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901.
by st3v3r 10y ago
1 is disproven when you look at other countries with single payer, and they have a much better handle on their healthcare costs than we do. 3 - about the same amount as the private sector.
902.
by st3v3r 10y ago
This meme that private businesses are always better than government because of market incentives has been proven false time and time again. Cities starting municipal broadband services are far, far better than the private businesses that sh
903.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"Except you can sue your insurance provider if they deny you coverage for something that they're obligated to cover. " With what money? And furthermore, what good will that do if you die before the trial is over?
904.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Apparently to the perspective of "fuck everyone else". These little fold up strollers are not that expensive, and a friend of mine bought one for when she would take her baby on the bus. Or, as someone else suggested, take a taxi&
905.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Or maybe use a smaller stroller so you're not ramming everyone with it?
906.
by st3v3r 10y ago
That's not how it works. The desire for children to not be there is so you can concentrate and do your job. Children being children is going to be distracting to everyone, and cause a drain on everyone else's productivity. Not to
907.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"Kid's at people's desks is a terrible idea" I really, really hope those are just terrible stock photos.
908.
by st3v3r 10y ago
How does it not? When making a fruit salad, the knowledge that tomatoes don't go in fruit salad seems pretty relevant.
909.
by st3v3r 10y ago
I wouldn't quite hold my breath on that one. Anything like that is going to have to both get users to open their wallets, and do so at a rate which matches or exceeds the current levels of revenue gained by ads. The closest thing we ha
910.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Most users, however, want the sites and apps they use to remain free AND not have ads.
911.
by st3v3r 10y ago
No, now this is far too far to the other side. You are not an island, and your actions can and will affect others. Therefore, in a community, you need to take that into account. Don't want to do that? Move out to the middle of nowhere,
912.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"Also, keep in mind that HOA is a voluntary organization and many people willingly buy into HOA neighborhoods." That's not entirely true. If the only homes in the area that you can buy within a reasonable commute to work are
913.
by st3v3r 10y ago
But if that were true, it would take only a small amount of effort to get the people who aren't like that, which usually outnumber the fuddy duddys, rally them behind one person, get that person elected head, and do away with crappy ru
914.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"you would if you had kids you cared about." With that statement, you just lost any credibility your point had.
915.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Is it a popular design? In most of these new building associations, you only get one or two floor plans to choose from.
916.
by st3v3r 10y ago
I'm sorry, but I don't buy it. Other stores, like Sparkfun, are quite able to do this.
917.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Well, up until the stories started coming out, Amazon was (and still kind of is) a "big name". So if one of their recruiters comes calling, most people were willing to follow. They'd get their salary and stock golden handcuff
918.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Golden handcuffs.
919.
by st3v3r 10y ago
So what's Amazon actually doing about those bad departments?
920.
by st3v3r 10y ago
No, I'm sorry, but you're wrong. John is not being honest. He's being an asshole. Being "completely honest" and "not hiding your emotions" does not equal being an asshole. There are many, many ways to expr
921.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Except in your example, John isn't being honest. He's being an asshole. Far too many people conflate the two.
922.
by st3v3r 10y ago
The money doesn't appear to defend itself, and thus, boom: Default judgement.
923.
by st3v3r 10y ago
It's a one time action. They're operating under what they know right now. In the future, if things change with how the government treats Bitcoin, they'll probably change their liquidation procedures accordingly.
924.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Management is just going to leave it at 0% the whole time. Once in a great while, if you're lucky, you might get 5-10%
925.
by st3v3r 10y ago
But if you design things ahead of time, then you're not "agile"!
926.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"Yes and no. If you don't need to make changes to a given system then it's fine for it to "rot". Presumably there is a business reason they want to make changes, in which case bringing the code up to a point where y
927.
by st3v3r 10y ago
"More generally, it's not like doing it now makes it faster than doing it later" No, but "faster" isn't necessarily the point. Doing it correctly leads to it being "faster" because you don't have
928.
by st3v3r 10y ago
Whatever happened to those productivity gains we got from the 50s and 60s? The ones that were supposed to make it so we could work two to three days a week?
929.
by st3v3r 10y ago
If that's true, then why isn't PG holding Y Combinators in those other cities? I mean, he's the one running it; he should (relatively) easily be able to set one up wherever he wants.
930.
by st3v3r 10y ago
While cost of rent is lower in nowheresville, the network effects are much, much lower too. There is definitely a benefit to living somewhere that has a thriving community around whatever it is you're doing (software, tech, art, etc).

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