skibob1027

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by skibob1027 4y ago
Go figure, archive.ph / archive.today is not working for me as of 12/8/22. Is anyone else having issues accessing the site?
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by skibob1027 4y ago
“But nobody is going to jail for their heretical opinions.” This is not true. You don’t have to look hard for examples of people being jailed in the US for holding unorthodox positions. Defining heresy as “a position they damages trust,” im
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by skibob1027 5y ago
“The thearubigins in brewed tea are highly coloured (red-brown) molecules that change according to the acidity of the liquid used. If the water used for the tea infusion is relatively alkaline (for example, due to limescale found in “hard”
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by skibob1027 9y ago
I think viewing this a just another instant messaging walled garden is short sighted. This appears to be the digital portion of Amazon's attempt to displace and disrupt the US mail system. Messaging/voice/video provide a secu
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by skibob1027 13y ago
If you want to tax corporate activity, the best (most consistent) way would be to eliminate corporate income taxes and tax capital gains as regular income. It would serve multiple causes: (1) Instead of spending inordinate resources in tax
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by skibob1027 14y ago
Wealthy people don't "sit on piles of money". That money is either held in a bank or invested. If it's in a bank, it is able to be loaned out to others looking for access to capital now. If its invested, it's being used as capital in a busi
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by skibob1027 15y ago
Is this post a bad omen for Hacker News? In my experience HN has been a safe haven for higher-level tech posts, news, and information; this seems very elementary.