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by natrius 10y ago
Newsflash: a distinct accent and unassimilated culture is a pretty predictable result of government-enforced segregation, a policy which still has not ended. Voluntary segregation on top of that makes it worse. Single-family zoning is expli
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In the US, two popular anti-establishment candidates campaigned against free trade. Protectionism is popular. It's not a stereotype. I get that UBI doesn't prevent people from getting jobs. I support it. It's just not a solut
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They are speaking for themselves. They want protectionism that will make us all less wealthy, and won't address the reality that automation is the real competitor. Someone has to come up with a good solution that makes everyone happier
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by natrius 10y ago
Underpaid people who are pursing their passions will be fine with a UBI. People who lose their jobs to machines will have to rebuild their idea of why their life has value from scratch, and a UBI makes it clear that other people are still c
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by natrius 10y ago
Agreed. While I think a basic income is a good idea, the people I think it will make better off don't actually want it. They want jobs. Perhaps we should be considering a new Works Progress Administration instead.
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by natrius 10y ago
Leverage is important, but leveraged bets can be made with financial assets too. Our laws make leveraged bets on owner-occupied housing attractive, but I don't think there's an inherent financial advantage to other kinds of invest
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by natrius 10y ago
My current pet theory is that they obfuscated Urbit so much because otherwise, the artificial scarcity of address space would be unenforceable. As it is, you have to make a huge investment in learning their tech to understand everything, an
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by natrius 10y ago
This is the right answer. As far as I can tell, the only reason to buy a home is to lock in a particular home for your family over time at a stable price, which this equity structure does not address. Otherwise, you can just invest in real
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by natrius 10y ago
Using laws to bias housing stock towards owner-occupancy is explicit economic segregation. Owning a home requires wealth that many families don't have, and they should have an equal right to all neighborhoods. Segregation is the defaul
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by natrius 10y ago
The New York Times has done live predictive models as results come in, which is the best election night tool I've ever seen. Here's the New York Democratic primary: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016&#x2F
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by natrius 10y ago
This sounds better than my current solution of multiple Chrome profiles, but how does this interact with extensions? So many extensions require broad permissions that give them nearly as much power as the browser vendor themselves. With sep
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by natrius 10y ago
They're probably worth distinguishing somehow for newcomers. They're both transaction logs. Ethereum is a transaction log with a consensus mechanism. Anyone can append to it. It's a scroll: any group or society can use apps t
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by natrius 10y ago
It's generally good advice to stop buying and promoting cryptocurrencies as investments. If you're a developer, learn how to use these tools to make better software for users. If you're not a developer, keep your money in you
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by natrius 10y ago
This is absolutely true, but you shouldn't let the cults distract you from the valuable tools we now have to build software users control. Decentralized applications are the only way to keep users in control of their lives as software
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by natrius 10y ago
The decentralization vision does not require blind faith in Vitalik. The tools are already available. It's up to developers to pick them up and use them. Solving the scalability problem and moving to proof-of-stake requires some faith
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by natrius 10y ago
We have to recreate neighborhood congregations. Topical meetup groups that meet weekly with social activities to build a local community. Kid-friendly activities that happen during meetups so people can bring their whole families. Congregat
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by natrius 10y ago
Taxis are bad because it's profitable for taxi companies and politicians for them to be bad. "Just fix your taxis" is a pretty ridiculous suggestion in the face of regulatory capture. I have no desire for an Uber monopoly. I
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by natrius 10y ago
Decentralization does not add risks. It just unbundles consumer protection from the marketplace itself. If you want a customer advocate to mediate your purchases, you can hire anyone to do it. Sellers will increasingly depend on good relati
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by natrius 10y ago
The group doesn't rely on notifications to work. Drivers watch the stream of posts and riders post into it.
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by natrius 10y ago
> All this to avoid the pretend horror of taxis. Taxis consistently fail to show up in a reasonable amount of time (or at all). They have a solid track record of preferring riders who aren't large black men, like I am. I am a happy
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by natrius 10y ago
Multiple ridehailing companies have sprung up, but that's not a solution. It's the problem. As long as multiple networks split the market, wait times and prices will always be worse than Uber was. Arcade City has a chance to work
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by natrius 10y ago
The React way is different and I was hesitant, but it is better. It combines the best parts of native app development with the best parts of web development, then improves on them. The old way of doing CSS was crazy and unmanageable because
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by natrius 10y ago
(The last episode of Silicon Valley referenced the tabs vs. spaces debate with exaggerated examples of hitting the space bar four times to indent. This probably isn't a serious question.)
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by natrius 10y ago
Even when it's true, "this doesn't need a blockchain" is such a content-free criticism. It's new technology. People will discover when it's useful to use a blockchain even when it's not the cheapest approa
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by natrius 10y ago
The way to unseat an established network is to build a network no one controls, which makes it the obvious alternative for anyone dissatisfied with the monopolist. Decentralization yields powerful network effects, and we're all about t
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by natrius 10y ago
Sybil resistance. I'm skeptical, but it could make sense.
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by natrius 10y ago
In the face of injustice, some accept it as the way the world works. Others fight to end injustice. Economic segregation laws are abhorrent, and I am fighting to end them in Austin. I hope others fight to end them everywhere. https:/&
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by natrius 10y ago
Sorry, it's morally bankrupt. Four middle class families spend more on housing than most Bay Area single-family homeowners. If it were legal for those families to live in a four-plex, they'd outbid wealthy families for that land.
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by natrius 10y ago
That Berkeley study only considers units subsidized by taxpayers when it talks about subsidized housing. Inclusionary zoning is not studied, and like all disincentives to build more homes, I think it makes displacement worse.
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by natrius 10y ago
I've had the most luck with a pomodoro timer. You basically commit to working for 15-30 minutes, then you take a short break. Take the breaks: they make your focus periods better. Meditating for a few minutes during breaks helps me. Tr

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