manofstick

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by manofstick 6y ago
> It was never fun to grind through killing 100 Goblins, but you did it so that you could get the magic sword at the end. I think you're taking exactly the wrong lesson from that. It wasn't fun to grind through the goblins, but
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by manofstick 7y ago
...except that it's not true [1]... [1] https://www.politifact.com/punditfact/statements/2017/jul/18...
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by manofstick 8y ago
(Edit: pondering the down-vote. Is it because you don't like what I am saying, or that it's factually not true?) The problem with the Carbon Tax is that right wing parties across the world (well at least in the Anglo-zone that I k
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by manofstick 8y ago
"Minority" is not the opposite of "Privileged". When we speak of wanting to assist minorities this is when they are disadvantaged minorities. i.e. they are the opposite of privileged. Please don't just play word g
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by manofstick 8y ago
No "Privileged" means having advantages that others don't. Being white is highly correlated with being privileged due to historical circumstances, but it is only a racist reading of the word that thinks that being privileged
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by manofstick 8y ago
Yes, it's Hedonic Quality Adjustment [1]. If you follow through the example on the link, you see the negative CPI component, even though a) you can't actually buy the old version anymore - so you can't reap the "real&quo
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by manofstick 8y ago
Another economic number I ponder over is inflation, and the economists method of revaluation of goods called the hedonic quality adjustment [1]. If you follow the example on the link provided, they show how upgrading an old tv that cost $25
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by manofstick 9y ago
Sigh. If you want to be closed minded, and not accept that you are choosing your axioms in the same way as someone else exposed to different upbringings is - as per my examples, then I guess I have no chance of convincing you otherwise.
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by manofstick 9y ago
> Simply put, those who are attacked will fight back. Well not that I'm Christian, but Christian teaching is basically the opposite of this (Matthew 5:39 - i.e. turn the other cheek). And Gandhi's resistance was also an example
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by manofstick 9y ago
Which was exactly what the parent had said. i.e. > This is why rights are codified in laws and agreements. Which is what the US Constitution is. (Just because the say "We hold these truths to be self-evident" doesn't mean
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by manofstick 9y ago
New Zealand in the 90's was trying to have an integrated policing system designed by IBM which burnt a lot of money (in the order of 100 million) and was abandoned [0]. I was working with one of the companies that came along to replace
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by manofstick 9y ago
As non-american, living outside of america (but having lived there for a year and a half starting January 2000), I concur. I still follow american politics quite a bit (too much for me to remain healthy actually) and I'm constantly bam
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by manofstick 9y ago
>> NZ is a small, ethnically (and therefore more importantly culturally) homogenous country Not according to the CIA Factbook it isn't: NZ: European 71.2%, Maori 14.1%, Asian 11.3%, Pacific peoples 7.6%, Middle Eastern, Latin Am