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691.
by perfmode 8y ago
That doesn’t make it okay.
692.
by perfmode 8y ago
Why doesn't it look repeatable?
693.
by perfmode 8y ago
Nothing straight can be built from crooked timber. -Kant
694.
by perfmode 8y ago
Does this apply to the Sonos one, also? It has Alexa integration, but is a sonos project.
695.
by perfmode 8y ago
It’s important to minimize barriers to participation.
696.
by perfmode 8y ago
How much did amazon pay in federal and state taxes in 2017 or 2018?
697.
by perfmode 8y ago
NYC doesn’t need their jobs.
698.
by perfmode 8y ago
Let them go. New York doesn’t need their business. New York needs to heal its social fabric and see to the needs of the communities. This is often at odds with economic growth and corporate interest.
699.
by perfmode 8y ago
Because the children are people, too.
700.
by perfmode 8y ago
are we at the point where we are criminalizing the behavior of people who choose to avoid credit cards and only accept cash?
701.
by perfmode 8y ago
Fair. I'm embarrassed to have been so presumptuous.
702.
by perfmode 8y ago
How much money would you pay me if I were to travel to Mars, find it, and bring it home?
703.
by perfmode 8y ago
It is scarce. Because it is scarce, it is a status symbol. Because it is a status symbol only because it is scarce, it is overrated. Therefore it is overrated.
704.
by perfmode 8y ago
Are you saying jack should hav signed up for a forum?
705.
by perfmode 8y ago
Employment rate is such a perverse metric. Our metric must take into account the quality of employment as well.
706.
by perfmode 8y ago
Good luck hiding from the most profitable black market corporation in the history of civilization.
707.
by perfmode 8y ago
another problem is: if money is what enables attendance you’ll end up with a bunch of jack dorseys running around.
708.
by perfmode 8y ago
> "Peace" in military mouths today is a synonym for "war expected." The word has become a pure provocative, and no government wishing peace sincerely should allow it ever to be printed in a newspaper. Every up-to-date
709.
by perfmode 8y ago
This is, so far, a fascinating essay. Can't wait to get home to finish it.
710.
by perfmode 8y ago
What’s your point?
711.
by perfmode 8y ago
This glib response is quite naive and ignores second order implications. How would we tax a corporation as the number of employees trends to 0?
712.
by perfmode 8y ago
The law has been a fearsome weapon in the hands of its interpreters since 1776. Stop acting like this is new. We need to reform our broken system.
713.
by perfmode 8y ago
Income taxes aren’t paid by apple. Those are paid by the employees.
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Inside a Brooklyn jail’s weeklong collapse(nytimes.com)
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715.
by perfmode 8y ago
The music machine is weaker than ever. The machine is forced to compete on equal terms with independent acts.
716.
by perfmode 8y ago
i’m more interested in steelmanning the argument than adopting a dismissive stance, which still would be absolutely warranted as you have rightly pointed out. also, just because liberty itself must be defined, doesn’t mean that we cannot id
717.
by perfmode 8y ago
indeed. i’m not interested in merely tearing him down. i want to understand where he’s coming from, as it’s a statement I haven’t heard before.
718.
by perfmode 8y ago
> “I don’t even think stasis is compatible with liberty,” he told the Washington audience. - Bezos Suppose one were to attempt to steelman Jeff’s statement. Is there any credible basis for this statement? Or is it just one of those thing
719.
by perfmode 8y ago
> Intellectual honesty is an applied method of problem solving, characterized by an unbiased, honest attitude, which can be demonstrated in a number of different ways: > One's personal faith does not interfere with the pursuit of
720.
by perfmode 8y ago
Appeals to justice and the dignity of all things form the basis of an intellectual revolution. It’s just not televised.

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