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by mikeash 7y ago
I think we have to figure out the appropriate punishment for countries that enslave, torture, and murder people before we can figure out that. If we can’t even stop North Korea, what hope do we have of forcing other countries to have due pr
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by mikeash 7y ago
I believe that the messages are accurate but they’re also incredibly misleading. I just did a search for nearby rooms for the end of September 2020. It shows me a bunch of listings with a bright red “Only 1 left!” As far as I can tell, thes
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by mikeash 7y ago
Why international shipping specifically? It’s extremely efficient and currently accounts for only around 3% of global CO2 emissions. (Compare to roughly 50% for electricity production, 20% for manufacturing, and 20% for transportation as a
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by mikeash 7y ago
Right.
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The standard should be “beyond a reasonable doubt” as in criminal trials. The legal definition of home should probably match the legal definition of residency used for other purposes.
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by mikeash 7y ago
It just means that you’re not allowed to return home. Often, a person’a home doesn’t correspond to their country of citizenship.
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by mikeash 7y ago
A Chinese visa is way easier to obtain for an American than vice versa.
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by mikeash 7y ago
That’s what a visa is. Without a visa you can’t even get on the plane (unless your passport is from a country that doesn’t require one). But they also want to double check when the border crossing happens. A visa can be issued months or yea
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by mikeash 7y ago
For many people, such an outcome is basically exile. That’s different from prison but still pretty bad.
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by mikeash 7y ago
That’s far from certain. You think US citizens can’t steal IP? The only way to prevent it is to have nothing worth stealing.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Does it make the news when a project is on time and budget?
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by mikeash 7y ago
Fair enough. This stupid language can be confusing.
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I thought it just meant to delegate power from a higher level of government to more local governments. I don’t recall ever seeing it used to imply any sort of backward movement.
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by mikeash 7y ago
In what way does it sound like a moral judgement?
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by mikeash 7y ago
Such is life when dealing with the public. Some people will need individual attention. They may well cost you more than you make from them. You make it up with the averages. If you don’t like it, don’t sell to the public. Your local grocery
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by mikeash 7y ago
Taking it further, does this mean we should break the country into a bunch of small ones so we can all be better off?
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I was thinking you’d tee it and run an extension to shore.
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Right, but then the Germans know you’re listening and will be more careful about what they say. If you tap the cable, you may be able to keep it a secret.
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by mikeash 7y ago
They almost perfectly match the TCO numbers from AAA. They show an average of $8,849/year at 15,000 miles/year, which is 59 cents/mile. The cheapest vehicle type they list is small sedans, which are $6,777/year or 45 cen
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by mikeash 7y ago
Interesting that they cut the lines instead of tapping them. Maybe the technology wasn’t there yet, or they were in too much of a hurry.
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by mikeash 7y ago
An Uber driver will typically drive 30-50,000 miles/year (looking at a few quick search results). At that rate, your car will wear much faster and require replacement or major maintenance much sooner than is typical.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Most minimum wage workers don’t have to pay a bunch of money operating their own equipment as part of their job.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Depreciation is a large cost as well. The IRS sets a standard rate of 58 cents/mile for deduction of vehicle-related expenses. There’s obviously a wide range of actual costs, but that’s in the ballpark for an all-inclusive amount. If y
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by mikeash 7y ago
This is a response to a push to unionize and legislate protections. They don’t just want to do this, they want to show that lots of their drivers support it instead of the alternative, and get their drivers to lobby against the legislation
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by mikeash 7y ago
“World Oil Consumption:99.84M bbl/d for 2018“ That /d means “per day.” Your other link has the same figure. Or search “world oil consumption” and find a bazillion other sources all saying it’s per day. This doesn’t even pass a bas
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by mikeash 7y ago
According to your links, worldwide consumption of oil is 100 million per day . That’s 40 years of supply if consumption stays steady. How long will current gold reserves last?
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by mikeash 7y ago
Vaguely related fun fact: “awful” used to be a synonym for “awesome.”
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Our culture still (and even more so a couple of decades ago) has a strong undercurrent of hating sluts and loving studs. This is where men are expected and encouraged to “conquer” many women and women are expected to resist it. The followin
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by mikeash 7y ago
Saying that there’s a glut of oil and a dearth of gold based on their prices is pretty reductive too. It’s a simple thought experiment: what would the world look like if there were twice as much X, or half as much X, than there actually is?
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by mikeash 7y ago
No particular quantity is needed to fulfill that function. If the gold supply were half as big, then each bit would store twice as much value and nothing would change other than the vaults being smaller. We have way more gold than is need

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