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by nugget 11y ago
Some states in the US do have high property taxes. Texas, for example, hovers around 3%, and it's generally a much healthier fiscal environment for residents than states with lower property taxes (and higher income taxes), such as Cal
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by nugget 11y ago
I think capitalism just reflects how the red blankets are allocated in this case but the underlying story is about subtle inequalities that have always existed since the big bang. Presumably there would be red blankets in every system, e.g
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by nugget 11y ago
It's zero sum in that there are a fixed number of doctors today. We could train more, but the focus in health care is on decreasing costs, not increasing them. I can also tell you from experience that unless you are called to primary
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by nugget 11y ago
You can see this trend even outside the hospital, for example in primary care, with some doctors choosing to open concierge practices. In return for a few hundred dollar annual fee, you have a doctor responsible for perhaps 1/3rd the
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by nugget 11y ago
Chris: I've seen at least half a dozen of these businesses come and go. None of them seem to be able to scale enough to make for an exciting long-term business worth reinvesting in. Despite individuals absolutely loving the final pro
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by nugget 11y ago
I've been a loyal Uber user from their second month of existence but if Google offered me the same service for 10% less I would switch. I think this turns into a profitable but lower margin business than people think.
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by nugget 11y ago
I'm surprised someone of Doc Searls' influence would give ABP's acceptable ads policies any credence whatsoever given how blatantly extortionist they are.
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by nugget 11y ago
This is exactly the problem. I would be happy paying an extra 10% in taxes if the money was spent efficiently. But so much of it is wasted (and ends up back in the hands of ''the 1%'' ironically). After what I've
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by nugget 11y ago
Advertising platforms can scale that fast. What if they are only monetizing 5% of pin boards at the moment? Going to 100% coverage would be 20x. Devil is in the details but order of magnitude growth isn't out of the question.
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by nugget 11y ago
Signaling will become worth more at the very top (top 20 schools) and less below that tier, which ironically will increase competition for the top 20, but probably reduce stress on the majority of kids who were always looking locally or reg
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by nugget 11y ago
Public school teachers don't seem terribly underpaid to me. In Seattle the 2015 starting salary is $44,372[1], which is about $60k when adjusted for a 12 month calendar. That's a solid middle class job that favorably compares wi
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by nugget 11y ago
I completely agree but some (most?) people tend to look at their quality of life on a relative basis. How much better or worse off they are than others they see. So despite the fact that there's probably never been a better time to b
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by nugget 11y ago
That's the thing though: in the US, inequality between rich and poor is widening, but globally, it is narrowing. There are more global middle class now than ever before. It's hard to have this both ways until we approach closer
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by nugget 11y ago
One manager's decision can make the work of hundreds of people worthless or even destructive. I've lived thru and seen it. Like it or not the shot callers at the top wield enormous influence and the ones who make consistently go
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by nugget 11y ago
They will also put a lot of people out of work. Net positive in the long term but painful in the short term, and society hasn't shown a willingness to adjust (yet).
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by nugget 11y ago
Yes but the more money at stake, the more violence is fueled. There's a big difference between corrupt traffic cops (Mexico in the 70s) and narcos cutting the heads off of dozens of bodies and hanging them from an overpass (Mexico tod
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by nugget 11y ago
Who went to jail for breaking the law?
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by nugget 11y ago
Bank of America wants to pay me 15 basis points APR on my savings deposits. It's so low the bank managers can hardly explain it with a straight face. Ally Bank offers me 100 basis points. Who do you think is earning my brand loyalty
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by nugget 11y ago
Top universities are benefiting from globalization the same way that real estate owners in global cities are...there is an almost endless demand for their product. If all qualified high schoolers from around the world could participate in
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by nugget 11y ago
When the oil money runs out it will be a very different story. I hope I live long enough to watch it happen.
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by nugget 11y ago
Basic income will turn rural working class into the new middle class and cause those areas to flourish.
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by nugget 11y ago
Businesses like this depend largely upon forgetful users and credit card rebills to be viable. Successful user acquisition comes down to how small/hard to read/hard to find that rebill disclosure can be made without getting sued b
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by nugget 11y ago
1. Standard native click bait. 2. I didn't test disabling but assume that it would work as advertised - I didn't want to support a company that would enable whitelisting/acceptable ads as default in order to build up enough u
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by nugget 11y ago
I experienced it personally and switched from ABP to uBlock as a result.
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by nugget 11y ago
We already know who will be let through - the ABP whitelist is public. It's the majority of the ad tech world including the most intrusive native networks.
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by nugget 11y ago
Vetted or acceptable ads is a fake narrative - a smokescreen - it's just a way for these adblock apps to extort ad networks for a payout. In the article it mentions that hundreds of companies including all the big search and display n
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by nugget 11y ago
Quality ads like Taboola and Outbrain? It's an extortion scheme to shake down ad networks for money and nothing else. I'm surprised the developer of Crystal was so short sighted, as this increases the chances that someone will m
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by nugget 11y ago
I think some people forget that the browser (and mobile web) is just an app too. One with unlimited content and a really cool back end that anyone, anywhere in the world can update in real time.
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by nugget 11y ago
I think the most competitive RTS games require a mouse (or other peripheral device) to achieve the desired level of immersion. I'm not sure how to best explain the difference between finger-tapping on a screen and using a mouse, but h
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by nugget 11y ago
It's havok upon more than just lower income earners. That is the most ironic part of it to me, the tech industry is doing this to itself, like a dog trying to chew off its own tail. When you're earning a lot and spending a lot y

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