schmidty

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by schmidty 8y ago
Read How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World
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by schmidty 8y ago
All actors seem to behaving rationally to me. Just because some people dont like the outcome doesn’t mean anyone acted irrationally at any point.
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by schmidty 8y ago
25% in each: gold/stocks(index fund)/30 year US bonds/cash Its called the Permanent Portfolio and it has a great long term track record: https://portfoliocharts.com/portfolio/permanent-portfolio/
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by schmidty 9y ago
OmniFocus for all actionable items Pinboard for tagging links Google doc listing quotes I like Instapaper for reading later YouTube for watch later Overcast + huffduffer for listen later All of these work/sync cross my desktop laptop
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by schmidty 9y ago
There are 100 lightning nodes running in production currently.
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by schmidty 9y ago
What you’ve described is labor theory of value and I don’t think it makes sense.
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by schmidty 9y ago
HB's Permanent Portfolio consists of 25% each cash/gold/stocks/long term bonds 25% stocks (index fund) Stocks – for profit during periods of general prosperity and/or declining inflation. 25% Gold – for profit durin
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by schmidty 9y ago
Id like to see some ability to detect different CMSs
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by schmidty 9y ago
commute - work someplace closer. or get remote work. chores - have less stuff to maintain. eating - not sure what can be done here. exercise - look into tabata or hiit. you can workout 2x20min a week. you can also find way to be more effici
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by schmidty 9y ago
What exactly isn't true about my statement. You are saying people are not individuals with their own preferences? Sure you can draw mental or geographical lines around people. And then try to apply laws to them. But at the end of the d
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by schmidty 9y ago
And who controls for the number of vets and the number of VA hospitals? The government. Do you think they would do better in a bigger version of this for the whole country?
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by schmidty 9y ago
There is no "we" as you mention. Everyone is an individual with different values and judgments. How could you expect the entirety of the human race to treat someones actions in a consistent way? It simply is going against reality.
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by schmidty 9y ago
I think cutting costs is the solution as well. Wouldn't cutting down regulation, and reducing the AMAs monopoly on doctors help? Less regulation = less costs. More doctors drive costs down too.
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by schmidty 10y ago
I prefer: Find the individuals profit motive and appeal to it.
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by schmidty 10y ago
Nancyfx
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by schmidty 10y ago
Are they truly "errors" or deviations which could be good or bad?
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by schmidty 10y ago
No effort towards innovation would then go into that sector. Ever again.
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by schmidty 10y ago
Isnt the simplest explanation probably correct in this scenario?
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by schmidty 10y ago
> For-Profit institutions are a plague on our nation I dont understand. ANY for profit? Like Apple or Ford? Or just educational institutions? If just educational institutions, what is special about that sector that makes them a plague?
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by schmidty 10y ago
You might be able to coerce (by force) the world to give you what you want at the price that you want. But that doesnt mean it comes without a price. There is always a cost and many times, with governmental interference much of it is uninte
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by schmidty 10y ago
How is government protecting a monopoly free market exactly?
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by schmidty 10y ago
> covered by society why is this preferred? make everyone pay for it? make everyone who doesnt have kids poorer? pass the money through the government that takes a cut of it to administer the program leaving less money on the other side.