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by moduspol 8y ago
Model 3 owner here: Tesla already feels at least three years ahead of other manufacturers, and the cars other manufacturers are promising in the next few years are aiming to possibly compete with what Tesla's been selling for at leas
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by moduspol 8y ago
If Musk listened to expert advice, Tesla wouldn't exist.
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by moduspol 8y ago
Like every mouse that uses a charging dock?
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by moduspol 8y ago
The easier and more "automatic" any tax is, the easier it is to hide, and the less people understand that they're paying it. And as they become less aware of what they're paying, it becomes easier to take more. OP is ack
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by moduspol 8y ago
> A thought experiment: how would an economy run solely on a Bitcoin-like currency behave? And how would it respond to business cycles? A perhaps better comparison would be to "cryptocurrencies" instead of Bitcoin itself. Bitco
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by moduspol 8y ago
> This is a way less clear-cut distinction than you're making it out to be It really isn't. I think we can all make arguments as to why we're justified in taking from others, but that doesn't change the reality of wha
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by moduspol 8y ago
They're voluntarily authorized by the controlling interest of the people whose money it is.
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by moduspol 8y ago
> Seems no worse than an employer doing the same, directly or via interest groups. Well, in one scenario it's their money being spent. In the other, it's yours . You don't draw a pretty clear distinction there?
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by moduspol 8y ago
Top performers already have that choice.
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by moduspol 8y ago
It's not an unreasonable hypothesis, but it's certainly not new, either. The same hypothesis was made five, ten, twenty, and more years ago. And it was wrong every time. That doesn't mean it's wrong now, but it does invi
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by moduspol 8y ago
It's truly worrying that comments like these are made unironically. Is there any amount of currency printing that you believe might be problematic? Or is the sky the limit? Perhaps most importantly: What happens if we accept your claim
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by moduspol 8y ago
HN users commenting with anti-corporate sentiment is not indicative of some fresh new change of attitude.
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by moduspol 8y ago
It doesn't have to be Jeff Bezos. It could be anyone--like your IT team in your own company. Kubernetes already supports multiple serverless variants. The significance is where the line of abstraction is drawn, as has been the case eve
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by moduspol 8y ago
> Serverless applications' reliance on other proprietary services like Cognito, DynamoDB etc is another thing however... I feel like even this lock-in is overstated. Those other services are billed based on usage and are completely
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by moduspol 8y ago
Private firms aren't inherently "virtuous," but their motivations are at least clear. A business seeking to maximize financial returns for its owners isn't "corrupt," it's "working as expected."
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by moduspol 8y ago
Everyone in my family has been doing this for years. I even tried just asking the first person if there are any promos available, to try and skip the song and dance. But they said no. "OK, then I need to cancel." And you're s
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by moduspol 8y ago
Cases like these could be made after any election ever, and we're going down a dark road by presuming this time is any different.
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by moduspol 8y ago
Not OP, but I'd like the world to be moving toward a paradigm where physical location is not a significant factor in career / pay / advancement. It makes things more "meritocratic," and it puts pressure on some of t
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by moduspol 8y ago
> objective - (of a person or their judgment) not influenced by personal feelings or opinions in considering and representing facts: historians try to be objective and impartial. It does mean what I think it means, actually.
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by moduspol 8y ago
> That said, which four have been shown to be lying? I posted a separate source for each of the four above. The two you're missing are the "rape on a boat" allegation and the woman who initially corroborated Ford's al
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by moduspol 8y ago
Again: It is now objective fact that at least four of his accusers were lying, so we're legitimately evaluating how someone should react when being questioned surrounding false sexual assault and rape allegations after being in the med
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by moduspol 8y ago
Put yourself in his shoes for a moment, and pretend you're genuinely innocent of the accusations. Isn't a group of partisan operatives conspiring against you the most likely reason for very conveniently-timed and uncorroborated se
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by moduspol 8y ago
> So did I, but I don't regard someone a failure who deserves misery if they did not 'gather necessary skills'. Back to the straw-manning, I suppose. I never made those claims. > There are a lot of reasons why someone m
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by moduspol 8y ago
> That is _not_ a solution, and this is an incredibly naive and classist take on why people people work in unskilled positions. Care to elaborate? Many of us held minimum wage positions for some period of time before gathering the skills
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by moduspol 8y ago
We are not morally obligated to ensure that every single entry-level, unskilled job pays enough for a middle class lifestyle, regardless of mistakes made prior. The solution is to not work long-term in an entry-level, unskilled job.
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by moduspol 8y ago
You actually don't have to confirm if the exit lane is split from your lane, which is pretty common. It will signal for you and get you into the appropriate lane. If reaching your destination requires switching lanes into one that is n
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by moduspol 8y ago
It will also change lanes for you if you signal, and wait for a safe opening if necessary.
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by moduspol 8y ago
I'm sure it contributes, but I think the key reason it's more politically feasible is because it doesn't hit as many (especially poorer) Europeans as hard (EDIT: I meant to imply here there are a lot fewer miles driven). Look
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by moduspol 8y ago
People don't use nearly as much vehicle fuel in Europe as they do in the US. More clearly stated, my point is that what's really needed is people to adjust their consumption downward dramatically, but the taxes necessary to cause
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by moduspol 8y ago
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but: From what I'm being told, fundamental changes need to occur in our consumption to have a measurable impact on climate change. That won't happen with normal people continuing to consume at the

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