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by pravda 12y ago
I think lobster qualifies as a Veblen good. When lobster was plentiful, it was fed to prisoners. The only reason people pay a lot for a lobster dinner is because -- lobster is expensive!
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by pravda 12y ago
You managed to get this totally wrong. Broadcast television is taxpayer-subsidized, because broadcasters are given free use of the airwaves.
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by pravda 12y ago
For the curious, this is related to the LIRR (Long Island Rail Road) disability benefits fraud. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/02/lirr-fraud-scandal-...
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by pravda 12y ago
"Aussie Nikki joins Silicon Valley millionaire factory" Y-C = Millionaire factory? Who knew!
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by pravda 12y ago
Q: What is the point of this plane? A: The real mission is for the US government to send money to Lockheed. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxDSiwqM2nw#t=443 By that standard, the F-35 has been a trememdous success!
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by pravda 12y ago
For the curious, shipping is a flat $7.50 in the USA. You can also get it from distributors for $4 http://www.mouser.com/search/refine.aspx?Ntk=P_MarCom&Ntt=16... Also, the 4200 series part used on the board seems
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by pravda 12y ago
>outstanding arrest warrants, inability to resolve past DUI >offenses with the courts, domestic violence that spreads into >the workplace, absenteeism, etc. -- all actual issues we have >had to deal with. Umm...may
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by pravda 12y ago
>What is the rule that says that could be OK, but killing Anwar Awl Alaki is not? The Magna Carta? Oh no, must be the Fifth Amendment. "No person shall be deprived of life ... without due process of law."
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by pravda 12y ago
Just for fun, I decided to look up the price of Acetal rod on amazon supply. Acetal Copolymer Round Rod, Opaque Black, 1/4" Diameter, 36" Length $7.86 Price at Enco : $2.29 for a standard 4' length. Amazon: $2.62 per foo
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by pravda 12y ago
I think what you mean is, we'll do the same to our young. Two Wrights might have made an airplane, but two wrongs don't make a right.
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by pravda 12y ago
If I hired some people to click Adsense add on somedomain.com, could I get the site owner banned? Or do the clicks have to come from the same IP as the site owner?
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by pravda 13y ago
>TL;DR: What is a sub-one ounce object made mostly of silicon that costs more than a thousand dollars. (intel i7) In that case, you are paying for the IP, not the silicon. The Tesla motor is a simple design, no magnets, no brushes. I ass
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by pravda 13y ago
On the basis that it is the size of a (very large) watermelon. What's it made of? Copper and steel and aluminum. $1000 of materials and $1000 in labor. Here's a pic: http://insideevs.com/wp-content/uploads&#
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by pravda 13y ago
>400hp electric motor costs about $24,000 vs. a 400hp gas engine at about $6000. You think the motor in the Telsa costs 24 large? I'd say you are off by an order of magnitude. What are the big-ticket repair items on an gas car? Th
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by pravda 13y ago
I was going to comment that Steve Ciarcia did this in the 80s, and then I see he is credited on the page. Byte September / October 1983 Steve Ciarcia: "Build the Micro D-Cam Solid-State Video Camera" ftp://164.41.45
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by pravda 13y ago
>Our generation doesn't have a NASA or Bell Labs. Bell Labs was a private corporation.
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by pravda 13y ago
Your fallacy is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window
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by pravda 13y ago
First time I visited mtgox.com was a few hours ago. Still have it open in my browser. For the nostalgic: http://imgur.com/a/qok0O
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by pravda 13y ago
As I understand it, on his deathbed, he received total consciousness.
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by pravda 13y ago
This gizmo? ("Kegbot") https://s3.amazonaws.com/ksr/assets/001/649/399/e08b61b32c97... If that's it, and you are at liberty to say, how much was assembly per board?
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by pravda 13y ago
I thought he was more well-known! His most famous short story was probably "The Gift of the Magi" but I quoted "The Green Door". http://www.cleavebooks.co.uk/grol/ohenry/the4m15.htm
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by pravda 13y ago
Maybe 1/10 of 1%? The rest of us are grown stiff with the ramrod of convention down our backs. We pass on; and some day we come, at the end of a very dull life, to reflect that our romance has been a pallid thing of a marriage or two,
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by pravda 13y ago
>One group that would benefit from cheap patent-free drugs is health insurers. Um...exactly the opposite. Under the ACA "the minimum percentage of premium health plans must spend on health care is 85 percent for large groups and 80
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by pravda 13y ago
The (late) great Sam Kinison gave the solution to world hunger over 20 years ago: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0q4o58pKwA#t=64
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by pravda 13y ago
+1 Anything is better then "The Internet Needs People. To tell stories, open stores and share what matters." Talk about going full-retard. Or full-Oprah. The Internet needs registrars that publish their prices. Ok, I found the
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by pravda 13y ago
Well...Westchester New York. A tony suburb of NYC. Teachers work about 186 days a year, so the magic number we have to get to is $186K. Let's say the high school gym teacher. Late 30s, been there for 15 years. Base salary, $125K. Hea
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by pravda 13y ago
> So... what do you think about the salaries of teachers in public schools? Well, it varies by region. There are some areas where teachers get $1,000/day compensation packages. But they don't really earn that money, they ju
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by pravda 13y ago
Ok, first you write that "wages come from the value a person produces." Then you write "it's hard to find examples of high wage workers who aren't in some sense unionized." And then you again add something comp
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by pravda 13y ago
Interesting examples. Doctors are part of a cartel. Also lawyers. Although I don't think all lawyers get high wages. Professional athletes are unionized. They would be earning much less money if they weren't.
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by pravda 13y ago
I think we all know how this will turn out.

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