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by pitaj 8y ago
> It's a thing but many people in the US are very bad at driving [in the snow] Most of those people, like in the Atlanta story, never drive in more than a 1/2in of snow. > and don't care to use snow tires. Snow tires ar
902.
by pitaj 8y ago
Maybe you're thinking of all-season tires? There is a difference between all-weather and all-season. From the information I've been able to find, winter tires are better than all-weather, but only by 10-20%.
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by pitaj 8y ago
Satoshi was an anarchist
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by pitaj 8y ago
I use all-weather tires, which essentially behave the same as winter tires, but don't require a tire change for different seasons. You can, of course, buy winter tires here. However, AWD / 4WD address different problems than winte
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by pitaj 8y ago
Sure, that's one way to do it, but it also reduces housing supply. This increases housing costs which is really bad for the poor. The four horsemen of housing cost: - rent control - NIMBYism - zoning - "affordable housing first!!!
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by pitaj 8y ago
Funny you use low-income housing as an example. Housing projects have made many things worse, because they concentrate poverty and therefore crime. It's one of the four columns of the poverty-cycle: - drug war - justice system - housin
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by pitaj 8y ago
Don't forget about psilocybin.
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by pitaj 8y ago
How does it compare to the side-effects associated with the other anti-depressants, including extreme suicidal ideation? I'm not sure what you mean by "social cost".
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by pitaj 8y ago
I feel like one should remove the plank from their own eye before trying to remove the sliver from another's.
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by pitaj 8y ago
I hope you get the help you need.
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by pitaj 8y ago
How is a constant cycle of medication any different from using common antidepressants like SSRIs? Sure, it would be great if we could cure depression without drugs, but if that isn't possible, obviously medication is important for thos
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by pitaj 8y ago
Yes, opioids and suicide. I don't know why your comment was flagged.
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by pitaj 8y ago
If only it had AWD. That's the deal-breaker for me. Too much snow around here to not have that feature.
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by pitaj 8y ago
What about the surveillance state? Can we end that, first?
915.
by pitaj 8y ago
Not just patents, but all intellectual property. Copyright is arguably even more broken, lasting a century or more. It's ridiculous. My disdain for the DMCA is immeasurable, and the upcoming EU directive looks even worse. Not only are
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by pitaj 8y ago
Rust allows this too: Regex::new(r"(?x) (?P<y>\d{4}) # the year - (?P<m>\d{2}) # the month - (?P<d>\d{2}) # the day ")
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by pitaj 8y ago
You can know if consumers are dissatisfied, which is a sign of market failure. It's impossible to prove that harm doesn't exist, because you can't prove a negative. If the monopoly does start substantially harming consumers,
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by pitaj 8y ago
Yes, a monopoly which harms consumers is bad. You didn't at all answer my question.
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by pitaj 8y ago
If a monopoly exists, and doesn't harm the consumer, what's the issue?
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by pitaj 8y ago
My views on the warlords question mostly follow this article: https://mises.org/library/wouldnt-warlords-take-over In addition to that, the idea that a state arises to prevent warlords is fantasy. In reality, warlords
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by pitaj 8y ago
Ma Bell was a monopoly created by the federal government. It probably would have happened like this: - phone is invented - consumers want it - AT&T starts in one city, other companies start up in other cities - eventually people want to
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by pitaj 8y ago
I already addressed the water delivery monopolies when I said this: > The water example you gave is an example of the government proactively monopolizing such utilities. Every water utility I know of is heavily regulated by local governm
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by pitaj 8y ago
> My reading of the OP was there is no evidence of government supported monopolies being hostile to consumers Which OP are you referring to? > As you say if we open up water to competition, as many as possible can immeenient domain a
924.
by pitaj 8y ago
Limited liability refers to the privilege that firms gain when they are sanctioned by the State. This privilege is characterized as the owners (shareholders) of the corporation not being liable for the actions of the corporation. This is a
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by pitaj 8y ago
Any citations for that? I know this is the narrative, that monopolies happened and were bad, so regulations were formed reactively. But I haven't ever seen evidence that this was what happened. As far as I can tell, people just thought
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by pitaj 8y ago
> when presented with direct evidence that they do exist you when back to theory When was that? He never named a bunch of natural monopolies which exploited consumers. > in the real world monopoly’s exist without government backing Wh
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by pitaj 8y ago
We haven't built a base on the moon, but it's certainly possible.
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by pitaj 8y ago
> there are places ... with laissez faire governments Not really > Is there any place where I can buy a house with five different independent water delivery and sewage removal systems attached to it? I never claimed that it exists. I
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by pitaj 8y ago
> Come to Florida and checkout FPL post hurricane. It looks to me like FPL is a utility heavily regulated in its rates and operation by the Florida state government. Seems like a lot of government involvement to me. > Going to the sta
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by pitaj 8y ago
I wasn't claiming that it existed somewhere in the world. I was arguing against the idea that a natural monopoly which is harmful to consumers can exist or has existed. He didn't give any evidence that one has. All he gave was a s

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