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by ptah 7y ago
instead of capping wealth, traditional societies had jubilees where after a certain number of years all debt is reset to zero
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by ptah 7y ago
>the tools of rationality the article clearly explains that they mainly consist of making up rational and plausible sounding reasons, a disease especially virulent in modern western society
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by ptah 7y ago
the lack of bird divination could partly explain why modern agriculture is so devastating to the environment, specifically the soil. perhaps over time we will wipe ourselves out and only bird augury using farming communities will survive th
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by ptah 7y ago
> shrinking number of high-school seniors in the U.S. What would be the reason behind this?
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by ptah 7y ago
the problem with capital is that is only motivated by potential profit
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by ptah 7y ago
> software developers are expensive in most businesses the business experts are more expensive. wasting their time with building systems can be costly
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by ptah 7y ago
It is appalling that cancer research in particular is being hamstrung with such extreme mercenary motives as protecting IP
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by ptah 7y ago
It is actually a requirement for some religious sects e.g. concealing your religious beliefs to avoid being killed is a requirement to some
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by ptah 7y ago
> "To be forced to disrupt this huge market" surely that's a good thing
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by ptah 7y ago
it's almost like it should be a filter in job interviews. anyone that takes on that amount of debt at such a young age is clearly unsuitable
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by ptah 7y ago
so he's focusing on low hanging fruit for 10 years. i take it this is his retirement announcement? if not, why not focus on real challenges like climate change
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Database containing details of 56M US residents found on the public internet(theregister.co.uk)
137 points by ptah 7y ago|40 comments
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by ptah 7y ago
trump has a steve jobs like power over them. no matter how much they are hurt by his actions, they will always love him. love is the only word to describe how they feel about him
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by ptah 7y ago
why do i feel like i'm in the first part of a scifi movie that ends up in the destruction of all life on the planet due to "clever" science
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by ptah 7y ago
> "American healthcare system" i would say it is more of a market than a system
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by ptah 7y ago
There's been a number of similar articles on HN about different ways the soviet spied on US. I wonder if anything is written about coldwar US spy tech
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by ptah 7y ago
> opposed to bigger government not sure if it is libertarian or not but I think big corporations are a worse threat to freedom than big government. EDIT: the reason being that big corporate can buy laws and regulations that favour them
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by ptah 7y ago
are you in US? it looks like he is in Germany as the search warrant is in German
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by ptah 7y ago
i used to work in London and live in Cambridgeshire area. the salaries are not that good compared to the extremely high cost of living. I moved to Scotland as the cost of living to earning ratio is much better
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by ptah 7y ago
salaries are appallingly low and it is quite expensive too.
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by ptah 7y ago
i have to get up at 6:20 to get my meditation in before anyone stirs
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by ptah 7y ago
possibly try getting up before the toddlers
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by ptah 7y ago
that link does not show at all how spotify's policy counters loudness wars. it actually says that they apply a limiter the same as you would to get a loud master. so essentially if a musician avoids the loudness war, spotify applies it
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by ptah 7y ago
most of those problems were self-inflicted
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by ptah 7y ago
> highly competitive markets with low prices are the best in some cases yes, in others no. use the right tool for the job
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by ptah 7y ago
yes, this is extensively taught in permaculture. it is based on pa yeoman's keyline design. not sure why this article thinks it's new
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by ptah 7y ago
In the permaculture training i took he was extensively credited whenever his ideas were discussed by lecturer
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by ptah 7y ago
> tractors from the 1970s and 1980s aren’t so dramatically different from tractors produced in the 2000s I think we are coming to a point where "progress" stops and technology stays stable
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by ptah 7y ago
side note: in typical DM fashion they blame the EU for the decline in sea coaling
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by ptah 7y ago
Could you elaborate on that please

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