skaevola

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by skaevola 13y ago
It's kind of silly, but people here think that annual legislative sessions will lead to a larger government. It's a real problem for budgeting, however.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Musk is getting along pretty well with the lobbyists here. See bill to close the beach for his launch site.
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by skaevola 13y ago
This article is misleading - Tesla can and does sell cars in Texas (online), their "physical stores" just can't sell them. Also, Tesla wasn't denied the right, their bill was not voted on (an omission rather than an action). They'll undoubt
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by skaevola 13y ago
It's an "Educational Showroom" not a dealership. You can see the car and have questions answered about it but they can't tell you the price or actually sell you a car. You can buy a car online and they will ship it directly to your house (o
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by skaevola 13y ago
It's not circular logic. Zizek is operating from the assumption that capitalism is oppressive, and arguing that "socially responsible" capitalism is equally as problematic. This criticism is aimed at leftists who dislike capitalism, but fee
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by skaevola 13y ago
Why don't the medical tools get reused? That seems absolutely insane to me.
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by skaevola 13y ago
One other thing I forgot to mention is that the ultra-wealthy typically earn most of their money from investments, not income. This is why Mitt Romney pays a net lower tax rate than you or I and another reason why even progressive income ta
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by skaevola 13y ago
I attended high school in TX and can verify that in biology class I had absolutely no exposure to creationism. For what it's worth, the Texas Legislature recently signed a bill vastly decreasing the number of high-stakes standardized tests
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by skaevola 13y ago
While you're partially right in terms of house property value, high property taxes encourage efficient use of land. They prevent wealthy landowners from just sitting on valuable land.
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by skaevola 13y ago
People voluntarily gave their wealth to him.
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by skaevola 13y ago
Sure, it's opinionated, but it's only wicked if you think that viewpoints which disagree with your own are evil. And that is an extremely dangerous idea. By the way, I agree with you; subsidies should be used to promote products with posi
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by skaevola 13y ago
A person who is interested in seeing facts come to light? That these facts threaten your progressive future is irrelevant to the morality of that person.
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by skaevola 13y ago
The article mentions paying back the federal loans. It's claim that we taxpayers are paying through government subsidies ($7,500 federal, up to $6,000 state) and mandated credits. Whether that's a good thing or not depends on your political
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by skaevola 13y ago
It's an opinion piece.
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by skaevola 13y ago
If you RTFA, it mentions that Greek Yogurt produces extremely acidic byproducts which are more difficult to deal with.
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by skaevola 13y ago
I didn't think that the article was sensationalist at all. It briefly identified a problem and then discussed solutions used currently, possible future solutions, and interviewed plenty of people in relevant fields. Your grandmother's solut
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by skaevola 13y ago
There's a wonderful short story by Orson Scott Card titled God Plays Fair Once Too Often concerning this.
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by skaevola 13y ago
And then 4chan floods your house using your dishwasher...
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by skaevola 13y ago
Yeah, that comment was unintentionally hilarious...
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by skaevola 13y ago
Can you elaborate on the similarities? I don't understand how the two are comparable at all.
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It's not a qualification, he's establishing his credibility and impartiality in the discussion.
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It's not an arbitrary social barrier, it's an inevitable economic one.
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A couple of popular hobby type websites are Sparkfun ( https://www.sparkfun.com/ ) and Adafruit ( http://adafruit.com/ ). You can obviously also buy sensors from places like Mouser or Digikey, but you'll have to do a fair bit of digging thr