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by maratd 13y ago
Maybe if you weren't so high when you wrote that reply, it would have actually made sense. > That, and you know what, going around calling everyone "kids" because you can't formulate an argument makes you look bad, no
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by maratd 13y ago
No. What precisely is your point? That there are legitimate uses for weed? Ok, agreed. There are legitimate uses for alcohol too. Great disinfectant. Great at cleaning mechanical parts. Doesn't mean drinking half a bottle of vodka a da
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by maratd 13y ago
Look, I'm all for legalization, but let's not kid ourselves. Alcohol doesn't make you more sociable. Tobacco doesn't make you look cool. And weed doesn't help you relax. Or rather, all of the above certainly do that
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by maratd 13y ago
> what if they refuse to work? Do they just get to walk away? Nope. Then you can send them to prison. But at least give them a choice. > people who commit things like large-scale fraud are usually psychopaths to some degree Large scal
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by maratd 13y ago
There is no need to put such people in prison. How is that productive for society? These people are clearly intelligent, so put them to work. Dock their pay until they pay off the damage they caused plus penalties to discourage future behav
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by maratd 13y ago
> It's awful that our justice system creates this sort of mentality Oh, certainly, but it's not exactly the worst part about our system. I'm guessing a bit here, but I don't get the feeling the gentlemen stepping forw
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by maratd 13y ago
> As far as I know in the US such records never disappear. That is not entirely correct. Certainly states have programs to expunge records. Here is the info for my state of New Jersey: http://www.judiciary.state.nj.us/pro
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by maratd 13y ago
This is silly. You have absolutely no clue what a future with a "25-year-old health until the age of about 90" would look like. Not even close. There are literally millions of things, from the economy to social structure, that wou
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by maratd 13y ago
This is a valid point, but if 20 year olds are now treated like children and the fertility window doesn't change, procreating becomes somewhat difficult. In fact, isn't that what's happening in all the countries where longevi
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by maratd 13y ago
> It's a strange disconnect. I know everyone is thinking what I'm thinking, but you never see this in the articles. Is it some kind of taboo? Sure. It's ridiculously selfish. As you age, you realize your success in all thi
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by maratd 13y ago
> "In a deflationary economy, people always buy LESS of your stuff and you have no idea if that's happening" > [citation needed] > Where did I trip up? The fact that you need a citation to realize that in a deflation
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by maratd 13y ago
Right. Your example illustrates the stupidity of deflation. You got so tripped up in the terms and concepts, you didn't even get it right. In a deflationary economy, people always buy LESS of your stuff and you have no idea if that&#x2
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by maratd 13y ago
> The amount of the raise can be less in nominal dollars but the employee gets the same real purchasing power. 1. 99% of people out there have no idea what purchasing power is. 2. The 1% that do either lack the ability or the will to cal
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by maratd 13y ago
> I don't think inflation is a part of basic human psychology. Regardless of your thoughts, it is. Most jobs do not experience constant annual productivity gains, but everyone wants a raise at the end of the year and feels like shit
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by maratd 13y ago
> You could plan the rough change in value over time, and build it into the algorithm, perhaps making gains unlimited at first, then making it very deflationary for several years, and gradually easing gains to something like 0-2% deflati
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by maratd 13y ago
> Later I found out that elance has a loophole where buyers who disputed or cancelled projects are not able to leave feedback. That is not correct. You can dispute a project and as long as the freelancer received a single dollar for any
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by maratd 13y ago
Ha! The story is of course a jest, but there's no reason why you can't look at it that way. A cup is either half empty or half full.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Please don't mock parents who choose to formula feed; there are many cases where it is preferable and/or necessary And where have I done that? Formula is a fantastic invention that can specifically assist in very difficult si
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by maratd 13y ago
> The long term benefits of breast feeding are so tenuous This is a joke, right? Simple reasoning and deduction will lead you to the right answer. We evolved to drink the milk of our mothers, not a chemical concoction derived from the mi
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by maratd 13y ago
> Its the tulip craze with bytes. Oh, you! Tulips were better. You at least got the pretty flower after all was said and done.
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by maratd 13y ago
> That still doesn't account for the fact that having a mathematical model for inflation is hugely advantageous for a currency. This is hugely important and obvious to anybody who has taken Econ 101. Everybody knows this. So why w
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by maratd 13y ago
Finally, somebody with a basic understanding of economics decides to chime in. It is not possible for bitcoin to be a currency due to its deflationary nature. Bitcoin might be an interesting investment vehicle, a storage of value, but somet
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by maratd 13y ago
The constitution requires a declaration of war. That requirement has been withered away in recent years, don't you think? It was there to prevent exactly this sort of nonsense.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Candidly, this strikes me as relatively irresponsible advice, and half-humblebrag. "I just get so bored with normal corporate work, you know? I always need something new." Wouldn't know, I've never done corporate wo
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by maratd 13y ago
> ssh and a vpn client seem glaringly absent from that list. "VirtualBox (running Ubuntu with all the usual stuff)" All my terminal stuff is in there. I also use Secure Shell for Chrome for SSH.
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by maratd 13y ago
> Here's a brilliant idea—help a person by framing their issues as personal and moral failures. That's sure to be a positive catalyst for change. You're being sarcastic, but it actually IS. We live in a culture where every
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by maratd 13y ago
Google Docs + Google Mail + Google Calendar + Google Hangouts Duet ( http://www.duetapp.com/ ) Cloud9 IDE ( https://github.com/ajaxorg/cloud9/ ) Timer Tab ( http://www.timer-tab.com/ )
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by maratd 13y ago
> Was it brain chemistry? ADD? Millenial entitlement? The Bipolar Lisp personality? Depression? SAD? A once-seen-impossible-to-unsee glimpse of the Gervais Principle? Oh please, enough with the drama. I've led the same life. So has
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by maratd 13y ago
A fine argument, but you must realize that same argument has been made by many men from the very inception of the United States. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shays'_Rebellion Whatever is being suffered now by any
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by maratd 13y ago
> Comparing America with France and Germany you get a different picture of freedom of speech imho. Germany is a terrible example of free speech. So is France. The parent is right, US is still way ahead on this specific point. Remember, f

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