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by syki 5y ago
One could say each basket is worth aleph null points and therefore there are infinitely many points. But it wouldn’t be meaningful without precision. The Fed tomorrow could revalue the currency and make everyone millionaires but it wouldn
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by syki 5y ago
This is my understanding too. That the types of crops being grown in a given place (like almonds) is a problem and water use could be much less than it is but we do absolutely need California to grow things because it’s an important agricu
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by syki 5y ago
Efficiently in that with enough water it’s the best place to grow things. The soil, weather, etc. are really good. Water needs to be better allocated but my understanding is that it’s not feasible to just say that California should have m
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by syki 5y ago
There are certainly some bad practices but overall don’t we need the agricultural capabilities of California? It’s not like all those crops can be grown elsewhere in the country more efficiently, right?
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by syki 5y ago
You can’t store a value that requires more storage than is available in the observable universe.
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by syki 5y ago
You can’t store more information than a fixed multiple of the number of atoms in the observable universe. The set of integers is infinite but there is a bound on the size of the set of integers we will ever be able to store.
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by syki 5y ago
There are a finite number of particles in the observable universe and each particle can store a finite amount of information. Therefore anything that requires information or anything that requires matter or energy will have a finite amount
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by syki 5y ago
I think you don’t understand. There isn’t an infinite amount of points available in basketball in a similar there isn’t an infinite amount of money available. Each particle in the observable universe can contain only a finite amount of in
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by syki 5y ago
I didn’t miss this; I didn’t state the connection with power. The real imbalance of concern is actually not “wealth” or “money” but power. However, money is a useful proxy for power in the U.S. (and most other countries too)
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by syki 5y ago
A basketball game can’t last longer than the lifetime of the people involved. Therefore the number of points is finite. Therefore there is a max value beyond which no game can score beyond. If you wish to enlarge this max value take a fi
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by syki 5y ago
There is a fixed amount of awardable points in basketball though. The fixed amount is large and is determined by physics. Effectively though one could use as an upper bound 10% more points than the greatest number of points ever scored in
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by syki 5y ago
I’ve not thought to make a comparison to cord cutters but this seems like an apt comparison. Car ownership is very expensive and with the current shortage of new cars and increase cost of used cars maybe their will be a higher demand for p
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by syki 5y ago
When I first came to the U.S. it was shocking how spread out everything is. Each store is an island surround by a concrete lake of parking. It’s absurd. Americans mostly don’t understand what they are missing. We have criminalized aspect
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by syki 5y ago
Your response delves into topics my post does not cover. I think society would be better off banning exorbitant interest rate loans. Beyond this, on this topic, I have said nothing.
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by syki 5y ago
The question lawmakers ought to ask is what is more beneficial, overall, for society? Some will suffer by denying exorbitant interest rate loans. Some will benefit by restricting them. I suggest our society would be better by not having e
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by syki 5y ago
Do you know of any other elected officials who are elected by popular vote who are said to not represent the people that elected them? At any rate, let’s not quibble on this minor semantic issue and ignore what was wrong with your original
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by syki 5y ago
There is no misunderstanding on my part. I’m pointing out why I think the current system is not sustainable. I’m complaining about the setup of the current system. Since the abandonment of state legislatures appointing senators I think i
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by syki 5y ago
I’m not a dictator and don’t want to live in a system where my minority view can consistently thwart the will of the majority. A reasonably mature person understands that their opinion, if in the minority, shouldn’t prevail upon the majori
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by syki 5y ago
I made no such assumption. I don’t know anything about the bill and don’t care if it is in the best interests of the masses. I do care about the majority of the electorate having their votes count for something with regard to public polic
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by syki 5y ago
This isn’t the only solution. The government could provide higher education at little or no cost to qualified students. As state funding per college student has declined loans have risen. There are other reforms to the system that would
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by syki 5y ago
I have not ignored anything. The system is not sustainable and needs to be changed. It can be changed in an orderly way and it can also be changed in a disorderly way. However it occurs or whatever form it takes it’s clear to me that cha
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by syki 5y ago
It’s not an example of using the navy but it’s effect - the result is what matters, not the means - is the same. https://news.yahoo.com/us-warns-against-dealing-top-iran-shi... This one involves the Navy. https:/&#x2F
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by syki 5y ago
I have not painted anyone as evil. I suggest you reread what I wrote and take it at face value. It appears to me that you are projecting and making some assumptions about my views that aren’t supported by anything that I wrote. My post is
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by syki 5y ago
In a system that nominally purports to represent the will of the people it is not relevant that you are opposed to the spending. You are not the dictator of the country. The will of the majority is being thwarted consistently by a minorit
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by syki 5y ago
It’s not irrelevant if a majority consistently feel their will is ignored. It’s not irrelevant if it leads to widespread discontent. The system set up 250 years ago is no longer sustainable. It’s needs to be changed.
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by syki 5y ago
Democratic senators represent 40 million more people than Republican senators and their agenda can't be passed. The last time Republican senators represented more than half the population was 1996. Rural, low population states have fa
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by syki 5y ago
That the questions are asked honestly indicates how messed up the U.S. healthcare system is. The fear of “socialism” is such a powerful motivator in American politics. The Ferengi would be proud of the U.S. Sorry, I don’t know the answers
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by syki 5y ago
Well, the U.S. did torture priests in Latin America because of their social justice views. We’ve overthrown governments to support banana companies and had no problems supporting Saddam gassing Kurds since he was fighting the Iranians. We
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by syki 5y ago
From my perspective people in Norway, Denmark, Germany are for more free than Americans. They are from for fear of financial ruin in case of a medical emergency. They are free from fear of arbitrary firing. They are mostly free from fear
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by syki 5y ago
At this time it is much better. I can sign up for a service for a month and binge some shows. Then cancel the service and repeat for another offering. By rotating the services I subscribe to each month I’m effectively watching the conten

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