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by mises 7y ago
This is part of why I object to the dilution of the term "right" with the modern, European concept of creating new rights to suit a political agenda. Basic liberties are a very narrow category as laid out in the Bill of Rights.
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by mises 7y ago
Unfortunately, yes. The College Board is doing this so that colleges can get around a possible future SCOTUS ruling against racist admissions. Apparently, they have also been calculating these and giving them away behind the backs of stud
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by mises 7y ago
Really? We are currently disengaging in Syria. We left Iraq. If people had cared that much about leaving earlier, we would have left earlier because they would have made it an important issue of a campaign. A couple people criticizing i
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by mises 7y ago
Just got a Galaxy J7 V 2 for less than $250. Does what I need it to, snappy, expandable storage, and an actual all-day battery life (probably day-and-a-half). I guess I don't understand why people want super-powered phones: just ca
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by mises 7y ago
I suggest testing by running `telnet towel.blinkenlights.nl`. I have found it to be much more entertaining.
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by mises 7y ago
Some perspective: over the past 5-6 years, I have seen a raft of companies pop up promising better batteries. Their business plans are all fairly similar, but none really succeed (that I have seen); most are treading water, and few have p
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by mises 7y ago
It might actually be more difficult. There have been cases where soap dispensers didn't work on blacks because more infrared was absorbed. Not saying it's not solvable, but it's possibly harder. I guess you're right t
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by mises 7y ago
A small company I know of had an issue where an accounting period ended before Jan. 1 for some reason, so people accidentally ate up next year's vacation over Christmas. Every one was pissed, but it got worked out. Accounting is wei
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by mises 7y ago
Interesting stuff in userspace? I thought drivers worked in kernel for performance reasons (part of why wireguard performs well). Any where I can learn more about what is in userspace and why? I'm also curious, how does performance c
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by mises 7y ago
I hope not, because not all terminals support unicode, not all applications do, etc. Also, as the author mentioned, it is hard for the layman to understand how to pronounce it. Why they did not name it "thrangrycat", I do not kn
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by mises 7y ago
The problem with calling something biased is that it carries a connotation of racism. There is a difference between disparate impact and disparate treatment, to use Eric Holder's terminology. I don't think humans are "proje
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by mises 7y ago
> you can tell grandma why she's not going to get that hip replacement or cancer treatment I'll ignore the flame-bait. I honestly believe that we could reduce regulation and make the poorest better off. I referenced above an
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by mises 7y ago
Constitutional Amendments were not designed to directly contradict the purpose of the constitution; why would you do so if not for a blatant power grab? Why not allow states to do it for themselves? Broad-brush national solutions do not a
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by mises 7y ago
> I take it, then, that you're totally ok with Medicare for All as a plan, as it's not single payer? Nope. I am also not okay with Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and any sort of transfer payment from the feds. > I'm gu
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by mises 7y ago
The biggest issue is not America, it is the third world. Billions of people are employed by outsourced manufacturing. When they are replaced, no one will be able to afford any kind of safety net for them. There is not enough money to pay
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by mises 7y ago
> Why pay coverage for things you'll never use? Same reason I'm paying for your broken arm. That's how insurance works. Spreading the risk. Insurance is supposed to hedge against risk. You might need a broken arm; I wi
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by mises 7y ago
> it's unlikely that an influx of new patients due to opening networks and increasing coverage would lead to doctors dropping existing patients. It wouldn't, but if I needed to get a doctor, I might no longer be able to get a v
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by mises 7y ago
Ok, why? I'm more than open to being convinced otherwise; I'd love to think no one would be harmed.
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by mises 7y ago
> freedom to pick any doctor Any doctor? Doctors can take so many patients. Though it may benefit a large number of people, some may end up worse. Those who have the best doctors currently (because they can pay) may no longer be abl
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by mises 7y ago
This seems as though it could be irritating. Does any one know if it would affect something like termux? Could it affect things like terminal emulators? Normally I would just root, but some manufacturers don't allow bootloader unloc
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Warren Phillips Has Died(wsj.com)
2 points by mises 7y ago|0 comments
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by mises 7y ago
I've always been more concerned about hidden damage: something has been stressed significantly, but has not yet broken. This has ended up coming true on a refurbished phone I purchased: things seemed to rapidly wear over time. The mi
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by mises 7y ago
As people (including geek types) age, they tend to wish for simpler, more functional technology. They may still care about privacy, but may prefer more support and ease-of-use. That is likely there market. Unfortunately, I think it is the
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by mises 7y ago
Only by Western civilization? China is the largest polluter; India is third. The West may not be blameless, but it is not solely the fault thereof. What is your better idea, now that the time for prevention has passed?
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by mises 7y ago
Thank you to this guy for not burying the lead. I hope more people put a simple conclusion at the beginning when writing such a blog post. Also, any one else notice that the favicon is a gif (nyan cat)? I didn't know that was support
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by mises 7y ago
A patient is accepted, cared for, and cannot pay. The patient has medicare. Would you, as a hospital, refuse any payment; or would you take what you could get (medicare)? A below-market rate is bad, but nothing is worse.
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by mises 7y ago
You're correct, but that is all fixed cost. The marginal cost of an e-book is essentially zero. In the short run, a publisher can keep selling an e-book at almost any price.
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by mises 7y ago
The idea came about when media pitched it as a solution to blue-collar jobs disappearing. This was particularly the case when some asked what would happen to coal miners when environmental regulations were enacted: they were told to learn
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Coinbase Bans Milo Yiannopolous(ccn.com)
16 points by mises 7y ago|2 comments
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by mises 7y ago
Yikes; I hadn't heard about this. Does uBlock origin stop this? I certainly don't want my browser doing it.

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