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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I could get behind that position, but what factors make you think the boom is sustained? I'm not from Seattle, so I'm kind of in the peanut gallery, but if Seattle's economy is based on a few large companies or a single indus
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I found this interesting article that claims that flu days / sick days reduced the number of workplace cases by 6% by reducing the in-workplace transmission rate by 25% for one day and 40% for two days of time off. https://w
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I wonder if maybe there's a downside to making the housing affordable by building out. If you build out during the boom years, what happens when the boom subsides? You'll end up with a city full of run down infrastructure that the
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I think sick days are generally a good idea as they encourage people that are sick not to come in, thus helping stem epidemics. If they're regular time off, people come in sick to save them up. You might try to make a distinction betwe
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   Here's a video on Noam Chomsky and manufacturing consent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTBWfkE7BXU
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   Sorry by START II, I meant New Start. START II was cancelled before it went into effect in retaliation for George W. Bush cancelling the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) treaty.
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   The other answer is like the Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty and START I,II. Intrusive verification by international bodies with penalties for non-compliance. It hasn't been perfect, but so far the world hasn't ended.
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I thought we had signed an international treaty against militarizing space and other celestial bodies. In fact, here is the text: http://www.nti.org/learn/treaties-and-regimes/treaty-princip...
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   by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

   I started reading PG's writings in 2001 on the advice of my computer science teacher in high school. That was pre-ycombinator. I read his stuff because it was really interesting and spoke to me (while it doesn't have the same vale
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    by sbaoufbasfub 9y ago

    I was doing some research into the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (would ban underground nuclear tests, US has been voluntarily complying since the 90s but Republican Senators have refused to ratify) the other day. As I was researching, I st