skookumchuck

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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> You never seen or heard of someone calling in a favor to help a friend Of course I have. But under capitalism the normal method is through prices. With socialism, the normal method is as I said, because the pricing method is not availa
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Pragmatic? Well, we don't have mom-and-pop toymakers anymore due to regulation.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
You're under no obligation to show your vote to anyone. Voting by mail only keeps records that you voted - not who you voted for - and that information is certainly not shared with your boss. All voting booths I've seen had a curt
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
What's a "real crime" is hardly clear-cut, why we have trials, and often up to the judge.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
If Amazon is required to test, what about every small store that buys inventory? Are they required to test it all, too? Such a regulation would put them all out of business.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> If a company is breaking laws, they should be punished. Right? What about that professor who pointed out that on average, most people commit 3 felonies a day? It's all a matter of what the authorities decide to prosecute. Did you
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
There's clear right and wrong, and then there are grey areas open to interpretation. There are ALWAYS grey areas. Who wants to get involved in litigating those? For example, consider your taxes. Tax laws are always open to interpretati
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> I worked in a smaller company where the owner felt he had a right to dictate how his employees should vote. Since we have a secret ballot (which is a good thing) in the US, how on earth could anyone "dictate" who you vote for
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> If nobody will hire a whistleblower, that leads me to believe everyone has skeletons to hide. Would you have second thoughts about marrying someone who went through an ugly divorce? Sure, the person says the ex-spouse was the bad one.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
There's also the issue of a disgruntled engineer wanting to lash back at the company, and so exaggerating/misrepresenting issues. Whistleblowing isn't always employee=good / company=bad. Sometimes it's the other way
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
In a free market business, you can get special treatment, favors, etc., by offering more money. For example, if you want a better apartment, you pay more money for it. Under socialism, where supposedly everyone is treated equally and the ap
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
The article talks about pilot procedures, not engineering procedures specific to aviation.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
I took math classes at the local community college while in high school. All it took was signing up for them. No juice required.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> And yeah, having someone in your corner who knows how to navigate the school system and get the best for you is super important. This is very typical of the bureaucracies that run socialism. It becomes a system of bartering favors, con
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
A dwelling has zero intrinsic value. Ultimately, it only has value if someone is living in it. Having real estate sit empty can only be a temporary affliction. Supply & demand - it's the law. --- Buying real estate to just hold is
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
My house is a bit drafty, and I couple that with a very effective air cleaner on the HVAC system, and convince myself that it pays off with breathing cleaner air.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Speculation just means flipping it to someone who wants to live in it.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
How does this compare with planting trees and harvesting the wood as fuel?
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
The point is they aren't lacking in income. More income won't fix it for them.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
40% of romances used to be office romances. These days, asking a woman out at work will get you reprimanded by HR.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Living paycheck to paycheck doesn't mean one is poor. I've known many such who were quite well off. They simply couldn't resist spending everything they had.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
They're incredibly common. I can't get the radio in my car out of certain modes I accidentally get into. It doesn't even have an off button. I essentially have to wait several minutes until it times out. Many devices I have,
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
A short list: 1. fonts too small 2. buttons that do different things depending on how long the button is held down 3. chording - needing to hold down more than one button simultaneously to do something 4. blink speed - slow blink means one
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
How long does it take to upload 10T to Dropbox, and download it?
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
What you're reaching for is expressing wages in terms of "Purchasing Power Parity", or PPP. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purchasing_power_parity
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
They knew it was coming. McD's didn't become a global empire with fools running it. It probably accelerated their plans, though, because the kiosks were installed coincident with the rises. Personally, I eat out a lot less due to
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
"a result of a tightening labor market that is forcing employers to raise pay even for workers at the bottom of the earnings ladder." I.e. Supply & Demand (It's the law!)
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
McDonald's has eliminated a number of jobs, replacing them with kiosks. When I visit the hardware store, and others, there are noticeably fewer employees there.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
Ann Landers once wrote: 1. smart people talk about ideas 2. average people talk about events 3. dumb people talk about other people I sometimes think about that when I engage in gossip, and am annoyed with myself.
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by skookumchuck 7y ago
> Unless you are an actual friend of theirs, you don't really know what their true authentic selves are. People put on a front for their friends, too. And spouses. Even themselves (who people really are often emerges only when they

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