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by mfringel 11y ago
Even with a zero-liability policy, the money is coming directly out of your bank account, and will be put back in eventually, after investigation. Since the only person that's out money is you, no one has financial incentive to speed t
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by mfringel 11y ago
Between the privacy concerns and the fact that it's ACH only, it sounds like it has a tremendous benefit for retailers.... and precisely none for me.
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by mfringel 11y ago
No. My retirement funds have, as some of their holdings, a comparatively small handful of shares in companies, as part of a fund managed by an institutional investor, whose goal is to deliver shareholder value to people who hold shares of t
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by mfringel 11y ago
More specifically, large businesses are accountable to owners with sufficiently large stakes. It's harder to buy votes in government.
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by mfringel 11y ago
It's not 'supply and demand'; it's centrally-planned dynamic pricing that just happens to be done by a private entity.
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by mfringel 11y ago
"Let It Burn" is not the most airtight of analyses of a complex economic system.
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by mfringel 11y ago
I think I flew the orangey-brown one in EVE Online a while ago. Got podded in nullsec. Shame about that.
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To Build, Decide(linkedin.com)
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by mfringel 11y ago
So, I can't tell from Uber's site, but is Uber doing similar things for their drivers that actually save them money, as opposed to finding new ways to make money off of them?
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Handmade at Amazon: Artisan Marketplace(amazon.com)
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by mfringel 11y ago
No. The electorate chooses from a set of outcomes that are chosen long before they get a chance to vote on any of them. The political process starts a very long time before a typical citizen gets to vote. Thinking that the political proces
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by mfringel 11y ago
Have you checked your keyboard's electrical path for surveillance equipment this morning? Did you test your water for drugs this morning? Did you check them yesterday? We all live at certain layers of abstraction.
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by mfringel 11y ago
Parse error: Sentence did not include word 'sheeple'
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by mfringel 11y ago
I think it's more about "governed by local hotel regulations."
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by mfringel 11y ago
So, if you're not saving money, why would you go with AirBnB at all?
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by mfringel 11y ago
You've just described every taxi dispatcher on the planet, modulo a couple of rounding errors about medallions.
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by mfringel 11y ago
"Suppose you could design your dream job that you'll be starting on Monday. It's at your ideal company with your ideal job title and salary. All you have to do is tell them what you want to do at your job and you can have it.
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The Early Warning Project: Genocide Detection(earlywarningproject.com)
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by mfringel 11y ago
Design and execution count. You mention "well-screwed-together package". To my mind, if they defined the "well-put-together mass-produced sporting sedan" segment by showing you could have a entry-level luxury sedan tha
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by mfringel 11y ago
Design and execution count. If I have to wait 30 seconds for my phone to get out of its own way each time I desire to accomplish a task (camera, map application, web access), am I actually going to use it for those things, or do I now have
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by mfringel 11y ago
One can typically see a civil war coming from much further away than a hurricane or earthquake.
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by mfringel 11y ago
Unless, of course, it was assumed this discussion would take place. [[dramatic chord]]
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by mfringel 11y ago
Truth. On the flip side, if you're intimidated by working with all of the physical objects that are part and parcel of basic electronics technology, this book does a really good job of demystifying a bunch of it.
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by mfringel 11y ago
Bingo time. Today's free spaces: "Why is the gov't punishing a successful business model?" "The gov't should stay out of SmartCity's Freedom To Contract with the convention centers." "If people
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by mfringel 11y ago
....and thus it all cancels out? Show your work.
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by mfringel 11y ago
The parent comment contains no new content. It just contains words. Irrelevant words at that. Total garbage.
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by mfringel 11y ago
The primary issue with Chesterton's long-revered fence is that puts the entire burden of proof on the person who desires to take it down. What if the fence was put there for purposes of adverse posession? Those who would defend the fe
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by mfringel 11y ago
Seconded. If you spend any time at all wondering about how things are shuttled around the world, read The Box.
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by mfringel 11y ago
Aye. When I hear people talking about "watching less television" (including myself), I substitute in "surfing social media" one-for-one with television time.
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by mfringel 11y ago
I believe the parent is talking about a bunch of people getting substantial liquidity events, and therefore having more money to chase scarce housing.

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