ponzored

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by ponzored 8y ago
Or buy a semi-autonomous truck that can be used in convoy mode - one driver in the lead, two trucks behind following. Once it gets to a city they all get drivers to navigate to the depot. This is already a feature of the Tesla Semi.
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by ponzored 8y ago
Superior technology.
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by ponzored 8y ago
Europeans have been responsible for the majority of scientific advances we all enjoy today. Native Americans died from diseases and conflicts with a superior group of people. Competition for resources is a core driver of evolution and is no
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by ponzored 8y ago
And this great book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Food_and_Cooking The science and history of food! Great illustrations too.
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by ponzored 8y ago
Have you travelled to a city in India? Not exactly a pleasant experience, particularly if you are female.
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by ponzored 8y ago
Because their big business mates bribe them into doing it. However, Australia is not a corrupt country, so the 'bribe' will mean a high-paid consulting or executive job after their career in politics. Additionally most of the wage
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by ponzored 8y ago
In New Zealand and Australia Indian and Chinese workers are essentially seen as replaceable due to the huge numbers of them migrating to both countries (those countries make up the #1 and #2 sources of migrants respectively). The whole poin
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by ponzored 8y ago
Just sign up for a degree at a degree mill and you'll get a student visa and an easy route to permanent residency. New Zealand (and Australia) don't care about quality migrants, just quantity, to keep up demand for housing (both c
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by ponzored 8y ago
This just seems like a good idea independent of labour costs. We don't need a planet of 16 billion with so many workers performing simple tasks that could easily be removed with improved processes like at this restaurant. A planet of 2
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by ponzored 8y ago
Ah yes, I have a solution for that. Link tax breaks to having children, and penalise the childless wealthy. Eventually society will be mostly comprised of the descendents of the successful, and inequality will be reduced. Millionaire parent
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by ponzored 8y ago
Cut social security and payroll taxes, deliver money right back into the hands of the workers. If more people are employed the need for these services is lessened anyway. With advances in medical care, people can keep working until they are
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by ponzored 8y ago
Bone marrow transplants disagree https://bethematch.org/transplant-basics/matching-patients-w... You can't look at the clusters of IQ around the world and ignore a genetic component to intelligence either: https:
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by ponzored 8y ago
Miner demand was about 50% of sales. Admittedly this is because a lot of gamers were turned off by high prices. That demand has evaporated since the price of Bitcoin alternatives (eg. Ethereum) has plummeted, and the difficulty of mining is
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by ponzored 8y ago
Diamonds are forever, but Nvidia GPUs are for 24 months.
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by ponzored 8y ago
I think its a general cultural disdain for the environment within some cultures. Most of the world's plastic pollution coming out of 10 Asian and African rivers for example. This is why arguments from educated, intelligent and responsi
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by ponzored 8y ago
A few factors: 1. There is no common language so hiring is typically restricted to one country. 2. Taxes are very high, particularly social security taxes that must be paid by the employer. Firms are very reluctant to create jobs. 3. A lot
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by ponzored 8y ago
This marks the death of any hope that Valve will ever manually curate the store. If they can't be bothered removing school shooter or hentai games, they will definitely never be bothered to remove games that are just plan bad. The best