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by mertd 8y ago
Regulations almost always cause some sort of rent seeking behavior. Sometimes they are negligible in comparison to the greater good gained from the regulation. I don't think this is the case here.
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by mertd 8y ago
Singapore, not Bali.
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by mertd 8y ago
That would be a federal crime, at least for now. But there seem to be people hoarding pennies in hopes of legislation to change.
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by mertd 8y ago
Tax doesn't keep up with the value increase due to prop 13.
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by mertd 8y ago
Except for the natives, almost all of Americans are no more than two degrees separated from an immigrant who may or may not have been legal. It isn't surprising that they would be sympathetic to immigrants.
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by mertd 8y ago
There is a relevant interview [0] with Feynman that I always remember. [0] https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/W9rJv26sxs4g2B9bL/transcript...
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by mertd 8y ago
On Jump bikes at least, the pedal is practically a gas pedal. I never came close to putting any effort even on 10+% hills in SF.
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by mertd 8y ago
Usually other types of vehicles get a handsome ticket when they stop somewhere they should not.
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by mertd 8y ago
It isn't the classical music at that particular BK. The speakers are very loud. Any sound would do. The homeless just camp across the street in front of the library. So it solves nothing. BK probably gets more business at the expense o
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by mertd 8y ago
> A house on a quiet street with a decent view might be worth X, but the same house becomes worth X/2 if a high-traffic, view-blocking apartment complex is built next door. I disagree. The house might be worth less but the plot of l
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by mertd 8y ago
I don't get the density causes devaluation argument. A plot of land in a high density area is a lot more valuable than in a low density area. So from a purely economic standpoint one should welcome density. I feel like in California th
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by mertd 9y ago
He followed that up with a book on pizza. I was happy to find out that you can make pretty close variations of NY or Neapolitan pizzas at home. Now our Sunday evenings are pizza experiments.
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by mertd 9y ago
I would expect the setting to persist if you're logged in but that's probably not something people do on Wikipedia.
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by mertd 9y ago
I suggest you find and watch some crash videos. You are not in as much control as you'd like to believe. A lot of the time, one bad actor creates a scenario in which the others have no chance to escape.
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by mertd 9y ago
Labor is probably not fluid enough. I expect people to value steady income very highly. That might change if basic income was a thing though.
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by mertd 9y ago
Interestingly, squatting toilets are called "alaturka" in Turkey, which is "à la turca" turned into a Turkish word.
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by mertd 9y ago
> "send me a box now" So instant food delivery but you still have to cook it? That would be a very narrow market.
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by mertd 9y ago
Shouldn't the insurance companies have a huge incentive to see this built?
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by mertd 9y ago
Whitney, Guggenheim, MoMA, Intrepid are all same price or more. Elevator rides up one of the famous skyscrapers are all more expensive. $25 for Met is better value compared to all of them.
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by mertd 9y ago
Where is the line? Do you want to sit in an interrogation room for a few hours before you rent a U-Haul?
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by mertd 9y ago
SV is not urban. It is sub-urban and that's the problem.
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by mertd 9y ago
There is a great Freakonomics episode on exactly that. tl;dr was that people don't like buying stuff via auctions. http://freakonomics.com/podcast/live-event-ticket-market-scr...
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by mertd 9y ago
They might all have a suit but do they have "more" outfits than Americans?
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by mertd 9y ago
It is also a good way to get yourself into jail since it is illegal.
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by mertd 9y ago
That's the allegation, or people legitimately bought tether. It's not clear which is true. Hence the investigation.
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by mertd 9y ago
Some products require a great deal of initial investment to even roll one unit out. Not everything is an app or a service.
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by mertd 9y ago
Let's say you weigh 70kg. The 7kg lighter bike only saves you less than 10% weight overall but a 300W motor easily multiplies your power.
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by mertd 9y ago
It's not accidental. That's the activation phrase.
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by mertd 9y ago
You need some level of technical understanding to be able to determine what is possible. The complexity from a Sunday afternoon project to full time job jumps very quickly. Build a spell checker? Dictionary lookup. Build a context aware spe
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by mertd 9y ago
All your granted shares go to your brokerage account. Those are insured by SIPC insured up to a limit. You can sell your shares whenever you want except for certain blackout dates around earnings if you are still employed by that company.

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