namlem

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by namlem 9y ago
There's no way we could do that. Social security pays on average much more than any realistic basic income. Are we supposed to slash the income of retirees in half?
752.
by namlem 9y ago
/r/politicaldiscussion is ok
753.
by namlem 9y ago
Tattoos and piercings have been mainstream on and off for thousands of years in cultures all over he world.
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by namlem 9y ago
How does fat make you stupid? I've only seen claims to the contrary, that keto diets are good for the brain.
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by namlem 9y ago
Not true, you could make it a tort instead of a law, where employees can sue for punitive damages if secret negotiations have occurred. No guns necessary.
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by namlem 9y ago
The reward is getting to spend time with your loved ones or hobbies because over there people work to live instead of living to work.
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by namlem 9y ago
I like the worker council idea. Though perhaps a more elegant solution would be to eliminate all corporate tax deductions and set the rate to a flat 20% while taxing co-ops at 5%. Over time, this would Incentivize the formation of co-ops ov
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by namlem 9y ago
Eh I don't know if I would describe all employment contracts as completely voluntary. There are plenty of workers without the ability to change jobs easily. If you're broke, have kids, and have few skills, it's very hard to c
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by namlem 9y ago
Because they have great docs. At least that's why I chose them for my (now defunct) startup back in 2013. I wasn't familiar with databases and their docs were extremely approachable and easy to understand and navigate, with lots o
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by namlem 9y ago
My impression is that it's supposed to be intentionally bad to be funny.
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by namlem 9y ago
Why would being a socialist mean that he is biased in favor of minimum wage? In no way is minimum wage a requisite for socialism. Plenty of social democratic countries (not technically socialism, I know) have no minimum wage because they
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by namlem 9y ago
You need to balance it though. For example by adding economists and social scientists to the pool. You can't let one group have too much power.
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by namlem 9y ago
This is a much better idea. Make it a crime to conceal this information. You can't just ban lobbying unilaterally (or even just getting paid to lobby) because it's such a fundamental aspect of democracy. Whether you have elections
764.
by namlem 9y ago
I've been on a sortition kick for some time now and am a big proponent, but simply choosing congressmen at random would never work. I believe that with subcommittees and some sort of filtering mechanism, it could work very well. The fi
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by namlem 9y ago
The advantage is this: A randomly selected jury has the time to carefully consider a bill for days at a time, whereas any particular member of the voting public cannot be expected to devote more than an hour or so considering it.
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by namlem 9y ago
Manipulating people with favors is easy, even if they're very intelligent. The schedulers are likely not even giving favorable treatment consciously. The chocolate or whatever simply serves to build a positive association with the name
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by namlem 9y ago
Bill Gates chooses to spend his money largely on "them" though. The Gates foundation is, if anything, a great example of what we can achieve once we look past us v. them thinking.
768.
by namlem 9y ago
The actual life of the cells is much longer than 8 years. It's probably up to double that. Even after the cells degrade to the point where they are no longer useful in cars, they are still perfectly good for stationary storage.
769.
by namlem 9y ago
If you want returns from the early 2000s to today you buys Domino's stock. Yes, the pizza chain. Just look at their stock performance and you'll see why.
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by namlem 9y ago
Unless they lose their trademark because it becomes genericized.
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by namlem 9y ago
They can keep you two weeks (as opposed to two days in the US) without filing charges. As long as you don't confess, they won't actually bring charges unless they have compelling evidence.
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by namlem 9y ago
Denmark is consistently ranked either first or second in terms of business friendliness, trading places with New Zealand. The US is third.
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by namlem 9y ago
You absolutely will not go to prison. You probably wouldn't even get sued. You'd just be fired.
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by namlem 9y ago
You mean like this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7xvqQeoA8c
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by namlem 9y ago
Their newest robot, the one with wheels for feet, is quite efficient. You need legs to traverse complex terrain. Adding wheels for efficiency after you've developed decent legs just makes sense.
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by namlem 9y ago
I'm more bothered by the fact that the name is three syllables. Ain't nobody got time for that.
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by namlem 9y ago
DUP has a softer stance on Brexit than the tories. Soft Brexit was their condition for forming the coalition.
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by namlem 9y ago
Good. It's none of their business.
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by namlem 9y ago
Just ship with one USB-C and one USB-A. It's not that hard to figure out.
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by namlem 9y ago
There is no way natural selection is going to make us more present, but technological enhancements or genetic engineering might.

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