mikeash

70 ms·

751.
by mikeash 7y ago
You do understand the concept of shorthand, yes?
752.
by mikeash 7y ago
Reminder that prison slavery is explicitly allowed by the 13th amendment. We really should amend it.
753.
by mikeash 7y ago
That might explain the change in price, although I’m rather skeptical. It doesn’t explain the “someone just bought the last” lie.
754.
by mikeash 7y ago
It’s shorthand for “free at the point of use.” There’s no need to assume people are so clueless they don’t realize that services cost money.
755.
by mikeash 7y ago
Everybody knows this. There’s no need to repeat this every time someone says “free health care” any more than there’s a need to repeat “the sky is blue.”
756.
by mikeash 7y ago
I don’t see how that would get rid of the middleman. You’d still need some entity to hold on to the money, evaluate claims, and pay them. This is just a specialized kind of insurance.
757.
by mikeash 7y ago
Why not? The point is that there are very few coal miners left and the amount of attention they get is all out of proportion.
758.
by mikeash 7y ago
I imagine they’re referring to the complete retooling of the US economy for war production.
759.
by mikeash 7y ago
That’s right now.
760.
by mikeash 7y ago
We are already paying those higher prices. We’re just paying a lot of it in economically inefficient ways, though damage to the ecosystem and to people’s health. Getting people to pay for them with money would be better.
761.
by mikeash 7y ago
Just for perspective, coal mining employs about half as many Americans as Whole Foods. That’s one specialty grocery chain. The amount of attention given to coal miners is absurd.
762.
by mikeash 7y ago
Thirty years is a long time. Think about how different the economy was in, say, 1930 compared to 1900. Or 1840 to 1870. How much fossil fuel infrastructure lasts for thirty years? We could almost do it by just using the natural replacement
763.
by mikeash 7y ago
The law says you can’t make a device that causes the vehicle to perform well on the test but perform poorly in other routine scenarios. With your example, you’d be stuck arguing to a judge that color printing is not a normal part of your de
764.
by mikeash 7y ago
You can have endless debates over what’s reasonable. However, there’s an easy way out: don’t even attempt to define it, and just make companies liable for their pollution. They will then do whatever hurricane-proofing is cost effective give
765.
by mikeash 7y ago
Because I don’t believe it actually explains it. I’m not actually an idiot. I know that “Muslim” isn’t a race. Replying with that is the sort of facile dismissal that makes the commenter feel smart but accomplishes nothing besides starting
766.
by mikeash 7y ago
For someone who supposedly values clarity, I have no idea what point you’re trying to make. To make my own point as clearly as possible: I am certain that people who say Muslims aren’t good Americans are racists and are a disproof of their
767.
by mikeash 7y ago
How did I know someone would make this response. The sort of person who had an anti-Muslim bias is generally not the sort of person with this level of nuanced understanding of race, culture, and religion.
768.
by mikeash 7y ago
That particular statement stood out at me, juxtaposed right next to the statement that many Muslims are good Americans. At least 10% of respondents believe both that racism is dead and that few Muslims are good Americans! The “open borders”
769.
by mikeash 7y ago
“It wasn't a written rule not to call the FBI...” But it was a written rule not to use a defeat device. This isn’t a case where manufacturers found a loophole and regulators got upset because they wanted manufacturers to obey the spi
770.
by mikeash 7y ago
That’s excellent for routine use but doesn’t help much for long trips.
771.
by mikeash 7y ago
2-3 plugs is bad. Between potential breakage and use by other cars, I wouldn’t rely on any location with less than 4, and even that would make me uncomfortable. You really need at least 6, and 8+ is best.
772.
by mikeash 7y ago
This page says he sold over three million books as of 2013: https://thewertzone.blogspot.com/2013/08/the-new-and-improve... If he gets a dollar or two per copy (which I think is roughly correct, based on my very l
773.
by mikeash 7y ago
Why is that clear? Trump still says they’re guilty, and still says people who commit these crimes should be executed.
774.
by mikeash 7y ago
Of course it’s private information. It’s certainly not public record. It’s possible with two of them. Great. Let me know when it’s mandatory for all of them.
775.
by mikeash 7y ago
In the US, they can ask, but they can’t stop you from walking out the door if you say no.
776.
by mikeash 7y ago
It’s relevant because that membership, which is the one thing that sets Costco apart, is also their only remedy. They don’t get to chase you down. They don’t get to hold you. They can’t call the police. (Well, they can, but the police won’t
777.
by mikeash 7y ago
You literally said that I need to put the blame where it lies and that it lies with the banks. A third party I’ve never interacted with gives out my private information without first asking for my permission. This is a crucial step in a com
778.
by mikeash 7y ago
That’s true, they were exonerated in 2002. Trump then withdrew his advocacy for their execution in... well, I can’t answer that without crystal ball.
779.
by mikeash 7y ago
CRAs could insist on positive verification of identity before they tell anyone about my credit history. If they did, they’d fix the problem. Because they don’t, they assis in abuses. Why would I not consider them to share the blame?
780.
by mikeash 7y ago
“When you do business with banks or other lending institutions, you are explicitly granting them the right to exchange your payment information with other institutions and CRAs.” It’s not like we have a choice. Every such business participa

More ›