magduf

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by magduf 7y ago
What if people consistently vote against their own best interests?
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by magduf 7y ago
Easy: you used to like games decades ago, so get an emulator, get the games you used to like back then (I'll leave the specifics out here), and play the games you used to enjoy. Then get some other games from that era that you never g
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by magduf 7y ago
You're forgetting the development of a vaccine. With enough time (10 years is way more than enough), a vaccine will be developed and deployed, and that capacity won't be needed because far fewer people will contract the disease a
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by magduf 7y ago
The European-style bidet does require extra real estate in your bathroom. The Japanese-style washlet does not; it's built into the toilet (or replaces the regular lid). Honestly, I have no idea why Europeans still use their old-fashio
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by magduf 7y ago
I wouldn't. Coal ash takes up an enormous amount of space, and it can blow around too. Nuclear waste takes up a relatively small volume.
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by magduf 7y ago
It sounds a lot like we're talking about different things. The Italian guy before is talking about a real bidet, a serious plumbing fixture much like a toilet. You and others seem to be thinking of some cheap, plastic add-on. Person
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by magduf 7y ago
Instead of half-assing it, if it's "boogered up" and leaks, the fittings should be replaced.
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by magduf 7y ago
Maybe people from other places (particularly Europe) should join the projects and start sister sub-projects to do the same things but for Europe. For the 1M ventilator one, for instance, there's no reason everyone can't work toget
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by magduf 7y ago
NO, DO NOT DO THIS!!! Compression fittings in plumbing must NOT have any teflon tape on the threads. This just causes leaks. Teflon tape is for fittings where the threads are the sealing surface. Compression fittings do not seal with the
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by magduf 7y ago
A normal faucet has two supply lines underneath the sink, and frequently they're flexible. Those can leak and cause a massive flood. Has that ever happened to you? In addition, every toilet also has a supply line underneath, running
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by magduf 7y ago
Landlords do not need to invest in the S&P 500 right now; keeping the stock market going is not more important than people who can't pay rent. If the landlords are retired, they have Social Security and probably other sources of
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by magduf 7y ago
Not only was he never overthrown (the only reason Spain is not a dictatorship today is because he died), there's still tons of Spaniards who revere him.
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm not disputing the fact about unknown people from the general public being in contact with the table. That's enough of a reason to not dine-in. I'm just pointing out that I have no trust at all that the cooks aren't
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by magduf 7y ago
Where did I critique why dining rooms are closed? I didn't address that at all; I only addressed eating food prepared in a restaurant by low-wage cooks who could be infected.
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by magduf 7y ago
I don't see how it's low-risk to have an infected person preparing your food in the kitchen. At least with a grocery store, you can wash off the produce before you use it. With a restaurant, there's nothing covering the food
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by magduf 7y ago
Wait, they did brake work at the same time as the inspection and missed a brake fluid leak? That's sheer incompetence. This kind of thing is why I never like letting other people do car work for me, and try to do everything myself. Y
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by magduf 7y ago
That's what insurance is for, or maybe a loan. If the repair is not basic, then it sounds like it's going to be very costly. If it's very costly, then the tenants missing a month or two of rent is not going to be enough to m
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by magduf 7y ago
I don't need a source, this is common knowledge. Do you not know how the US federal income tax system works? CA does have a high state income tax, but it also contributes far more to federal coffers than NV, and it doesn't get as
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by magduf 7y ago
Yeah, but my point is, if you take this to a ridiculous extreme ($1B per person), this would surely cause a disaster. So somewhere between 0 and this extreme, it goes from having little effect to having a big one, and I suspect it may be n
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by magduf 7y ago
Probably not that many, because that could result in massive inflation. Sure, QE has shown that we can print some more money and inflation isn't affected that much, but there have to be some limits to that. You can't just give e
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by magduf 7y ago
The US did something similar around 15 years ago: has everyone forgotten when George W. Bush gave everyone $400?
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by magduf 7y ago
>4. Do we seriously trust the US Government to not mess this up? California is the [0]world's fifth-largest economy and still spends more than it takes in That's because the citizens of California send most of their income taxe
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by magduf 7y ago
>Unfortunately whenever a president starts talking about this, he has a tendency to be shot. What are you talking about? Unless I'm forgetting someone, there have only been 2 assassinations, and one attempted one that famously fail
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by magduf 7y ago
It sure would be ironic if the Trump Administration is the one that gets credit in the history books for passing the first large-scale UBI.
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by magduf 7y ago
The landlords are using the rent to pay the mortgage on the property. If the banks suspend mortgage payments, then the landlords don't need to collect rent any more. If the landlords desperately need that rent just to do basic mainten
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by magduf 7y ago
I think you're talking about apples and oranges. Sure, these nations might have lower median "wealth" figures, but they also typically have lower costs of living (maybe not Sweden, but Germany does). These countries also hav
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by magduf 7y ago
Well yeah, but why would the courts not be on board? Generally, traffic courts in this country automatically side with the cops unless you have a really, really good reason why the cop was wrong (or if the cop doesn't show up for the
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by magduf 7y ago
Sounds typical: they fail inspection for easy-to-see things (e.g., lights missing or warning lights showing), and miss not-so-easy-to-see things (a small amount of leaking fluid). One things I've heard people say, and which I would agr
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by magduf 7y ago
"Communist" in name only. The party is really just an authoritarian party.
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by magduf 7y ago
It's a lot like the US really, except that the country's rulers basically choose each other directly, instead of being chosen in a public election with rigged choices. Also, it has much more direct state control and ownership of

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