magduf

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by magduf 7y ago
Well if airlines go bankrupt, that's a lot of assets that could be sold at fire-sale prices, and an opportunity for other surviving airlines to jump in and take over those planes and routes. Since China seems to have contained the out
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by magduf 7y ago
>Keeping money lying around does not spur the economy, which means fewer jobs, fewer products, and a stagnating economy. This isn't true. If you personally "keep money lying around", that usually means putting it the bank
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by magduf 7y ago
>Companies can also be sued for keeping too much cash on hand, as for example, is the case with apple. Sounds like there should be a new law to prevent this kind of thing. As the other poster pointed out, Japanese companies that have be
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by magduf 7y ago
Exactly; it's basically an arms race.
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by magduf 7y ago
State inspections are generally useless. They'll probably catch simple things like a burned-out bulb (because then they can charge you a huge markup to replace it), but not-so-obvious stuff like that will probably be missed. Here in
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by magduf 7y ago
Huh? I'll have to ask my mother about this one (she also has IOLs), but I thought those replaced your lenses entirely; why would they cause an effect like that? That sounds like a complaint about radial keratotomy (PRK).
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by magduf 7y ago
The road rage isn't that likely, because we're talking about two vehicles going opposite directions. Depending on the road (such as a median-separated highway), it can be very difficult to impossible for an angry driver to turn
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by magduf 7y ago
I live in Virginia, and we have annual vehicle inspections. Yes, headlights are among the test-points. It doesn't help; tons of vehicles have poorly-aimed headlights. Doing vehicle testing for $16 doesn't actually help anything
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by magduf 7y ago
It's too difficult I guess. Police just want to sit at speed traps and give tickets for speeding, and ignore all other traffic infractions, because speeding is the easiest to enforce.
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by magduf 7y ago
People like big vehicles; people like to sit up higher; small women especially like them because it makes them feel more powerful. Finally, Americans just don't care about fuel economy, or cornering ability, or having a vehicle that d
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by magduf 7y ago
It would be nice if the US adopted a law like that... I guess that requires too much governmental competence.
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by magduf 7y ago
There is a certain cost to it. Just like a reserve army full of reservists has a serious cost (those people all have to spend weekends training, after all: time that could be spent doing other things), a "health care army" would r
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by magduf 7y ago
>It is surprising to me to. If this was Star Trek world, you'd have computational models built by experts shared and discussed the very first day The problem with Star Trek (esp. TNG) is that it doesn't reflect reality at all.
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by magduf 7y ago
One distinction I see is between repair and modification. If you own your car, and the headlight burns out, why shouldn't you be allowed to repair it back to the original factory state? Why should you be forced to pay someone else to
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by magduf 7y ago
Not disagreeing, but in your view what countries aren't going down that road, which aren't also authoritarian?
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by magduf 7y ago
Not really, no. It depends on your situation. If you're fairly young, single, healthy, and have no kids, and can live cheaply, that difference in salary will quickly amount to a lot of savings. Basically, the US is a good place to ma
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by magduf 7y ago
The checks and balances don't work as designed, and haven't for a long time. Any time there's a government shutdown that lasts for more than a couple of days, that's proof that this is simply a system too flawed to keep
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by magduf 7y ago
No. You seem to be unfamiliar with the idea that "a rising tide lifts all boats". You're assuming that acting what appear to be your best short-term interests will equate to a better outcome in the long term, which is usual
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by magduf 7y ago
Yes.
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by magduf 7y ago
This is a court ruling I would have expected to see in America, not western Europe. WTF is going on over there?
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by magduf 7y ago
I'm honestly not sure. Italy has some conditions that made it more vulnerable, like a larger portion of its population being older.
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by magduf 7y ago
Yep, and for good reason: they absolutely should keep working (and spreading the disease around) if they have it, because they cannot afford not to. This is the consequence of having a society where there's no real social safety n
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by magduf 7y ago
That's his opinion. Tens of millions of other Americans don't think so at all, and they're making their voices heard in national elections and successfully choosing our leaders.
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by magduf 7y ago
If you want an example of how to competently handle this crisis, just look at South Korea. The US had a whole month to get prepared for this, and instead did pretty much nothing, and even refused to import test kits and prepare itself for l
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by magduf 7y ago
>We personally and responsibly elected officials to provide government assistance for various things rather than just hoping charity covers the gap. Who's "we", and what jurisdiction are you talking about? If you're
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by magduf 7y ago
A safety net absolutely is "super partisan crazy talk" in the US, because a large fraction of the population simply doesn't support it, including another responder to this post. This just goes to show how different cultures
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by magduf 7y ago
Japan has a different culture. When the government puts out a "strong recommendation", the society generally follows. This even happens with corporations. There's a culture of conformity there that just isn't present
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by magduf 7y ago
That right there is your problem. Go learn about how US elections work. Try reading the Constitution.
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by magduf 7y ago
The problem with the infuser is that there's only one of them, unlike regular mugs where I have a whole bunch of them because they're practically free (they're a common gift item, after all). The infuser set-up is expensive,
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by magduf 7y ago
>80% of all cases are still in China. That's impossible to know. We have no idea how many cases there are in the US, because we're not doing a significant amount of testing here, because our government is incompetent and unpre

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