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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yeah, this idea of comparing insurance companies to grocery stores doesn't really fly.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I think the actual correct answer is to legally ban services like 23andMe, or anything like them, from talking to insurance companies. Finding a service that actually respects you is exponentially more difficult than it sounds, as that reli
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"More efficient" in this case meaning whoever can discriminate the most, and whoever can deny the most claims without getting caught.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
" People who are into more secure communication do not randomly click on anything." That's not the sole market of people who would try Signal, though.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Are you going to pay for him to do that?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"why he does not maintain a F-Droid repository for people who do not trust google" Are you paying him to do that? No? Well, there you go. It's more work, for what appears to be very little benefit.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
They were talking about this on 1A last night (NPR). Apparently the average amount of debt, is something like 3 years worth of wages.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"This means more open distribution methods (email) will be given priority again." While that would be nice, I'm not holding my breath.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
In many, not all but many, parts of the country, mortgages are about the same as or cheaper than rent. And, usually they don't go up every year, and they come with pretty large tax breaks.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I feel everyone saying this is completely ignoring what that would mean. You like 10% unemployment? Cool. Here's 25+% unemployment. Sure, a few people might have benefitted in such a way that it would allow them to be the new entrenche
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Unfortunately, that behavior was not against the law at the time. Even more unfortunately, that behavior is still not really against the law.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"I truly and seriously feel sorry for them if they consider managing their situation to be a laughable absurdity." No, they just have to laugh at people like you telling them that all they have to do is "manage their situatio
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No, the headline is correct in that the issue is that it was reported to be 243 percent.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"They're ready to grab if you sensibly prepare a bunch of food ahead of time" Families with parents who work multiple jobs are laughing their asses off at this idea of having time to do that. "Besides, if I may rant a bi
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"compared to <$1 meals prepared at home and ready to grab from the fridge." They're never "ready to grab". They take time and effort, and do require knowledge to prepare. They also require you to then do the dish
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"Serious question, what is the issue with inequality when low income people are overweight and have iphones?" This is a dog whistle that indicates that you are not conversing in good faith.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Yeah, but a mortgage payment stays constant through those 30 years, assuming you didn't get an adjustable rate. Rents rise every year.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Tariffs are a subsidy.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
No, the capitalist market will come up with a solution that is most profitable for business. Occasionally that will line up with what's better for everyone else, but not often.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"What the majority of people are currently using is irrelevant. " Not if you actually want your marketplace to be able to, you know, sell stuff to people.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
An increased supply of high skill workers? An increased supply of people who are economically secure, and thus not interested in "eating the rich"?
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I strongly disagree. Tariffs and welfare are both ways that the same thing manifests itself. They're both government handouts; just one is to those who are destitute, and one is to the wealthy.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That depends entirely if another country can spin up the infrastructure to manufacture that stuff at the low cost that China was known for.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
That's clearly not true; China engages in a number of unfair trade practices, including requiring foreign companies to surrender their technology to Chinese ones.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
But China is only putting tariffs on US stuff, and only the US has tariffs on Chinese stuff.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
There are several miles of difference between what they said and 'claiming that not having it suppresses the youth vote.'
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
I think that's why it is harmful: it's basically a race to the bottom, and requires unsustainable prices to get any work.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
"And credit/debit cards aren’t decentralized." Doesn't matter. That's what the majority of people are using; so if you want the marketplace to actually be able to serve people, and get them to actually buy stuff, yo
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
Or maybe we have examined the facts, and still believe this is a terrible idea.
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by s73v3r_ 8y ago
And we don't trust the Trump administration to make that assessment in a rational way.

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