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by scoofy 1y ago
Essentially, the argument is that the critic merely serves as an effectively plain data series of opinion, for which consumers try to find one with low variance with their opinion, but that ultimately there's no accounting for taste. W
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by scoofy 1y ago
I mean the theory behind it is that they are effectively the same thing, it's just that the critic will have more explanatory power. The whole point is that you don't know what you don't know. Most of this is based in movie r
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by scoofy 1y ago
I honestly don't know how to feel about changes like this, but I feel like they are important. Whether they are good or bad? I'm not sure. In a sense, information is massively cheap now. You could get dozens of reviews on goodread
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by scoofy 1y ago
In HCOL cities, the rents have pushed many coffee shops to incorporate hostile architecture. Especially in San Francisco.
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The US is also "as little as 10 years" away from losing currency reserve status, defaulting or inflating away our debt... or hilariously, maybe even raising taxes on young people to reduce it. All of these outcomes mean Americans
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by scoofy 1y ago
My degrees all were in philosophy, focused on philosophy of language. Descriptive language is how language evolves, and the internet is the first real regional conflict area that Americans have really ever encountered without traveling. His
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It's the sum of damages and punitive damages.
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Yes, Teachout is one of the most prominent anti-monopoly advocates (along with Tim Wu). She wrote one of the first critical reviews of Abundance. She was then invited onto Klein's show to discuss the topic candidly with critics. Her
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by scoofy 1y ago
He’s specifically talking about Zephyr Teachout. Her work is specifically in anti-monopoly stuff.
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Housing is a depreciating asset. Even if you're trying to continuously corner the market, you'll be losing money in the long run if you're not actually renting the units for more than you're buying them for. If supply ca
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It’s difficult to get a man to understand something when the value of his home depends on his not understanding it.
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This idea seems straightforward me, but I'm a huge nerd, and every time I try to explain it to normal people they're so offended by the idea that they talk to me like I'm crazy.
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by scoofy 1y ago
When I saw the headline I immediately thought: "couldn't have happened to nicer guys /s" Why is it that everyone seems to have a soft spot for industries that have some kind of monopoly, suddenly losing that monopoly.
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Kessler syndrome?
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I guess the real question to me is why does/would Visa even want a censorship operation? It makes no sense. They're a Fortune 500 company. They don't give a shit about the morality of nudie magazines.
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by scoofy 1y ago
Hmm... yes, this is all a bit strange. I'm genuinely shocked that there is a carve out for independent contractor to most laws against discrimination.
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by scoofy 1y ago
Reading up on " bona fide occupational qualification" and thought this might be helpful, as there is a Wikipedia page on it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bona_fide_occupational_qualifi...
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by scoofy 1y ago
IANAL, but I don't think this changes the legality of the discrimination against male independent contractors, because the riders are employing them. My understanding is that women-only gyms typically operate as 501(c)7 nonprofit pri
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Is this legal? >The law forbids discrimination when it comes to any aspect of employment, including hiring, firing, pay, job assignments, promotions, layoff, training, fringe benefits, and any other term or condition of employment. http
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This is all based on a long and relatively technical book they published last year: Escaping the Housing Trap: The Strong Town Response to the Housing Crisis. https://www.housingtrap.org/
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Again, what you think should happen is just more politics.
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It's a hard question because we don't live in Anarcho-Libertarian society, and we have laws. The issue isn't "what should we do here," which is a political question, for whom each person will have their own answer.
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Fundraising doesn't win elections except in extremely low information elections... which is just a shortcoming of the electorate. It's statistically probable that more popular candidates raise more money. If money won elections, H
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I've read Popular Dictatorships . I'm not naive that they care about public opinion and have "elections." Having unfree and unfair elections is not the same things as having elections in a real sense. Party based FPTP e
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by scoofy 1y ago
Oh, god, this tired nonsense. Yes, obviously, it's ruled by the people. We have parties, we vote, anyone can run for office. Anyone can vote third party, and they occasionally even win. That your neighbors don't share your views d
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This kind of thing is so penny smart, pound foolish. If I ever see that sign, it's immediately going on my Instagram, telling everyone I know to never stay at such a place. I'm still never staying at AirBnB's when it actually
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by scoofy 1y ago
Yes it is. “Democracy” from the Greek: “common people rule” and “Republic” from the Latin: “the thing, public.” Republic and democracy mean the same damn thing, rule by the people as opposed to rule by a monarch.
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Nothing about war makes it two sided.
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How is it not a war? The state of war is any organized violence to achieve political goals that happens outside of a social contract.
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I say this about Reddit all the time. If you’re on Reddit (or HN) to just consume, then you’re doing it wrong. Threads that are “my feed isn’t what I want” are exhausting. Sure, cool, but unless someone is breaking some rule, you’re looking

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