phil248

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by phil248 8y ago
"...without an ID your quality of life is going to be extremely low." Yes, some Americans have an extremely low quality of life. Some literally live on the streets. That doesn't mean they should be ineligible to vote.
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Requiring an ID is a barrier to voting. Maybe not a particularly burdensome one, but it's still a burden that can prevent people from participating in elections. Better to err on the side of expanding access to the democratic process,
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Trade wars are always bad and don't need to be argued against. They are a tax hike, they are unpredictable, they disrupt ongoing business and deter future business, and they sour political relations. Until some tangible benefits come f
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by phil248 8y ago
Not collecting a tax does not increase debt. Outlays increase debt. If it did, then not taxing Apple 100% of its profits would be "costing" us all a fortune.
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At the "cost" of federal debt perhaps. Not collecting taxes on something that might otherwise be taxed is not the same as someone taking your money via taxes and using it to pay for something. What does it cost you if the governme
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by phil248 8y ago
In many jurisdictions, the police will do little or nothing until a crime is committed. It's possible to experience a life-altering amount of harassment before the police will intervene in any meaningful way.
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This is why I've always thought manned space programs should be designed primarily for petite women. Not even joking.
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by phil248 8y ago
Investing is a luxury many Americans cannot afford, particularly at an early age. You could teach them the "value of money" all day long, but if they don't have money to save it won't do them any good.
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It's the same with sports, music, art, writing and lots of other hobbies-that-can-be-careers. Most people won't ever make a living, but plenty of people want to give it a shot. If it works, awesome, you get to play games or make a
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I'm sorry, but are people actually more concerned with the sound of the keyboard than the arrow keys? It took me a week to get used to the sound. Six months in and I still can't reliably hit the arrow keys. It's as if they&#x
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Tesla has already deployed utility-scale storage in Australia and has contracts to build more for California utilities. Those are just the ones I know of.
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You must not live in San Francisco, where I saw multiple scooters every day parked in the middle of sidewalks or otherwise in the way of pedestrians. Until the city temporarily banned them. These scooters need docking stations and the users
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You're abusing the word "fake". Is coconut oil fake olive oil? Just two different substances serving similar purposes, much in the way mushrooms are sometimes used in dishes the way meat might be used. You could call that &qu
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Funny use of words, avoiding figuratively "tortured" plant proteins and instead opting for literally tortured animals.
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I'm surprised this is at all controversial. Many Americans believe that vegetarianism and veganism are wrong and even offensive belief systems. The foods those people eat instead of meat are part of this wrong belief system, and no &#x
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Many Americans avoid eating things made out of plants. For example, tofu or veggie burgers. Like I said, this is a cultural phenomenon, similar to but less severe than the cultural proclivity to avoid eating insects. Though many Americans d
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by phil248 8y ago
"there's no cultural barrier to overcome" There is indeed a cultural barrier in the United States when it comes to vegetarian diets. Many Americans avoid "fake meat" due to their cultural beliefs.
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About 90 hours over Canada, Spain, UK and Australia - more than two full work weeks. I'm sure we can all agree that those are better comparisons for the US than Korea, Russia or Poland. 90 hours/year is extremely substantial (some
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I like Instagram for the opposite reason. I only want pictures, and I definitely don't want anymore whiny rants, third-rate political screeds or fake news sharing.
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I've always assumed the laid back approach of employers here was a West Coast thing.
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This happens all over San Francisco. If it's illegal, it seems to be completely unenforced.
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Or more likely, we'll see a continued trend of geographic sorting within the United States based on political ideology and identity.
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Alternately, we could incentivize better working conditions and environmental practices by negotiating them in to trade deals.
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Depression can be effectively treated. It is not the same as terminal illnesses that are often covered by right to die laws.
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It sounds like you do not know much about the topic, but still felt compelled to contradict the most common suicide prevention advice in a public forum while offering no evidence. Maybe not a great thing to do on a high-traffic website on t
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Only if they've changed the definition of the word "perennially".
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The US does not have universal health insurance, but it makes up for it with atrocious diets and sedentary lifestyles.
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Or because there's finally a competitive labor market due to 7 or so years of declining unemployment rates.
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Maybe I'm being a little bullish there. Let's say Overland Park instead (which is not such a bad commute from Lawrence anyway).
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As a broad response to a lot of comments here (and the HN perspective in general), there are many dozens of thriving cities in the US that are not San Francisco or New York City. Moving to a city for opportunity does not mean moving to on

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