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by monkeyfun 2y ago
I wonder if too much of the workforce would essentially be incapable of getting a new driver's license just if standards were made closer to Germany's. If that's the case, then so long as most of the economy needs tons of rep
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
In fact, it's actively made housing prices worse -- consider recent price-fixing scandals for one example.
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Haha, nice catch
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
I think they just mean that in many restaurants you pay only after receiving your food, but it's really not a very good comparison for a number of reasons. Especially since all of the above listed things, but especially restaurants, ha
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Yeah, this seems absolutely like a relevant observation -- it might be massively increasing the number of "empathetic" teachers. To elaborate: Certainly for me as a highschooler, I was bored out of my mind with how easy and mind-n
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Very well put, especially about the necessary dis-comfort. I've always personally envisioned some terrible end-state of human history where vast swathes of people are in something more like a zoo than a prison. Without escape, but also
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Well, a true cynic would note that if an 80% of a dictatorship all agreed and felt so passionate -- if even 40% did, such a government would easily fall apart or be capable of reform. If we could reliably attain passion, cooperation, co
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Excellent point that strikes at the essence of this. Already there were valid concerns about hardware backdoors and tampering, and now with such a dramatic event... well I can't exactly say I expect any change, but I do greatly hope
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
How are you going to usefully use this information if you wouldn't have an obvious way to know precisely how long it's been between whenever you lost track of the moon and stars and whenever the sun is clearly visible over the hor
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Another thought, though I'll fully disclaim I didn't look into data on sales: What's being counted as desktop sales? Because I would suspect that more gamers and hobbyists than ever are simply putting together mid and high-en
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
There may not be a continuous fuel expenditure, but there is a maintenance cost for the grid infrastructure, keeping panels or turbines in good working condition, etc. -- not to mention the manufacturing costs and, since no organizations ar
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Thanks! That article's so beyond my expectations, haha.
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
To flip your question around, why are you living right now? I developed a severe intestinal disorder in my 20s. Some people can get it or ones like it in their teens, others their 30s, 40s, 50s, etc. and many won't ever develop such is
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Could you link to an article on those local (to where, btw?) cheesemakers?
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
You're missing the essence. That those who are desperate and poor can be punished easily, swiftly, harshly, but those who are wealthy tend to avoid punishment and when it even occurs it is with herculean effort, sluggish, and limp. An
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
God, I just have to share a little experience that not too long ago happened to me, relating with what you said about oculus and repairability. So, ol' monkeyfun had a quest 2 controller grip button break. From gentle, ordinary grippin
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Wow, thanks for posting that, it was seriously impressive and surreal. I mean, even if it was entirely some random Indian poster with no automated assistance, which is still more than plausible, that speaks to a pretty shocking amount of d
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Indeed, we should actually have a CEO take all of the surplus value. Or at least a continuously increasing amount. Not based on their performance or the value they can be measured to add, nor comparing against any sort of alternative struct
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Odd choice of example, and I really have to disagree on sherlocking. First, why the example is odd / poor imo Adobe trying to maintain as close to a monopoly as it can on a file format in order to have more control and (at least hoping
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Could you share a quote or source for others to check out what she said? It sounds very interesting, I'd love to read or listen to what she had to say there.
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Relatedly, have you ever heard of skyhook? Not the CIA one but the orbital infrastructure concept -- lets you literally just take a supersonic capable plane with no rocket engines whatsoever into space. Always love that concept with how it&
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Please look at Qatar or the UAE, as I feel that will pretty much clear up that feeling about it being unrealistic. I don't mean look at some specific mansion, I almost even mean the entire countries, particularly Qatar. If you've
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
>1 hour battery >work a few hours
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Are there any stories or examples you could provide of what you described with arctic work? That sounds quite interesting!
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
It's funny that they can't forcibly sanction property in the form of homes... but they can functionally enslave people and potentially send them to their death (conscription) or take property in the form of money and assets (taxes
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Ahhh, reminding me of Nation-States too. What a curious little website / online community.
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Isn't it almost cosmically funny that the response to people who do want small trucks is to try banning the kei trucks, often over claims of "safety"? Weird that the more unsafe (to everyone else) and wasteful and polluting b
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Can you link to an article or source on that story? I can't seem to find it, just irrelevant ones about near-misses or not involving right turns etc.
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
I replied to your other post in this chain, but felt like adding: Does a bad mechanic leave you in physical pain and have the potential to leave you suffering worse than before you arrived? Can you avoid the problem of a bad doctor by just
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by monkeyfun 2y ago
Yes, people are frustrated at highly paid and educated specialists being paid large amounts of money by them while in severe pain, and sometimes not getting help. Just like they're frustrated if they don't listen at a grade school

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