losteric 9y ago
Tapping and tampering with connections is more likely here. Cutting a cable doesn't require a sub
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by losteric 9y ago
Numpy is great because of all the frameworks built on top. What's the story with Rust?
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by losteric 9y ago
His anecdote is more powerful because of his income. You'd expect someone with low income to have trouble finding housing... that's a problem, but the situation makes sense. When someone struggles to find housing while making mult
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by losteric 9y ago
Well it's that, plus low density zoning regulations
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by losteric 9y ago
I think they would agree that infrastructure falls to the government... the disagreement arises in what "government" means. Their views seem more aligned with feudalism/monarchism, subjugating the public by convincing citizen
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by losteric 9y ago
Can you elaborate on those connections? My cursory googling surfaced some thread-bare conspiracy theories, but nothing of substance to follow-up on.
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by losteric 9y ago
A universally recognized asset for exchanging goods and services within a nation. For example, everything for sale in America can be purchased with dollars. That is a key distinction - currencies have strength because they are nationally re
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by losteric 9y ago
Do think about whether lower taxes is even a good thing in the long-run. Accruing $1 trillion national debt just kicks the burden to the next generation, as does gutting public services to fill the gap. I also live in Washington, and honest
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by losteric 9y ago
They're raising them for everyone except the rich.
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by losteric 9y ago
I think bitcoin's value really boils down to being a quasi-legal forex medium - bypassing international sanctions and state regulations. That is a reasonable argument to hold coins if the expectation is increased adoption. However, whe
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by losteric 9y ago
Why, exactly, is everyone purchasing crypto-"currencies"? I abandoned bitcoin over 5 years ago because it was just blackmarket barter... now the Chinese use it to bypass state regulations while Russian ransomware holds computers h
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by losteric 9y ago
> There's a lot to be happy about, no matter what your politics may be. There's always something good to find. With the right optics, maybe. I see white supremacist riots, inexcusable wealth concentration, income inequality, st
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by losteric 9y ago
The other aspect is that politicians simply didn't communicate the nuance - the toll exists to LIMIT access, it will be as high as necessary to keep traffic flowing. People understood the clear division that existed prior to tolling -
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by losteric 9y ago
The real risk is full digitization, which these voting machines provide. Our elections cannot be a black box. There are middle grounds. Paper doesn't have to be manually tabulated. Punch-hole ballots can be mechanically tabulated, fill
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by losteric 9y ago
Business prioritizes profit over people. Regulations exist to rule out profit-seeking behavior that is ultimately detrimental to society
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by losteric 9y ago
Those problems also outline a potential business model based on verified long-term reviews. If a doctor's treatment record and long-term ROI follows them around, or if piano students can track their proficiency over time, the market ca
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by losteric 9y ago
Fraud is the one and only word needed. Via https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/fraud : The crime of stealing or otherwise illegally obtaining money by use of deception tactics. Legally speaking > Fraud must be proved by s
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by losteric 9y ago
I've often found that Alexa doesn't even save me that trouble. It's useful for the useless things that I wouldn't do manually. The things that took a lot of time take even longer with Alexa (if they're supported at
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by losteric 9y ago
"viral" advertising, astroturfing, and automated propaganda is hard to do correctly, but it's immune to adblockers.
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by losteric 9y ago
"Fake news" came into popular usage because Trump was using it to disparage critical real news. It's a dangerous phrase, trivially dismissing real news based on emotions and critically attacking propaganda based on facts. Jus
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by losteric 9y ago
> From the perspective of the tax code as an incentive system, taxing wealth is a strange thing—it makes people feel less interest in becoming wealthy, and thereby causes fewer GDP-building things to happen! I think this is false in prac
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by losteric 9y ago
* Bioplastics are recyclable * Steel is < 2% carbon (not "a large part"), and steel can be replaced with other materials * Lubricants are used in trivially small amounts * Most battery do not use carbon * Electric motors do not
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by losteric 9y ago
> I also dont get all that hate either. Well, start with reading your list. That's a nice list of reasons to hate Facebook. People shouldn't have to tip toe around abusive data harvesting and dark patterns... Your list sounds l
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by losteric 9y ago
The way to avoid this is vigorously campaigning for better representatives, removing the sellouts from office
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by losteric 9y ago
Their argument is that the base internet access package will be cheaper than now... Neglecting to mention everyone will pay more for the "deluxe" package that gives them access to what they have today.

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