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541.
by rmah 6y ago
Who decides how to distribute the fund? How do the rules for that distribution get setup? How are disputes resolved?
542.
by rmah 6y ago
You cannot disclaim away the law. You cannot sign a contract with a non-government entity that makes it legal to break the law.
543.
by rmah 6y ago
There's a story (probably highly exagerated) I heard about a nuclear power plant being built in china a while back. During construction, flaws were found and it was discovered that inspectors had been bribed to look the other way, etc
544.
by rmah 6y ago
if school was preparation for adult life then it really should teach you to drive, cook, and an understanding of the law. I don't know about now, but when I was in school (in the US), we were taught all those things and more (a bit o
545.
by rmah 6y ago
You do realize that some people have been saying almost exactly what you said since the late 1990's, right? Sort of like some folks have been predicting the collapse of the US economy due to Federal Reserve policy for the last half c
546.
by rmah 6y ago
They do. China now has a consumer market (measured through retail sales volume) that is just a bit larger than the USA. In 2019, China had apx $6.4T in retail sales vs the US at $6.0T. Retail sales for 2020 are expected to be flat in Chi
547.
by rmah 6y ago
He's not commenting how the problem should be viewed. He's communicating how he thinks most people view it. IOW, you're arguing what should be while he was talking about what is .
548.
by rmah 6y ago
There is a certain segment of the population that believes exactly that. And they tend to get offended when you point out that it's unreasonable.
549.
by rmah 6y ago
It's only 85% margin if your time is valued at $0/hr. IMO, that's just a silly way to look at it.
550.
by rmah 6y ago
I wouldn't consider the revenue streams of any of these companies to be meaningfully representative of potential market size in any way. Pretty much any niche market you can think of will be 100's of times larger. You can litera
551.
by rmah 6y ago
to pick a nit, inflation between 1800 and 1899 varied from as high as +25% (around 1865) to as low as -14% (about 1805). The 1800's were a time of extreme economic volatility in the USA: a few dozen financial panics; crazy economic bu
552.
by rmah 6y ago
If all it is some data scraped off a few web sites that they could get an intern to do in a week or three, then it's unlikely to be valuable enough for them to pay you a substantial sum of money. The most valuable data is data that is
553.
by rmah 6y ago
What about non-european cultures? When was the Gregorian calendar adopted generally in india, central asia, the far east (china, japan, korea), south-east asia, east africa, west africa?
554.
by rmah 6y ago
You're thinking of the US Springfield 1903. It used a Mauser style bolt-action that was protected by a patent. Mausesr sued and won. The US gov had to pay license fees for it. I think actual payment was delayed until after the war
555.
by rmah 6y ago
No you wouldn't be fine. Wolves are very dangerous animals. And, assuming your area has a lack of game for them to hunt and eat, they most certainly would prey on people if they were in your area. Wolves fear humans because humans
556.
by rmah 6y ago
Taking wolves off the endangered list does not mean open season on hunting any and all wolves with abandon. The wolves of Yellowstone will still be mostly protected.
557.
by rmah 6y ago
First, I think ranchers are paid. The US has around 18,000 wild wolves. And another 60,000 wolves in Canada. In comparison, all of Scandinavia has maybe 400 or so. IOW, US+Canada has 200x the wolf population in 17x the land area (human p
558.
by rmah 6y ago
If having ancestors that ran the violent gangs that terrorized, plundered and murdered their way into a protection racket over the locals is "work", then sure.
559.
by rmah 6y ago
Building the load bearing structure is a quite small part of the cost of building a home these days. Probably less than 10%. I'm afraid robots laying bricks won't be a game changer in housing.
560.
by rmah 6y ago
"it's not an overreaction to say that the CCP has been undermining other countries for decades to gain the upperhand" That is most certainly an overreaction. One based on projecting the current situation backwards in time.
561.
by rmah 6y ago
It may surprise some folks here on HN, but in the real world, the vast majority of people don't care if merchants "know who they are". I'd bet that there are more people want merchants to know who they are than there
562.
by rmah 6y ago
It's only the best use for them if they want to continue to eat and live.
563.
by rmah 6y ago
I've seen the high school world history books of my nieces and nephews and all of those (except maybe lithuania), were at least mentioned in US schools. Other civilizations ranging from the maya to the khmer were also included. By ne
564.
by rmah 6y ago
The problem is not the design or the firmware. The problem is the production of the actual physical printer. Building real things is not like compiling software. Nothing happens exactly the same every time. The minimal exposure I had
565.
by rmah 6y ago
Imagine there were automated kamikadze-bot robo-submarines We've had those for almost a century. They're called "homing torpedoes". :-)
566.
by rmah 6y ago
I'm speculating, but I suspect marcus_holmes's world view has been shaped by reading the many articles about of the "GIGANTIC SIZE" of various derivatives markets. Those articles almost always use "notional value&q
567.
by rmah 6y ago
As of 2019, around 65% of americans own their own homes. That's down somewhat from the peak of 69% in 2004. So, far more than the "top 5%".
568.
by rmah 6y ago
That assertion about the KKK is, in fact, a myth. The KKK was founded in 1865, just after the US Civil War, and had as a bedrock principal the re-establishment of white supremacy. It's initial actions were to frustrate Reconstruction
569.
by rmah 6y ago
Sounds like hot desking with new branding. This was tried by many companies (especially large consulting/professional services firms) back in the 1990's and people hated it. The lesson learned was that, when your employees do sh
570.
by rmah 6y ago
Blockchain is not suitable for micropayments. The computing resource requirements are many orders of magnitude too high.

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