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by sershe 4y ago
There's a simple response for "what use other than breaking the law does this have" - most, if not all, of mankind, leave under tyrannical, unfair, inane laws (from outright dictatorships, to e.g. drug prohibition). A way t
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by sershe 4y ago
> You have to follow rules and regulations just like our own companies have to Which companies? Seriously though. Is there a reason the biggest EU software companies are the likes of SAP and Capgemini, or niche players like Spotify? I m
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by sershe 4y ago
Why not give people a choice? If I was facing this choice I'd prefer physical punishment to losing years of life, not to mention the physical punishment you'd get in there anyway. Moreover, in the US after prison your life is goin
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by sershe 4y ago
We should create a group for developers who will never finish their game. I also work full time and also have other hobbies, plus I really don't get motivated by the proper process of developing a series of games with growing complexit
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by sershe 4y ago
Driving is better than walking (I do outdoor stuff a lot, so 10-minute walk doesn't really count as exercise for me, it's just a hassle), except when parking is scarce, but that is specifically a problem of dense areas. Driving is
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by sershe 4y ago
What things? Anything actually quantifiable? Perhaps American can use their wildly higher incomes to buy more things that they actually want.
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by sershe 4y ago
Is there data for how small of an area (i.e. they are arguing for)? I think Seattle has a good approach with urban villages (that are also easier to connect via transit), they just need to be somewhat taller and bigger until they eventually
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by sershe 4y ago
It's not a super useful comment but I feel like I need to reply every time I see a corresponding opinion-only comment ;) Many people apparently disagree. Why try to "rebrand" it for them? I have grown up in Moscow, lived in Y
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by sershe 4y ago
If you look at the actual data, it's simply not true. Per capita disposable income in the US is 40% higher than Sweden. Housing spending as % of income is somewhat higher in Sweden. Household debt as %% of income is twice as high in Sw
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by sershe 4y ago
An average American lives unbelievably rich, safe life by the standards of pretty much any major country that has ever existed or currently exists (yes, including Europe - see e.g. disposable income, debt etc. here - https://data
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by sershe 4y ago
I am sorta in the same boat, because I grew up relatively poor I'm paranoid so I save/invest a lot and drive a Honda while my coworkers complain of dealer markups on their new Porsche :) It would be a real bummer if civilization c
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by sershe 4y ago
This is an utterly deluded perspective that maybe only applies in hyper-regulated, to borrow from one below comment, "hellscapes" like NYC an SF. And maybe not even then. A median house is $400k (and yes, it's located near a
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by sershe 4y ago
How much of that was due to inflation? People could just be trying to get rid of cash. I had a bunch of excess cash due to falling behind on D.C.A.-ing, and I accelerated that (which was not a good idea in the short term, but that's wh
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by sershe 4y ago
Could it be that he gained enough wealth that he can speak his mind? Reminds me of http://www.paulgraham.com/say.html . Well, he can say whatever he wants! :)
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by sershe 4y ago
The alternative is simply that it's ethical to not follow laws against someone who isn't following laws, in proportion at the very least. Direct self defense is the simplest example, this is another - both are placing illegal obje
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by sershe 4y ago
I think the goal for them is to replace cars, or rather make transit actually possible in low density. I used to have a commute where I could walk 15 minutes + take a bus for an hour with connection, or I could drive 17-20min. Reading on th
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by sershe 4y ago
I would actually love for police to harass thieves even if prosecutors, in the end, would refuse to prosecute them. If nothing else, many criminals are dumb; they might do something dumb while interacting with police and either get prosecut
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by sershe 4y ago
I'm surprised nobody is mentioning Shadow Empire. In my first major war my ineptitude at laying out truck routes was a far worse enemy than the actual enemy. And then the actual enemy, intentionally or not, managed to cut my rail lines
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by sershe 4y ago
Or you could argue it eliminates the flavor that needs to be eliminated; using your steak analogy from a sibling comment, drinking medium/light roast may be like eating the steak raw or frozen. Totally different flavor from medium-rare
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by sershe 4y ago
That is what you would expect for CPI inflation. Bailout for companies and the rich would not increase consumption of e.g. food or gas much; newly-printed money going to consumers via whatever means would, though. Bailouts for the "ric
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by sershe 4y ago
Just after Russia did it, so they'll be in a good company. Why do politicians always have to decide this kind of stuff for people? I view it as basically because they are evil. If an adult consents to have their data accessible to FBI
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by sershe 4y ago
That was several years ago. Also I think even the advertised commissions on ETrade were relatively low then too, only the stock award plan account had the ridiculous ones, hence me transfering the stock out.
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by sershe 4y ago
Fwiw, as far as stock sales being blocked. You can probably easily bypass that if you prepare in advance. There exists a standard stock transfer mechanism, ACATS, for basically "wiring" your stocks to a different brokerage. I thin
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by sershe 4y ago
Is that really so though? No idea about Weiss, but journalists like Greenwald and Taibbi made the name for themselves. And even if people "become famous" while working for NYT, how much of it is really attributable to the person
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by sershe 4y ago
So, reading her description, you would think that let's say Fox News had a similar environment for e.g. a member of protected group, it would not be "horribly abusive", and if the company refused to punish it and the victim q
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by sershe 4y ago
This is vacuous (checks out to "you are wrong" without any evidence or even counters to my post above), irrelevant (the original article is indeed about the US company and US unions) ad hominem (I probably know more about labor hi
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by sershe 4y ago
The original post is about the US unions; plurality if not majority of the achievements of union activists were originally in the US, too.
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by sershe 4y ago
Complete nonsense? I provided several well known facts about unions, but instead of refuting them or providing some counter it was hidden away by union groupies. Sure, let me post them again with links to some sources. 1) Union racism - I t
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by sershe 4y ago
Yes, I mentioned exactly that. However, first, many workplace safety rules were promulgated by govt commissions formed in response to specific events. They could be established via a one-time campaign, without a permanent institution like u
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by sershe 4y ago
I dunno, after growing up ~poor and now working in tech I am still acutely aware of prices. Because I have to make an effort to tell myself I can afford things easily, many of my purchases tend to be baseline-cheap or with no concern for th

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