spikels

27 ms·

271.
by spikels 10y ago
I'm not sure "machine-owned" should be the focus. Ownership is a legal construct and I don't think a machine can "own" anything in any existing legal framework. And typically anything "not owned" reve
272.
by spikels 10y ago
I just hope this doesn't somehow delay the deployment of much safer driving technology. The death, injury and property damage statistic are staggering: Global Annual Estimates: Deaths: 1.25 million Injuries: 20-50 million Cos
273.
New Zealand Offer Free Vacations If You Interview There(businessinsider.com)
2 points by spikels 10y ago|0 comments
274.
by spikels 10y ago
Climate change has little to do with this issue. CA has a history of infrastructure mismanagement (see HSR, Bay Bridge, etc). The CA Dept of Water Resources has a history of incompetence. Oroville Reservoir a history of problems. This was a
275.
by spikels 10y ago
Seems like much of the move to electric vehicles in Norway has been driven by tax incentives (vehicle purchase and fuel). Is the strategy to keep ramping up these incentives until the vast majority of cars are electric in 2025 then simply o
276.
by spikels 10y ago
Surprised to see this at the top of the page. Doubt HN is a good place to discuss this.
277.
by spikels 10y ago
There is a clear difference in these two examples. Trump tweeting does directly interfere with other Twitter users use of the platform while someone yelling at a lecture does. Twitter's attempts to "police" its users has been
278.
by spikels 10y ago
That's an exaggeration. As of the 2014 per capita CO2 emissions in the US was 2.2 times Chinese (16.7mt vs 7.6). And this gap is rapidly closing: Chinese per capita emissions are up 150% in the past 10 years while US are down 15%. Chin
279.
by spikels 10y ago
I'm no expert on the Montreal rental market and rent control rules but if you are not experiencing shortages then the rent controls are likely not "binding". That is, the controlled rental rate is very close or above what the
280.
by spikels 10y ago
Not sure I am following you but the classic valuation relationship would be something of the form $X is proportional to $Y/Z% (i.e. revenue or income capitalization valuation). So if $X is fixed (your assumption) and Z% decreases (inte
281.
by spikels 10y ago
I thought we were talking about rent levels not home prices! Again how does low rates drive up rents? Keep in mind that very few people borrow to pay rent while most apartments and their construction is financed by debt. At first approximat
282.
by spikels 10y ago
The NIMBY effect in SF is very real and there is lots of strong evidence from both academic and industry analysis. For example there are several indices of construction regulation and SF is usually near the top: http://realestate
283.
by spikels 10y ago
There are two kinds of real estate "prices": rental rates and property sales prices. Ceilings on property sales prices are very rare. Probably the most common example is resale price caps on government sponsored housing for lower
284.
by spikels 10y ago
I agree that laws passed to deal with high housing costs are often counterproductive in the long run. The classic example is rent control. Can you explain your theory that low rates drive high rent inflation? Seems like it would be the oppo
285.
by spikels 10y ago
In this case the devaluation is almost entirely driven by Venezuela specific issues. This can be clearly seen by the fact that the US dollar exchange rate is relatively stable versus almost every other currency while the Venezuelan currency
286.
by spikels 10y ago
This kind of trade war with China seems like win-win for Trump. He can help his blue collar supporters at the expense of people who are against him. Hope this does not happen as trade is an overall good but the benefits to Trump seem strong
287.
by spikels 10y ago
And people also seem to have forgotten about yellow fever. A nasty mosquito bourne disease that regularly killed tens of thousands in the Southern US. DDT also eliminated it along with malaria.
288.
by spikels 10y ago
I'm not sure we should get our science from the UN. It's a political institution. Take with a grain of salt. I'm sure the relative yields of GMO vs non-GMO crops is a well studied topic. What's the consensus? Or is it si
289.
by spikels 10y ago
This article seems to say chilli peppers can't hurt you. However just a few days ago the Journal of Emergency Medicine reported that a ghost pepper (a very hot chilli pepper) caused an esophageal rupture - a serious and potentially lif
290.
by spikels 10y ago
Very little compensation has been delivered via equity since the IPO. The stock price is down 20% and the outlook is not good.
291.
by spikels 10y ago
I have the exact opposite problem with Twitter. They need to get out of the business of trying to police speech. As you point out they completely failed to do it effectively but I think it is an impossible task for a global communications n
292.
by spikels 10y ago
Twitter should be replaced with a protocol like email or TCP/IP.
293.
by spikels 10y ago
Everyone already "knows" the US was "involved" in the 1953 coup but very little more. Britain was not the junior partner - as you say Chomsky thinks - but the instigator of the entire operation. Britain has been deeply i
294.
by spikels 10y ago
What part of my comment is "Not necessarily true"? Seems you did not know that the coup was lead by the British. From the Wikipedia article you linked: "Classified documents show that British intelligence officials played a p
295.
by spikels 10y ago
I would say both Saudi Arabia and Iran have terrible records on human rights. And in some cases Iran is clearly worse. For example Iran executes far more people each year than Saudi Arabia - something like 3 times as many. https:/&#x2
296.
by spikels 10y ago
That was in 1953 and lead by the British, not the U.S.
297.
by spikels 10y ago
Seems like whenever NPR reports on subjects I happen to know really really well I find myself disappointed. Makes me wonder about the rest of their reporting.
298.
by spikels 10y ago
I can remember people making similar arguments before the last crisis. It turned out we had to put not only bailout Fannie and Freddie, HUD's mortgage programs and the entire mortgage banking industry but also create a price support pr
299.
by spikels 10y ago
Which social services do you believe we are cutting back in SF/Silicon Valley?
300.
by spikels 10y ago
Nobody in SFgov is qualified to review the design of a skyscraper's foundation. That is why everyone involved in the project (city building inspectors, investors, lenders, etc) relie on expert engineering firms. Any firm making a mista

More ›