ndileas

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by ndileas 1y ago
I think this is a classic case for government intervention; buyouts back to state or federal land seems practical and just to me. And the government typically does intervene to help people, just not in the most optimal way IMO; there are st
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by ndileas 1y ago
Well, "compelling" isn't a good organizational principle. I'm not saying we should evict grandma at the first hint of insurance prices rising. There could absolutely be compensation for property, negotiated buyouts and m
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by ndileas 1y ago
I feel strongly that we should save every human life it's possible to save during disasters. Fema is pretty great at that. However, that doesn't neccesarily imply that there should be flows of money available to rebuild in vulnera
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by ndileas 1y ago
I mean that if you measured various qualities (like grip strength, skin thickness (callouses), flexibility, eyc) that there isn't a standard human. Individual robots likely would be adapted for certain tasks too.
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by ndileas 1y ago
I think it's important to note that many individual humans are adapted to only a few of these tasks. A construction worker's hands and a magician have very different muscles, skin thickness, grip strength, dexterity, etc. even tho
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by ndileas 2y ago
I'd say excessive commercialization so that the whole activity is centered around buying and selling, or most members are gearheads who rarely go out and do stuff, etc, is definitely unfortunately common. But I see it mostly as an indi
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by ndileas 2y ago
I live in Rochester NY, grew up in Buffalo. Housing markets here were nuts the last couple years, probably due to this effect (although laughable compared to SF I'm sure) and pent up demand. I'm not sure I really want it to &quot
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by ndileas 2y ago
The other day I crammed some awful internal docs into zeal. It was a fun time, good format -- was able to reverse engineer it without looking at the specs in an hour or so. I wanted to be able to look at those docs having to remember exactl
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by ndileas 2y ago
For me it does require bravery. I wasn't intended to be condescending. I really do have to remind myself of that.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Is it really that hard to say "Selling something? Not interested, have a nice day!"? I'm fairly anxious and introverted and don't love having to do this, but once a month or something is very manageable. Gotta be brave a
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by ndileas 2y ago
I mean, maybe you do. I'm just a dog on the internet.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Rhetoric != Law
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by ndileas 2y ago
I don't see any particular reason to pay attention to century-old rhetoric. I think "intended " was a poor word choice; see my other response. Also, I could live on minimum wage today but I'd hate it.
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by ndileas 2y ago
2-d printing is a hard, boring problem and many people increasingly print very little, especially hackers.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I'm just making an observation in the sense of "the purpose of system is what it does", not writing a treatise on the history of rhetoric around minimum wage. Maybe "intended" was a poor word choice on my part. Mini
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by ndileas 2y ago
I think a lot of the confusion here comes from a conflict between people talking in personal mode and societal modes. As an individual, you absolutely want minimum wage to be temporary, and if you are smart and lucky you can usually make th
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by ndileas 2y ago
I do sometimes get confused when reading it, since the markers for main post, replies, etc are not super intuitive to me. Feels like a stereotype of a multiple personality disorder before you figure it out. Is there a guide for the markup s
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by ndileas 2y ago
I agree with this, as a monist. Unfortunately medicine is still very much in its infancy in this regard - many things are too subtle or just still hidden.
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by ndileas 2y ago
That was a hypothetical of a government taxing production. Of course in practice they tend to do the opposite, subsidizing food production quite heavily.
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by ndileas 2y ago
Unfortunately, selling it to repo men is a widely accepted practice.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I had thought that the thesis of seeing like a state is that when you attempt to rationalize a complex system, you necessarily simplify it and sometimes destroy the value in it. E.g. If a government wants to raise money via taxes on food pr
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by ndileas 2y ago
Thankfully there are already gap fillers here, like (US) govt programs and private charities that give out cell phones with prepaid plans. They're not perfect by any means, but there are people and programs trying to solve these probl
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by ndileas 2y ago
I think you're thinking of far more complexity than I am. I'm thinking of common applied math - accounting, weights and measures, carpentry. These things still have the reality correspondence problem, but truth isn't necessar
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by ndileas 2y ago
My maternal grandmother and mom were/are hoarders. I don't fully agree with your "decluttering is a luxury" statement. There's certainly an element of that, because times were lean for them sometimes. I think the ho
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by ndileas 2y ago
Sure, but in this particular case he's not even being selfish.
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by ndileas 2y ago
I agree with you, but I feel compelled to point out that math regularly generates truth.
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by ndileas 2y ago
At least the benevolent supreme leader cares! Just look at the corpses!
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by ndileas 2y ago
It's possible...but the point of this instrument is to measure star locations very precisely. It probably has a star tracker for positioning doing what you're suggesting. If you were to use that type of positioning info you could
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by ndileas 2y ago
From this and your other comments life sucks for you right now. There's no magic bullet. Religion might help or it might mess you up worse. Sometimes life sucks for a while then gets better. Keep your head up - find one thing you can s
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by ndileas 2y ago
I mean, $100 a year is 15% of my bill - I might have to look into the data sharing stuff. I guess if you're already burning money on comprehensive and large deductibles that might not matter as much to you. Rest of your analysis seems

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