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by scoofy 3mo ago
We can all agree that the internet was great and now it is less great, but the second someone articulates a very, very simple rule, the "well ackchyually" crew comes out of the woodwork. Infinite scroll is very obviously unneces
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by scoofy 3mo ago
Again, you sound like someone who has never read an ounce of political philosophy. The policing of behavior will exist in any society, whether it is held by the state, the church, private security firms, organized crime, or vigilantes. The
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by scoofy 3mo ago
The executive branch is tasked with law enforcement.
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by scoofy 3mo ago
You are describing a crime. The solution to police committing crimes is police oversight, not neutering policing powers completely.
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by scoofy 3mo ago
I’m building a model that illustrates the golf course architecture strategic elements of a golf hole using a golf simulator. General thesis here on my blog: https://golfcoursewiki.substack.com/p/i-spent-the-last-month..
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by scoofy 3mo ago
I suspect there is plenty of money there, just not enough to support a multinational conglomerate. The natural monopoly of networks is what brought us all to social networks, and I suspect it is why they will fail. Niche networks run by a s
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by scoofy 3mo ago
To be fair, there would likely be fewer total slots for college education in aggregate. However, this probably isn't a bad thing as the marginal college degree probably isn't a practical one.
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by scoofy 3mo ago
This is a fine thesis, but under this thesis student loans should be discharged under bankruptcy just like any other liability. The previous poster is arguing that the underlying rules that block student loans being discharged under bankrup
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by scoofy 3mo ago
Without getting into a big fight, Marxist-Leninist Philosophy is not, like, general philosophy in the conceptual sense. The idea that you need to be familiar with Hegel as a prerequisite means you’re looking at graduate level classes if we’
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by scoofy 3mo ago
Dumb question, can we put cameras on the backs of all these satellites, so they can record outside the atmosphere all the time?
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by scoofy 3mo ago
I would disagree with that statement. When I talk about "rent control" I'm talking about it in the form of "general price controls" that keep the price of things from meeting supply on the demand curve. The controls
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by scoofy 3mo ago
I don’t know about Washington State, but Oregon’s rent control is capped at 7% increases after inflation per year, which isn’t exactly stopping market forces. Now, I agree with you that rent controls are bad, generally, but a system simpl
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by scoofy 3mo ago
I’m trying to keep things simple in terms of left vs right. Yes, the reality of politics is that they are highly multipolar. The political compass is useful, but maintaining only two axes is wildly simplistic. Moral Foundations Theory sugge
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by scoofy 3mo ago
Again, "the left" is not a homogeneous entity. When talking about "the left" we should look at the left's coalition. We don't really have significant party platforms anymore, but I can assure you "rent con
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by scoofy 3mo ago
“Left” doesn’t mean socialism. In the long run, it comes out of the enlightenment period, quite literally. Traditionally, the left is associated with small “L” liberalism, and the right is associated with small “C” conservatism. Generally s
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I mean, I understand what you're saying. I guess the main way I can explain it isn't in any idealized case, but in the transitional case. I completely agree that people might not be looking for a solution in a discussion. My point
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by scoofy 4mo ago
People are allowed to care about what they care about, I think you're right there. My only point is that, for me, if I'm discussing a subject where I'm exasperated and am complaining in a questioning way, say (to take a rando
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by scoofy 4mo ago
>1. Truth does not always rely on Boolean logic. Both A and non A can be true at the same time "Sometimes the opposite of a good idea is another good idea" https://youtube.com/shorts/0AOumbVT30w
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by scoofy 4mo ago
This article and your comment really resonates with me. My experience in the philosophy department was almost identical.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
This article really resonates with me. During college and graduate school studying philosophy, picking apart someone's argument and pointing out the esoteric and nuanced ways which made it wrong was celebrated. The general attitude in
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by scoofy 4mo ago
People flagging posts they disagree with is genuinely childish. Agree or disagree, this is an earnest post about a relevant topic.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
If you think AI is built on copyright infringement, that's fine, and I somewhat agree with you. That's immaterial to the argument. My point is that investment here -- "the outlay of money usually for income or profit" --
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by scoofy 4mo ago
>Not really. Land has always been zero-sum What? Yes, but you misunderstand. When you (intentionally) make expanding the housing supply illegal or practically impossible, then you've turned housing into a zero-sum game.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Localized growth has nothing to do with total population. These urban housing crises in every major western country have nothing to do with population growth and everything to do with population concentration. We should expect this problem
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by scoofy 4mo ago
> It takes an awful lot of incentives to knock down a "usable" structure. Yes, that’s the point. The policy only really changes things when prices become extreme, and the cost per unit of housing becomes completely detached fro
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by scoofy 4mo ago
I mean, yes, when the incentives are the literal opposite of this policy, the the outcomes will be the literal opposite of what we want. People respond to incentives.
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It’s self reinforcing. When demand is highest, building will be highest, and median unit size will increase more rapidly, allowing more building, allowing more units. The pace is limited, but the URBAN output increases exponentially, which
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Yes, but not forever!!! Growth has to happen in the long run. We have the same zoning as we did before the people looking for housing were born . We can have incremental changes, or we can have sudden change. It's going to happen pr
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by scoofy 4mo ago
>If it was just self-interest from those homeowners, they would welcome densification because that would make land values skyrocket. They get this anyway, it's just unrealized capital gains.
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by scoofy 4mo ago
Almost all of these listings are scams... trust me, I have been looking for a new place for the last year. You need to look for apartments on Facebook Marketplace or Zillow to have any approximation of real rent prices. The current ask for

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