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721.
by ptah 7y ago
yes, it looks like fedex packages do not get checked by customs :-O
722.
by ptah 7y ago
customs should be dealing with this, not fedex
723.
by ptah 7y ago
there is no way of telling which degree would lead to progress. Steve Jobs famously studied calligraphy after dropping out but still "auditing" classes. if he didn't study "useless" courses effectively tuition free,
724.
by ptah 7y ago
yes. the derivatives built on top of bad home loans caused the contagion. it would have been close to a non-event if there were no derivatives based on the bad homeloans. https://www.investopedia.com/financial-edge/0210
725.
by ptah 7y ago
i would say getting rid of this market makes the financial system healthier. 2008 crash could have been avoided with something like this
726.
by ptah 7y ago
i can't think of a better way to spend tax tbh
727.
by ptah 7y ago
this is not new, i think it is just that these researchers are naming it
728.
by ptah 7y ago
this! 100 times this! In a totally unregulated market consumers have very little access to information to make a proper decision. some markets should not be free EDIT: alternative is to limit size of companies so there is proper competition
729.
by ptah 7y ago
sounds like there is a niche for a store with proper quality control
730.
by ptah 7y ago
has anyone done similar analysis for UK/EU?
731.
by ptah 7y ago
the war in iraq was exclusively about oil
732.
by ptah 7y ago
it sounds like centralisation is the problem, why not build something generic and then have separate instances for each legal entity
733.
by ptah 7y ago
it doesn't sound like it is easy to achieve, pesticide usage can be easily cut though with simple regulation
734.
by ptah 7y ago
they should be banned by default until it is proven by the inventors that they cause no harm
735.
by ptah 7y ago
what is the natural predator of the mites
736.
by ptah 7y ago
5. seems like the only thing that is easy to change
737.
by ptah 7y ago
the point is that it won't be a voluntary thing like a political move that will wipe them out economically
738.
by ptah 7y ago
Embrace, Extend and Extinguish
739.
by ptah 7y ago
older generation is not wise at all. they should be saving for when the current pension and old age benefit system collapses. i guess they are the same people that gave us climate change so i am not surprised at their shortsightedness
740.
by ptah 7y ago
you mean the nipple?
741.
by ptah 7y ago
So what I'm getting from what you are saying is that it would be a good deterrent to suspend the business for a few years?
742.
by ptah 7y ago
surely if a corporations are persons and they get convicted of money laundering then they should be incarcerated and not fined. for a corporation incarceration would mean shuttering the entire operation for the sentence period
743.
by ptah 7y ago
absolute madness that the water is still contaminated
744.
by ptah 7y ago
I'm surprised they also don't do something about their absolute dependence on the US
745.
by ptah 7y ago
I guess they would only use English in formal situations like when you go to shops etc. in those cases that is a normal exchange in UK english
746.
by ptah 7y ago
that's one way to fuel economic growth :)
747.
by ptah 7y ago
bureaucrats tend to underestimate costs and durations of projects
748.
by ptah 7y ago
It reminds me of nassim taleb's "lecturing birds how to fly"
749.
by ptah 7y ago
he is just using a joke to refute rousseau's noble savage idea. nothing new, just a new way of doing it
750.
by ptah 7y ago
art world seems prone to emperor's new clothes

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